Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-10
REVIVAL oErHE u5r1IG YARTy.

8 for is prime object the re-orggatizatlon OF the
aid.Nhig parIy. We earn that after consul,
tatt u, Tile nterprisezsWa as deemed p%TaetlcH.
{ ble, and that other efforts vii bemade#=azn-
nlediatelyf towards its col1stlt1rtafio11a.Al
address will soon be#issued 10 the nean1eso1
EnezconnfY, nd lhe#e1dinarYlneastire taken
oreyive tI,s dear cid ,aF4vs-MenH4ahss sIsa-
1aaxcas .zses5h uHaz y
= We have seen several paragraphs similar
to the above going %tHesrountls Of the papers.
and we must confess a strong feeling for the
lai.yon days when the great Wing party
was at its zenith Of power and prosperity,
ereeps ever us ard ir,pefs the wish they may
again return mall their brightness ard glory.
Gould It be revived upon anything like a
bstantiaIsb basic, 7ye fully helieye#it would
lie hailed with rapture FROM one end Of this
coultedieIacy to the other. The only fear is
that 50 z1nany.of Its Former aahesents have
wandered OF after strange gods, that they
| would prefer serving them. to returning to
their Old faith. Yet If there Is 1 spark Of
old VII IL honor and thivalty remaining in
if1eirgbEeasts, the re-estahIishing Of the party
upon i sound %natiarla! platfofu,-making it a
national party in the ~strictest sense of the
term AZ it #asln days Of yore-wouia bring
them back with Thousands of others Whostiii
cling 10 the Union despite the favipgs Of
Norti1ern Aboiitionists and Southern seees-
sion shriekers. The umes are ripe for a new
~party-not the pIaytling OF den1agogues and
oitica hunters. but a party Of the people,
party with some principle beyond the ever
hankerI1g after the spoiss of Office. It would
meet with encouragement from all sorts Of
people, and under the guidance Of good and
SOUND men, could be placed upon a basis that
would be dIlheaitto overtirn. .E
TIE American party has had lis day, it
has sfrotted its brief hour upon the stage
ard vanished altogether from the political
field Of aetion.5 Except III certain localities
it is dead, Haiie its epitaph is written upon
the page Of history. Time will show wheth-
er It's principles were correct or not. For
CTR part, we believe they weFe,asld advocated
the n to the best q ON ability We 'aboied
N vain. and the consciousness Of their Justice
is DER only reward, Democracy is as Z ter.
rlble discount with the people, while the ad-
r11ln1stration supporters are even Ike AngeIs,I
visits. It sattszneitdsr North, South, East or
West-every where it frJs opposition. and. 50
up has It become that the oldest
members Of that once great party, wonder
yt ftae So II has ~ay,e ..f&j, III ~. f1sr-.. lmL--s.-i
and principle, 1t is q burtesqnezspon the
name Of It's founders and soon will il be
ranked amongst # The things that were"
The spirit of AboIitionisua is too fierce to
asst, and like tbs yiolentpassions of the hu-
nan heart Will soonzdie away. frotn lis own
intensity. The Northern people are becoming
Convinced Ct tie follY Of opposing the exten-
Of slavery-taeY are beginning ID see
eyes-asa We believe would
zfooa settle down into the good old ORDER Of
il but the fanatics Who have hereto
ore, ana are now leadiinge. them, wo1lltl lhut
tf5eir harp t4g9 Il ron slavery as political
lobby. The opposition TO the removal of
'adge Losssas BY many Of The Nof,hera
'fess: even IN Massaehssetts where he I'M
i~sshsteous deed was ee.rEsEsiIse lei is evidenced.
Rough to lis. that good ,ssou:lis and eouSerta a
we men yet exist North oE Maseit and
line. ~%2
LeteshaTe the Did Wing party once more.
IS revival weuld tend more to reconclie our
resent sectional differences. than n other
arty IN existence. II weuld place the cotn-
~ just where it stood when M1l.14Rp FIJI 4,
ORE left the Presidential .cISair-a prosper
lis and a happy people. It would silence
Terything in the shape ofsectional fanati- !
lsn1-qaiet the e%1ar1orss Of Southern seces- !
ION sl,rtekers and aBleedl1g Kansas scree.ch !.
Let ua have the party as it was when il II !
build boast Of such men as WEBSTER AMI :
LAY, and others, whose brightest e,itaph is I
lat they were stern and nnlfflnciling mem
ars OF the greatest and modest political :
artJY that ever had existence. What saw
II -eouatry eoten1porariesz Let liz @asitafs -.
'e matter. Itcan do no harm Il it does no :
sod.s9 g#s*sz' gz5 7
y
AEHovAL* oF=JAbGE LoRIvG:-Thc l.
cess the only paper IN Boston which endor- :
5 the removal Of Judge Loring. Some of o.
If Southern friends should bear this in mind :
benevec they quote from Northern papers :
show the rapidly extending Influence of !,
bohtlonisln, The GSeeessionistsu whoare .
fer bowling over the wrongs and injuries of r
e South Should have at least sufficient JUS !
e to acknowledge sound Union sentiments
hteaeyer expressed BY Northern papers =
|latnot ote=haif oftae people Of Massachu :