The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-09-16
The new Departure.


them" Men, living men change with
the times, in order 70 be of some utility
to themselves, and use to their country.
A man who refuses to change to serve
his country, manifests no patriotism fog
that country. He may think the "timsn
are out Of joint" while In reality he is
out of joint himself. He Is like an
Egyptian mummy embalmed four thou
sand years ago. The body is there, but
oh where is the immortal mind2
Things of utility arerlver changing
and wearing out. Man exbausts fer
tile soil to sustain life;-the barren rock
lasts for ages. The ruins Of magnificent
buildings which were Of utility in their
day, are scattered on ths7 face Of tho
earth. The Pyramids will last forever,
of no utility TO the native, none to the
conquerOr, unchanged, they took down on
five thousand years of changes, erected
perhaps 70 perpetuate the memory OF
some great King, they are failure,
While the traveller viewing the ruins of
the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, remem-
bers it was burnt by Erostratus to carry
his name down to the latest time.
Reader we learn from this that every
thing that can be of use to man is always
changing. Morals chaSge, religions
change, politics change, parties change.
There has been a "new departure" in
everything; and new departures are be-
ing made every day in something. Man
is new departure aIfmal--a brute ia
not. One generation has no right to
bind another. This hss ever been q fun
damental principle of the democratic
party. Every constitution provides in
itself some way that the people can
change it, or make "new departure"
from it. If people can change or
amend the fundamental law OF the land,
has not party right to change it's tactics
in order ito accommodate itself 10 the
circumstances OF the times, arrange it's
forces according to the nature Of the
ground.
Our Saviour said ''let the dead bury
the dead" Which is as pertinent in
politics as it is true in religion. Let the
democratic party throw its dead issues
into political Golgotha, and make a
liUe fight for Lviug men. Men under the
ground, need no religion, nor law, nor
politics;-nor have they any right to
bind men who are living on it. What
was wise in their day might be foolish to
day, what was right in their day may be
wrong to day. They too made "new
departure" when they rebelled against
George III, and established Republican
liberty in this land And it is in order
to preserve that liberty, that this "new
departure" in the democratic party is now
being made. The fight between the two
parties is that same old battle that has
been going on for thousands Of years.
Liberty against despotism, ballot
against bayonet. This issue is so para
mount it cannot be passed, so solid that
it submerges all others. To win this
Gratis have concluded to let all others rest
in allegiance, to come up hereafter if neo-
essary; or not to come at all II circum-
stances SO decide. Men make professions
of religion, how can they enter visible
church unless that church "opens its
dOors."
We new departure democrats propose
to open the doors Of the democratic
church, and open them wide. So that
every man Of every race and every color
that is in favor of liberty and the-ballot,
can take his place in its ranks and 6ghs
against despotism and the bayoDet. We
ask of no democrat to sacrifice q single
principle. And even if we did il is the
duty of every man to sacrifice every
thing on the altar of Liberty, to save his
country. Is a man doing his duty when
he stands like mile post looking at the
democratic army passing on to fight the
enemy. A stumbling block in the way
of those who would move. We emust sac
rifce our prejudices in order to save our
liberty.
The Radical party for several years
has been moving by parallels; fortyfying
one position before moving on 10 another.
We propose moving against them by par
alells abandoning our old positions in or
der to take their fortifcstions. The great
Napoleon won his great battles by select
ing given point which if won would
win the battle. hurting columns against it,
and succeeding columns Of men to sus-
tain the first. The old fogy general would
maintain his line, one half his army look
ing on at the other being destroyed, then
being conquered in detail. The Radical
party relies on the bayonet to carry the
next election. The new departure is
made on purpose TO enable every man
who has ballot 60 use itagainst the bay
onet. Not wishing TO be bsund by e,ad
men, we do not propose to bind men after
we are dead. Let US do the best We can
under the circumstances, and allow future
generations to do the same. A demo-
cratic convention car not bind future
conventions, that have the same power
derived from the same source, which itself
had, the earth is for the living not for the
dead. The glory Of our ancestors, 10 =
light to their posterity, they made a new
departure in order 10 establish liberty
in this country, we wish to make new
departure in order TO maintain Il.
The wisdom of d>measure Is proven By
its success. Old Virginia, the mother Of
States and statesmen, made q new depar-
ture when she elected Walker governor;
she is democrati, and belongs TO hsfselfi
she made it on purpose 70 get from under
bayonet rule. Tennessee followed suit,
eleeting Senter,aDd she is democratic and
belongs to herself. missouri saw the
road leading to the old homestead aud
followed it, in the election Of Gratx
Brown. Missouri is democratic and be-
longs to herself. This is what we pro-
pose to do in 1872, in the great national
canvass for president, either in the plat
form or the man.
The position Of Davis, TOombs, and
Stephens, is to be deplored. 1t is pity
that some men cannot die, and others will
not hold their tongues. These men have
had their day and done their best-nO
men could have done more. For four
long bitter years we followed them with .
herOism unparalleled in the history Of re-
sistanee against tyranny. We put up al
we had on than and lost it; and they