Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-08-26
Union of the Opposition.

We observe great deal ofspeeulat'on
upon this sueiect, part of which appears
to us irrelevant at this time and not free
from weiehtier objections. Fears seem
10 be entertained that the Republican
party is in danger of receiving greatinJu-
nv from some quarter. chiefly, OF either
being misled into fatal obstinacy, or I'M
Willingly traded away. While some peo-
nle talk as if they believed that a respect
able portion of the opposition are bent up
on preventing any such union as is abso-
lutcly necessary 10 give the slightest chan
ces OF success, others profess to see only +
such headlong determination to secure
that kind Of union in one direction which, /
by involving an abandonment ofprineiple,
will produce u general boiling in the other.
We believe both classes are entirely mis-
aiken.
Look at the Republican party, and tell
US where it is in such state as to justi-
fy these dolefu lucubrations. New Eng
land is unit, snug and safe. Not State
: not Congressional districi-ean be
shaken by the fiercest eommotion Of a
: Presidential struggle. The Middle States,
= where we broke in 1886, will now consti-
: tute the body Of our strength-Pennsyl-
vania being to all intents and purposes
as sure as Massachusetts,. In the West
. there can be no question of our having
now all we had then, while Illinois and
Indiana have recently given US popular
maiorities under circumstances not near
so favorable as all the signs allot TO us
next year If matters are all right, them
in the separate States, where is the CON-
u mon danger? True, we have little specks
q of division, growing out of local questions
ne and we are not wholly agreed, at present
ne upon the best methods of accomplishing
n the national objects which we unitedly
be have at heart. But in no one State o
in the Union have we those embittered feud
as which characterize the Democratic party
". in nearly every State. And yet the lat
IN ter will unite in the Presidential cam
no paign-we have not the least doubt of il
II No more have we that they will be con
A., fronted by a united opposition. To dis
trust this result is to impeach the goo
sense and patriotism of too many me
= whose protested principles ought TO saw
'h- them from such iI-treatment in advanc,
We certainly cannot object to the mo
eu' full and free conference, through the pre-:
OF and in all other ways, touching tho;
IN points which are deemed liable to emba
= rass the efficiency of the great opposite
ln- party in the coming exigencies. On Il
len contrary, we hold that free discussion
ice. the best lever to remove any such obst
The Gle. But time is great helper, tco.-
bIy Some OF the questions which now distu
II us, were not thought of twelve mont
ago; and why may not these pass avn
in the twelve months to come? We a
to have a long session of Congress, al
Of necessity, many new moves upon
political board by all parties, before
Presidential CAM align can be said to
'5'' properly inaugurHed. Specific por
Tue then, though well enough for good -natul
discussion, it is plain are not now to
lo,e. considered as forming the essential ba
who of our action in the contest of 1860
APP What we deprecate is, the spirit Of distr
keep which is too often manifested in The op
while sition press, the assumption that TEN
While rary obstacles are to prove perman,
the the acknowledgment that anything is il
rned' ly to cheat US out of that national vict
j u'- to which We are entitled by our real 7
"'S ular strength as well rs by the superio
:. of the principles we cherish. We bell
!. - that success is a duty and that
,,,en wrong even to doubt ofsuccess amid S
ant, auspices as now surround us.-BO
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