The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-10
roIlr1cAL rAarIEs.

The character Of 9 party 10 assumed from
the character Of its followers. IL these be
intelligent and refined. upright and consci-
e~ntious. the party necessarily must part.ke
Of the san character, for it 10 - impossible
for an association consututsd Of such men
50 be a corrupt body, a. il would Be for
party composed Of their oPPositss to Ls
pure or . virtuous organization. These are
logical ~conciosiona that address themselves
TO every maa's understanding. and are for
u6ed By b accumulated evidence Of every
aay observation. No one will dispute
fact in the natural world % evident - that
the form OF q bsdy 10 dsterminsi BY the
shape Of the particles which in tAsir sggre.
~.sion 70 10 constitute that body. The
rule - applied to social life has fewer az
csp,ions. Bad men baad together for wick
ID obiscts. Good men associate together
for ~bensvelsnt purposes. The character Of
e.ch assoeiadon 10 assumed from the men
dat constitute 1t. So it IL in the political
world. ], would be ~ unnatural for good
nan TO combine for the overthrow Of the
~varamsat, or fer any other reasonable
sur,oss, = il would b for corrupt men
"a uuiss 70 snssain it in prosperity and Puri.
y.
a,pdy the character Of the men who con-
stituss the two Political parties Of the
u.sen, and you have the key TO their object.
The o with . ume-ssrving politician a.
in leader, iis prominent men consisting Of
o~nee-hetds1, and the mass OF ito followers
esnpr,sine the low est and most degraded
serpons in community; who without know.
ins The platform Of such aparty could not
csnsctly conjecture its principles Tbs
oshs, led By 4 man who never has taken
N active part in politics, and whose vsry
ceuree Of life has tended to render him hon.
81 and upright. its prominent men sne1e
he s-eascientous ines Of the land, leading
men Of ether parties, preachers Of the gos-
ri. and is followers the thinking men OF
The Unios-sIl united together to make
CANNON cause against an evil that threat
enc 10 sap the portals Of our Union. Any
a,e to view the character Of the men con-
sd.uung the great Republican party Of the
Union, would not hssiss te in the eonciaAion
tina, something Of . momentsus character
had called them together-thss 9 time oil
extreme exigsncy had arrived in the history
Of our country that caused an uPhesva' 81
the elemeuts Of old Partyism and the 0ien0-
inn together Of liz solid PARTICLES Into one
mighty oreanizs,ion for the radical change
Of existing things
There il 4 Leaf in tbs life Of man thai u
>. difficult TO turn. Why, that when these
things are i~ndispuably as represented, tina,
when the fact is clear TO the understanding
Of ali, that one grea, question is sgitating
the mind of the nation. and that that ques-
ton 10 a. putely Of q moral as Of q political
character. that good and conscientious men
viii occasionally be found sssociating with
the party that sdvocstes what is universal
ly acknowledged to be the dark side OF the
question. For men reared in the South
and accustomed to observe slavery IN 10
every phase, and from childhood taught to
regard il . right and benehcent, some pal
liatien may be made; but no excuse can be
ursed for . Northern . educated under
the benign influence Of free institutions
and taught to regard slavery ~ great NOR
ii and political evil, when be unises with .
marty that has planted i,s standard upon .
pl.tforn whose comprehensive principle u
the extension Of slave territory.