The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-05-25
The Duty OF Democrats in the Press
eut Crisis.

ent Crisis.
As has always been the case when cor
ruption, folly and fi,nsticism triumph
over honesty and correct principles, the
party in which the most corruption and
venaiiiy exists, at the present day, has
divided against itself, and will, in the
pending Presidential contest, be arrayed
In two parties, ia fearful aniagonism
against each other; but as neither fac
ton hold views in anywise harmonious
with those cherished by the Democratic
party proper, it is not reasonable TO sup
pose that the time-honored party OF
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon.
roe, jackson, aud men of their firmnes.
and character, can ever affiliate with any
portion of the disanected. under the lead
of Greeley and Brown; and, still less will
they feel disposed to favor or sanction
any movement that may look like it is
calculated to favor the unhallowed aspi.
rations of Grant aud his cohorts, in the
coming contest.
The horrors, the crimes, the wanton
cruelties and prosecutions Of the past are
too fsesh IN their memories to permit
'hem TO coalesce, or affiliate, with such
radical and impure clements, and the idea
OF Democrats abandoning their own or.
ganization TO unite with any other party
or faction, Is both absurd and preposter
GUS. They are not the party to fuse with
any other element Their faith. being
founded on the everlasting principles OF
Truth aud Justice, are, ther efore. rs fixed
as the laws of the Medes and Persians.
Such principles are not to be FILTERED
away nor bartered oil in the political
shambles OF the opposition; and such "A
party can no more be crushed out OF ex.
istence than the solar King OF Dav
can be pluckel from his position, or his
meridian brightness dimmed 10y the
light of tallow candle The God of
Nature never intended that such party
should lose sight OF its principles, or be
made secondary to any time-serving
iIegitimaie, or corrupt organization that
has ever yet existed; nor will the time ever
come, in this country, when the spirit OF
Jeiiersonian Democracy will cease to in.
spire the Democratic party, and 10 pre-
serve its organization.
Why, then, should the Democratic
party Of the United States blend or fuse
with any other party2 1t is certainly the
party which, in times past, upheld the
Constitution and the laws, maintained the
honor Of the nation, and protected the
rights and liberties of her people. Then
up with the old time.honored Democratic
hag, and let It's broad stripes be thrown to
the breeze from every i!ltop and in every
valley from the confines Of Maine to the
western limits of the continent, with the
name of GEoEsBEcR inscribed upon it. and
there will be such grand rally Of the
'unterriGel' in November next ~ has
never yet been Witnessed in this country
on any similar occasion
We run the names of Groes beck and
Adams to our masthead to-day, and feel
that it is the duty OF every Democrat in
the land, and of every man who desires
the welfare and prosperity Of his country,
the perpotuity OF the Government under
which he lives, and the reign of peace
aud prosperity upon earth, TO rally under
that banner, resolved to triumph over the
combined elements of Grantsm, Greeley
ism, tanaticism, aud all the other ills aud
isHs that Radica,sm may be able to mus.
ter.
Now Is the time to strike. Let the
nomination be made and the Democracy
come to the rescue in good faith The
conquest will not only be easy, but signal
and triumphant Let there be union.
harmony aud concert in our ranks, and
the battle will be won, while the opposi-
ton are warning with each other. This is
our belief aud we shall never believe to
the contrary until after we have better
evidence than has yet been brought
before as The time Is short. but the
cause is a good one, and one in which we
must believe the Democracy will triumph.
"1Hcq up GuarL, anil at.HcDt'
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