Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-11-20
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matters. The men who compose third
parties arc always those, in HE COM
! mencement, who profess 10 have very
delicate consciences, aud they cOrse
/ quently branch of from the parties with
Which they have heretofore been connec
ted. and. cei tering themselves upon
some imaginary platform, pretend to
look upon tie two great Political par
ties ofthe day rs moral monsters with
whom they can no longer coopcra,c.-
We.are wiling TO admit that some few
Of these men are originally honest in
their iancics, for it is mere wild fancy
they are not actuated by any great set
| tied principle, which is sound in its con-
cepiion and practical in its opera'ion.-
Their minds, on certain great questions,
are unsound, and they consequently be-
con distorted and mcnomaniacal
| kink lakes possession OF them, upon
which they act with all the frenzied zeal
Of a religious reformer. Now we do not
believe that any man or any few men
are so tar gifted beyond their fellows, as
TO be able to discover so many great
and dangerous er. ors in the doctrines of
! both parties, which are so monstrous
| that these few cannot acccde to either,
and are therefore compelled to establish
q platform Of their own. which is erect
ed upon basis Of solid purity. On the
contrary, any man whose conscience is
SO very sensitive and correct that he
cannot build his faith upon the doctrines
of either Of tie two great political par
ties OF this country, when they take so
large nge, had better retire from the
arena of politics, and devote his time
and thoughts TO more ETHEREAL things
for his fancy is evidently more nice than
wise.
Ne .rIy all third parties are at first
small, and no attention is paid to them
by the two great parties of the country /;
but as they increase in age, they gather
strength from time. And the reason
they do this is that in both great par
ties there are always dishonest men
whose ambition must sometimes be dis
appointed, - and when this is done, they
often fly off in tangent, Of course maxi
ing IL u matter Of conscience, and unite
themselves with the third party. But
the real cause Of their secession is their
disappointment at not being preferred
by their own party. In this manner all
third parties gain strength, and as soon
as they are sufficiently large to prevent
elections, in any State, particularly
where the two great parties are nearly
balanced, they throw themselves into
The market, and arc up f)r the highest
bidder.
The locoiocos are generally the most
motel political spectators, and conse-
quently these third party mongrcIs al
most Always become their property
for they buy them soul and body for a
mess o! pO,dgc.
If Wings and locofocos would give no
coun'enance 10 these third parties, it
would be vastly better for all concerned,
because the latter would soon die out
and be forgotten. We cannot conceive
how any political man, who is honest,
can coalescc with these third parties
If the principles OF party are sound
and safe, they will ultimately triumph,
Notwithstanding the opposition they
may NEE, with; but if such Is not the
case. they ought no, 10 be successful,
and no man should strive TO make them
so.
AL past history shows that our con.
illusions are correct, because there is not
an Instance where there has been
coalition between IA great party and ID
third one, that the great party ever
changed any of its doctrines. The TWO
only agreed to divide the spoils Of war /;
and the third party has always ultimate
ly been merged in the grea, party to
which it was originally united IN mar
riagc. This OF itself, plainly and con-
ctusivcly shows that :he third party p
Grafton is mere dishonest fpec ulation
to obtain power. Thus with Free Soil.
ism monslrous and reasonable in its
birth, corrupt in its being and rotteness
all over, it is fast being devourcd by To-
coiocoism, and will soon be lost even
from memory.