Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-09
From the Cincin pati Commercial.
Individuality Party.


In this number shall briefly notice
the influences which. in this country.
hinder the development ofs free and man
/ Iy character. and .he dangers that threat.
EN- our free institutions.
The first Influence which shall notice,
unfavorable 10 manly development is
that Of party. shall not combat the
common opinion that parties IRE essen.
,ial to republic. This may be true.
and yet it will not thence follow, thai
party machinery as generally used in this
country, is not an evil. effirm that
American political parties are umfavora-
bic To individual development. How? /
viii illustrate.
First. By the h bit which they engen.
der OF indiScriminaie condemnation OF
the acts Of the antagonist party; thus
setting Up party as the crisrrisn of truth
ia every action. Instead OF using per,y
organic ton as an fundamentally for
promoting truth and righteousness il hos
been mace on engine oi destruction ioall
that refuses 10 take lis nams and mach
under its banners The ~ great parties
Of The country. seem 10 act on the pfin-
ci pie. that just as murh IS one chooses TO
a6irra .. the other IS bound TO deny; THAI
the exact measure OF Ole rarty's appro.
val Of any policy or principle. must be
the measure of the others condemnation.
II has been enough for a Wing to know
that measure is originated by Dem.
ocrai. to insure his opposition. and vice
versa.
And this habit rGmifies from the Ma.
,ional Congress, through tie State Leg,s-
lures. down through the party press TO
ever! political stump babbler in the
land. The que stion is not. how shall!
we promote the best interests Of the
toaniry? but how shall we defeat the OPP
poSite party? Thus The land teens with
crimins iion and recrimination. c-nsOrious
Judging, pr Fsonsl u6use md hitter denun-
citation. Impartial candor is bat little
regarded, ruth is set aside as thing
fore On TO political controversy.
A and 3. are TWO neighbors and great
politicians as NEST Americans IRE and
they discuss politics on his wise:
A. well n,ighbor q. what do you
think OF the Presidents messagef"
B. 20. its all wrong. il is all demo-
cratic, and enc bou.d TO go sgsins, thar
party, yuu know"
Take an illustration from the late pres.
ideniial canvass s. Friend P how do
you 90 or ,he Presidential question?
suppose you are going to support the he
10 of Lnntys Lane"
p. No. s,r. support no Whisi go
for Pierce and the compromises.
s. But Scot, is for the compromises
TOO, as you viii see by the Baltimore
Ple form No ?. Besides Scott never
tainted as Pierce did in Mexico a"
But Scot; is Seward Wing"
This is pretty fair illustrate of our
party warfare as carried on by individual
sovereigns. The party .ishs or wrong"
is the general motto:
Secondly. Our parties exert an unfa-
vorabe influence by their erclusirentss
in the distribution Of patronage. For
getting that office is no, for the good of
The holder. but for the public good. they
are made the reward of The most artfui
and crafty scramble.
Never was there more villainous
prrcept uttered in politics. than TO The
"victoIs belong the spoi.." However.
il may be in war. which is itself prac-
teal abrogaiion OF the principles of the
moral law il should never be named IN
politics except to be condemned. Yet ;t
is practically acted upon by both of the
parties of the country. The patronage
OF the government. state and national,
worth more than ifty millions per an
mum. is distributed TO reward party Teal
ty. The emoluments of Offices are al
most exclusively conferred 10 the domI'
nant party for the time being: and TO
question the behesis of hat party. is sure
TO involve the important question OF
bread and butter.
1t needs no argument to show that
such an influence must hinder free de-
vrlopment, and independent sction.--
Huns nature is too weak wholly TO re-
>ist such tcmptalions. In the present
.ow State Of moral culture in society.
nothing SO strongly influences the ma
iority ol men. as the emolumen,s OF Of
nee: and when these can be gained only
hy yassalage to party. experience proves
ihat he majority are ready to pn' on '"e
collars and become slaves. Whsi man ia
the country who has been cosnlzsh' OF
our political movements. has not seen
This psrty tyranny and servil'tyY
What perfect organization! Whstvi-
c;,,nce in eusrlins egsinst eissen.' What