Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-12-08
THE GRAND RIVER TIMES.
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 8, 1852.
~ The majority for GEN. PIERCE on tn


~ The majority for GEN. PIERCE on the
popular vote is about two hundred and twenty
five thousand. The whole vote given for HALE
probably falls short of one hundred and fifty
thousand, being no more than half as large as
Van Burens vote in lS48. This result demon
strates, whatever may be the future "modus
combination of the political factions of the
country can hereafter be rendered available
against the united Democracy. In view of this
state of things the disappointed Galphnites are
now starting project to steal the Democratic
name, and under cover of this alias" to SNUG
gle Wing principles and Wing practices into the
ascendancy. This will do very well to tantal-
ize for time the forlorn hopes Of bankrupt
politicians The fact is our late opponents are
in brown study, but as yet they have brought
forth nothing but idle, and impraclicabe, though
sometimes curious specuations as to the future
position and movements of parties. All these,
we predict, will go for nothing Notwthstand-
ing the New York Tribune insists that " the
late Wing party" is in state of nonentity, we
have the faith to believe that the dry bones of
Whggery will for a considerable length of time
to come continue to stalk through the length
and breadth of the land. There will yet be
two prominent political parties, and they will
still be divided on the same or similar issues to
those made during the last and preceding cam
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third parties, or which we conceive can be made
under existing circumstances, are sectional in
their nature, and consequently can in no case
be made the basis Of a successful national Or
Wing and Democratic parties, though much
narrowed down within the last few years, are
Of q national character. These will continue to
exist so long as aspirants to the public crib can
succeed in keeping alive, spirit of hostility to
that great policy which gives an unrestricted
exercise to the Legitimate enterprises of the cit
izen, and unites the nations in bonds Of amity
and concord The present century witnesses a
struggle between the liberal, progressive ideas
of the age and a spirit of blind servility to old
presidents, which is too bigoted to permit OF
any real progress, and too timid even to reform
long standing abuses. A modification o. that
same narrow and short sighted spirit which to
this day closes the ports of Japan against mli-
tually profitable and humanizing intercourse
with other nations still pervades to some degree
this whole country. So long as this spirit,
coupled with disposition to slight the inter-
ests of our citizens abroad, and restrain and d.
vert their otherwise well directed energies at
home, finds any considerable number of advo-
Gates, we expect the present organization of par
ties to continue. 1t is true that on these naked
issues alone, it is an easy matter to determine
which party will maintain the ascendancy, and
to battle against the principles of the progress
i've Democracy may appear like struggling
against fate. But the history of those ADVENT
tious circumstances, which fortune has at times
thrown within their reach, will still give the
Wings courage to keep up an organization, not
indeed with the hope of immediate success, but
in spirit of patient waiting for recurrence OF
some lucky accident by virtue of which they
may ride into power
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