Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-05-13
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POLITICAL parties are necessary evil
They arc to be endured only because they
prevent greater evil. Without them mon
in power would not long keep up the sernb.
lance Of respect for constitutions and bills
Of rights; utter corruption would seize on
every department Of every government, not
that man or rather all mon, will always dc
all the wickedness they can, but that the
bad and INSCRIPTIONS will speedily seize
on power and use il for their own sndsr-
But while parties prevent greaterieyils they
are themselves evil The conventions and
caucuses which at first only claim to give
expression to the viii Of tho people, speed
ily assume to control that evil. The man
who adopts party namo is speedily taught
that his duty is to obey his party's behests.
The men who have been chosen to do tho
party's win speedily assume to govern in
stead Of being governed. 1t seems to be
the destiny Of all organizations Of men
whether public or private to become cor
rupt This corruption advances with more
rapid strides in proportion to tho power the
organization wields and the benefits it can
confer. It's places Of homer and profit will
be seized on by tho bold and bad, and the
whole aims of such men will be to keep
their places and make them pay all they
can. Such, in brief, has been the history of
every party under every government under
heaven. Such has been the history of par
ties under this goverume ment. SUch will be
their history evermorc.
WzGt6en dosRd be donsy Can wo act
with no party safclyi We cannot rightly
be politicians, that is, mere party men,
We never ought TO give up personal indie
pendence. We cannot rightly DO the will
of party because it is our party. We can
only 60 with it so far and no farther than
its acts are approved BY us. No man wor-
thy the name Of freeman can 60 farther than
this. He may as well submit to the will
of any other despot rs to the willof his par
ty. He may as we'll give up his right of
private judgment to a pope or emperor as
to convention or caucus. If he docs Ell
thor he is slave and no freeman.
The pariizan spirit is rapidly dying out.
1t has mover burned so low since the forma-
ton of this government. The last strong
hold was the late democratic party. 1t lin
gers yet with that portion of the party who
are still voting for jackson. But the think
ing, intelligent portion have discovered that
they can no longer obey the commands of
their leaders with safety to themselves or
their country. They are learning the great
lesson which the ole whig party learned be-
fore them; viz: that parties are to be sunk
when they cease to express the will of the
people or to protect their rights. The next
presidential election is to witness now
thing in American politics. Some good
man is to be elected president not because
he belongs to party, but because he will
administer tho government for the interest
of the people, and for tho advancement Of
human liberty. He will not be elected by
the republican party solely, or because he is
a republican. If any one wants to sit on
that one legged stool he can try. If any
one wants to sit on tho one legged stool Of
americsnism he can try that; or, if man
wants to sit on stool with no legs at all,
he can try democracy.
For our own part, our principles are those
of tho great Republican Party. We shall
support the man who seems most likely to
carry these principles into effect, whatever
be his political namc, and We know of nc
man who viii do this but stands firmly
grounded on republican principles. a