Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-12

public policy should furnish abnnd- ant occasion for the existence of par ties, and points out the field of use fitness. The study and discussion of these questions cannot fail to re- suit in more valuable citizenship and more intelligent and better equipped partsans.
 When we seek for the cause of the perpctulty of the Democratic par ty and it's survival through every crisis and emergency, and in the face of all opposition, we find 1t in the fact that its cornerstone is laid in devotion to the rights of the people and sympathy with all things which tend to the advancement of their welfare and happiness. Though heresy may sometimes have crept into it's organization and though ! party toHtuCJ Hid at tiiiiS' new been influenced by the shiftiness which is the habitual device of it's opponents, there has always remain ed deeply imbedded in its na- ture and character that spirit of true Americanism and that love of popular rights which has made it in- 1 dcstructible in disaster and defeat, and has constituted 1t a boom to the country in it's time of triumph and supremacy.
 The great founder of our party, as he consecrated himself by a sol emn oath to the faithful performance of the duties of the Presidential of flee and pledged himself to the pre- servati0n. protection and defense of the Constitution, after presenting to his assembled fellow-countryment the causes of congratulation, found in the condition of our country and the character of our people, impressively added: With these blessings, what more is necessary to make Us hap py, prosperous people: Still one thing more, fellow citizens; a wise and fru- cal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of indus try and improvement-and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.
 In the lexicon of true Democracy these words are not obsolete, but they still furnish the inspiration of our efforts and interpretation of our political faith. Happily the party creed which we profess is not within such narrow lines as that obedience does not permit Us to move abreast with the advanced thought of the country and to meet and test every question and apply principle to every situation. True Democracy, staunch in its adhesion tu fundamen- l tai doctrine. is at the same time, in proper sense, progressive. It recognized our growth and expansion and the birth of new thought and sentiment. It will judge them all by the same standards and in all phases of national development it will be prepared to answer, as they arise, every need of the people and every popular want. True Democracy hon. estly advocates national brotherhood, !, to the end that all our our fellow countrymen may aid in the achieve ment of the grand destiny which awaits us as nation, and it con demns that preteXt of liberality and harmony which when partisan advan- tage is to be gained gives way for ln- tlammatory appeals to sectional hate and passion. It insists on that equality before the law which con- cedes the care and protection of the Government to simple manhood and citizenship. It does not favor the multiplication of offices and salaries merely to make partisans, nor use the promise and bcstowaI of place for the purpose of stihing the press and brbing the people. It seeks to tighten the burden of every home, and to take from the citizen for the cost of Government, the lowest possi, ble tribute. We know that we have espouscd the causes of right and jus Ucc. We know that We have not permitted duty to country tp wat upon eXpediency, We know that we have not tratiokod our principles for ,,tocess. We know that we have not