, 1842-11-05

MI. EDITOR: ONCE Tue INduiCdi i"S
assumed a neutral character in poll
tics We noticed with some sur
prise. .everal articles which have ap-
peared in its columns, e9itoriaiIy and
otherwise. in which the writer's de-
nounce tie spirit of Party in the pc,
Iitical world. as being productive o!
more harm than of good to the coun-
try. Now this doctrine. at the pre-
Sent crisis in our political history, will
n o doubt be fa~vourlbly responded TO
by most, if MOI the whole Of the pre-
sent party in power. Now that the
federal Wing party have got all pow
er in their OWN hands, it is their poll
cy to cry down party spirit, as The
surest means ofretaining their i'll got.
ten power. Under the present state
OF things. | am compelled to view all
Who preach the doctrine of ''neHtrah-
III" as being anti-democratic in prIn-
ciple. or as possessing no fixed poIitl-
Cal principles whatever. fever there
was a time wien the true principles
which divide the two great political
parties now in the United States,
should be defined. nor is the time.
There has been a federal arisiocratic
party. and a Democratic republican
party, in the United States, from the
organization Of the government-and
the same parties, with their long
cherished principles, will continue to
exist to the end of time. Let those
only. who are satisfied with, and dis
posed 10 submit to, federal mIsrule.
preach the doctrine of neutrality, at
ter having witnessed the daring en-
chrochments by the present party in
power, upon the rights of the people
and the sovereignty of the indepen-
dent States Of the Union. Let no
Democrat fold his arms and tamelv
submit to federal Wing misrule under
the sirep song Of neutrality. On the
contrary, let every lover of equal
rights and equal privileges forthwith
grit on his whole armour preparaty TO
the great political battle which must
and will be fought between the Wings
and the Democrats in 1874.
1t is a fact. universally admitted,
that the public press, in all countries.
wields a commanding influence upon
the public mind. And Editors Of
newspapers who occupy a "neural''
position in politics are e%ndeavouring
to persuade the people of both politi-
cal parties, that they can be furnish
ed through a "neutrar' paper, with
both sides ofhe question. Now am
bold to say that there is not a man
who is capable Of conducting a credi-
table newspaper. who has not a lean
ing more favourable to one of the po-
litical parties OF the country, than TO
The other. Consequently, he will first
give to the readers Of his paper, that
side of the question which seemeth
meet to himself; and it is a fact well
known, that first impressions are
sometimes hard to remove. | hold
that it is impossible for a country
newspaper to give both sides Of the
question at one and the same time
for TO give to the people a full knowl-
edge of the principles advocated by
the two great political parties in the
United States, can only be done by
at length, the speeches deliv-
cred in Congress, and on the stump,
by the leaders of the two great par
lies.
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Independent OF the duty necessari-
y devolving upon the Democratic
party in waring against federal mis-.
'ule, hold that they have a momsn-
Gus duty to perform in their own