The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-03-25
The Party of Endless Names and
no Principles.

II is worth while 10 look back upon
the many aud meaningless names taken
from time ii time by the opponents of
the Democratic party. First they were
Federal:sfs-tbeu Federal Republicans
then the Peace Psrty-then Federal.
lists again-then Best Meu-then No
Party-then Anti jackson men-then
National Experimentation Peoples
party--then Whigs--then Freesoil
Wbigs-tben Native Americans-then
Anti Nebraska men-then Know Moth
ines-then AmeIicaus-then Republi-
cans-then Fremoniers-last longest
'Freemen who Observation-Disclosures
adopted by Union convcntion-ou-the Sth
of January"
Mary IF these naucs. though meaning
uothirg by those who used them, were
good aid Lai patriotic Associations cius
teii,C abeut them. But it has bSen the
reckless uhprincipled, demagog'e courss
of the opposition leaders, tfrat the best
uames( srd there Gould tie 40 batter than
y whig) we're rendered in a short time
SO oaious that a change became absolute
Iy necessary, TO keep their inrccs Ia the
Geld. The man in every day, pr; cslcal
life, who assumes one name after auoth-
er as fast as his bad conduct wears them
out, is marked everywhere as a character
to be shurucd, aud the publication Of
his aliases IN the vs. RS, drivcs
him ont Of sight. TGis is the coE3GI0u
sct,se judgement of the public But
does a collection Of Der, a political or
ganization, that docs uo:hing but Try
over aud over again this old trick OF the
aliases, deserve any more favorable
judgement?
While sucb has been the curse Of the
opposition, every ,Dtmocrat turns
wiiipride to the glorious old par
ty TO which I.e belongs. The party
that has bravely upheld the same 1a;-, in
victory or defcat-the same mime
through good report I'D through evil
reraort-m prosperity and in diversity
ever since it first took the field under
The illustrious Jefferson. A party that
never WAS fairly conquered, III an open
manly contest for prIhciples-though nr-
casioually temporarily overthrow by
false issues, fraudulent cabrassiug, arti
fetal panics, shameless bribery, and the
thundering denuneiutions of a few polit
ical priests, who generally turn out to
be 10 better than they were supposed
to be. But such results have always
been of shorter duration e ell under the
rev name under which they were bro
about; and though our opponents are
always boasting of their superiority in
talent, get the fact stands recorded in
our political history, 10 matter how
much ability they show in pulling down,
that their administrative talent is miser-
ably weak, aud has been unsuccessful,
whenever the general government has
been placed in their hands.
Necklaces iadeed, is not the worst at.
tcndant of their occasional success -
Frauds, that have immot talized in iufa-
my the names of Cdlphin and Gardiner,
aud the high officials connected wit!
them, tell a story on this subject that
can never be forgotten. Even the par
tial success Of the opposition, in che
present House of Representa- ives III
Congress has inauguratcd a rew and
dangerous system Of corrupt lobbying.
duplicating several of the members, that
has already brought u new committee to
the lists of the National Legislature
tile corr.pLi0n committee rf Tie House
II is said they ave already their hands
fail. and although we shonid be slow to
~%ouden,n, yet people will beg in TO ihiuk
that when there Is so much smoke there
must be some fire. L the fIce Of such
facts. is there airy wonder thai the Dem
ocra'ic party should be more than two
thirds Of The time in the ascendant
Nc10 Aa:en Register.