Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-06-13
From nc f7'es'era 771rgima Times
TIE BASIS OF PARTIES.


ahen lived long enough to fatally injure
good cause am died. bucofocos filed il
ranks, betrayed its principles on electio
days and, when the main purpose of il
Juring the Wings was accomplished, left
20 perish, Abo!itionism is doomed to deaf
# not actually dying. The fragrant insin
Cerity, sei6shness and corruption OF it
leaders, which were also most signal
displayed for tile benef Of hocoiocoisni a
Ghr last election covered i. with the norlu
Ncorn OF wise and good men, and 1t mus
10 down Other third parties" have OF
ten arisen, fourished for while and pa.
ed away, They Were founded on paltia
views Of government or born Of an ephe
neral excitement and they could rot last
The two chiefpoliticoI parties, however
now IN the country, have a broader hasi
and will probably exist substantially, il no
IN name, while we have our present. form
Of government. Unlike those other par
lies OF which we have spoken, they ar,
divided upon questions which lie at the
root OF our governmental concerns and are
divided by lines which viii continue tc
divide men while the respect lor law, or
der and virtue controls one portion Of tna
people, ana a reckless disregard for all
thesc stimulates another Questions Of
currency may become obsolete ideas Ta-
riffs may hecOme settled imm0yeab.y in
1he prudence and affections 1f the people.
Territories may bcioncd or dsjourI and
lhe old landm2,Es be gradually forgotten.
Bntthe5e jnPonantas lAay aroWIliie they
continue 60 be open fEns,Qna, are not the
main elements which distinguish the Wing
from the I,oCOIOco Tuty.
The Wing party has imbihed from the
founders OF the Rcpr1biic the cnp great r3-
son which tho history Of other Republics
taught them, Ancient communities were
as free as ours, indeed If license were free
dom, murh more free Yet they were
happy while they lasted in many parlcu-
lars, they Facilitated continually between
.yranng and anarchy and at length sunk
under dcspousm. The chief cause ofuli
lhis (among the Caus6s which human Wis
dom may hope to contr0I) was simply that
che "people" would not submit to Law
The people had bHt to assemble in the mar
ket plac. sHd Ivy .heu sovereign will .hey
decreed Whatever pleased them at thc mo
ment md it Wes done. No interval was
lnterposed between the stirring Of their
passions and the solemn act Of rLn nation.
Fear anger, pride, envy, every malignant
feeling that could seize the multnndp,
sound vent in instant actiOn--f0r the pco-
pie had n1t1mposcd oil themselves the re-
straint ot Constitutions or laws. So aiod
Phocion end Socrates by the order Of the
very people who soon gathered up their
remains and paid to them therespect which
was doe 20 wisdomand virtue.
The founders OF our institutions remem.
0ered, what dom9gOgucs would now per-
suade us to forget, that the "ppople" are
but men, Under their guidance the Amp-
rcan people, with wisdom never exceeded,
imposed On themeclqos restraints which
should save them from the bitter rfer!so
thelr bed passion They ;paorVad az was
right, all power 10 ,he people hut so order
ed our constitution, lhat the action Of the
people should not be prompted by has'y
passions, bUt should be the result of their
sober, deliberate, virlHOua reflection. This
IS tEoUsG Of q constitution, not to deprive
lho people Ofsaif government. hat 10 insure
that their judgment and conscience ehaIl
govern instead Of their passions. It is the
guard by which wise nation secures it,
ecif against jts own mhrmiues The
same is the effect Of laws which protect
the purity Of the bCiot boA and ind acd the
other good laws They secure to InowI-
edge and virtue an asccndapcy over vice
and violence. They are the alen.bc in
whFi Che oast mOrivoa are distilled from
che popular mind and made to act on the !
government. Therefore rs IL HAT we may
hope that our liberty will hive a longer
life than that Of other nations who have
had Douoc,aug institutions. And this !
hope trHisnIoepac, agd obedience to the |
laws tbe hrst duty of the citizen, The
Whjg7 we say have inbjbed this lesson
How is it with the hocoocosl What is
Dorstn! What is rapdmtn0l who rs .
CarIrln Bynders! Who is Mike WaIfhl .
Who rs General lackaonl Names and
sYmnos Of l,OcOIocoI=ln alll The great
tendency of the party il to release men
trem the restraints of law under the flat
-ert{ y'ocruc thai the people are soVer.
Hlgu tn6 sLpnorio the law. Superort0
the law ttty ur, Io' hey can change the
law Bat until it be changed IN a regular
aud constitutional manner, not ore NAN
nOr VII men are superior 70 H. Bat the re-
lhrI i~n OF authority, the bonding Of all
.GA, Q .be%III OF Individuals is freedom
IN sp 'y5sof the ignorant, aud happiness
N tic OF the vicious These peculiar
tepsftye5 Of Locolocoism thcreore.as ma.
mraJIy descend into the hearts of the
worst portions Of the community, as the
,nslinct Of ttc 0csh flv leads her to depo
oi,c hst eggs ppon carcasses. The party
winch holds them cannot have strength
among the good aud the wia, and it must
Fsg down ana fattrr the 'tisorderly. the
vic s.e IowlcaH ItmuBt stoop to make
DOrl b. trro, Ryudors leader and Walsh
m organ. What regard indeed had ne
great high prizes, for law more than these
nen-.ha Who nhcyed the constitution as
ne understood H. Or in PLAIN terms when
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