The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-26
The Democracy not Dead.

That ever wiGe'awake, brave and spirit
| ed paper the La Grange (Ga) Reporter
says: "Notwith standing the Efforts OF
| the Republican party, the new depart>
! ure" Democrats and the "PassiYists, the
| democracy still lives and breathes the
! rue sentiments Of civil and constitutional
, liberty. As long as there Is a spark Of
/ love IN the American breast for genuine
| liberty, the Democracy will not and can
not di--fhe people Of this county have
! this spirit, as it were, Unborn, and true
/ DemocratcY cannot be killed. The Sprlng
/ fed Republican, among the ablest OF the
| Radical orgaas Of Massachusetts,, says:
! "a great deal has been said about the
! dead Demoeratcy. Those vino think 1t
| dead surely never read the story of the
| resurrection. There will be signs in the
heavens and on the earth in 1872, when
the Democratic pIrty gets its soldiers in
the field.
The New York Eoening Post another
Radical journal, In speaking Of the Demo
cracy, truly says;
"He is q fool, or a traitor, who expects
to win an easy victory over the Demo
cratic party in 1872. Grant can never do
it with the bayOnet"
And Horace Greedy. the most astute
and far-seeing Of all the Radical party,
makes this admission:
The Democratic party today is stron-
ger than it ever was in its history.
Commenting upon the above the Shel>
byville Rescue says.
And who are the men who have resist
ed all attempts to kill it by members of its
own household? The Republican party
being unable to extinguish or beat down,
the Democratic sentiment of the country,
in order that the boRdholdlng centralists
might rule the country and the people
with the rod of oppression, under the
power Of usurpatiOn, an attempt was
made to weaken its strength and destroy
its power under the guise of the no W de-
parture' which was 80 transparent, its OBJ
jects and aims so lily concealed, that even
the less informed and supicious of the
Democratic party rejected it with scorn.
And yet there were Democratic Journals,
even in the true South, that advocated
the infamous abandonment of principle,
while there were others too timid CT too
polite to take either side Of the discuss
sion
But there were few hearts bold and
manly enough, to take the bull by the
horns, and to expose the criminality and
rottenness of the proposed new depart
ure; and, in a few months, the i'll cons
ceiveC and mishappened creature died an
early and an inglorous death.
No sooner had the new departure" de-
parted to be no more, than the cowardly
proposition of the passive Tolicy" was
made Seeing nothing in this but an aban-
Comment of principle in advance, and u
cowardly retreat from an equal contest,
the same staunch men who had held the
Democratic craft safely to her mOorings,
rose in the majesty and rswer of correct
principle, and honesty, and scOwled down,
and forever, this bastard child of the Re-
publican paTty-this impious spawn Of
bOndholding paternity.
These same men, staunch and true to
principle, to liberty and 20 honor, are
fully determined that the Democratic par
ty shall not be Radicalized. They are
determined that it shall succeed, and that
success shall be won, on principle, in
spite 0 f wen Democrats themselves VIII o
have advocated the new departure" or
the passive policy" or did not have the
courage and lhanl.ness to oppose either.
These uncertain and unsafe politicians
and journals must stand back-for they
are not fit to lead free and honest peo~
pie, devoted to civil aud Constitutional
liberty.
The Democratic party has been saved
from the wreck and ruin of the disorganiz
ing elements in its own folds. Those men
who have saved it, are to be its leaders
The principles they advocate, are the
sentiments of the honest masses; and no
wonder Horace Greeley says that the par
ty is now stronger than it ever was, and
"means now to win" and will mot say
that it cannot win"
Let the bold Democracy, in every part
of the Union, unfurl their banners, and
march into the coming contest with true
principles inscribed upon them, and VIC
tory will be ours.