Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-28
"THE DEMOCRATIC IDEA"


says:
We have said, in a previous article,
that the perpetuation OF the !ihert'es Oh
this country depends upon the main
tenance of the Democratic IDEA IN gov
crnment. That idea Is The corner
stone of the Republic. and ills liberties
are dependent upon adherence TO fun-
damental principles. Every depart
ure therefrom is step toward tne'r
ultimate destruction, and every step
taken by the Republican party has
been i'm that direction. We must re-
trace our steps, we must return to the
landmarks set mp by the creators OF
this Republic, and hy wise. fair. Jus;
administration of the powers and nm
itaiions of the CONSTITUTION. preserve
within it's prescribed sphere the su
premacy of the Federal Government,
and vet maintain intact the s0Vef-
eighty and local f-gOvernmen: oi
the States, and the personal liberty oil
the citizen. The Government WAS
made for The citizen, not the citizen
for the Government.
"The democratic idea in govern
ment," as maintained since the access
sion of Franklin Pierce to the PreSi-
dency, has been directed to the spread
and perpetual ion ofslavery. This ana
nothing more. The intention OF the
rereal of the Missouri Compromise
was to make slavery national and tree
dom sectional, and the consequence
was that Southern orators, Southern
statesmen and the Southern press
Il al
opposed the spread Of slavery as fam
a,ical" and sectional" men. The
Democracy since 1888 can claim no
relationship in principle with the ioun-
,!ers of our Government. Virginia,
" lieu She ceded her Northwest terri
tory, recognized the evil OF slavery by
stimulating that. it should never exist
in any states which might thereafter
be made oUs of il. The "demncfat!c
idea" of the fathers of the Republic
was clearly set forth in the Dec:ara-
tional OF Independence. The motto OF
the :. Democratic Review the ;ib!e>t
political periodical ever published lii
this coun,ry-was, THE W orld is gov
erued too much" This motto EN-
bodied 1.-The democratic idea of this
Republic as against the despotishs oil
the Old World. The :. Review lived
and tlourished during the pa!my Dem
ocra.ic rule OF Jackson. but Sickened
and died when the principles OF Cal
houn hal so thoroughly perineated
the Democracy of the South that every
Northern Democrat was per!orcc com
nolled to become what John Randolph
so satiyicaliv denominated q "doU9h-
rt.c" JacksOn's declaration that
The Uniou must and shall be pre-
served" found NO echo in the Demo-
cratic heart when Abraham Lincoln
was elected 10 the Presidency and the
South rebelled because of his election.
When Grant captured Nicksburs AMI
shortly afterwards searched The resi-
teuce OF jeff. Davis, a letter from cN-
President Pierce was found therein, IN
which Pierce assured the arbitrator
that no army could be raised i'll the
North to invade the South, because
the opponents of such moveinent
would slaughter the soldiers before
they left their Northern mines. 50
the true "demccratic iuea' OF the
founders Of the Republic finds its only
expositors to-day In the Republican
party. The founders of our Govern
ment meant to establish a great and
poweriul nationality. The Democratic
rarty under Jackson faithfully carried
out that idea. Under Pierce and Bu-
chanan the Democratic party degener-
atei until the nation awoke as from a
slumber and wreSted the power from
their handle and gave TO Lincoln the
hard task Of saving the nations life.
tn. sebellion against The Government
followed and every one knows the re
suils. The San Francisco Examiner
, no,y alIu,les to Tie terrific struggle
i through which the nation passed a.
"the war between the States.' Ihal
| journal does not day acknowledge
the act that any organized attempt
vas ever made To destroy the Govern
uaen,. It rather indorses the idea OF
Tucker of Virginia, that we are not
| nation" II believes in State Rights;
or, in other words, that State posses
. SEES greater powers than the govern
| ment OF The United States. So did lii
den when he declared that every
Northern soldier invading Virginia
could be arrested and punished by the
authorities of that State. So IIiden
belle es to-day. The Republicans, on
tho contrary, believe the reverse of all
this. Their record is made. They
saved tho nation and propose to pre-
serve il. They will carry out "the
democratic idea" of the founders OF
our Government. The people will
grant them another four years lease of
DOW er on the 9th of November. Wait
and see, ye doubters.