The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-11-20


was paler than common, and that her caiety
was entirely assumed TO keep from those sround
her the secret of her woe. .sA
Remainder ,n our merit. N.'e
From the Boston Quarterly Review.
PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Parties are not arbitrary creations. They
are called forth and sustained by higher laws
than any OF human enactment. They are in
separable from the imperfect development Of
Humanity. aud will ever be source of com
plant TO those who think more of ile end TO be
gained, than Of the power which is created in
struggling 10 gain an end. Ii was the will of
Providence To make man an imperfect being.
TO give him his point OF departure in weakness
and ignorance. As an indemnity for this, he
gave him the capacity tol illi,niiable progress
Parties grow on the one hand, out Of this inn
perfection. and on the other. out OF the unfold
ms of his capacity. Society, in its various in
siitutions. is but the reflex of human nature
Contemplated at any given epoch, it merely
marks the point 10 which Humanity has attain
ed. IL must, therefore, AT any given epoch. fall
just rs isl short of perfection, as human nature
al that epoch falls short OF its complete de,el
opment.
A portion of every community will be more
alive to this impcrieclion than the rest, aud al
so more confident in the power OF human ma
iure to advance. These will constitute u move
ment party, or party Of the future the rest of
the community, either satisfied with things ~
they are, or destitute of faith 10 mans power Of
progress. will constitute the stationary or sand
still party. In some epochs. in some countries,
the first Of these parties will be IN y feeble mi
nority; IN others, it will be in a majority. as il
is at present in this county. The frat Of these
parties with us is called the democratic party.
the other is deDominated the whig party
These two parties have existed among us from
the first settlement Of our country; and analo-
gous parties may be found in every couptry that
possesses freedom enough TO allow Of any men
tai activity. We must accept them or abandon
our freedom. ... ...
l.. the WIG PARTI.
The idea Of the whig party in this country ID
Of yesterday, not Of to-day, far less Of TO- NOR
row. The party is the anti-prcgress party
It's doctrines were doctrines Of progress once,
but they are not now. They were proper, once
to be supported. and were the doctrines Of the
movement party. In the progress Of llumani-
~, there was period when IL was necessary to
bring up the interests Of what may be termed
commercial capital, against landed capital.
which was almost exclusively possessed by an
hereditary aud titled nobility. Then the wing
party was the party Of progress and were il
still necessary TO break down an arstocracy
founded on the right Of birth and the sword.
aud monopolizing the grealer part Of the soil,
the whig party is even now the party Of pro-
gress, because its principles are the Jsoper
antagonist OF the principles Of such an arIstoc-
racy.-llence, in England in 1853. and subse-
quenily. the true friends Of progress sided with
the wings. because the wings were against the
old hereditary. landed arisiocracy Of the king
dom. They supported the Bank, the Funds,
the Merchants, and the East India Company
But their doctrines were iolerable only for a
time, only so long as it was necessary 10 hum
bic the landed or military arist0cracy.
Now this state Of things has never existed
with us. and never can exist here. The English
bUblcmaD. or rather tho old icudal baron, is
represented IN this connlry, 1t is true, but he is
represented by the American farmer, whose cs-
tate is 50 cut up aud parcslled out among bis
brother barons. that he no longer possesses any
undue preponderaDce IN the commonwealth
The capital invested in the soil has with US not
even its legitimate share OF influence. The
commercial capital, the capital employed 10
business operations. is the prrpondersting pow
er. To give II additional weight, is. therefore,
to war against the true interests Of Humanity.
The party, which labors 20 do this, is not. aud
canuot be. 10 this country, the party Of pro-
gress.-But the leading idea of the whig party
is the preponderanee Of commercial capital.
As the old English wings supported the Bank
Of England, so they supported the Bank OF the
United States; as the old English wings sup
ported the merchants, r0rpura,ions, funding
systems. so our American wings support the
same. The American wings possess the larger
norton of the commerce. ial caDitJl of the cOun.
Try, aud they contend, that, therefore. they
ought to control the government Of the country.
They ask. with the celebrated Addison, IN las
" Wing Examiner 10 there anything more
reasonable, than they, who have all the riches
OF the nation ia their possession, or that they.
who have already oUgTOSScd all our Dches,
should have the management Of our public
treasure, and the direction Of our fleets aud ar
mics 7" This question might be very proper,
If our work were TO pat down an ansiocracy
founded on birth and the sword. Ike the old
fcudal arisiocrdcy but II indicates the worst
possible system, here, where our work Is TO !
raise up Man, and give him the pre-eminence
over Money.
The .big party also is foreign party, and
anti meticaD 10 it, principles. It's policy and
movements are necessarily controlled. not by
regard TO true American interests, but by re-
gard TO the interests of the credit system"
W hich the party Is welded to, of winch the
Bank of England ~ the common centre, aud
" hose rAmi6cstioBs extend To all parts Of the
globe. By commerce and naDufse tories, by |
their various business operations. which are
carried on by means OF credits, they are in
tiInaioly oUusttcd with this system. and ,ir-
iually ,nslsysd by it. We should be asking
more than our knowledge OF the weakness OF