The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-07-07


Dissolution of. the Republican Party.
81 The present is probably tho last gam
i,aign we shall ever have TO light against
she Republican party. 1t had its ori-
gin, and owed its sustenance to an agi-
tabfon necessarily cphemeraL- The. organ
ization- of the territories efkansas and
SeBraska gave for a time 'a@partitutar a
Irominepee TO the negFo question, ,and. in
the agitation the Republican party has
lived moved and hadiitss being. o This
agitation haslno subsidized 1.-The subject
HAS. been localized, and no amount Of
, sh. licking can awaken commqtion out
side of the limits of those. territories
.themselses. % The leaders of 1.-The party
care aware ofthis, and already a portion
Of them, with the Know Nothlngs, are
.soncecting the, 'people's party 9project
as a soft place on which to fall .sEa,zs
1.-The Democratic party islthe rartyuof
she people le--ltis the people. n The' peo.
pie, it IS true, Sometimes suffer it to be
defeated, but il is ikea mother chassis
ing her childv7only, that it may become
more worthy of affection. aotherV parties
are merely the instruments with which
the Demoefatic party is corrected;. they
asrye their purpose and are east aside
Thus. within the,reco!leetion ofthe young
est sotcr; the Wing party and ethe Know
Nothing party fulfilled their destines and
passed away; and the Republican party
is. on the verge, ofthe same fate, .s,-e
Opposition parties cannot be other
wise than. short-llsed Fhey have no
Permaffeut basis-no Fundamental princi-
pies. They rely for success upon the
uRpopslaEity of certain, measures of the
permanehsc party. When one Of these
measures is disposed OF, they rally gainst
smother, and are thus often inconsistent
with themselves, aud compelledto adopt
10 ff2tL 90 ta-i' tst--s.' .ta EEH ...'a-
new names. '.,r. -.f. .-fssts1r-r.
:. The Republican party is nothing more
thanEan opposition party. 1t is com
posed of factions of every gsale and
shade Of opinion, who. are joined together
temporarily to take advantage f, of the
sgitation iof Kansas affairs. There is no
question nof foreign or domestic policy
upon which there is not irrccoGcilable
differences Of opinion among them. They
ean,,unite in tearing down, but can never
unitein building yup-they agree in op-
posing the existing state Of things, but
cannot agree as to what shall be substi-
tuted. They are like an assembly of
musicians who have but one tune which
they can all play-whencyer they at
tempt another horrid discord is produc.
ed, Their old tune is worn out and the
people refuse to "pay the fddler'' unless
anew zone performed. Thereupon Gree
ly takes his harp of thousand strings
and twangs away about protective tar
ilfs;. Giddings takes his trombone and
brays about abolishing slavery; Bennett
asks what tune will pay best, and plays
accordingly; Chase plays an abolition
tune with a Democratic chorus; Fillmore
plays na.iue air but finding it unprofta-
ble hangs up his fiddle; and SO on through
ont the list Of chiefs, each having a little
squad to assist him. " -'i
In Ohio, however, it has been deter
mined, as will be seen by their platform
in a few days, to treat the people to a
few more negro songs. The old tune
isto be played to see if the people cam
rot be Induced to pay for it once more
before it is abandoned .-.a.,-i d.
We will not be without an opposition
party, even after the dissolution of the
Republican party The political manu-
verers Of The different factions will fuse all
the, fnsible materials, in them and com
promise as. many more as possible. They
will christen this conglomeration ''peoples
party.'' or some other clsp-trap name,
ane fight towards the public crib as zeal
opsJ as,eycr, The present indications
are, that they, will ignore oil questions
calculated to produce sectional strife,"'
aud, by looping, of. the Abolitionists, at
tempt, to make a. national party The
poor negro, from whose shoulders they
have soEproftably reached into the treasa
uFy,I Viii 6eleft to the tender mercies Of
Giddiags Garrison and their followers
like apiSh HarRoq4 fseowhen ,dhss is
mo- ,lopgT usefuEs theysurn him outto
,akencars Of ldmseKss6s owi led al 2aITf
sThse Republican party IS dying; apa
before dhother yeaEit yillbs buried, -, -
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