The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-14
Our washington correspondence.
WASHINGTON, July IL, 1886
The Republican Part1


We have observed in some quarters disposition
upon the part of certain persons to disparage, in
Every way, the claims of all supporters of the pre-
sent administration who do not happen to belong to
the old wing school of politics. 1t seems to have
been forgotten by these gentlemen that the last
Presidential election was ayowedly carried by an
abandonment Of the old party issues and views.
The leading men of the wing party had discovered
that IN the progress of events the questions before
the country had materially changed that the day
had gone by when protective tariff or a national
bank was of lmportance-nay, was at all neces-
sary. They found that an adherence to these views
was not only not beneficial, but a positive injury;
that this was government of movement, and
that whilst our limits were increasing by natural
means, science had also not been idle in the rapid
progression. They found that the wing party, by
lis adherence to men and measures, unheedful
of the changes which were daily taking place
around them, was getting behind public opinion;
and they discovered that, to be consistent, so
to speak, they must also progress-throw aside old
issues, which time and circumstance had render
ed obsolete, and-untrammelled by them, act upon
the matters before the country, as if such issues
had never existed The leaders of the party-or
rather the great mass of the party, all this-fet
ITS truth, and at once boldly avowed it. General
Taylor was taken up-and taken up after avowal
that, although whlg, he was not an ultra whig;
that he considered extreme party the bane of
tins country, and that if elected he would not be
the advocate OF either one ultra party or the other
In other words, whilst he would carefully avoid
running Into the excuses OF the democratic party,
he would also as carefully avoid the opposite ex-
IRENE OF the ultra wings. He was conservative,
yetprogressive." He was republican, man
nnmixed In the issues, and unbiased by the pre-
JUDGES, of the oldwhig party. He was taken up by
the party, not because he was better wing than
Henry Clay, but because he was unfettered by
former pledges, and could form the great party Of
hltna
public opinion demanded. All parties were freely
invited to his support all parties united in his
supportTand the result was that he was elected
What claim then can the old hunkers of the whp
party put In to call this their victory Ii was as
much triumph over them 1t was over the
democrats. IL was In fact papable and unmls-
taxable evidence that the country, tired of ex-
IRENE rarity, had united upon moderate republic
can policy that the stand still policy which was
deemed prudent In earlier years was considered as
much behind the age as the mad schemes and
demagoguism of the democrats was in advance Of
this, or any other age. Our true policy lay be-
tween these two extremes, and moderate men OF
all parties united in establishing government
which should follow out these views,
We believe that il is only disappointed Office
seekers who try TO kick up dust upon this SUBJ
Ject, and endeavor, now that the victory is won,
TO exclude all but themselves from participation
IN the benefits which will result from it. Such
men mad better leave the party at once. They are
not only politically dishonest, but they are also
fools, who cannot beyond the end of their noses
II they are not struck by the truth of the assertion
that the old party issues have all passed away-if
they still look forward IN the hope that high pro-
tectve tariff and national bank will yet be things
OF iie-they had better at once 90 out from the re-
publican party, to which they profess to belong and
confess that, Rip Van Wrinkle like, they have been
asleep for the last twenty years.
FoGfth Of July celebration stDPiGhIe, sent to the
few words, gwen the views Of the party now in
power, better than whole volumes could express it,
In one short sentence, he has laid down a plat
form" covering the whole ground -
The spirit OF the wings. aud true republicanism.
Progressive yet conservatives not aggressive, yet
rstrogressive.n
This is the true spirit Progressive, but with
deliberation neither madly rushing into every
scheme solely because of ITS novelty, nor rejecting
every movement because il Is out of the old beaten
path ; neither red republicans on the one hand or
monarchlsts on the other neither behind public
sentiment, nor too far in advance of it. Such is
the platform laid down by the Secretary Of State,
and, whilst II continues TO be the guide Of his ac-
tons, and OF the administration, we need have lit
tie fear but what the United States will continue to
fulfil It's bright destiny-that of the model republic
Of the world. OMEGA
Col. JACK HAYs.-There is a paragraph going
the rounds OF the Northern papers, announcing the
death at san Antonio on the LIST ult, of the Texan