The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-07
Op tho two loodipo Euroneon races

the 1eutOnlc anu sble OeiJiC--l1 ID pioD" .
BILE that the latter is most prone to carry.
party spirit to violent and irrational ex
treme; and yet there is little that can be
said in favor OF The justice or disinter-
estedness Of the former, in matters where
party politics are concerned. In fact, the
party history Of either race, in any coun-
try peopled by it, is little calculated to /
convey exalted notions Of its patriotism
or its veracity. The great difficulty that
occurs in the attempt to gain an accurate
knowledge of English political history, or
of the characters of English statesmen
and politicians, consists in the innumer-
able recorded falsehoods with which his
tory is crowded, and which must be elm
mated before the truth can be reached. !
| Once-it is to he hoped that il is not so |
Mt present-slander both OF men and |
measures, amounting to the most extreme |
misrepresentation, was so common, both
in legislative bodies and party publica-
tions. that it was far from being looked
upon as disgraceful; and to be able to fab
ricate taking libel was, by no means,
the least effective avenue to the favor of
the great
The substitution of the interests of the
party for those of the people has been a
besetting sin of Anglo-Saxon politics, ever
since the absolutism of the early kings of
En- gland began to give way before the
rising power of the people. As soon as
there was room for two parties, there be-
came two intorests-the end of each of
which was to build itself upon the ruins
? of the other. The long stride that was
made toward the popularization of the
British constitution on the accession of the
, Prince of Orange, had the effect to draw
the line between the parties Of the coun-
try more distinctly than before; and from
that time until the present, it is not diff
cult, in tracing the current of history, to
discover the workings of party antagon-
ism in every noticeable act of the foreign
or domestic policy of the British Empire.
F, Called by variety of names, there has
always been an administration and an op-
" position party--the party in, and the party
out of power-the party which proposed
and the party which dissented. During
- the reigns of the GEORGES, there was
:. - scarcely public measure suggested by
=; - one party, that was not Utterly resisted
=, bv the other; and it was no unusual thing
:, on a change of the administration, 70
" each party to succeed to the position oc
y, y, cupied by its adversary, having simpl
~ reversed its views upon vital principle
,s ~ and important questions of public policy
e.. We would fain hope that with the civ
~ progress which the Anglo-Saxon race h0
'" realized under freer institutions in Anne
D'0 ica, something of the ancient prohigac
w. and unscrupulousness in political affair
" O0' has been abandoned Nor is it easy
W 'i.0 believe that party conduct so intense, co
'I - ruption so public, and libels so gronn
'"i less as those which once abounded
England are common in this countr
Still there is enough of evil tendenci
=, i,o' left to awaken distrust, and, not unfr
'n0 auently, cause disturbance. Systemat
10 and persistent falsehood is still employ,
'H'' as political engine, to carry q measul
~ influence an act of policy, promote a pl
i''' fitable enterprise, or destroy the inauen
i''e ofan enemy. There are still men who
NV lives are spent in devising and executil
'o, '', ways and means to defraud the COVER
''e'' ment There is still advocacy and OPP
pi.o sition as the party wills and not as t
II country requires; and there are still m
up who so closely identify the party with
iol public, that, in their devotion to the o
n"i- they never think it necessary to inqu
seas after the interests of the other.
anu The true remedy for these things
llVeu in public sentiment. As long as II
anu talk ofpolitics as a game with whose vi
iise' STUDIES they have no interest, except
'ipi' matters Of curiosity-as long as Il
erSe' g think and speak of the doings of
'iie DOUGLAS, OF Mr.. SEWARD or Mr. BUcHAN
po"T as simply moves upon the political ch
% % " board tending to facilitate or retard Il
progress toward power, the politici
!, themselves will look upon it in the ST
-, 'A0 light Our Senators and Representa-
w oon frequently represent us best when
'oin. cused of misrepresentation; and it ]
= ,.nu be set down as general rule, that W
hins they play the part of unjust stewa
very they do precisely as a majority of t
ehse' constituents would do in the same 81
upon t;on
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