Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-04-21
Thursday Morning, April 81. 1859.
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FOR GOVERNOR,
IsHAM G.. HARRIS.
THE OPPOSITION PARTY

THE OPPOSITION PARTY.s
Such is the general name by which
the opponents Of the Democratic
party now !. distinguish themselves.
II is a party based upon negatives
1t seeks to obtain control Of the Gov
ernment by opposing everything 1t
gives no outline Of its own policy,
foreign or domestic-lt is for nothing
excep, power, Office, the loaves and
fishes-It hungers ravenously after
the Heshpots-that is all.
The Opposition conglomefa!e is
thus well depicted by the Louisville
Courier:
Opposition to what? Why to
the Democracy, and, of course. orpo-
3tion to the principles Of the Demo
cratic party. They are, then,opposed to
the rightsof the States, to the doctrine
Of non-intervention, and, in short, to
everything advocated by the National
Democratic party. Afraid to enun-
ciate any principles Of their ewn,
they content themselves with growl-
ing at ours. 1t is principle ofthe
common law, that when man pleads
in abatement to writ, that he shall
furnish a better. What sort of a
figure would the Oppositionists of
the South cut, were they held to this
rule? They believe that the terri
BILE Democracy is going to ruin the
country; yet 10 save the coun-
try, and their precious souls, they
cannot suggest a better form of gov.
ernment THAI that adopted by the
Democracy.
'.The fact is the Opposition party
is an unavoidable result of a we'll
constituted government. Nothing
can be made without leaving more
or less waste material. Gold cannot
be melted without leaving more or
less dross; and governments cannot
be formed without leaving mere or
less intractable elements which make
very cool opposition. Look at the
present Opposition party! What
are its component parts2 Does it
not consist of fragments and odds
and ends? Most certainly it does.
Where are all the old broken down
politicians? In the Opposition par
tv. Where are all the disappointed
Office seekers? In the Opposition
party. Where are all the discomfort
ted and ill-used men who would ruin
because they cannot rule? Where
should they be but in the Opposi-
ton party? The thing is new only
in name, being composed Of the Oldest
90 ssible materials. 1t is like snake
which changes its skin every year,
only it has been skinned so often BY
the Democracy that this year it sp-
pears without any skin at all. In
its ranks you will find great varie-
ty of men, with great variety of
talents, all Of whom should be Presi-
dents, and would be, but for the
cruel lack Of appreciation on the part
of the people. In it you will find
any number of far-seeing and wise
statesmen, With heads shaped like
coffee-pcts, who are always discover
ing some awful danger right in the
path Of this glorious Republic
They are externally seeing & grim
political Blue Beard, who is just
ready to chop off the head Of this
great country, and they pitch their
piping notes Of warning on their
highest key, which always pass un-
needed by sensible people. But
their manifold failures do not seem
to dampen their ardor. Not a bit.
They keep up their warning shrek,
no matter in what garb they appear.
Whether as Fsderalists, Republicans,
Americans, Know Nothings, or Oppo.
sitionists, they never relax their pa
triotic squalls. One moment you
shall hear them screaming about
foreign influence. then about Demo
cratic extravaganza, then about the
Pope, then about Americans ruling
America, aud always about the Dem
ocratic Administration. This last is a
theme which never fails them, and