Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-02-03
Political HISTORY.

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exchange paper, without credit, 1'note
or comments" and as no one ppears
disposed to give it paternity and
as it is replete with truths well stated,
we have concluded to adopt it as our
own, and to give it in lieu Of any
thing ne might write:
THE propensity of human nj tnre
to console itself under the most dis
couraging Gircd instances, is a url liver
sal trait. No matter how deep the
abyss into which man may have fall
en-, he is sure to find some solac e.-
This is fortunate element in orr or
ganization, and saves many an . nfor-f
tunate wight from despair and hope
less abandonment Of effort and exer-
ton
"At the present time, wing edit
crs and wing leaders present a really
amusing e. Exhibition of this trait Of
cur nature. If ever party did seem
in utter and hopeless minority, such
certainly seems the existing condi-
ton Of our political opponents
With principles abandoned without
any clement Of cohesion-beaten by
in unparalleled popular vote Clay
and Webster, whose genius and SER
vices kept the party togethe r, in
their graFes-their extinction be-
comes almost political cert inty,
And yet, even in this abyss they find
-solace, and pluck up consolation.
They pretend to have become salts
fed that the democratic party can
not hold together, and that in a
short time the different factions, as
they call them, will assume antago7
niani, and spit it up into fragments,
This is their hope now their conso-
lition. This is the age Of new ideas,
an the next four years will present
in the history of the whig party the
solution Of truly original political
problem. That problem is, whether
the organization OF one party ca n be
preserved upon the hope that its an
tagonist party will disorganize- A
SLENDER element never before formed
IA political organization-but it is
the only one the wings have, and We
Shall look forward to its result With
some interest.
"Wzy the democratic party should
I become disorganized, Of upon what
basis such an expectation is formed,
passes our comprehension. In the
late canvass, its principles we're dis
tinctly at nounced. Its successful
candidates had been prominently in
public life, and we're upon the record
upon all questions likely to arise =
No man Tho supported them could
have been deceived as to their views
Of political matte RS, and every man
voted for them with correct / noEl-
edge of their political opinions. =
There Is, donseq uently, no basis for
disorga nization upon any princ iples
Of governmental actions The only
hone cf it must therefore be fou I'd
!, narsd nal riyalries, and the GispeD-
cation Of the 1oa ives and fishes. -
This ca use may disturb its harmony
but not to any serious or dangerous
extent The great mass Of those
whose vote elected Pierce and King,
never thought of Office, and support
democracy from a conviction that
democratic principles are best pro-
motive Of the national prosperity =
This being so, it is not in the power
of dissatisfied leaders. to disturb Sc
riously its harmony, or defeat 1t IN
the next canvass We consequent
~ alta ch but little importance to
wing prophecies in this respect
With such gentlemen, the WISH IS
father to the thought, and they will
find themselves as much mistaken
in it, as they wero in Scotts avail
ability