Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-16
A rhIrt Party.


In the following article the New York Express sets
forth clearly aud iuegibly the importance aud ueccs-
.i,y OF tE pIr,g in the present condition of the
country With only parties both Of which dan
..rol,.v sectional reckless and corrupt, what will be-
come OF the Constitution aud the Union which We all
reveres Ami where are the sound, conservative sub
stau,l moderate patriotic Of the nation to stand
a the coming election except with that third party,
which condemns aud dep-eeates the violent extremes Of
the Democrats and Republicans, But here the Express
article
Men vh0or par..ln Democrats and Republicans fire.
anfv expires, their surprise or Indignation, th1, there
r0rIf Doe more thrv two rlrtics In the country. They
I1at understand l0E 10 is, that men DO not see just
a.v secs aat ae. l,t they ac' and be is thought 10
boz "a ve-v foolish OF stubborn fellow who win NOT LOOK
a..a everything black white ISL as they look upon
b. There IS no 0 wasting words upon persons hold
ing such onaio1> and Wc shall not attempt i; hu. there
IS smother class, "ho doubt the eNpateacy oil third par
lies 10 whom % word NAV ce said with profit.
fr tho first place then, there is large plurality Ofiu
l'He.ut voters iu America, who are not satisfied with
either dc Democratic OF EeIuJHc1s parties and who 1t
ray would ., Uut upon their principles and prefer
sr,as would soon largely 0Iugmh,r either OF them -
This class embraces thousands and tens OF thousands who
Vote $40. both tae larger organizations, because they
SUPPOSE acF have 40 where else 90 co. on else they stay
"a. home and leave local. state and national politics 10
=
az inns r- c.-s OF voters U tle State of New York and
more than eighty thousand oil the same class I'm the SIX
Now England States ana one hundred thousand Ia The
thrg, States o.. Ohio, Peuu-g ya aaI New JERSEY and
r...ea l4 e. aa..0u oil >,lE-l--uomes among the So
-L mos. respectable and wealthy citizens OF the cOuu-
--r PM rf, run6er into au active Presidential can
vs with the nine hundred thousand who voted tor FIJI
more and pouuel-On u 1856 and the three hundred and
ffrv thousand least who preferred Fillmore 20 Ere
mont or Buchanan, but who voted for the or the
q ..r'..H rn H.. N...|
mo- chance and here IS vote exceeding Le entire vote
Of Fremont iu 1856 hy more thau four hundred thou
sand, Nor there any ezageJcgtou iu this statement
"A-siu ten % one II yol mcc- leading Democrat or
Republican, nos procse1 po.ti-l, Office holder or AS
ri-rrt for place lc v agree WIN you tllt thitd party
arrs0 the extremes of the Two other parties Is Jus.
what tie country needs. a party not Tor the South
alone nor r tle North alone 5gy for the country and the
whole county Constitutional Union party founded
-11r the broad principles c Justice Fraternity and
r..-.v-is vhl. we need and such q party with good
and true men ass leaders i'm the Councils Of the Nation,
el,5 give such au electrical HE 90 Jhe people as would
,. every patriotic heart between Nova Scotia and the
Pacific
-Arf why NAV no, such party be successful? Why
may IL NOT sppeai 90 Tie good sense aud patriotism OF
t5s rao9e % add los numbers Is there virtue
and mo- GOOD 90 be found outside OF organizations which
m wear, past have kept the country in state Of Sec
roaa excitement hardly 20 be exceeded between foreign
States in O time OF war
4
ssc.-to believe in d creed not all Unitarian, or all
rois,o5al Ctvanistic or Uaversaist-aud no man Is
deemed fool ora fanatic thereby One too, when he
rri. TWO PARTIES Or two men, disigreeng widely can
m tb,t there are errors on both sides and point out
I OF safety between the Two. The trainers Of the gov
.r.~ignt when they mes in national convention 10
f,ns national constitution, found il absolutely ueccs-
lv % compromise upoa the gr1i, questions Of State
,-i Federal power; and when the constitution was
-,}. states ike New FORK, aud men Ike Patrick Ueu-
O.. V-r1il held on. Ncheme1,.y against is rltica-
i'm U.trhere been no ucdua between extreme opiu-
s.,- WA should have had Declaration OF ludeoen-
f-.s no Constitution no Federal Government no thir-
-..- states ia orc Union aud from which have sprung
moro than three tunes the original number OF SA.ys.
Tl. government indeed could uo last ten wears under
... extreme pressure of tie extreme parties who
now seek 10 administer t. We the spirit of
n eternal conflict between these Two contestants. There
. in 1e- OF them any OF the forOcarance aud tOue Of
s4e which characterized tue founders OF tue Govern
e1t On, side is lighting thinks for tee very life Of
ONE section of The cOuurY-aud the other side making
AN aggressive constant upon the other section
"A higher law than the Constitution IS preached in u
civil G9vsrnmeut-"a rrepreSSb,e conflict among fra
ternal States-a between Capital III Que part OF tue
country and LABOR in another. Aud then precede or
follow As toe case may be, hue aud cry about the Ter
r-orcs one side Insisting upon special legislation for
slavery Do the Territories aud the other side for special
legislation against slavery in the Territories and each
side hshiac for abstraction, not Tor practical prin
.De aud putting the country by the ears Win the very
abundance OF their supefuous breath Surely their
Is straight aud right way between these extremes and
tsi.isa safe aud suaigh road is it much to expect
tAts million OF Two OF the American people, North and
South Els and West vii. delight to walk therein