The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-13

Oy-The National bteHigencer. of Saturday |
last, contains another of those "CampGign" ar.
ticles, the whole series of which so we'll |
and ably written. The following extract re-
lates to period which may be called the
Golden Age" Of the Republic:
Now, there are but two sorts of party proper
to good institutions and natural TO our OWL
One of these founds itself ON existing interests
and their preservation: the other upon opin-
ions. The first of these is the Conservative
party; the second that of innovation, now gen
orally styling itself, by more fattering title,
Progressive.
From the beginning, party had, among US,
resolved itself into these two forms, but neilh-
er pushed its own TO excess. For time the
| Federalists were ultra conservative, though
natural alarm at the enormilies OF French De-
J nocracy; and Mr.. Jefferson, from his tenden-
~ TO French theories, was as much oyer-diS-
! 90 ed 10 be guided by speculative ideas, by
nohcy which regarded too much untrled opin-
IONS PA Their than solid interests. Under Messrs.
| Madison and Monroe, however, liberal yet
lcautious .nlers, both tendencies were checked;
! for their n, ,ninistratons were full of spirit
of inproyenl ent rather than Of innovation.-
Genuine state man, they did not bindly adore,
either the old or the new, but endeayored 10
nrrserve the formsr, and to fund upon il what
ever the latter Offered of amelioraton.
They were both Conservative aud Progress
i've; and thus SATISFYING both these adverse
/ tendencies (Which, as " have said, deterlnln-
ed men in politics. these ~ old, those 10 the
new-the sober and thinking 10 guide them
selves by the past, the headlOng OF unquiel 10
Iexpect every thing of the future, they united
both in one great party of the country. Inerv
!. could be nothing better. The Government
=, sely and honestly administered for the be ne
: floi all drew 10 itself the confidence % all
Eniighiened in its foreign policy, can' iou'
q. and moderate, yet vigorous and advancing IN
its domestic, il guarded aud s,rove 10 perfec.
every institution. The opinions which ragged
b. fore had sunk into mere distractions: men
: " ere not rewarded for having. nor punished
for not having them. Nobody feigned them,
g., the refore, nor concealed them. The only test
for public employments was Mr.. Jefferson S.
SIS be honest? Is he capable? Is he true to
the Constitution"
The Government was pure, impartial, mod
: crate. and active only for good: three-fourihs
!. its time and all its energies were not, as
I now, employed in only sustaining itself al the
{ expense of the country, making war upon hall
{ the citiz ms, corfuptns or nfiamins the rest
5 and spreading dissention and danger. 1t pow
: ers which had been disputed were assumed,
they were first, such as precedent after prece-
. dent had sanctioned the presidents of good
3 times and high authorities: secondly, the pow.
. ers so assumed Ito incorporate Bank, to carry
> on Internal improvement, and TO protect Do
4 mestic Industry were not for the exclusive ag
!. crandizement of the Executive, and did no.
/ tend TO monarchy; and, thirdly, they were al
= purely beneficent.
d The election of Gen. Taylor TO the Presi
dency bids fair TO restore the blessings of tia
. happy period here so truly described. The
l. hope OF such restoration is itself exhilatinS
% The ultraism Of parties receiving no encour
e agement at his hands, the asperities OF po'iu
cal strife must subside; and men who 60. int
IS public life may serve their country honestly
IF without danger of partizan obloquy. An ad
l. ministration such as that of Madison or o
:. Monroe is, indeed, thing TO strive Tor.
is might form new starting point in the caree
II of the Republic, giving her course direction
upward and onward towards the glorious con
:, summation of the best hopes OF the friends G
= Freedom everywhere.