Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-05-07
CHANGE OF MIME.

The " Republican State Central Commit
tee" of New York, appointed last year, have
issued call for State convention in which
the name "republican" does not once occur.
IL as dropped. The call is addressed "to
the people of the State of New York, yih-
ont regard to past political differences, or
decisions"
There will be no republican" party in
the Presidential contest now just beginning.
The name has become odious. The blindest
see that there are not the remotest chances
of success under it. 1t is, so soon, term of
reproach, and it will be held in remembrance,
in the sense of a party designation, as by
word. Like all the names by which the
same party has successfully been known dur
ing the past thirty-fve years, it is disgraced.
1t is only few months ago that several
of the republican" papers were discussing
the question of to whom belonged the honor
Of originating the republican movement"
and of bestowing the republican name. -
We do not remember upon whose brow the
wreath of distinction was placed. But we
know that there were several competitors for
the prize. We doubt whether the victor
will boast of or own his performance now,
since he would reap harvest of ridicule
rather than oyations and substantial rewards.
In what garb the "same old coon" will
next appear has not been divulged by the
hantua- makers of the venerable strumpet,
whose array, like that of all Cyprians, is
ever made to conceal repulsive feculence and
abominable deformity, and attract and capti-
vate the senses of the populace. This we
know, that her new robe is in process of de-
sign. The political modistes are manufac-
turing it, and promise to complete it against
the 18th June, on which day the present
Madame Republican will be clothed in it,
and step forth in her new character.
She is too we'll known to deceive many
people. No disguise will quite thoroughly
mask her. She has been upon the street
so very long that her footprints are familiar
to every passer.
The new organization will be black repub-
lican still. 1t will be the same abolition
know-nothing controlled by the same
men, devoted to the same subversive and
proscriptive doctrines and welded to the
same idolatrous groworship. 1t will be a
more perfect coalition of abolitionism and
know-nothingism.
AT first blush, it seems extraordinary that
the name of republican should have so
quickly worn out. But upon reflection, the
wonder is that it has lasted so long. 1t has
been made to serve the most wicked and de-
testable purposes ever conceived and at
tempted to be executed by political party
in the United States. Those purposes have
been avowed, and with surprising boldness
They have shocked the popular moral sense.
At every opportunity they have been CON
demned, and with them the name with which
they were associated.
In contrast with this change of name and
shifting of scenery by the opposition, the
democratic party presents sublime specta-
Gle. From youth up it has never been
ashamed of its name, and it has never ceased
to pursue steady and high purposes. And
these purposes have been such as to COM
mend themselves to the public judgment
and obtain the public approval.
Detroit Free Press.