Demoine courier., 1856-02-21
The Republican Party.

.'Shall quips and sentences, and these
paper hulletsof the brain, W q man from
the aareer Of his humor?"
Many q halt formed resolution many
. wise aud necessary reform has been
"oip,i' the bud" by a little well cirec,
el ridicuIe. How many lnebria,es have
resolved and re-resoived ,ha, they would
not touch thu cup" and been brought,
back to their old place M the gutter by
the jeers Of their companions. Many a
good thing. in the. hands Ct tain, hearted
and iriesolute men, has received its
qpietus in the same way. which argu
meni would have been impotent TO meet.
But who have counted the cost. who can
give a reason for the faith that 10 in
them. and who pursue a good cause with
their whole nigh. and strength, are never
thus oveiihrown and defeated. The
shafts Of ridicule never reach them, bu,
pass by on the other eide. They know
they are RICH, and 60 ahead.
The Republican party which 10 aow
~springing into existence and r~allying to
NEE, the most important crisis of this
generation. has before i, a mission
fraught with blessings 10 this country
Ito objeci 10 10 meet properly the ssgras
sIve spirit Of slavery-to forever stay j,
within its pre- en-, limits and bring back
our National Administration 10 The Re.
publican ground it occupied ir the days
OF it's founders. Then j, was The policy
10 exclude African slavery from the ter.
ritorles. and az an evil tina, could not be
20, rid OF, confne il 10 its then limits -
But al this has now been reversed
New territory has been added fo- the
purpose Of giving room and verge foi j,
10 spread itself.
Slavery has really assumed The direc-
lion anc control Of public affairs. worded
and shaped our laws. l. has stamped
ia narrow. selfish and sectional dogmas
upon both the late political parties. con-
,rolled their conventions. formed their
platforms, shaped every plank, and then
nun,ca,ed their candidates. Ii has
,rampled upon the most sacred coln2ac,s
and declared its Willingness to dissolve
the Union itself and ,rampls our constitu
uon in The dust. 10 attain its ends. II 10
ume ,h's fell spirit was met and laid
High zine.
Tins new party. which has come into
existence so suddenly, which has sprung
10 il were from the soil, 10 composed Of
s,erner s,uff than TO be diverted from ito
great objec, by rldicule. The men who
cumnOse il, are 10 earnest The public
mind has been thoroughly convinced of
he necessity Of resisting the ou,rages
ana encroachments Of slavery, and this
..onv,c,ion cannot be put down. silenced
or saiis6ed by clamor The senseless
Z, Il .Hb0iitionism has los. iS potency.
The pror, plifuI paid tools Of corrupt ad
m,n,s,ra,ion who are turning the engine
ry of the press upon il. will fail. The
Did party leaders who have been lef,
high and cry upon a lee shore, by the
dissolution OF old parties, may roar and
ear their hair, cry ''fusiOn," "woOl,"
.,reason'' and whatever they please.
They might as well Try 10 dam up the
deep blue waters Of The river that flows
along our Eastern borders. on ito way
to the sunny South. The Republican
is no weak and fain,-hearled movemen,
30 be killed of By . few quips and sol,
paper bullets. Il 10 founded on the cry
ing necessity Of the times In aims are
national. l. pr.poses no measure bu,
should be submitted 70. as jus, and fair
to all parties and all sections Of the I'm
ion. Aslong as il adheres TO the g:ound
it now occupies. i,never can be Tidiculed
sneese&. jeered or voted down.-DGih
Hank Eye.