Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-05-19

ton i apparently their fret and their lasl
expedient.n
The Gsisl,s be ysslefBay. y an nsssmp, "a
smooth Gown The fuf upon the baoks Of
some Of the doubtful Thomaseh of The Amer
ican remnant lays down she terms of the
arrangement ~ follows Z
We feel Warranted, therefore, In SAVING
that no disbanding Of the Americans. fof the
sake Of Fusion with the Republicans. was
either invited or expected As Americana
constituting one branch Of the opposition,
whose united CO operation is deemed desirn-
Bile, they are invited by a Republican Com
mittee toa participation, on friendly and
fair terms, In the doings and deliberations Of
the State Convention Of tho "a of June -
Entering the Convention with this under.
standing, they Of course neither reliuauish
any peculiar views oftheir own, by such an
act, merely, nor commit themselves 10 those
OF the Republicans, nor necessarily at all
impair their own organization. The coop
GRAFTON proposed, in word il every way
similar TO that which has taken place at the
last three elections in this city, and has
been entirely satisfactory to both parties %
Fusion is only word Everybody is 10
keep his own principles and opinions, and
adhere to bis own organization. Tho thing
wanted is oflioe--the point to be setted is,
how are the spoils TO be distributed Let
Us reason together as those who would take
a prey and drop our private quarrels un.
I'll there IL something worth quarreling
about
The central Republican organ, with lit
tic more edroilness, and more taking rhe
toric, presents the same view Of the case
Speaking ofthe call for a State Convention
il SAYS
"lt Summons Americans, Democrats aud
Republicans to a united effort in a common
cause--American as Americans, Democrats
as Democrats and Republicans as Republic
cans. 1t asks nobody to lay aside his par
ticular views, or except for the time, and 80
far as necessary for the common object, his
distinctive political afinities 1t proposes
an open, manly alliance against misrule and
despotism, y
Ending with GLORIOUS victory"
Our interest s in seeing fairplay Messrs.
Americana you are feeble folk and few
bat be etrong in words, and get all you can;
for to brag high is the only way TO make out
Of weak hand Messrs, Republicans. ex-
perience teaches that the way to secure the
American vote, is 10 put Americans upon
the ticket Don't be particular about the
proportion the greater il is, the greater the
number Of the elect. When you have ad.
iourned your principles, why adhere to mere
personal preferences The better practice
IS to put them oil in pickle together--box
them up in cans hermetieally sealed, for fu-
ture use, IL they don't spoil they may come
in play some time or other. Between "ful
sions,' they will serve as subjects for stump
speeches, llill-top letters, newspaper lead
ers, and the like extempore entertainments.
Republicans--so they say--expect in
time, to build up great and successful ma
t'onal party upon their principles When
parties are built through a principle il is
done by standing upon it, not by putting it
away whenever there is an election. How
long does any body suppose, it \, i'll take to
raise up a Republican party rule in this
Union, upon the practice of coalition, to the
abandonment of the doctrines of Republi-
canism every time there is an office to be
filed
There is one comfortable result Of the
practice of coalition, instances ofwhich some
people may remember When principle 10
disregarded and dishonored by tricky poll.
ticians, it ineurs debt which it usually
pays of upon the heads of those who have
made themselves instrumental in the pro.
cess and gentlemen among US have been
so essentially blown up by fusions Of their
own devising that it is doubtful whether
they have yet become perceptible to sublu-
nary vision.
Who's hit Don't the Press tell the thing
just as well as you possibly could ? Don'tit
boa the compass