, 1881-04-15

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md pursonal eltercatlons tiat hase furnished
weeks by delivering 4 carefully prepared
panegyric on tho Democratic party. The fol-
lowing extract from the report Of his speech,
which was f1orld md eStrayuRant through
out will convey 4 sufficient Idea OF Its pur-
port:
what was tho Bourbon Democratic party? II
was the party nf Jefferson, Ut Madison, Of Mon.
Te:as So@ q Mesie a ay III tho To-
Constitution. and for sixty yours hatl 80 admlnls-
tcrc1 It that in tho Government thvro tad been no
lMrty whien. n tho cyc!o u lis yours. Ind drawn
to itKclt every abc ana pnsr1ntlo stutcstIlan vino
vas not wnR to w'S ~ n s wisksa ;c wys ~
storm and tempest and wintes's blast. bud stood
Ike an 9eean iiEhtnouse. nnmnyea ana a. tamoyas 1
neeve aaa nossat a sn Iii ks Se waves
The apray might have cuyefus! It's sides: waters
might hnyo, wnshrd IT, summit: hnt every re-
ccsalon Of tho storm had BhoWn {tg light Was un-
Quenuhel and lfs lustra nndnmed:
In the preparation OF this spaecll It Is 1nan-
ifest Mr.. penlleton bestowed more effort
upon style than facts, and had defamation
| rather taan history III vtew. -
It's n practiceof Democratic orators In de-
fendIng their party-a,ld such defensois their
principal mission It, public lifo-to go back
buyonl even tho recollection Of contempo-
| rn!,uotis Democratic leaders. Senator PEN
dleson sutnlnnueu from totr graves few
! Of tho forefatherB whom tho Democrats OF
today claim with assurance, because the
dead cannot protest against the indignity,
but he failed to tracp down tho obvious dc.
guneraoy Ut the political species. lfo thnn-
tlercd fortl, tho names Of Jefferson md Mad
ls0n, butdI not so inucl, Us whisper tlosa Of
plercs ani Buchanan. Tho Democratic
party has long been In n condition to fall
hack upon lts ancestry for Its fame and gooi
deeds, but the ghosts haze already lone a1l
tho service TINT can reasonably be expected
OF them. The country Is more concerned to-
day with the pendlotons und Bon Hills than
with tho disembodIed spirits whose souls
must be seriously disturbed ut tho sacri-
lcgious use which Democratic orators aro nc
custo1ned to make OF their earthly Careers
ills possible, too, that tile Democratic
orators OF the day claim too much for tho
early citizens whom thay would pose rs
+ Democratic leaders. Tho license of oratory
may udmit, but history will not sustain. the
assertion that !" 1t was the Democratic party
" which inntlo tue Constitution The FEEDER.
aiIst party Of tho time, with which such naer
! as Washington, Adams, alld Hamilton acted.
allil controlling majority OF the States. hRt
: certainly some sliatu In tint business. Thert
J were certain features In tho old Constitution
Imposed upo,, !tby tho so.caiicd, Democratic
party Of that tt,le, which could haya beel
Bpnred with advantage to the Republic. II!
protectiA ot tho !nstttution OF slavery LII th
= Constitution a,id the possible construction 0
State:soyereignty might have been omtttot
|. = without Aetrilnent 1t would have benl
: moro ereditabls to tho Republic II the Cor
Il stltutton had not recognized property Il
human beings, It sectlonal advantage lla
:, not been provided by 4 sca!o OF re1
= resentntlon OIL naccountot human csattels, all
:, II 1t hnl not beon required TINT America,
- y, born men and women should bs returned
=. =. stayery when they Ind escaped Into free te
~ ~ ritory. 1t was the Democratic Influence
a ta tho framing Of tha Constitution which place
- stigma tipon The American Republic nj
- tnndo civil war necessary to wipe out TIL
stigma. =. j.
~ llad tic Jetfsrsontan theory Of .tlle Anne,
/, can Iepubllc prevailed entirely, tAoro wou
ta be ITO United Statca 6enato to.lay to furnl'
II: Mr.. pcn.tlctom with n forum for the eulol
w., ut II party which l,as 30 n0tab!y degenerate
Il. trom JutYcrson's utility aald patriotism Wit
ho ont abandoning Ills tallactes. j. league
~. small, independent States would hnye BE-
"a formed for tho tilne being, which dlyerg.
intarcsts would long since have torn asund'
1t would Mot hay9 needed humanity's prot.
ra. ageinst slavery Us " pTetext for ssparatl
III, and dissolution. Tile question OF free tra
rtv between the States would Ut Itself lin
ut boun sufficient to sever the bonds between