The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-04-06
From the sedalia (lIo.) Democrat
The Duty OF the Democracy,

Several of our Democratic exchanges
are discussing this question. Some sug-
gest one course of action and some another
We are sorry to see some of them counsel
a tame and quiet submission to the will
of the Radidal party Such servility is
| unworthy of Democratic origin and de-
serves the seVerest censure forom all who
would preserve the honor and distinctive
organization Of the Democratic party. If
the leaders Of the Jacobin party had been
asked to give their views upon this subject.
| their advice would have been in perfect
| harmony with those Democratic journals
for they too would counsel a me igno-
minious submission upon our paIt of their
Infamous and unreasonable demands -
Submission Have those gentlemen who
profess to be guided by Democratic truth.
and to be inspired by the spirit that ami
mated the founders of our glorious old
party duly considered the force and sig
nifcance that hated word When thew
| counsel party whose proudest boast have
been, that they have never asked aueht
but what was right, nor submitted to that
which Is wrong, to forget the past proud
record and humble, themselves in the pres
ence OF an insignificant and miserable set
of petty tyrants, they ask that which
should not be conceded by any man who
feels that he is worthy to be freeman.
Permit US to ask what theysexpect to gain
by servile submission to the demands of
these petty rascals? Is any Democrat so
suPremely verdant as to believe that sub
MISSION upon our part would awaken with
IN their breasts feeling of magnanimity
that would prompt them to do right, or
stimulate them to pity our abject condi-
tlon7 any man who is so unsophisticated
as TO believe either should have the bene-
nj OF writ de tat7lGtico ialqltireado, and
md comfortable quarters in the home for
the insane. Do the submissionists be-
IeYe that their plan would prove the
shortest read to the recovery of our Tber-
ties =? We tell them that they err greatly
IN their estimate of the effects which must
inevitably follow the course which thew
point out as tho proper one to pursue
There are danger, dishonor, chains, sla-
very and death in submission as suggest
ed, so let Others do as they may we shall
never counsel nor pursue a course which
Is fraughJ with the sacrifice of every ves-
tlge of manhood and all else that makes
life desirable. Others may bend the
hinges of submissive knees to the ebony
god OF lnsensate, beastly, perfdious, dew
lhsh Jacobinism, but with the holp of God
and the power of the truth, we will fight
the vile thing in every conceivable way,
and when We fall if fall we must, lUe shall
jail ruth oar face 10 this great enenv of
our country and our race What would
those Democrats who counsel submission
think OF soldlery who in the face of
danger, would submit to their antagonists
without so much as striking blow. They
say the Democracy are poWerleSs. e We
say tins IS slander upon the party, and
the less professed Democrats talk that
KIND OF talk the more confidence we shall
have IN their devotion to our principles.
II there ever was time when Democrats
should stand by their colors, the present
Is the time Formerly, when We were op-
posed by the old Wing party, there was
put little TO concern us, as we knew if |
they succeeded, we simply passed over the |
government OF the country to the patriots |
OF another name, whose devotion to their |
country was none the less because they
were not of our political household, but It |
Is not so now. We see our beloved coun-
try struggling in the embrace of white |
vampires and black barbarians; we see
her honor assailed, escuteheon tarnished. |
and her people degraded and its old time |
friends counsel cowardly submission to |
all these and to much more Never |
never should q true Democrat skasZk
from duty in this the hour of his coun-
try's extremity. They Chose who coun-
sci our dishonOr) say we might Just as
well submit as We can accomplish moth
ing by resistance. How do they know
this to be true. Here In Missouri we
have an overwhelming majority of the peo-
pie upon our side lOAy can a0e mot accom-
pkish much. and do it quickly and peaeea-
bLy. One thing We can do, and that is,
we can maintain our self-respect, if we
we can do nothing more. We shall still
hope to see the Democracy united and
energetic against the common enemy, and
not copy after the Democratic members of
the Senate at Jefferson city, by voting for
negro suffrage to please negro-lOving Rad
Gals. /