THE REMEDY. 717 



Democratic party. Born of the spirit of the Revolution; 

 imbibing the independence of the Fathers; opposed to 

 ostentations and concentrated power; believing in the 

 sovereignty of the individual, and of the State; opposed 

 to monopolies and the concentration of wealth, it stood 

 out in bold relief and was the admiration of the free 

 States of the world. But in an evil hour, when the 

 advanced intelligence and enlightenment of the people, 

 keeping pace with the civilization of the world, formed a 

 sentiment in opposition to chattel slavery, they espoused 

 the cause. They became its champion; they taught that 

 it was right and proper; they became arrogant, and when 

 slavery went down, amid the clash of arms and the horrors 

 of war, the glory of the Democratic party departed. Since 

 the war they have aped the policy of the Republican 

 party on every issue of vital interest to the great masses 

 of the people. They have voted for contraction; they 

 have favored national banks; they have aided the Repub- 

 licans in their funding schemes; they have helped 

 themselves to the back salary; they have voted and 

 worked to strike down -silver; they have bowed to Baal; 

 they have worshipped Mammon; they have built unto 

 themselves false Gods, and set them on the hill-tops of 

 freedom; they have courted aristocratic establishments; 

 they have partaken of the spoils; they have received 

 bribes; they have neglected the people; they have forsaken 

 their principles, and their glory is departed from them 

 forever. 



"Can the leopard change his spots, or the Ethiopian 

 his skin?" Can we sue the devil and hold the court in 

 hell, with a reasonable hope of obtaining a judgment 

 against him? "Then," says one, "what would you have 

 us to do?" Let us look for a moment and see what we are 

 ready to do. Are we united? No; only in purpose. What, 

 then, is in the way? Prejudice; selfishness; cowardice; sen- 



