, 1859-10-22
The EoFt.nal Element Ia shs neruE
liban Party.


Tue result OF the October elections as regards
the general development of American politics,
and found that the Republican party will be
able 10 elect their Presidential candidate in 1860
without the help Of single Southern State.
A At he Same time we recorded, that the Know
Nothing. party in New York and Ohio had
oreatned thcir last, ,and that the members of thst
order had joined one or the other Of the great
parties according to their views on the Slavery
question.
Thus The North hss taken her position for
1860, aud that On one great issue The enthus-
dsoTed itself to he lasting. This is shown, not
alone ~ the result in Ohio, bat also By sundJ
lesser symptoms as the unusual attendance at
the New. York Republican Ward Clubs, which
a5eFen greater than at the time Of the Fremont
campaign. To split at such moment the in
teEest Of the parry and thus ieopardf1e the re-
suit, seems. to say the least, to be very nnwise
1t Is only the characteristic German theoretical
stubborness, which, never caring for success,
aga'n and again will trr to make the German
Republicans careless in regard to the result
Appeals eren to their t'honor" ure made and
possibilities, most af them rery Improbable. are
iaucled and the question is asked, what would
be compatible with honor" in such cases. and
what not.
We are Of opinion, that, in case certaiu events
should happen, it will then be time enough to
act; and in politics there is nothing we hate
more than Separate faction. which fights with
Us only under such and such mental reserra-
tons, and refuses to fuse with the whole, al
though this is the shortest way to win the es-
TEEN Of the whole md to keep uutaruished the
honor in oil particulars.
In the discussion nbout certain eventualitics
IN case Banks or man like him should be nouli-
mated conflict Of duties is generally artifci
ally constructed and laid particularly before
the western Republicans for their decision
There IL fundamental error in this reasoning
in regard to the essence Of the Republican
party We hare said very often, that the Re-
publican party is no party in the common sense
ence to elevate certain persons to Office and to
cheat the people. The Republican rmoremeut
IS a reaction, an upheasins of tue northern
masses against the slave power and its tool, the
Democratic party. It is the people themselves,
who have taken the shaping Of the imn,ediate
future into their own hands. Those who be-
lieye that the history Of the world is nothing
but cheating Of the. simplc-minded by The
knowing ones, will Of course be unable to dis
Germ the difference between the Republican and
Democratic pa1tles. But whoever has observed,
that in the course Of the history Of mankind,
the number Of the knowing ones, who take nn
actlsc part in the great labor for the sake Of the
human race, is always increasing, and thus the
control exercised orer impostors has become
more and more stringent, will see, that for the
first time in the history Of the, United States,
tue irreconciiable enmity Of the two systems Of
labor, OF free 1nbor mud slave labor, has entered
into the public mind, and the people Of the
north stand for freedom and at the same ime for
their own interest under the banner Of the Re-
publican party.
Ouly misconception OF tue all-important
change which the Cnited 5tates are to undergo,
only the ignoring Of the obstacles which Slavery
throws in the why Of the Development Of the
Union, can explain that ln moment Of tue
most extreme tension in the relations of the
North and South, when at last the North is Il
unit, and screwed up to the sticking point, the
plan Of q third and more radical party can for
moment be entertained. Ne confess that on
the one hand this plan appears to us of Ger
tain aait<te whilst on the other side this fancy
ing Of such m abstract stencil-made programme
looks little suspicious.
Parties are never made By individuals, or by
the voluntary impulse OF individuals: they
grow Of themselves, and, as general thing, We
hare to take then, as they are, because we can
not unmakc them.
