American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-01
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bainlul effects Of q Epiri; OF party" The
Wsrning is frsught with deep and prophet
ir wisdom. Let the American people now
r. aeet on this great impairment and sdysr-
Sary 10 civil liberty. Whist We should now
he most arxious TO gel forever nj offs tits
rerhed'domination and direful iuflcenee OF
the aud1ciuus machinery oi party. A
true. indiptndent. teli.relying. intFli
gent. manly man. will never yield his judy
menl to a"y such everlasting inHu nee. =
Parties are tho invention OF itmogogues
and political aSpirants. wh> seek to gain
celebrity end popularity by rrorlaiming n
farrsgo Of truisms. plaliludss and nonsense
from a treacherous and dslusive platform.
Parties led only 10 separation. esirsng, ment
and lls ord They areths smeaus by which
: had Inru for low and selfish purposes. do.
criVe an1 mislsad an unwAry and oonfiding
people.
a man ofparty Is cbsracterisici ily con,
traced nj bigo'si. H. isthe last man
whose judgement or hosrt you can dep nd.
BE is narrow aud prtjudcr in "plni9n.
reckless 10 sentiment. and immovsble in
ohs'inscy; blind lead'r ofthe blind into
the evident ditch OF fanaticism and delu
sion. The spirit OF parry is the spirit Of
extreme stli,hnsss sailing under the falls
culors Of the public good and general u!ili-
". ! is o 10 s-rvi % TO amy one hut tie
profssssd pniticisn. who is mole of'cn a
charl tan and knaye than amfn Ct either
moral honesty or Competent intelligence =
It benefits nnly the social qurks who i've
:. lby d-mvgogu ry and imposition. Il is the
ofspuny Of fraud and se6sbness. and
thrves only on the evil passions OF the base
and tivilous, It alirnatss hose who have
every reason to be uaiitd and f,arrrnal. an :
none 10 be discudant aud ihimical Of
this nlsnstercus and uniusti6able spirit of
party in tho pnltics OF our county ,wehave
TOO much. lis time the people shook Of
its trnmmels. and declared independence
Of such enslavng and insulting control,
The PEOPLE. ii they VIII only resolve up
on it. srs capable of thinking and de iding
for themselves. and should diArust tie
creed makers aed the plttiprm-buildcrp,
who manufacture public opinion osuit the
desigus and ambitions ends of fw posi-
tion. seeking. s-lf-g lorifying. favor courlin
political hacks and hobby riders, who del
ugc the country with confusion and ruin.
that they may gather the flood wood and
wreck that flats upon the devastating cur.
rent One Of The most cheering and hope.
full si2ns OF the times is the evident deter
mutation everywhere manifested to tn ow
off this incubus anl pest Of pa ty. Tho
ppoplc brgin to feel that they have already
suffered 10 much by It. They hvgin to see
that the platforms arc irail and unstable.
and til vt The promises Of the spo,ch-makers
and lie piuphisles Of the preIendsrs have
failed Of accomplishment, They begin to
Appreciate their own responsibility, and to
trust their own judgment, and this senli-
ment is gaining ground every day. From
: every direction The cry COMES up from the
hesrt of disgusIeL people: The prophets
prophecy false; We will nave no more oc
th'ir lies. Every where the cry Is heard
wtll no longer DO the tool and puppet OF
a n Shine driven party; l will no longer
trust the inoIdious word OF the calumnious
and mereenary pulnician, will no longer
trust the prtifoeing sliprndary whose liv,
ing and very existence depends vpoD the
confusion aud deception hs creates. This
. is tho voice and the word 10 day OF the
Am ricah poopls. 1t is a glori VI wor ;
tho word ot free iom and sell dependence;
the word Of a people that have snapped
asunder ihs degrading fstters Of parlyism
and dsmsgoguely, AMI that will hereafter
ob'e,v- aui Judge and elect aud decide for
themsevts.
Side hy side with the encouraging
moral revolu ion p oreeas tho great move
ment of the people, independent of party
organizations aud foImer associations
towards = common uuitn Tor tie pirpose
OF asserting this freedom fiom eau us die
taIion, ant of acting in concert against the
boSsting parry that CLAIMS the govsrnm mt
as it's right, and uses its power Tor its own
aggrsniisemsnt, and the personal ambition
Of ila MFogaut lsaders. The day oil ex lu-
siveness and sectionalsm is over. the
go time Of concilitlion, anil concession,
aud harmony, and good will. and national
frterEi'y has come The people arc com
ing tcgrlher on the broad ground OF their
country; no more 10 be dlSIrrcted and
severed by patty j.nlousss, and thwarled
principles, and the sophisIies and iallacles
oftold had men, Tl,a' they should a.rep
on everything is not 10 be rxpectsd. Nor
; Is it ess ntal that they should. 1t has
been the orror of the pas to insist upon
conlo nifty and unity OF ascent on formal.
lied maXims an specific positions. 1t is
OF no consequence whetl er We accord on
: al DIN 8, or not. On one thing 400 can
agree; AMI lhalls the msin thing. W.
can elevate 10 the trust and power in our
gift, tur l,usst, wisest and most com tent
and reliable men
/, Civ us good true and honest m"n at the
head Of our Sgttc and National affairs, and
we care not wha: you call them. Names
have very liulc value. It's time We was
done with this Aimsey subteruye OF calling
: namSs. There is not a sentiment or doc
trim that is used as n Distinguishing charac
, trristic on which TO found party name
that has not acceptance and profession in
, every other party. by whAtever na,e il
: m"y no designated or Whatever my be its
boundaries. There is nothing about which
there is so much humbug and delusiou MS
this part'zsn trick ofoSllng names, the las,
: r.sort o! weeb and totlerlng poliuci ans. =
What We have to deal with are not what
the Trenton GsEplle uuely called "dead
and uons Platforms - but - with tha livino