New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-08

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alone can be ascerained the best and most stable
manner Of conducting q government Of the people,
al system Of laws, and cheerful and prompt ODE
dience III those laws, certainly necessary to the
welfare Of any community and all laws Of necessity,
must enanate from the constituted authorities Thus,
1T Is, By bringing in contact the varied opinions
of the governed solution Of the question as to the
best method Of administering a government can be-
obtained bringing steel and flint in contact, fire
is produced vet, the fire is produced without detr
1nent to either Soft IS BY bringing parties in con
tact the light of government is made more brilliant
and clear, and that light shines on all alike.
II itbe admitted that parties are necessary to the
proper administration Of our form Of government, it
isrequisite that the true meaning of the word be
properly appreciated. AS we understand it, political
are the opponents Of the opinions theY may
hold as to the manner IN which the government under
which they live, and which they individually recog
nize shall BE administered although they may differ
as TO the proprety, justice Of certain egisla
tive enactmens and varied as may be their opinions
as to the right Of particular laws yetare they alike
in their fealty to the Constitution and laws as they
are. Z n S8 Z II
But when a party, soca.ed, arises, that evinces
by words and acts hostility to the fundamental prin.
ciples upon which the government was founded, we
may well ask whether it can claim tile name Of
parity as the words understood and used in this
country. body Of men acting together for the ac-
complishmert Of purpose foreign to the Constitu-
ton, cannot justly claim the name. No matter with
what eloquent words Or protestations they pursue
their end they are eprous, ana should be avoided by
every honest mind.
| "a body, such as this, is not party, = but a
faction' acting in opposition to the established
government, and as such to he Stunned and, if pos
sble crushed out by the united efforts of every citizen
who is attached to the government whose laws he
obeys and whose blessings he enjoys
While we freely recognize the utility Of parties \
ina government Of tile people, and believe, as gen
eral rule, that they accomplish good yet at time
when faction becomes formidable as to threaten
the disruption and existence Of government it plainly
becomes the duty Of all parties to unite to exteri-
nate it. 5 5
All conservative, correct thinking men, will agree
with US in the opinion that the majority Of the
members Of the two great parties of the country are
equally patriotic, equally striving for the honor and
glory Of the nation. Party managers there are
doubtless who look to the success Of their particular
side as the Alpha and Omega af all their efforts and
all their hopes. We have an abiding confidence in
the intelligent patriotism Of the people, 1t was fully
illustrated in 1910, and we confidently look to No
syember next for demonstration that will convince
the most skeptical Of the ability Of the people to
govern themselves
"A Eighty years agosa system of legislation- gov
ernment7--was adopted by our ancestors. With the
whole world against them, by example, it was deter
mined to Try the experiment Of self government. A
new country, new people, a new idea resolved npon
the PRONUNCIATION Of anew colonies, for
such We may term the original States, decided that
they would become a nation They pondered over
it, they met in consultation and found conflicting
views. By concessions here and there, ~ mutual
COMPROMISES, they framed a national government
that bore alike ALL and alike protected all This
was not the work of an hour it was only after long
and serious deliberations that success placed in tic
hand OF the wand that ever since, has waved
to US happiness and national growth beyond all pre-
cedent.
F From that time to this we have gone on prosper
ing and to prosper The same fundamental laws
that enabled our forefahers to rest quietly beneath
their own rooftrees, now shelter US. The consttu-
ton constructed by them with almost superhunan
skill is now the ark Of safety which all conservative
men eagerly seek. Shall we not guard each bolt and
riyet Shall we not have care that each plank is
preserved from decay Or shall we, by careIessness
orfatnity, permit the ark upon which all our hopes
are gathered, to go to ruin ?
We are confident that the people will freely give
their efforts to the preservation Of the staunch craft
that has thus far surely, safely and happily, borne
them and their forefahers over the seas Of political
agitation. But how? We answer !: Parties. however
beneficial as general rule ARE not necessarily always
so. Every rule has its exception. Just now a poli.
teal crisis is impending over the country. Faction
has TO be met and conquered, if we would avoid the
overthrow Of the principles upon which parties are
founded. Party feeling for the time being must be
merged in conservatism, and unity Of thought and
action upon the part of all conservative men. pro
claim that the continuance of our present form of
government, its laws and spirit, is essential to the
happiness and prosperity of all within its limits.
Having reached this point Having merged the two
great parties into conservatives whom are we to
vote What are Mr.. Buchanans claims to our suf
frages He occupies high position in his party-a
position that none can gansay But is not as Demo-
crat that we must now consider him, but as a con.
SENTATIVE. Il conservatism were instability he would
strong CLAIMS as he has been on all sides of
nearly all the great questions that have agitated the
country Tor thirtyive years past. If we trace his
career we fail to find him. in single instance as the
leader u any great political struggle. Mr.. Buchanan
never leads-he folloWs-hence he will never do for
q conservative candidate. As a member Of the Demo
cratic party, he deservedly stands high among party
managers With the masses--With the people-he
has no strength he never has been identified with
them. His own county of Lancaster has long been
one of the strongest Democratic counties in Penn
sylvania, although the surrounding counties inhabited
BY the same class Of population have ever been faith
full to the Democracy. In no part Of the North has
ne warm adherents among the people, while in the
South his endorsement of the Squatter Sovereignty
doctrine has not only dampened the ardor of his entire
party but loosened whatever hold he before had on
the popular mind.
For whom, then, shall conservatives vote Is Mr..
FILLMORE entitled to their confidence Let his record
speak for him. No man, since the days of WASH
lNGTON, has retired from the Presidency with a
purer national fame than Willard Fillmore Unex-
pectedly called to the station at time when facton'
was rampant through the nation he stretched forth
his hand and the waters of sectionals became still
AT the expiration of his term of office the prominent
men of the two great political parties of the country
Wed with each other in avishing upon his admins
traton terms Of commentator and approval. Hear
him, recently in the interior Of the State of New
York, when surrounded by thousands of the :. fac
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