The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-11
WASHINGTON CITY.
SUNDAY MORNING. NOV. ii. 1855.
THE FATE OF ALL POLITICAL DELusIoSs


THE FATE OF ALL POLITICAL DELUsIoNs
Every popular deusoncertainy every delusion which
has given birth political paryhas generally based
itself upon intangible mpactcable theory and IL
is curious TO see how ia all such cases ossnsbe object
is sight OF in the chase for power and pacs which 1t
stimulates Not only this but there exception to the
rule which proves that every onedead sa organiza
ton siguazes or terminates by deserving the
pretext which called it into being, by streng
ing the principle which IT started to oppose Let
take the case of the Masonic party After few short
years of violent legislation and Of sarchamber inqus
tons against the Masons the antiMasonic party utterly
abandoned its acrimonious assaults upon the fraternity Of
Masons and even while wearing the of anti-Aia-
sons many of its members adherents Of the very
order they pledged to prescribe
Temperance societies have given rise to temperance
parties but ii is historical that all such organizations have
not only failed TO arrest inempence but have absolutely
encouraged by forming rctaiatory party which, by in
vokng thousands Of sober its ranks who opposed
TO all attempts legslae upon moral questions has been
able contribute its the other of the great
organizations and achieve what called victories
against temperance.
Coming down the most fashionable isms, find these
truths st more signally illustrated We find sympa-
he by apaty which itself to prescribe
him. We find hundreds of thousands of Protestants
rounding the Catholic fifth only because hostility that
faith the sibboleth of political organization and
tito complete the MORAL and supply poetic sequel to
the example, edited with declarations the part
Of tbose whose creed if it anything an
tagonsm the adopted citizen and to the Catholic that
they opposed to the adopted citizen and that they
are the friends OF the Cathoicl
We are not DESTROYS of following these reflections to the
inevitable conclusion that all such organizations these
no matter how temporary dsparaging evidences Of
popular intelligence because not clear that after
ALL popular eccentrices like these do furnish eloquent
admonons the American people, and essential
bring such people closer and practice
of those fundamental principles upon which their nst-
lions depend What desire say is that in every case
all such organizations have referred constituted
outside Of the democratic party and Arrays constituted
against that when erected their very first instinct to
draw the sword upon the democracy precisely if that
pa ty the only living barrier to their success and
further that whenever these isms become strong enough
compound themselves into creed and party they are
almost always to break up the wing party absorb
its masses and by this absorption to rally all those who
sympathze in pjudice and who desire destroy the
democracy into disciplined body.
When anti Masonry broke out it took the place of the
old federal party in every locality where it had exist
Temperance has in recent cases. frequently super
seeded the wing party Know-nothingism has done the
same thing all the Union; while, through all the
years during which these varying creeds have appeared
after the other upon the public stage, the democratic
flag kept flying, the democratic organization re-
manned intact and the faith handed down to by the
fathers of the republic maintained and preserved.
The last lesson is the most striking Of ALL Know
ingism renews ITSELF as it were in the very hour Of its
conceded dissoluton grows strong again the very
moment when its knownothingness became apparent
to its most ardent adherents and just thousands and
tens Of thousands leaving its fatal lodges accident
gives it foothold in other localities Creedless and hope
less apires to national power and shocks the
patriotic masses with the idea that it may become
midable opponent of the constitution in 1856.