The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-11-27

on the country through 50 many years oi
administration Of the government; and, If
young, he has read the records of its
achievements, or he has heard the aged talk
Of its reign and glories. It destroyed the
alien and sedition laws; it secured free local
government and State rights; it put down
the old United States Bank, which was try
ing TO control the country and disconnected
the government with the banks-establish-
ing constitutional currency; It defended
our honor abroad and maintained peace and
order ct home; it extended our broad do
mains from ocean to ocean; it acquired
Louisiana, Florida, New Mexico, California
and Texas; it has done all that has re-
bounded to the interest, the honor and
glory of the country. Every true Democrat
loves it. iae
Now, who are they who desire this great
party broken up and abandOnedl They are
men who were never at heart honestly Dem
ocratic in their feeling and principles-men
who have become corrupted by the long
reign Of Radicalism-men who have been
disappointed in ofice-seeking-men who
are actuated by an unholy ambition, who
are thirsting for the 'loaves and fishes" of
place and power, and who know that they
are never likely to succeed in the good old
honest Democratic party. The professed
Democratic newspapers, who are sneering
at and disparaging the old Democratic
party and clamoring for new one Of some
sort, arc under the control of such men as
we have described, and they are laboring
for them at a price. They are not infiu-
enced by patriotic considerations They shut
their eyes wilfully on the past and the pres
ent, so far as the Democratic party is
concerned, and are thinking only of future
advantage to othemselves or their controllers.
Witness the st. Louis Repub1iean, once the
great organ of Western Democracy, now
under the management and influence Of
Governor Gratz Brown and the most dan
gerous foe of the Democracy, because Of
the great ability with which it is edited and
because, while it processes Democracy, it is
doing all it can to destroy the Democratic
party. Gratz Brown knows very well that,
as long as the old Democratic party is kept
up, he stands not the slightest chance for
further elevation. An original abolitionist
and free soiler, the advocate of all the heret-
ical doctrines of sinner light and higher
law''-which produced all the troubles of
the country and plunged it into civil war
with all its horrors-how could such man
be taken ur by the true Democracy
in the hour of its triumpha Gratz Brown
and others of the same stamp understand
this well, and so do all the soft-shelled, dis
appointed little politicians everywhere, who
90 with them. Hence their desire to de-
stroy the Democratic party and its organiza-
ton. Hence they catch at every appear
ance of new party, whether calleda Con-
servative, a Liberal, Citizens or Farm
er's party. They are ready to go for any
thing and everything to break down the
Democratic party. They profess to be OPP
posed to the Radical party and its iniquitous
doings, but they are unwilling to cooperate
with the only party which can overcome it
and save the country. They are thinking
Of themselves and their chance for Office
and not of their country lasting good, We
regret to say these hard things, but the
truth compels it. The preservation of the
good old Democratic party demands this
exposure of the selfish men, who would de-
stroy it. Let the Democracy everywhere
stand firm. Let the old colors be nailed to
the mast. al g.ol