American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-15
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Livery Gay IL becomes more and more
apparent that the cnly strong element op>
posed to the Democracy 10 the Presiden.
tisl campaign of 1859. Will be that Of the
Republican Party. Std it is now pretty
generally ccuCeded that when in few
months the people proceed to wipe out
tue Democratic party. they should do it
under the style sud firm of the Republican
organization. There should be no strong
objection to Republican as a party name.
There is nothing Objectionable in The sig
nihcance OF the term. it has no bad shtece-
dents, il does no. admit Of any disadvanta-
geous punning. and the culmiuatIcu oil
democratic abuse for four yeats has found
nothing better than the word "black. !" as
aprefx BY way ofodium and this woald
attach to any other party name which
might be- chosen with just as much eupho.
ny Of sound. aud would be Just as unmeau.
ing and quite as abusive.
The only term which has threatened to
supsrcede or rival Republican has been
that OF Opposition. which has since 1856
been used in local;contests in different pla
ces. But there are some objections to the
use OF tbisterm as q party name. The
term has but little me aping. Strictly con.
s9ruedii simply means opposition to the
Democratic party and signifies an intention
to oppose that party in whatever position
1t may take on any subject. Blu. we pro.
pose 70 do something as veil as oppose
After the campaign ofiSeo. there will be
no democratic party, and the term oppo.
sltlon. as party bame. would lose all the
Significance il ever possessed. The term
has also been abused in the short time il
has been used. Having such general
application. and meaning anything or moth. ..
ing. i has been taken up in the South
and made the rallying cry Of the few
there who oppose the Democratic party,
and who. in order to make the term appk.
cable to themse Ives, could only oppose by
out-doing the Democracy iu their devotion
to. and sdvocscy Of, the doctrines Of ,i,s
slavery propagandists With such oppc
slsion as that, The northern element, which
has been in some places, disposed to take
the name Of opposition. could never act in
concert and the use Of tba. term, would
eugender no particular amount Of strength
and would only lead 10 confusion,
The call ofihs Republican party through
their Central Committee is document to
which nearly al good men opposed to The
present Administration can subscribe, and
i isrrceiyiDg . hearty response from all
psrts Of he country. and several State del
egations have with no little enthusiasm
been chosen to attend the Chicago Con-
vention. One Of the strongest objections
urged agains. the Republican party in '56
was that il was sectional party. and
though ibis fact did not appear upon fair
statement OF its principle,. yet the fact that
the party was not organized in fifteen
States oftbe Union, gave II q sectional ap.
pearance 10 those who could not see that
Southern intolerance was the 500 cause ol
ii. Had The same intolerance existed in
the North against slavery that was shown
in the South sgAinst freedom. James Blu.
chanan could not have had single elccto>
raj ticket uohh Of tho Ohio river. But
this objection agains! The Republican par.
ty will loose much Of iis force 10 the COM
ing contest.
Tho Democratic party at the Charleston
Convention will bc loaded with such tests
Of subserviency 10 Southern interests as to
render II mos. intensely sectional. so that
they will say less about the sectionaliSm
Of the Republica when the mere men,
ton Of 1t suggests so strongly their own
unhappy position. But The objection will
also loose much OF It's force because ofthe
extension OF the Republican principle
and organization. II seems quite prob.
able that in several Of the slave States
Republican tickets will be formed and that
that there will be some 10 vote them. The
State Of Missouri has already responded to
the call Of the Central Committee. Last
week The Grst Republican Convention ever
held IN slave State, convened at 81. Louis.
II was well attended aud delegates were
chosen TO the Chicago Convention and
resolutions we're passed hHrmouiEing in
sentiment with the Central COMMITTEES -
Some are even sanguins that that State
will give Republican majority. Ba.
this a il may. the State Of Missouri will
loose nothing BY this movemeu, in behalf
Of freedom, and though the Republicans
there may be doomed 70 present defeat,
yet their efforts win ba rewarded when. a.
no distant day the manhood aud dignity Of
the free white laborer shail be asserted over
the slave aud his driver.
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Free In Spite Of the Veto,
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