The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-25

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STATE : ls-'clitIcAI Parties TN the Country.
The ezSeful student OF American politics
nus. lave beer struck by the "dissolyirg
Viewsr presented te HE mind in the movement
Of ys9.ies within the last twenty-five ysa.a
Il We mean ~ party distinct platform or
bssis Of principle-pcsitive, endorsed and
adeftec measures Of legislative poliey-cer-
tain definite rules Of political econony-we
nave now three political organizations three
sets Of nen-a,l Of which are as distinct from
tie cid vhig and democratic parties as is the
dynasty Of Napoleon from that Of Victoria OF
England. The cid whig party is fossil. asd
there is sc little left OF it az to create Doubt
whether il ever had body or sonl Il wac
sn appariticn---s species Of ghcst, haunting sls
democracy, and occasionally frightening xbs.
respectable old family ous CT the White
House; bat unlike that of Bauquo's, it is rev
down. Indeed, tie old wing party--it Is q re-
verertial way OF speaking of i5-existed on
the basis Of 3 nnion Of the money, the Esnafsc-
turing, and through these the commercial i'd
rerests OF the country. &c which was added that
OF internal improvements by the general gov
eminent. Successful in controlling Lsioasl
legislation, IL was deetined to effect "a entire
overthrow OF the dea0cIacy. Failing IN tais,
its fate was sealed, its life extingGisasd. sud
its oody Dissolved into its original elements
IL wsf . political experiment, ald il failed. II
worked on it's false principles till it relieved
Il their justice, which is more than can oe said
Of most politicians il this country.
The democratic party, or the other hand
We mean The old Jackson party derived It's
cohesive and -propaisise power from the mega.
tive basis o. opposing the schemes and the
constitutional doctrines of the wings. Their
chief meri. was in their maxim that State
which vas the least governed was the best 90.
verned. They i5sisted upon the rule that lava
do not MAKE money, but effect distribution be
tween capital and labor; ant hence, that high
prote olive tariff, national hanks, GRAND Echemes
Of internal improvement. by the genera 20
vernmert, aud all kindred projects Of the
wings, were SC many devices Of capital to gain
undue advantage Of labor. Democracy was q
species Of brake on tie ear OF State, aeiding
it back to meet contil gencies ct necessity aad
danger. Il had liking for the people. End
Away. canonized their frontier exploits-it
had an immense appetite Tor neigaboriAg Ter
.itories dissatisfied With present boua-
da-is.--sond Of foreign travel" ard addicted
to lighting and trading With weak border
States. In this spirit it has swallowed E,orids,
Loaisisns, Texas, New Mexico and cal;fc-c;s,
and is no# showing signs Of rapaeicus hunger
for mere.
But the eouree and the men Of the pa-iy
ssve wonderfully changed. TIE old system.
save thst Of the Iane and the spirit of terrific
-ial conquest, TlicL may be ss;d to be COMMON
to ne ell, is as thoroughly oblterated as if il
had never existed. The motive and the pc;n-
ciple Of action are gone. There is nobody 10
6ght On the old issues, and this Of itself has
operated IS : release to ali the swocr subjects
Of tie party. They have not scattered CT Ike
the wigs, "a. they have actually done vo-se:
they have suffered their camp to he rur-
prised by i.s Own traitors, and their troops
to be commanded by the least worthy
Of the number. General Pierce is tie chief OF
the party new. He commands i.s forces aud
gives character to it's name. He las succeed.
ed to its estates lives or iss favore and dit.
penses It's honozs. Wao will say. afyer sui
veying tAe present condition o. public aFairs,
tbs. the old Jackson democracy still Ives in
the vigor Of It's manhood, the integrity Of its
life and the power Of its energies? II i. mass
CT decentralization, corruption and folly, de-
tested by honest men and mourned over BY
patriots; it is supported by knayes bu. only az
knaves know how TO sustain a sinking dynasty
Out Of the wreck CT the democracy there 10
spgi-g;1g W everywhere il the country 10.
ncgenecus national sentiment, which new
finds its expression in an earnest effort to re-
deem the country slike from the curse Of the
Pierce policy Of niger driving and the Sew.
ard policy Of niger worshipping. Neither OF
these extremes belongs to the old democracy.
No such fierce distractions entered into its
creed and service IT was not a party made bv
demagogues and supported by madmen- I
Vas not party for the North or for tie South
it was great union organization, looking
solely to the constitution as the charter Of it's
existence and the guide Of lite policy. II we
had no other evidence Of its prostitution, it il
enough to prove how complete has been its
Of true fife Of virtue, to re-
gard its present chiefs.
We have, then, . new democratic party-a
great Protestant organization, seeking to rid
itself of the errors Of its past life, and to COM
nand public confidence and sympathy by
good works in the future. We haze the
black republicans, Or negro worshippers, AZ
oi1shoos OF the Pierce democracy, seeking
to break up the Union on account of the
existence OF American slavery. We have,