Tie logic Of tue New England .Abolitionists is
essentially the same US that Of the German NAL
contents IN the Republican camp, and yet they
are working now, and have been for Utmost the
last thirty Years, without influencing to auy S.
rious degree the ELECTIONS Of n single State
The nrorress nj the wnr]d IL steady and srre
;ndenen3ant If thc sudden ;arts .Rs,J ~ ~
1deaIists and tbe hactwnrd movementa " 10
uItrn. n.1.onsarvrt;rea nnd 49, F..t7o,, 49,. y. tne
tar aiter tbe cro,nd .coior of The nrescnt ~
i;t;c,1 consta,s,i;on - '"e p'e'eD' Po-
Hnt ne wcrc arer If on;,;or that tim .h;,t
dn1v ~ tho Gar,nons an5 ~ aro-+ o.i'a .tnss
~ c;t;vens ia n J.. .nooJ S.n..;ers 49,. ~
+ 1i,nou. n IN liz; ,rI;.I s..,st
eauaI, >; G..oo.J, srd ,rs,a M iii J"a w. 9rsaS
mentons interests arc nj ,t nre.en} ~ at at,1a
II is The dom;ucrr;np of ,he Sinrc nn,rer
which il constantfy nossnoninr thc e~errIinn ~
The rreatest in,1ns,r;ai cntarnnr;se t},e pan,Ea
Ea;f9oad which nne,he+;c onI s.,,;n.'s - ~ -
free fnhnr of fhe Eor,I sotS ;ts f,ra i, ~.
rrcas .1,;nst ,i,e nre.ac,;ar - 80 % - Ion'
.nd rl,;cl cjaxa1v a1i;ad viii, ,ha
ofthe North. retards the settlement se H. Wss3
fr ;ts nnnos;t;on n ths Hnmas.esd h;it 'as "e''
All tie vital qucstionsIof he nation und of our
wh;c1' y,,ias mr. ro;cs n ,ta ;eta. aaes.1n, 81
Saut nd ,S;,f ra.l;ro ;ho;r ~ ~ !ne
onlr uflrr thu downfsll of tha slawa ,,o,rar
Gomnorad v;t1, ~. ea,oss.i ;,.s.ppet po
staEa ersrr "tHsr IN IotsrsS. en,a.xa ~ i'oa a.
suaordinate rharacter If ~ ndn,;t +,,s+ ~
Wnss,rhrsetts amsnJn,.nt sas ,,ta"I taa. 'ns
he i,nnnr of evnrr 1:armnn +, ,ha ~, ~
tluench the political coptIao ration, which threat
. ems to DESTROY tie union1 Shall stunid nc
tion or IN Injustice Of our American fellow.citi-
zens lead us TO d far greater injustice towards
our common country, which calls for our assist
ance. But ile honor of all the Germans is
attended: We find it perfectly justified, if the
German Republicans Of Massachusetts, do not
vote for tue Republican patty, rs long rs that
outrageous amendment remains in ,orce Int
we can see no reasons why tie Germans out of
the limits Of Massachusetts, should also stand in
sullen silence, when their riphts hare OF nj ull
been impaired. It appears ts US rs if some Of
our Germans are unnecessaray alarmed in This
respect. The Know Nothing, are dead. and VT
after every Republican yictc,r. a resurrection
u tile anti-foreign movement IS feared. There
seems to be q belief somewhe:e as if Republi-
can victory in 1860 would he the end Of the lis
tory Of the world, and as If there would be no
lean Republicans the importance Of the German
vote, and to compel them 10 respect the ichts
Of the Germans W think that iItse .tqlks tc;U
be the more respected fAe more lie Germans con-
tribute to tie 1tpu5licda r;cto,p.
We can neither see auy historical lopic in
these fears Of resurrection # Know Nothing
ism. In 1876 and 1856 the Kn,w NotLinEs wcTe
Il strong party, and get the German Republic
ans did not join tic democrats. in spite of ti.e
German Republicans. SATISFIED with The p,,iin.
de1phia platform. preferred lie general interest
to their specitic one. We thi1k that since lien
the Germans have more and mnre recorn1.d %
the paramount Importance Of this ,,enera1 ;nta.
rest. As parties are now counosed a senars,s
organization Of the Germans, Ind their leaving
tile Republican ranks. woulI niT be 1hc means
to insure the victory Of the democratic party,
ana there ID no GeT1nnn Repufllcan who wishes
for such consum'nation.
ihere u no other alternative than to stand in
Tue ranks OF one or the other larty.
u Il llMe TO know ut last n which manner
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