The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-04-13
A NEW PARTY.

As fast as men become dissatisfied with old as
sociations they will form new ones, and arc fire.
quently found joining hands with those whom
thew had previously viewed as enemies. 1t is said
that efforts are being made at Washington to organ
ize new party the main object of which is, of
course, to override the democratic party. cor
RESPONDENT of the "South" speaks of this plan as
follows:
pan is on foot for the formation of party, to be
composed of the three sections of the antLecompton
ties, act in opposition to the Democracy This has
been in progress fer some time, and two hints
have been thrown of such movement, but strange
to say they have not excited public attention. The
first intmation from Mr. Seward, in his speech on
the Army BILL in reply Mr. Hale. 1t is very likely
that the sagacty of Mr. Seward has planned this union
of the wings of the opposition. He is shrewd enough
to foresee that the mere change Of name by party Will
not effect its tendencies and sympathies and that when
the Douglas boilers and South American Sepoys are
absorbed into the of Black Republicans that their
political compexion will follow that of the body which
pives them life and in the degree that
the worm takes its color from the bark There is no
danger that the feesoilsm of Mr. Stewards party will be
in anvwse diminished by the admixture. On the con-
trarv it is clear from the speeches made by the che1S OF
the Douglas boilers and Sepoys, that they want to
ter the Republican church, not rrobationers neo-
phytes with full confession of faith and on the
strength of good works already performed In opposton
to the ''slave power"
Mr. Seward is that the control of this party
will not pass from his grasp He has met know-noth-
ingsm before in its early strength, and made it sub
servient to his designs whilst he scorned to adopt its
dogmas He will be the Magnus Apollo of the new
party which will be but the Republican party in new
euise Douglas, Stanton, Winter Davis and Humphrey
Marshall will be his satellites, and utterly powerless to
control the organization The accession of the Sepoys
would not be particularly desired for the fact that
he means to in 1860 the head of this party for
the Presidency and hopes in this way to give it the
"odor of nationality He is aware that there is dan
ger the South would resist the installation of Pres
dent elected on sectional basis, and by the North
alone Hence, he will graciously take Messrs Winter
Davis Humphrey Marshall Co., into the new party,
so as to create division in the South the question
of resistance.
Another mode of obviating Southern resistance and
secession will be the avowed purpose of the party
1t will proclaim itself par excellence the Union party
and may possibly lake that very 1t is thought
by the contrvers of this scheme that there is magic
enough in the of Union, to lead the South to &C
ouesce in election of Seward and to submit to the
loss of that liberty and equality which the Union was
formed to
An important part in the programme, and leading
step the consummaon of their designs is the
defeat of the Lecompton Constitution. This accom-
plished they feel that their onward to victory
and the spoils of empire open. They persuaded
that the defeat of ecompton will knit their party to-
cether and give them irresistible strength.