, 1880-11-20
DEMOCRATIC DIUNDEKS.

Grimes mud Foltlcs-Efe Itecnunta Its
Had ifecord, and Points Out ltx I'ta-
hcndcdicss, 1Ilcapaciey, and Aslnln-
ity.
WHITE HALL, KY, Nov. 13.-To tho E1ttor
Of TIC LnttfsDiffc CbHriCr,iOur7lnt: Il there
enough Saxon common sense left In tho
Democratic lArty To listen 10 plnIn truth?
Tho Democratic party founded under the
leadership of Thomas Jefferson, and which
l'As practically lnnlaed 0ur institutions nfter
Its own heart. with n Success flnl glory uli-
clllnletl III the worlds hst0ry, was the tlonl.
1lnnt party, with rure,tfletfcAl Intervals, up
to 1870. Then 1t committed It's first grand
'Nistake, IN tiic attempt 10 runi,tui1t sinrc7r
tu pottttcat uctfon. John Quincy AtlauIs
saisl That great tevontltns were nlways
based upon thu money question. And nnr
own history proves how little Inornl or sentt-
mental lttcas avalIcd against vested inter-
eats III Elayes.
The Democratic party, the champion Of
slavery, nude war OIL afcxlEo, mud gatrG'l
new power by large annexation, Of slave ter
r'tory. And Though the love Of military
glory, which lmnctrntes the dutcst minds,
where tile light Of statesn,anship Iseycr
reaches, made Gen, Taylor, neutral in
politics. President, the power Of the purty
vas ,tnbrokeu, ulld Buchanan, De,nocrat,
held undEsputcd power when The Issue bc.
tween liberty mud slavesy came for final set
tte.nen!. 1lNl tho South been satisfied 10
ltayG slavery to the NATURAL laws Df prog
ress., 1t would lave disappeared under the
tiaiiIty If, .i,su lime mid witlu,at wa VAR t,nt
tht S,ittll resisted these forces; Eiaugnrnte,
offensive political Aeii0!l ngntnst free tnatttu
tiuns. Md fnrGetl uIal1i the North tho Issue
Tint was the first mistake. and there they
lost, ''~'
'rj,clr own ultroisn defeated Douctas.
Thai. came tic Ka1,ss aud tlen the CHI VIZ.
nfssnlffttI III lila iininu ,vn,tit1 ,,nrn Hmm tho
r.s,Ilt. hit Dsi,Iwar.,. Mnryi"'ni' W.T. viz .s
Eiuig. Kentucky. aid ufssDi1ri in,lI1rncri hy
soltact viii tbe ltrcr ctyitzatinn of' If frri. ~
a,i mteiirunt ini,nf. stooti ast.inst t},a md.
Icss uf tlle SurtIlcri,' md l,y liza MD ri tho
Nnrthern wing uf tlle Democracy. and tia
minority Rep,Sbfjcar uarty. ,,lt si6,rn the IL.
bsiioll, frsed tic siay%cs, % aid made lie lIoo- no
eeneuus Union. after lie nstirutions of .Ief-
ferson" 0 ''''''"'''''9 ~ os
There II mt now and never was tna,ortty
Of aaisiaysry 'ss', il dis liens6Ic 'i ia'l,iin5i
noitIcNI now,.r IN nil ihs tra1s ~ nf,irni int
cotrst t{,ey We're Ieatcn. mid In lilo in. fI"coln
m nti Wifi. Win lad unv"r @ MI ~ r., ,.rnt -.
letter MI n,,ii-slavcry wnr.i, was chpsgu tie
leader Of the opposition, against Seward anil
Tl,cn game Grant, n Union Democrat, alui
tl!ell Hayes ,.1'd Garfield, unknown III anti-
slavery tflMrs.
MISTAKE SuMnEn TWO.
hardly hc sni,i tn I,mvn nyts"i int ina otnr' n'
mi ,;rtmc;ni" ~ ~ = ,ovnrv;ot ~ ~ ti,o ,ea.
i,ie fnr lie, I'rnnt,,n s,IryivnI ,Fhe iii III WLtr
mriv nj IN nr,stnrrtic mr., Scttn,t III tnn ME
M1Iit.y md eornnrytlo,,s snupht t;nv.rM,"ent
,,atr,i,ntr.. n,,I snes,inj lcciupfim, TI'a m.r,.
that welt Into lnl,yer fl tic ,,nuu uf tJ,s
Union mid humanity and constitutional law
was SOON oyerrnletl by ennl.fa'owcrs md
sentiments alnt abandoned the principles
wl.[cl, llhde tho Administration If Lincoln
immortal. Tho mistake OF Tia Democrats iii
tue nitonpt lo dissolve the unlon was ex-
tho Intent to perpetuatn power by placing
tug black torIls over the SaxoE race; BY tho
nartnIoW ~ l'opMi,'T sltifase, tna l,se 0l tne
n;,tr,s. ,s" ,,,ts M G'fHs'o H. tS l4aa t
iMt.nts Of t %'t ruljnr nrty true to c coS-
situlgn aslt ,st.s i,nt! II, ea'na out ant ,o'nl-
,Gt i,;ah iio.ase atnr,: n!tey, VIII pntiof ~
tnli Waush eSslS pat1io. , Horln ntM 2omil eonitt
G j corn 81 snor, no es1!c ht ,,mv serS skas H ny
fIIs fnmr resrs Mns cs'"ol'sl'ea III power LOT aoef
ionf 'e"ts.
MISTAKE Nu'tl'E's THEE.
al; iGEee1ey H' hLs foi!ewerf ef9 t1eate
Democratic leaders he sFAs DENOUNCED, a1lI
his co-aborurs In tic rcstora!lon OF tho equal.
ity of MI In tie UtlDn were Ignored IN tic
larly whicl. they brnugl,t into tho possIIIi-
10 return Scilurz to lie Ser,ate, where lie lad
done noble work for tic Drnlocrnlis: ca1se.
Chase MD Julien, au!E ralmer md 'rrnmbu!.
Notwithstanding the lids swept on, niuI tlio
popular branch WINS restored to tho Deuloc-
l"cs' iollo"e" ih3eF ny tno ocha".
NlsTAKE NusiDEH Fou1s
The return Of the Democrats to power