, 1855-10-05
The PoiiticaI Horizon.

At no time since the presidential mantle
was cast upon the shoulders of FRANKLIN
PIERCE, has the party which elevated him
to that high, honorable, and responsible
position, stood upon frmer or broader
basis than at the present juncture. While
other political organizations are interpola-
ting new planks into their platforms, and
abandoning the doctrines they once pro-
mulged, the democratic party is pertina-
ciously adhering to the same immutable
principles which it has ever advocated,
from the days Of Jefferson down to the
present time. And as party, it occupies
a better and more enviable position than it
did twelve months before the last preSiden-
tial contest took place. If this be true,
may we not reasonably expect it, after the
next great national political battle has
been fought, to be still the dominant party I?
The modern, crawling, sneaking, dark
lantern party has, it must be admitted,
achieved few victories /; still It has, in
almost numberless Instances, Of late. found
itsslfIenveloped in cloud of defeat-and
before the next presidential election shall
have taken place, its name will have be-
come a hiss and by-word.
r. In Massachusetts, a. State which was
once appropriately styled the hOt-bed of
WhiggeryAaa State which was the home of
"the great expounder of the constitution,
"the God-like Daniel "a State which
the whig party has, with the exception of
two or three.brief intervals, had the entire
cOatsollof the State policy for more than
three score years, is now without even q
solitary member Of that party upon the
feors Of congress, And can it longer be
commended, when a. SState, which has ever
been regarded as the stronghold Of whig-
gerry, has fallen into minority, and is
ready to form coalition with a party once
diametrically opposed to it, has not lost its
nationality The swhig party Of that
great manufacturing State-the land Of
soulless corporations and mopopolies -
finding the veil Of secrecy which it for q
time employed, the more successfully to
accomplish its ends, obnoxious to the great
mass IF the people, is now willing to cs-
chew that antirepublican feature, and
ready to coalesce with the free soil party
And, in order that ithesefusionists may the
better practice their poor, hollow, shallow,
and, Ipaltry game of deception they pro.
pose, serpent-like, to crawl out Of their
Shiny covering and assume anew name
to be styled the republican party. This
new party Is composed Of such iheongru,
ous materials that we may safely predict
thatotheidearof November will prove, con,
elosi4ely, that the citadel Of democracy
there; is TOD much Of the Sebastopol order,
to 30 successfully demolished byit3 !" y ,s.J
There are, now, no portentous5 clouds
visible IN thespOliticali horizon +; and SO far
aspreseht appearances indicate, il lis likely
to remain 50 for some time to come. The
result Of ihs recent State elections. are oi
the most ausPiciOns and cheering character
VFginia9 the birth-place Of the sage ol
Mount Vernon and the framer of the
Declaration Of Independence, has nobly
acquitted herselfsand shown explicitly her
unWillingness to ycommit political suicide.''
Other States are following her noble ex-
ample And we believe that the glorious
sgRof democracy can never be cclipsed, Or
itsIlustre' diminished, SO long as the adhe-
rents Of that faith remain loyal to- their
principles, and have the motto Of truth
and right inscribed upon their banner.