Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-01-23
EASTERN TIMES.
Bath, Thursday, Jan. %, 1851.
C Old Party Lines"

should be unduly circumscribed by being linl-
tied to the scope of its natural bounds, and to
allow our readers all the light which is capa-
Bile of thrown upon any Subjective have con-
cluded to publish our neighbors comments en-
tire, and those of our readers so disposed, can
turn back to our issue of the 9th inst,
and note the ease with which our neighbor
shows the difference between "tweedledum
and tweedledee =" Here comes the Tribune
article
Our contemporary of the Times has long
leader in his last, upon the "ExTINcTloN or
OH PARTY LINES" which he deuounces with
much earnestness and zeal. The disposition
which he has discovered of late in his own par
ty TO desert sinking ship,-or in other words
to finch from their old party issues, viz: OPP
position TO internal Improvements opposition
to American labor. and opposition to the re-
strcton of slavery TO its present limits, and TO
fal! into the views of the wings, who hold the
affirmative on all these subjects, has filled him
with much alarm and anxiety hence his labor
ed philippe against the "EnulctlOn OF old
Party Lines Such catastrophe seems to
haunt his imagination and to fill it with gloomy
forebodings and direful anticipations.
But, Mr. Times, don't give yourself unnec-
essary anxiety We do not anticipate any
snch result Heaven forgive the wings. if
they should 90 into such coalition! We
have seen enough otcoaliton of late; and, al
though we have most cogent proof that the
Democrats are ever ready TO coalesce with
any thing for the sake of the spolls. we shall
ever hope for better things of the Wings.
Il u 10 W
ever coalesce with your party, Mr.. Times, Is
for the latter 10 come out unreservedy, and
frankly acknowledge their heresies on all the
above doctrines, and own up, that the wings
are and ever have been entirely right, on these
subjects, that your party have falsely assumed
the name of Democracy for the sake of deceiv-
ing the people and getting their votes, while
their principles and practices have ever
been exactly the reverse of their profess
sions,-that your party policy favors the capt.
talists at the expense Of the laborer-lhat It's
tendency, if carried out, is 10 make the rich
richer, and the poor poorer, and 10 ultimately
divide our whole population into class Of
lordly aristocrats Oh the one hard, and race
of paupers on the other, that while protesting
to be friends of the people, you are their worst
enemies,-inasmuch as you fiatter only TO de-
ceive and betray them.
When your party is willing to frankly ac-
knowledge all these things, add show works
meet for repentance, by advocating and sup
porting with the wings the affirmative of the
above doctrines, then a coalition may be posi-
he, but we trust not before. So don't give
yourself any farther anxisty, for fear your par
ty will become merged with the wings, until
the necessary change of heart has taken place.
Our readers will perceive that orr cotcmpo-
rary either entirely misapprehends, or wilfully
perverts the principal idea pervading our re-
marks, which is, not that there is any danger
of such an extinction of party lines, as would
result in the fusion of the two great political
parties Of the country, but that, in the union of
these parties to meet a common enemy, to wit,
disunion dsitation-present party lines might
become swallowed up in the creation of great
Union party, and its natural sequence, Dis
union party-which idea too, instead of being
strengthened by any apprehensions of our own,
it will be borne in mind, is attempted 10 be re-
PEELED throughout our entire remarks. Let US
quote an extract in proof of this. Said We
"The last Presidential campaign affords one
Of the strongest instances, in the history of our
government, of willingness one the part of
one of these great parties to attain power at the
expense of an abandonment Of party issues and
party prinaples,-but in the fraternizing of
wings and democrats, in the present exigency
of public affairs, TO sustain the supremacy of
the Constitution, and for the defence of the
laws, ice anticipate no danger Of the demolition
of party lines" We quote this for two OBJ
jects,-frst, to refute our neighbours assertion,
that the 'catastrophe'' of an extinction of old
party lines ''seems to haunt his (our) imagi-
nation, and TO fill it with gloomy forebodings
and direful anticipations ''-and secondly, to
call attention TO the first clause of the remark
as containing much of truth that its appl-
cation was Immediately felt by our brother,
who, seeing the necessity for smoothing it
over" in some way or other, sought to do it
by raising false issue, and declaring that we
are apprehensive that the democratic party is
about to ''desert the sinking ship" or ''iinch
from their old party issues"
But let US see what ''party issues the
democracy are disposed TO desert. Why, ac-
cording to our neighbor, Opposition to inter-
nal improvements, opposition 10 American la
Dor, and opposition to the restriction of sla-
very to its present limits In relation to in
ternal improvements we are free to admit that
the policy of the democratic party is being
modified, as the evils attendant upon an unre-
strictsd operation of the system are being re-
moved As TO the second issue. Opposition 10
American labor we leave the laborinr class
es to speak for themselves. Their optics are
sufficiently keen to penetrate the fiimsy ex-
pressions of interest made in their behalf BY
capitalists, who, by their loud professions of
interest in American labor, succeed III getting
great tax imposed upon the community, by
which they reap themselves princely fortunes,
and their dupes only reduction in hheir daily
Udges! This issue, however, having been re-
pudiated by the ,chig party, and declared by
Its leaders TO be an ''obsoiae idea" it may be
unnecessary for US to stop longer to repel our
nelghbor inslnuation that the democratic par
ty is in danger, in this respect, 'of falling into
the views of the wings ~
How is it, then, with the third and last,
Opposition to the restriction of slavery TO its
present limits!'' If our neighbor means by
the above, that the democratic party has ever
been opposed to interference with the institu-