The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-28
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

One Of the peculares of the times is the habit Of
ufacturing words Of little meaning, and of applying
them to combinations Of We ought to except from
this category however the term originally adopted BY the
secret order, and generally repudated BY themwo
the appelaton Of know-nothngism If ever party
in the anxiety conceal its purposes unconscousy created
title which has since been sustained by all their
TONS this is the But the assumption Of the term ire
publican" by the old abolition party is the most glarug
absurdy of ALL If we go back to the early history Of the
government shall find this word republican the signal
which rallied together the fathers of the republic and
which marked all the early for liberal principles
Strange to say the term republican it appears in the
constitution of the United States in that clause which
frs the States respectively and provides for republic
constitution essential attribute of each Of tho
members Of the confedcracyetrange say, this term
publican adopted by thirteen Of the original States
twelve of which saveholding States the time the
constitution formed after the articles of confederation
had proved to be insufficient for the purposes Of gov
ernment In the efforts of run-mad fanatics carry their
schemes of revolution and of anarchy extremes they
gate themselves the right ignore the acts Of the people
of the Territories whenever these people presume to decide
slavery and in order give force this assumption they
we have stated was originally adopted by those usrous
statesmen who in the beginning Of our struggle did not
regard the domestic institutions exclusively belong
ing to the South inconsistent with their own strict
ideas OF political liberty and equality Our republic
cans Of the present. day are moreover purely section
a They labor divide the republic Carrying out the
metaphor Of the knife which poisoned on side,
they seek separate this brotherhood of States with the
weapon of discord first filing the South with all the ee-
Of unhsppincss and of insurrccon and then re-
tanning to themselves, they suppose in blind in
sumo none Of them will deny that the Union is still in
existence-that the republic entirety and yet with
all plans Of sectonasm and of disunon and seces
sion with all their efforts those who belong
to common country and recognise constitu-
ton they their exclusive title the term republic
can.
Those who regard this adapted to the sectional
politics of the day not let remember tho conserva-
tive who in times gone by gathered under the denom
inaton of national republicans but class OF ag-
tors Of whom Mr. Gddings perhaps the best and most
familiar specimen When the Nebraska bill became a law
this republicanism became party. Abolition had been
rendered Infamous by its ncendary doctrines and nfam
matoy appeals and those who were proud to wear thai
name emblem Of their determination to break UP the
Union true to the instincts which have always animated
the opposition the democratic party dropped il in an
hide purposes much dangerous because much better
organized and much extensive than the old abolition
party,