Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-02
For the National Era.
THE NEED or TIKI TINE.

issue, speaking of Benton's speech, and COM
plimenting it for its defence Of Freedom, the
editor says
"'The stand Of the Wings Of this county, to
discard all compromise or connection with this
curse of Slavery, is the only true one. Why,
then, patch up our State and National politics
with temporary expedients, with equivocal in
carnations, and opiative curatives? What is
the wisdom Of everlastingly compromising and
allying with an acknowledged and fatal enc
mya
That is what we have been inquiring for
years Our neighbor, we are confident, sees
the right Why not pursue ity Away with
party which ensIaves the mind, and prevents it
from acting out its noble Impulses
We quote the foregoing from the Courier,
spirited journal printed at Conneautville, in
Pennsylvania. Its compliment to the Craw-
ford Journal is just, and its own sentiments
are right and honorable.
But the same paper contains the nomination
Of Mr.. BENTON for President and Mr.. SEWARD
for Vice President; and we take occasion, from
this to call the attention of the friends Of
Freedom throughout the country to two or
three suggestions
There are as yet three great National Par
ties in this country: the Baltimore Democracy,
the Independent Democracy, and the Wings.
OF these parties the Independent Democracy is
strongest in the strength Of its principles, and
is not inferior to either OF the others in the in
telligence and Observation-Disclosures Of its members.
1t is numerically the weakest, but gains rapidly
by accessions from both the other parties.
Each of the other parties ia divided into two
wings--an Anti Slavery wing and q Pro-Sla-
Slavery wing. The Pro-Slavery wing Of each
is composed of shareholders who look upon Sla-
very as the paramount interest to be regarded
in all political ond legislative action, and non
shareholders who either fear Slavery or are
careless respecting it. and therefore quite will
ing to do whatever the shareholders require.
The Anti-Slavery wing Of each has acted on
the principle that party unity is the primary
necessity, and that, whatever obnoxious plat
form may be set up or whatever obnoxious
candidates nominated they are to be acqui-
esced in and supported, rather than hazard
party division.
II is perfectly clear that neither of these par
ties can oppose an effective resistance to the
demands of Slavery There are good men and
true men in both; but 30 long as they act on
the principle that party unity must be pre-
served, even at the cost of sacrificing or dispar-
aging Anti Slavery principle, they cannot exer-
cise their proper influence.
The theory of the old parties has been tried
many years, and Slavery has been gaining all
the while. The Independent Democracy is
the only national party which has the right
theory, and boldly acts upon it, 1t seeks to
denstionalize Slavery, and to place the influ.
ence Of the General Government on the side
of Freedom. To do this, is to overthrow the
Slave Power in the first place, and in the next
place to secure the final and not remote aboli-
ton of Slavery, through the action of tho State
Governments
The People have been considering the doc
trines of the Independent Democrats, and they
have been rapidly finding their way into popu-
lar reception. Hence the growth of the par
ty. At the last election, one out Of twenty
of the Electors of the Union cast their votes
for Hale and Julian. As compared with the
votes for each of the other tickets, or with votes
cast in slave States or free States, the proper
ton Of course would be much larger.
1t is remarkable, however that many Indc-
pendent Democrats are prone to look outside
of their own organization for men to carry out
their ideas, and, when they find prominent
man supporting some particular measure
which they have at heart, are ready TO hail him
as leader, and to talk Of him for the highest
Offices, without waiting to know whether he
wishes the support preferred him, or whether
his general position is such as to justify any
expectation that his action will be such as 20
warrant it. The tendency Of this is to cheap
en- Ant-Slavcry men in the estimation Of po-
Iitical leaders, who are induced to believe that
general professions and occasional right action
on particular questions will be sufficient to Sc
cure their support. All such belief tends to
perpctuate old political organizations, and to
postpone the triumph of Independent Democ-
racy.
Our friend Of the Courier probably knows
that Colonel BENTON has signiied no purposc
of abandoning the old Democratic organiza
tion--while Mr.. SEWARD is known as the rcso.
lutte adherent and partisan Of the old Wing
party. IL is idle to suppose that there can
be ticket Of such names until dissolu.
tion Of parties shall take place. To suggest
such ticket tends to withdraw attention from
the real pressing need of this time, which il
to strengthen and enlarge the Independent
Democracy, to consolidate its organization, and
TO energize its action. Let us do this, and let
other parties, and the men Of other parties,
take care Of themselves for the present. When
the Anti Slavery men Of both get tired Of con-
tending with Slavery under the enormous dis
advantages Of their existing organizations, and
are ready to unite in one great National Party
Of Freedom, against the Sectional Party Of
Slavery, the Independent Democracy viii not