The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-24
Deu,oeracy-s Purpose.

The Washington correspondent OF
the A Albany Journal writes to that pa
! per the purposes of the Democracy.
! There is no Disgusting the fact that
we are on the eve of perilous times,
and that it will be the duty as well as
! the true interest of every friend OF his
country to closely and faithfully stand
by the party that piloted it through
| the perilous times it passed. only d
| few short years ago. The journal
says:
And lust here is one of the motives
of this rebel crusade. 1t has two pur-
| poses. distinct and yet blended. The
one is to capture every Southern State
for the Democracy in &c, and the
other as sequence is to nulllfy the
substance of reconstruction, to bring
| forward the most extraordinary
claims. and to reduce the blacks to a
condition of peonage Already in sew
eraI Southern States, in violation OF
the spirit if not the letter of recon-
structed constitutions under which
they were readmitted, the unrepent
ent rebels have proposed a capitala-
ton tax. What that means is pal pa
bic to every intelligent man. ltmeans
the exclusion of the blacks from the
ballot box. 1t puts, all the necessary
machinery for this purpose in the
hands of their old a,ters. If legis
lation with this spirit can stand, the
substance if not the form of slavery
NAV be restored. And it is to accom-
plish such ends that the violent and
revolutionary policy of unrepentent
rebels has been deliberately underta
ken. They have never been SO bold
and hopeful as now. The general
Democratic success of last fall has
filled them with new venom and dis
closed their fangs They expect to
capture the South, the General Gov
ernment, and them
There is no Disgusting the fact-the
country is approaching grave crisis:
The calmest and most unimpassioned
men here are profoundly impressed
with the magnitude OF the danger.
They understand the spirit and pur
poses of the rebel element as OF that
party portends peril to the blacks,
peril to all Union inch in the South,
and peril to the country. The abso
lutte domination of that force IN the
Democratic party is even now percep-
tible. Every prominent Democrat
here is already bowling to the South.
When Young Brown spit out his
rebel venom the other day no Demo
crat had the courage to condemn him.
The South will rule the caucus aud
command the party: 1t cannot be
controlled. And when these facts
fully appear and these displays are
made, as they certainly viii be, then
if not before, the country will wake
up to the danger, and will stretch
forth it's hand to rescue itself.
| have the strongest conhdencc-so
said to day one of the least excitabie
and best judging statesmen we have,
who has just been through the South
that the Republican party will car
ry the election in 70 His confidence
is based upon the belief that when the
repentent rebels show out their spirit
as they are doing now, and will do in
still greater degree in the next Con-
gress, the patriotic sentiment of the
land will be inspired and cons olidated,
as it was during the war. The Repub-
lican party needs to rouse to the grand
work before it. An object immeasur-
ably greater than mere partisan sue
cess appeals to its best energies and
it's nobIest efforts The preservation
of blood bought fruits Of the war aud
the security of the Union men South
are staked upon its labors, and to this
commanding duty it should address
itself with all its courage, wisdom and
unity. Z. IL. ).