Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-09
The New Enterprise.


SIT cannot be denied by the thoughtful, well-dis-
posed and conservative portion of our country >men
( that the time for q Reorganization OF national
party which should be free from the prevailing ee>
ments Of seotionalism which characterize exiting
parties has fully arrived odd Song.
Our readers will easily recognise the paternity of
this paragraph 1t is the first verse Of the old song
The Federalists have been piping upon it for now
these many years 1t has grown as familiar to the
ear as any Of the negro melodies the little boys
whistle about the streets.
(" 1t cannot be denied by the thoughtful
means the shrewd, discerning place-hunter, who
scents Office afsr Of-"well-disposed and cOnserys-
tive portion of eur eountrymen'-that means the
gulls, the namby.pambys, the class of men who can
be led and Wheedled, fattered and fooled by the
novelty of every new device" tn 1t the time for
re>org aBization of a national party" has come!
1t is singular fact that this event has grown pes
riodical-that ii comes regular every four years
and just preceding the canvass for the Presidency.
What demersEzed and disorganized condition We
have gotten into to be sure that no party can pre-
its integrity longer than four years. and that
but for class of men, who can constantly engage
in making new party to superceie the old ones,
the country would be drifting to perditiou!
Il has only been a brief time, still fresh in the
memory Of all OF US, since the country was in more
Imminent danger than at present, if such thing
we're possible. No lOnger than 1855. TIE Demo-
cratic and Wing parties we're said to have grognI
corrupt, that they were falling to pieces Of their
own rOttennsss; and upon the 'Fuins' of these two
old parties 'the thoughtful, veil disposed and con-
sentative portion Of the country" we're to erect a.
new party, that was to esOhev all the evils of the
old ones, and restore the government to the happy
condition in which Washington left it. They we're
the "SOns Of the sires of 70 " To them was en-
trusted the peculiar custody of 'ths stsrspsngled
banner" 1t was to be kept free from pollution,
un1estrained by the hands Of Sag NIGHTS and for
eigners. The country was no longer to be a Bot
say Bay for the criminals of Europe. The Pope
and his Cardinals we're given plainly to understand
that they should cease to regard with SoVetSss eyes
this country SIS 9 new field for empire. The dirty
business of the politician vas to be put down, and
nore but self>saeri6cng patriots to hold Office
The storm Of sectional agitation was y be subdued
and political millennium was to begin. These were
not half the things the party of '55 had to &C
complisb. 1t was extensive work The work of
s generation. In four years We did not suppose
they could more than insugurate their plans, and
develop some of their first fruits. Fifty years. at
least, was deemed necessary for SO great party,
Ia SO stupeudous cause, to reach the summit Ofits
greatness Napoleon undertook no more, and in s
quarter Of a century accomplished less
In view of all these facts and circumstances it is
well to inquire what has become Of this great Know
Nothing party AID its sublime mission, before 'the
thoughtful, we'll disposed and conservative portion
Of our countrymen" undertake to organize an
other. Two such ponderous parties, living and
moving at one time, would weigh down the globe.
There is not patriotism enough in the world to sup
ply them. The universe alone could furnish boun.
dairy for their exploits.
We suggest, therefore, that before another re-or-
gsnzatiOn takes place, search be instituted for the
great party of 1855 If it is still upon the theatre
Of action it will supercede the necessity of another
new party. If it has died out-Was but the thing
of sn hour-has failed in all of lis sublime plans
has proven cheat, the work of political tricksters
and adventursrs, its history will serve to point
moral and teach fhe thoughtful, we'll disposed and
conservative portion of our cOuntrymen, how fOolN
isb thing ii is to be following after every humbug
that is gotten up preceding each election, on the
ridiculous pretence Ofreorganizng the old political
parties and combining all the elements of patriotism
in a nav