The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-10-07
An Ideal DOmocraev.

Con R0soerana like many Oh.
or patrlolc men. bears Z sorl a !,
tachment 10 tho 50 called Demo.
cratic organisation, not for i,sOWn
sake but beoAaee Of . c0rtain sora
Of possibility OF excellence which
that party might, could; would. a.
should have attained. The letter
OF Gen. ROseerans, 90 far as Il ts-
ters any positive convictions, advos
Gates doctrines andmeEsures spFosd
ont clearly 10 every Repubhcua
platform now before the people
The party which Gen. Rosecran6
de6ues has no tangible conorstS
existence; it is purely mythieak---
II is a golden vision Of his own
Imagination, which has no founda-
tion in reality. He'll is not more
unlike heaven than is the Demo-
cratic party Of the past eight years
unlike the imaginary picture Of the
Democracy given in his letter to.
the Committee Of the late Ohio
Convention.
The Democratic party to day is
thoroughly apostate from every
principle which the word Demo-
cratic would indicate. Instead Of
being a party of the people and for
the people, il has become the Or
gan and instrument Of a selfish and
intolcrant oligarchy. Instead Of
being an advocate Of liberal suf,-
frage and more complete recoa-
milton Of the rights of the" masses, :
1t has become a mere tool Of selfah
demagogues. Gen. Kosecrans 10
mistaken if he supposes the organ~
ization, as such, can ever be re-
claimed or reformed. Apostate in
dividuals sometimes repent and re-
form; but apostate parties, never.
This is the lesson Of history.
The republican party advocates
the true Democracy. We have
sustained the Union-fought its
battles and vanquished its, foes
We oppose all class legislation
We believe in paying the debts Of
the nation, and keeping its honor
untarnished. We believe in a pa
per currency, Of equal value in eveA
ry part Of our country, sustained
by the credit Of the nation; we be-
lieve in coming to specie payments
at the earliest possible day. These
are the doctrines taught by the
Democracy of the other days. ALI
the good OF the ancient Democracy
the Republican party retains and
the party Of Pendleton rejects.
The only party which Democrats
who sympathize with Gen. Rose.
Grams and his views, can consist
emily act with, is the Republican,
party. To act with the party rep
resented by Pendleton, will be self
qualification on their part. The
Republican party is in good part
made up of the staunchess Demo
Gratis, who were taught in tho
school Of jackson, Silas Wright
and Stephen A. Douglas; men who
were considered it's chief expouT-
ders 10 its purest day, while the
Democracy is composed OF dregs
of the Federal party and of the
sectional Know Nothing organiza-
tion.
Geo. II. Pendleton is himself Of
Federal antecedents and education,
and his political creed to-day is
more like that of the Hartford
Convention than of the Democracy
of the olden time.
We appeal, therefore, to all pa
triotic, UDion-loviDg Democrats to-
stand by their principles and thus
rebuke the organization SO basely
apostate that a patriot like r ose-
Grams cannot accept nomination
on q platform of their framing
When good men fear the odium OF
reputation so that they dare not
accept office at its hands, it is time
good men forsook it for party Of
better principles. - Toledo, Blade.