The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-05-05
The MougreI Democracy.

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We have told the people that The Demo
cratic party of to-day bears no resemblance
to the old DemocracyH We have told them
that the very men who were the means Of
disrupting the old party now call them-
selves Democrats, but do not uphold asingle
one of the principles of Jefferson, the true
founder of the old Democratic party. We
have told the people that they have been,
and are being, deceived by those men who
steal the name of Democrats that they may
the better defeat true Democratic princi-
pies We have told the people that the Re-
publican party was the trae exponent of the
principles OF all those statesmen who have
rendered their names illustrious by advan-
cling the interests of America. We have
told them this, and now our. statements are
owned to be true by the mongrel- Democrats
themselves No stronger proof could be had
of the correctness of our statements than the
the following from the Old North State, a
leading journal of the modern "white mans
party" ies 5dj IA le,se,. N a.sss
The earliest and the ablest of the radical teach
ers in America was Thomas Jefferson, the father
of the Democratic party in the United States
The Republican party OF the present day, which
Claims, and with perfect truth, to be the true
Jefersonian Democracy, has pushed thctheories
and ideas OF that great apostle of Democracy to
their legitimate consequences in everything but
State rights. u siii1 e. N,iTit
Here is complete acknowledgement ofthe
fraud which the mongrel-D Democracy have
practiced upon the people of North Caro-
lima. They have assumed the name of a
party they have always hated that they
might induce the people, who revered
the old party, to put themselves under their
leadership. They have succeeded, aided by
passion and prejudice, only too well. But
now that passions have cooled and reason
begins to rule, those who have been .deceiv-
ed by these rebel demagogues, are discover
ing the fraud practiced upon them. They
find that those who call themselves Demo-
Gratis hate every Democratic principle. They
find that nearly every prominent Democrat
who was true to his party is now acting
with the Republicans On the other hand
the leaders of the present so-called Demo-
cratic party are men who have always been
Wings, and who have ever been bitterly op-
posed to Democratic principles. The very
names of these men are sufficient to show
the true status of this mongrel party, and
to convince the people Of North Carolina
how they have allowed themselves to be de-
ceived by their old enemies The leaders
ofthe so-called Democratic party of this State
are Ex-Gov. Graham-a life long Whig;
Ex-Gov. Vance-a lifelong Whig; Ex- Gov.
Worth-a lifelong Whig: Sion 81. Rogers
a lifelong Whig; B. F. Moore-a lifelong
Whig; Josiah Turner, Jr.-a lifelong Wing.
All of these men always opposed the Demo-
cratic party with the most deadly animosi-l
ty. Even as late as 1866 and 1867 they
were bitterly opposed to it and to
to every man who supported Democratic
principles. Less than four years ae Josiah
Turner, Jr., now one of the leaders of this
~" DSOSi"eiS Poiey duu eiiO Cuitoi VI It's
chief organ, presented the Democratic party
as responsible for all the crimes and
bloodshed of the war which it had caused"
He, as well as the rest of these men, is now a
Democrat We tell the people of North
Carolina that these men are NOT Democrats.
They are men whom the old Democratic
party would not have suffered in its ranks.
They are men who have ever been opposed
to every Democratic principle. They are
men who advocate the formation of
monarchy, that they may elevate themselves
by the ruin of the people. They are men
for whom no political crime is too base, no
treachery to the people too damnable, no
ruin of the State too overwhelming, no suf-
fering of the people too great to deter them
from their wicked and selfish plans. Let
every honest man who regards the welfare
OF the State and the happiness of the people,
come out from this foul nest of political
thieves. Leave them alone in their infa-
my, and cooperate with that party
which alone cherishes the. principles of
W ashington and Jefferson-the National
Republican party. 1t is the peoples party,
and labors for the welfare of the people.
Let the people unite with it against the enc
mics of the people. ,ss.5g6 !