Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-12-30
Law CT Newspapers.
The Proposed Fusion.


The prophecies made by the Democratic
press and speakers during the canvass Of
1856, that the Republican party would
be remodeled, and appear before the peo-
pie with new platform of principles in
1860, and probably new name, will be
fulfilled, and more. Already the different
elements are laboring with unusual earn
-stness and zeal, in order to enlist and
unite every faction and ism in the Union
against the Democracy. well knowing that
if they do not succeed at the next trial,
it would be folly to attempt to rally the
forces again. The leading spirits in the
party are using every possible exsrtion to
bring about thorough and complete un-
ion of all the opposing elements; and, in
order to accomplish this effsctually, they
now propose to sacrifice all their princi
pies, if they ever had any. on the altar of
ambition, and enter the canvass with moth
ing but candidate-not even the sem
5lance Of principle, or a marked line of
policy which they would pursue. if the
people should be so inconsiderste as to put
them in power. The New York Tribune
the acknowledged organ of the Republican
party, commenting on the probability of
success and the necessary combination of
the different elements of strength in the
next canvass to obtain it, makes the fol-
lowing proposition:
eve propose that the republicans, as the
larger section of the opposition, be per-
mitted 10 name one Of their number for
President, to be sustained by the entire op-
position, while the Americans and national
wings propose the Vice President. The
ticket thus formed shall be supported
by the entire opposition, each party
and each State making its own plat
form. and none being committed to any
but its own doctrines or propositions, and
the united opposition to be designated re-
publican American union peoples
party or whatever else It's voters in any
locality may choose"
From this 1t will be seen that there can
be thirty platforms, or none at all, Just
to suit the voters of the different divisions
OF the consolidated party. The Detroit
Free Press, speaking of this proposition,
says, one of the advantages of the scheme
is, that the candidates, if they should
chance to be elected, would not be com
mitted to any of the platforms, since it is
provided that none of the parties shall be
bound by any otEer doctrines than their
own. Thus in one State the ticket would
be one thing. and in another State another
thing. but altogether it would not be any
thing
LEST this proposition" says the Free
Press, "shall not prove acceptable to the
other wing Of the opposition another is
made, as follows:
Let tho other wing of he opposition
name the President, conceding the Vice
President to the republicans, with this
single condition, agreed to by all hands,
and proclaimed 10 the public. that the adj
ministration thus formed shall do all in It's
power to cOnfne slavery within the limits
of the existing slave States
1t strikes us that the 'other wing of the
opposition will prefer the first proposition,
providing that they may name the Presi-
dent. With this slight mod iGcation we
do not see anything in the way of the
scheme,-except Mr.. Seward and his
friends And Mr. Stewards friends are
rather numerous among the republicans,
and are greatly disposed to agree to no
programme that does not make him the
candidate for the Office. They will not be
tenacious about the platform. They will
consent that he shall run on thirty-tuo diff
ferent platforms, if need be. But just here
the difficulty is that the 'other wing will
not consent to him on any platform. They
might have consented to him three months
ago, but his doctrine that there is an ire
pressible conflict between the free and
slave States, has done the business for
him.
The republicans have already abandoned
the field as distinctive organization
When we shall encounter them in 1860
they will be horse Of another color