Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-11
lFrom the Plttsburg Bost.l
The Democratic Party.

No ephemeral orgaization is
The Democratic palty-of no
mushroom growth-containing
no element of decay, but those
of vitality, vigor and endu-
rance. Identified with all the
great interests of the country,
it has kept pace with its giant
toward greatness, and
infused into the system of gov
ernment the very life blood
which has contributed to its
glory. WELDING the power of
government, and exercising
control over its Legislation for
an almost uninterrupted period
of forty years, there was scarce
an event Of any prominence
with which it was not identi-
fed-no public measure of
which it was not the originator
and sponsor-no grand achiev-
ment which was not made un,
der its auspices-no vindica-
ton of national honor, either
upon land or sea which it could
not justly boast-no acquisition
to our domain which it could
not claim as the result Of its
far-seeing craftsmanship and
controlling wisdom.
Every Democrat must feel
proud of the grand old party,
which has ontlived a score of
puerile organizations that arose
and fourished for a season, and
as rapidly passed away. What
has it achieved? Under JEFF.
ferson it acquired the magnifi-
cent domain included in the
Louisiana Purchase; under
Madison, vindicated our nation.
al honor, and wrung from Eng
land the acknowledgement of a
principle long withheld; under
Monroe cultivated the arts of
peace, and made rapid strides
in the race for national great
ness; under jackson ridded the
country of a hydra-headed mon,
ster which controlled and Grip
pied its finances, and by bri-
berry sought to control its leg,
islation - quieted threatened
internal dissensions, and with
the re.establishment of section
al harmony, gave a new impet-
us to the industry which thrill.
ed the arteries of commerce and
manufactures; under Polk,
Mexican insolence and bad
faith were resented and pun
ished, and the vast auriferous
regions of the Pacific added to
our national domain. Keep
ing step to the music Of our
Constitutional progress, it nev-
er swerved from its high-toned
conservatism, which at once
the safeguard of individual
right and the guerdon of ma
tional honor and strength.
1t outlived the Anti-Masonic
party in Pennsylvania, which,
under Rinter, and the tutelaze of
Thad Stevens, lived one short
term of licentiousness, pecula-
ton and fraud, then sank into
the oblivion from which it
sprang. 1t battled, with all
the might and energy which it
could command, the Know
Nothing organization, which
evaded the sancity Of the
church and the sacredness of
guaranteed individual rights
constituted the chances Of
birth a crime, and denied to all
foreigners the right Of the elec.
tive franchise-this it fought
and killed, again triumphing
over the mongrel parties which
sprung from the old Wing par
ty-the noblest of them all,
most worthy of Democratic
steel, and with which its long
est and most hotly contested
canvasses were held. Yielding
to the impelious but short-lived
sway which was attendant up
on the log-cabin and hard.cider
campaigns of 1910, it relin-
pushed its aScendency for a
few short months, until the
sober second thought of the
people reinstated it in its pow
er. So, when the new issues
involved in the contest
re 1850 with tha divisions