The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-11-05
: Dead Issues shall ERenlafn Dead
E~sues. No Party can Succeed
but Upon dhs living Issues

vor Several of the most influential he
publican organs-among the number, the
New York Tribune and It's Chicago
namesake, each a power in the land
though not openly Democratic, have be-
come Jealous and efficient allies. Ever
on the alert, they have lett 10 occasion
unimproved for striking blow in its be-
half. The accession Of these able jour
mails, with their numerous following, is
due to no other cause but the incorpora-
ton of the Liberal creed into the Balti-
more platform.
Mr. Dorsheimef, the nominee Of the
Democrats for Lieutenant Governor in
New York, is Liberal Republican
and the Liberal Republicans Of that
State, in Convention, declared their
intention to support the Democratic State
ticket The Cleveland, Ohio, District,
with large Republican majority on the
issues Of slavery and anti-slavery, have
Just elected Mr.. Payne, Democrat, to
Congress, who, in a speech since the cleo
ton, attributes his success to a combina-
ton of Liberal and Democratic elements.
. Ny solemn conviction, says Mr..
Payne, is, that the Democratic party
alone, ocithout the assistance Of the Liberal
Republicans, can do nothing. The expe-
riment has been tried here in Cleveland,
and the Democrats and Reformers, work
ing together on one common platform Of
reform, have accomplished great results
and why should not Democrats and indie
pendent Republicans unite in one com
mon cause and make any reasonable sac
rifce to secure the correction of abuses"
" All honor, said Mr.. Payne, to the
Independent Republicans who have laid
aside party prejudices and declared in fl
vor of retrenchment. Let me admonish
you TO persevere, and We will yet live to
see the country disenthralled, and purity
and integrity restored to the country"
In former times, the success of the
Democratic party was due to the fact that
it was the party of freedom, 1t beat down
the alien and sedition laws under Mr..
Jefferson in its earlier days. And lat
terly it demolished the Know-Nothing,
alias American party, whose cornerstone
was the prescription of foreign-born citi-
zens and Catholics on account of birth
place and religious opinion. Its funda-
mental creed was that the government
should know no distinctions and make no
invidious Determinations, among those
whom it recognized as citizens, and whose
allegiance it claimed. Besides, it was a
party of expansion and progress. It was
ever ready to widen the limits of the
country; and wherever It's flag foated,
it was Il symbol of protection to all of
its citizens, no matter what their cline
or nativity. IF the prestige which these
principles and practices gave it has been
by the impression that it has
failed to apply them to the newly enfran-
chised people of the South, this impress
sion has been removed by its adoption of
the Liberal creed; its acceptance of the |
Amendments, aud its hos
pitabIe greeting to the Liberal Repubii-
cans who have gone out from the party of
corruption and prescription.
At a ratification meeting in Ohio, Sena-
tor Thurman, who Will be strongly sup
ported for the Presidency in the next
Convention of the Democracy,
struck the keynote of the canvass in the
extracts which are here copied:
The grand old party to which we be-
long has been amply indicated its pat
riotism and honesty Of purpose have been.
fully endorsed; its name and organiza-
ton have been preserved, and It's capaci-
5y for usefulness has been completely
Demonstrated Disheartened by repeat
I'd defeats, many good men had begun to
despair and to think that success could
never be achieved under the old name
md the old banner. They will think so
10 longer. They must now see that while
free institutions exist the Democratic
party must exist, and this for the plain
-eason that, more fully than any other
party, 1t is inabued 1Uitb the spirit Of freedom
t is the natural party of free institutions,
md so long as they survive, it cannot die
t has erred at times--for it is human to
.rr.
But the victory we celebrate means
more than the perpetuity Of the Demo
ratio party. 1t means that dead issues
haH remain dead issues, and that no party
an succeed upon aug but the liriag issues of
he day. 1t means that the people can no
onger be moved by mean, miserable,
alse charges against the Democratic
'arty in respect to the war. 1t means
hat the Government shall be reformed
nd that no genius however exalted, no
ervice however great, can atone for a
7ant of integrity. 1t means that the
Government shall be administered in the
interests of the people, and not in the in =
crest of schemes and rings. 1t means
hat economy shall take the place of pro-
usiOn and equal and exact Justice the
lace of oppression. 1t means that taxa
on shall be lightened and its burdens be /
imposed with greater equality and justice
means that the Constitution is not OBJ =
Dlete, and that its provisions cannot be
iolated with impunity. 1t means that the Il
'ederal Government shall be supported
! the exercise of its constitutional rights, +
nd that notification or secession shall not !,
E tolerated but on the other hand, that
cal se'fgoranmeat shall be preserved, and
le reserved rights Of the States and the l
eople be maintained. 1t means that indi- i
idual liberty shall be cherished and pro-
,cted instead of being arbitrarily re-
rained. All this it means, for with 0
lese principles inscribed on our banner
e went to battle, and, fighting for them, e
on the Victory