The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-10-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Democratic PARTY.
From the Natchitochrs Times


We are . l.,d to see tL..t the embraee Of
Conservative Republication by the De-
l'"r1atlt party was "nl. a temporary ex-
p- 'ient +" overthrow RadicalSm in two
"r three states where prescription had
nIate % c"nsoIi'iati"n of opposition ne-
,rs>arI. aud not Il permanent uuiou f,re
shad"Wln- the dissolution of the party.
Already the press and leaders of the
gran" "th party which has weathere.l
me storms of over half IL century. are
i"'dty and +mphatirally protesting
a-alnst the abandonment Of princir|t
t"r tn" sake of eNreditnrv. except where.
circumstances r+ndrr it necessary to
I'Istn the tlalnnrls of Radical proscrip-
ton: ami the indications are stropg that
the l'emocratlc party has vitality enough
not only to preserve its Organization, but
t" engage III future contests with the enc
mics of rightand .justire with all its an
'th 'i1"r and power. Those W no have
!"'iltVtd 1t dead will find themselves
'niS'"ht": like the tablrd giant of old,
II has only stretched it, limbs along the
Mother Earth that it mi ght receive a new
'lS"r a'd inspiration in its future con
tests with wrong anl injustice. Right
can never yield to might. Error NAV
triumph temporarily; it's horrid front
may reir itself in the land and ov.rawe
the nations and suppress the truth for i
season h'ti IT runs Its course, and Truth
and jn>t'"rI triumph in the end.
We d" not want conservatism, eyce,:t
as ii means "f accomplishing the ultimate.
"n]rti, Which Is rctorm. There is nothing
I" conserve. We may check the mad
career ot ra'!IcA!lSm by Il union Of forces.
hut W" shall then only have arrested the
haud "f destruction. We need something
wllirh can build mp and restore. The De.
m"crat!c patty alpne can do this. and if
We are faithful tO ourselves and .rr
country. W. can never abandon Its or
gan'zation without abandoning at the
same time all reasonable. hope of the res
t"ratmn of constitutional liberty. Yield
llS what has been lost, let there be no
compromise with evil, nor any cl,aurr
"f front or title. If the few who 80 loudly
'iaIn"r for the formation of IL new party
VIII not come to lis. let them 70 back to
their tiesh- p'ts. We can otftr them a
national policy and constitutional ground
to stand on--We can point them to a
proud history OF sixty years as evidence
OF our devotion to the great fundamental
truths which underlie the Federal Gov
~rnment-and if they will snt come with
US, let lis not &" after them, remember
ing tue fate OF those who fnrsonk the true
fAith and wandered after stran ge gods.
Ac4u'escence in settled results is per
hAps d political duty. Questions of mere
policy may he abandoned az times
change we ma! chang. with them. with
cut the lMputatlun OF au ain,n.iur,n 1T
Of principle. The past il the chat b,
which wise men work ont the pr"l,rtns
ot the future !: and the D"nocratic part.
III yielding up IT'S present organization.
would ren"'lnre those traditions hv
winch and through which. aS tine ONLY
exp"n~nts nf true constitutional govern
ment, the American people can nope to
restore peace. harmony and prosperity,
and equal and exact justice 10 all mr,i.
ln the lan.uag- OF the recent platform
OF tile Democratic party of Massacllu-
eetts, We can say: "Recent events, as
Welt ~ the experience nt oar early his
tory, serve t" convince us that the far
ther the nation wan.iers from the old and
cherished principles OF the Democracy.
the more urgent grows the, need OF re-
turn to tileu.' Its history Contains the
charter of our liberties its experience
is the guide which directs TO the sure. ha-
vsn of peace; its traditions the land
niark~ which warn us oi the dangers living
to the right or left of the true path Of
duty. Shall We then abandon ali tl,esa
shall We give up the precious memo
RES OF history ~ CLOSELY interviewer
with that OF tile country and its pros
perity and advancement that they can
not be- separated, to wander after strange
lights and into ASCERTAIN depths, for tie
sake Of securing temporary advantage !
We think BOT, aud are therefore r.joieed
to zee that the old Democratic heart
beats true to itself and to the country,
and evinces degree of vitality which
neither the storms of the asst uov the
disasters Of the present have bseu able
to destroy.