Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-11-22
From tts ~ Y. coarsT and Enquirer
BREAKING UP OLD PARTIEs-THE NEW
AMERICAN PAKTY.

they arc .'kuJcAed about toe msZLdTu Win
sextoD's spade, aud aIen playing at log
gats with their bones Their last days were
their worst days, and few there be thatmouru
them.
a new party is spripging into life. a par
~ still III its cradle aud yet as strong as an
infant .iercuies a parry born on American
soil, glowing sitb american blood aud siren
uous with an American split. A party, that
as il grows III stature, and knits TO energies,
is destined Ia become the d lRerer OF our
county from evil times. and to serve there
after 40 its u5b.cst defender. Ii IS 4 psity
Shih IL is very youth sweirs, At she altar
Of the fathers Of the he public eternal .ilegi
ance 10 Amy,i al principles Apaty school
ed in all tae political maxials Of the great
Washington Farewell Add esS, aud which
have taken into their inmost heart tue III ~
earnest Of bis essous that 'FOrrigR infa
eace is oue Of tie ms. bahrfm Foes If
Republican GDre"nment' \ party that
believe in . eountry--that put value upon
nstionaty Sat 1--we their own th.if native
land that che ISL her early rsnown, that
think it not vain thing TO Inherit the blood
Of noble sres party th.: have ancestral
graves to look upon; that have ancestral
1 toils and lsbors to csell upon: TT il il
situations OF g@yernneni aud .ustituripns Of
! ..ehg3n, have ~ ancestral inheritance to gio-
ry in. as well ss present blessing 20 been
joyed that have On ancestral spirit TO he in
spired with, socest,a precepts to respect, an.
crstral examples to initiate. party that
believe il popular enlightenment aud in u.
tional Justice in order aud law. 10 religion
and mo, 4liiy - that ALLURE 6libustei'sm aud
all forms Of unlawful aggression that neither
seek 10 interfere with tie concerns OF other
nations, nor will permit ether patians to IA
/ tertere with our concerns that look upon tue
1 Federal Constitution rs the bond of the Union
and will unwaveringly hold fast to its ,nteg
rity; that recognize sauetIty IN plightet
faith and abide by public comp, omises; that
upon the great subject Of slavery pretended
not to be wiser ttsn their fathers, but keep
/ equal, ele.r from the utraism on one side
that sees in the Institution the corner stone
OF every political q, d spcial blessing, and 'rem
tie f.naticssn on the other that would up
hcave it IN spite Of eve y constitutional bar
,ier, aud in disregard If all cons 9n-nces-
\ pa,ty that hate violence. and put moral
influence far above material means that re
pose their confidence ia the duration OF our
system of government m the diffusion OF
general knowledge aud good snd virtuulw
scnt'ments; that recognize the undoub,ed
right aud the heunden dgty of government to
provide tor the il struotian OF sll youth knd
h,ld that Christian instruction is necessary
element IN al republican eduestion. that the
bible is nrt sect irian book, and that 1t
should not be prescribed IN our public schools:
that belle, il the liberty Of Conscience, but
move the less believe in the rights Of con
science that while they wound adoit every
mau tn the treest enjoyment of whatever spin,
itual allegiance he may see ht to adopt would
permit the exercise of no temp"ral dominion
Of hierafeh or hiersrBs, dicect or Indirect,
by whatever name called whether seated on
this side OF the Atlantic or the other that
gladly wefccme to cur shores the poor aud
tne oppressed Of every land. would fl1hfni-
" secure to them tie exercise Of all their
natural right. aud would urea: them with the
hcspitol,ty becoming great AID generous
.eapie. sc. do not teel called upon to confer
oo them franchises >,eh they are not qual
fled t. exercise. and clothe ta,;,, with apow
er which they know not how to I>t ps'.'
in fac Sho believe that human liberty is YET
Obliged to repo>e IFS principal hopes on the
intelligence aud the vigor of the Saxon race.
whose spirit is the spiilt OF American lnde-
rendence, whose ga,ius is the genius Of the
ever living Washington
Toe old political parties have for years
been carrying WITHIN themselves the seeds VI
their oSu dissolution. The opposing ptinei-
pes Of conservatism aud radcaiisni have been
struggling Ia each ior the mastery, and have
wsgcd an utelneciue stiie. They have sac
ceeded in maitt,lh,og the outward ,orm,, but
baye lost all essential u'hty aud all vital en-
srpy Not an election has taken place with
in tue last t~o or turre years that has not
wreucfed their whole structpre. and FASTENED
their destruction. Each of the great parties
nave radical elements aud conservative Gle.
ments and there is a tar greater ailiuity be
tween the two dissimllar kinds OF elements H.
the opposing parties, than between the two
dissn lar kinds OF clements Ia the same par
~. in the nature Of things this anomal)u s
condition cout not long continue. ~ house
divided against itself eanuht stand is "a truth
confirmed by molly wit; and 1t applies 40 less
TO pol,lical parties than to al other humai
associations. The officially in breaking off
from the old PARTIES has been the want of
1 distinct undludependeut framework tor a new
organization. Conservative Democr. cy could
never eifertually umte with Conservative
/ Nbiggpry with Conservative Democracy
aud Vet both might enter into third organ
izlripu ard wIrk together most tremendously
and etfe lively. Thus We have Just seen ia
our own state Hard Democrats aud Silver
Grey Wings vioing in the support of can
dd.te watch di,tncIvely belon. ed to nei
ther. Irey were not urged into the support
Of that candidate 10y the mere force OF chance
circumstances, bat because they saw il him
the representative Of principles which chal
lcnged their hearty concurrence Thus il
has hceu that such candidate has received
a full hundred Thousand votes in this STATE
ard come very near the highest post in the
gift of the people.
The remarkable strength which the Know