, 1874-05-16
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRACY.

Proclamation by the Leading Demos
cratic Organ Of rho >tAtc--t 2ro-
EraE11nc OF Hatred and EkcyenCc.
Ftoms the st. Lo4is Dispatth {Ed:tc@iaC, 4ay1 10.
MISSOURI DEMOCRACY.
Evidently those who are jealous for the for
nation Of new party in Missouri. or who ara
suze that the time il opportune for the inausu-
ration Of movement similar to the that csl+
minated 10 disastrously after Cincinnati. hava;
mover considered the ssun OF which Missouri
Democracy il mada. They know nothing u sts
hbte or texture, nothing Of its passions and lta
hatreds. and certainly nothin: OF its traditions
and its ancestry.
It was an observation Of Taley7antl's that,
! with the ne1noEy VI some graat wrong TO unto
them, an intelligent party rarely ever lost its or
ganlxatlou 1t might ba beaten again aud again
II might for long years DO hola aubjection; it
| might bo ostraclsed socially, aad cut on from
every path OF ageuCe to profit or latrona.e,-
| but, when tho hour for action came, the old
memories would revive Ill the hearts OF the lead
e,s; the old bat.Ie-cr4es wocld re.waken tho
dormant energies Of tbs rank nnd file; grand
uprising, - Of old. would astonHh all who be-
! lesel resistance dead; and yictorJ-a thing un-
known almost to tho gansra..ous that were
gsscd in the conlest-couo back, as OF Old, to
tae tattered fsss, heavy with the dust Of couut-
| lea5 over.nroUs.
| Without caring, save for the.t truth OF naa.yas.
| to recall the memory Of = single wruES done 10
! Democracy i'll Missouri wheu it WA accu1sed to
Dt 1tuiOC4as We Hbul0Itulllla every uGN IAlLJ
| mountcbank III the S.aze that persecution makes
parties, like it does iudlsidualB, heroic. It the
| blessed mother OF discipline. It gives to cause
| holy feryor, like ths Bt.irltuaussn of nea
faitl. II bestowa also Its 1Atreds aud its caaso-
| less yaarnlugs for leyeugo. 1t teaches tue aged
how TO ba cunning. that they may be rsefal III
! counsel; AID tne youthful how to bo brave.
! tia. they may be- swift and resoiuto in Action.
! Il is tie great barrier, Ri4ort. ,hat violent
parsisanshlp raises between the cunYuo1ors and
"a 4lf,N
tion OF this lesser bY the ereEter, until tiIao ard
| over~conhdancc. tho abnscs Of power and che
cruelty Of prescription and disfra.clige1leat.
work out for tho latter tnat salvation wiuca re-
| stores tho equilibrium OF rig ght and justice.
I It il impcsabc, because lnnai1auaiut!s with
| human nature, for the Missouri Democracy to
forget within the next twenty years Sue rca1orsr-
1ess persecution tint Was Its lot from 1aE3 to
! 1870. II il the memory Of this, much aay-
thing else, and the vivid suderiuga Ut this, that
mnks tha party in tho Stata a great, compact
mass OF determined voters, who know but ono
| fag, one batte-cry, oas purpose, oro dcatiny.
aud futu1s for oyery proi1oBlt:ou lnaio i'll the
| name OF new combination or new set ofpr1n-
| cIples. Il may be called fanntlc!sn: yrry well
generally faunticlsm il honest. It may bo c.!led
an unreasonable prejudice: still very we'll; but,
| When there SIe sharp swords in tile hands OF
p1ejudiced men, blood ID split, and Opposition
| periahes ~ the dew in tla morning.
] When Drake il forgotten hen the dead come
back from their graves who were slain btcauss
| OF tho Dom0crat1o garments theI E1re Wlou
tho land that MlBsouriaus own pao.cs away frotn
an offspring taught how to revers the CAUSE their
fathers worslliped when stzan5er-fee: treaI
the battle-ields mado precious with tho
blood OF slaveholdiug Democracy when al
the living witnesses hasa persisted wao BE-"
beggary array itself III stolen purple, aud
staIwart r,lf1ihnism stalk through tho sacrei
places Of the law; wien cob*eb platioru4
! pear the weight OF aged giants Who voted lsbs
for Andrew jackson when Massachusetts COS
mopohtaus no longer aspire to boar tie standard
that was torn from the mailed hand OF Benton;
whea the Millennium comes, ludeed, and tha
! lion and the lamb lie down tuseiher, tia new
party born OF = race that has neither w1uns,s to
remember nor monuments to build, may come
into Missouri es L pant likely to find root aud
growth, and bear fruit meet for the repentance
OF ita followers Until thtn, Democracy III tie
State will remain as nou-tlo Gibraltar OF the
Continent.
commenting upon tbs above. tho st. Louis
Repubiican-long the principal Democratic pat
per Of Missouri, but now FL independent jour.
naI-says: at will he seen the cruel war of
1s6l-'65 in not over; that for twenty years thu
Missouri Democracy u,u=t live upon 'ceasclesa
ysar1ings for revenge ! tina. Rebel uniforms a1s
the truo Democratic garments; thGt'the growing
generation Eaust ba taught to revere tue Repel
cause stc. We are not speaking for any party,
an organization but We daro tie Dl>patc:1 aud
isa Bourbon backers to attouj1t to ru1, tue Mis-
sou1i Canvass OF 1874 upon tle lsnuea so pre-.
stu,ed. bling out your democratic garments
leaya OF your 'ceaseleas yearnln,s. auu bsgLn!l