The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-29
n,pTIEs AND PARTY SPIRIT.

\, we are habitualy ue""s my
" If the opposition journals. Attending the
- n that operation, however, and relieving the
p'" lille there is some amusement sup
"a i The observation of strange and oi.en 'ncom-
-. speculalious and opinions which the worthy
w. - these gazeties advance with respectto
.,.,bing condition and the final destiny OF
an. Marty which we shall continue to call
|, kmOaaiie party
-. mn one of the aforesaid prints, for in
w .,a read with some sensation, but without
~ establishment, a prophecy triumphantly
.l,imiag that the locofocos are about dissolv-
:,,o thousand fragments; that the destruc-
,..r,s Of a most desirable diseord, long
10 exist among them, are presently to be
..,.d with marvellous and mschievous ac-
y. ma, "the private griefs" and mortal enmities
,r. men. though long slumbering under the
-. If opates, which common personal and
,.,essity administered, were yet destined to
1,.w.d and invigorated, and then finish with
..;,,y the important work of separation in the
publican ranks.
M, !. the strain Of fictitious prophecy, enliven-
a, congratulatory paragraphs of certain wing
..,ooers; and we suppose that the same consol-
80 ouics will be revived for the hundredth time,
-, Il possible, animation to hope, and saving
a..oouden, from absolute despair.
o., another of the opposition--ofa constitution
!. ,nguine, we suppose, and who, learning wis
!. and losing confidence, from the political re-
=. If those with whom he has acted-we find
,,oipg, in rather resentfal periods, the improSa-
N of any breaking up of the democratic party;
4 ,,otures to found his belief Of its stability, in
.sa Of what is alleged to be an unprincpled
.,,;oo If its members to all the ends and requi-
Nan, Of pmiy-a devotion ready, in the sublimity
|, /, admission, to make all sacrifices, however
N and unworthy, which can, at the same time,
,ur. safety and grant IMMUNITY to the party, and
|, administration which it supports. After all
1. a.,empered candor, we are further edited by
/. anne writer with denunciations of mere party
,..-.p ism with which the locofocos are supposed
b pregnanty infected in the highest degree.
nan this subject, and that opinion, we wish to add
word or two
II indeed. a very wise man--the wisest of men
v not declared, long ago, that nothing neso
ppd.r the sun" might be expected, there would be
c,sion for wonder that in this country--intrusted
N il with the preservation, in its purity, of the
u Of governments--the complaint should be
p,d. that patriots become partisans to the end, and
b,Oueh the means, of an absolute political unity
by might accomplish the great purposes of popu-
\ Institutions, the happiness of the species, and
\. rood Of their country. We are induced some
ines to think that, in the opinion of certain
- Of politicians, the dead quietude of despotic
u,,umsn,s would be blessed substitute for the
pug party attachments and the animated con-
10 which free institutions invariably beget. Mr..
6uon thought, however, in opposition to the
rockers Of his day, that party was, perhaps, indis-
n.be to the preservation Of the great spirit Of
yslr freedom; and that the tempests which pre-
b. and are increased in their violence by the
NE Of party spirit, SO far from exciting just
BARN, are productive of wholesome effects--effects
mogous to those occasioned by the agitation ofthe
a, preserved pure in its unfathomable depths by
.winds of heaven and the ever-recurring tides.
Party SPIRIT as all history will avouch, has always
higher in free governments than in others. Since
Abmation of the ''social compact" (if such a
ping was formed in the earliest ages down to our
nas, such has been the experience ofthe past; and
Is therefore very irrational to expect the boon Of
s highest freedom, without taking with it the min
ID eoncomitant evils, iii such really exist
heha strong sympathy of opinion and Of action
post occasion; and yet, if we are to believe the idle
affected speculations of some people, the fancies
Plato would be realized upon earth--a political
yium would be established here below, if that
hnshl thing called party spirit, but which common
b nothing but party fidelity, were banished
cm among US.
The expectation of assuaging this spirit at the
resent time, and in the existing condition Of politi-
opinion, is visionary. Whatever reforms may
introduced into the organization Of the wing par
whatever improvements it may need, or what
" may uuop', SSIttill ~ 10 tHot tuC ktCut
publican party cannot consent to abandon its
n principles of theory and of action. It can
Hs lower the standard of honest loyalty to
party obligations. 1t can never consent
'andon its fundamental principles, and upon
aaal measures SO deeply affecting the ma
Al vellbeing. Party spirit, or party fidelity
Der that name, may be denounced, for the reason
Ait supposed to constitute capital topic for
nea and lofty rebuke; and for the reason, that the
unng benefits will go to the side of minority
'msl'te to lose, and much to gain, by the impair
sdPary obligations.
Wsconcude by invoking the republican party
an and again to stand up with memorable deter
nation to their great principles. Let them stand
nmy TO the creed that was handed down to
mSy the republicans Of '99, consecrated as i,
my the talents, virtues, and doctrines Of Jeffer-
md Of Madison. As the means of carrying
these principles, as the agents for their accom-.
Aaasnt as the moral power for bringing the
a Of state into "the republican tack" let ui
peH our popular Chief Magistrate give, in Q
val and generous spirit, that support to his
s"s', which the country expects, and which
N an guaranty that union, under which We
been, and will continue to be, invincible.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
"ehave thrown upon our preceding columns Q
sPo'tOn Of the foreign news which reached ui