Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-29
The Presidential Cotillon.

The ball ia opened, the dance is begun, |
and ms there nre four couples in cotil-
hon, 80 there are four sets Of candidates
in the field 10 dance TO the tune Of the
presidency. We name the candidates in
the order they will stand after the ball
has broken up. First, we have Lincoln
and Hamlin, nominated by the united re-
publican party at Chicago who will GER
iainly be elected; then there are Brock
enridge and Lane, lately nominated at
Baltimore by the seceders from the reg
ular democratic convention, which ticket
will probably carry the southern states
then Douglas and johnson, nominated
at Baltimore by the regulars, who can
not carry more than one state out Of the
whole thi ty three; then there are Bell
and Everett who will run behind all the
rest, though put upon the track first
This is the dance, and the stump orators
and political presses are to furnish the
music for them to keep step to.
The boosted national democratic party
Is broken into fragments. Its followers
are scattered, and there is now nothing
to prevent the republicans from winning
an easy victory, and taking the reins of
government from the hands Of those who
have SO long held them, and administer
its affairs upon the plan Of its founders
honestly, faithfully, periodically.
The breaking up of the democratic
party affords a useful lesson TO those who
would learn wisdom from the teachings Of
the past. Too great succeSs has been
the rock upon which it has broken. 1t
has not been the overpowering numbers
OF its opponents tnat has crushed it, but
an almost uninterrupted success has done
the damaging work. Democrats could
bear adversely like martyrs, but prosper
ity has conquered them. In other words,
success brought arrogance, usurpation OF
power and corruption, which became
more and more fragrant as opportunity
offered the thirst for office and fat sala-
ries which Is natural TO human nature
created strife, jealousy and divisions
in the party, till we see an opeT
rupture in the convention at Charleston
and its adjournment to meet again in
worse state of feeling at Baltimore wher'
a second secession took place, and eacl
faction claiming to be the true democrati
party, presents ticket for the suffrage
of the people. The leading principle Q
one faction is the extension of slavery
while that OF the other is hostility +
freedom. That is the " distinction" be
tween the two our readers will fail
discover the difference"
What source for reflection do thes
things afford Mr. Buchanan, who ha
done go much to promote the growth {
the republican partyrand SO little to bull
up bis own. No man since this unto
has had III existence, ever came INF
power under circumstances where it coul
have been so easy to annihlate a part
as for him to have annihilated the repuI
lican organization. In 1856 the repul
lican party sprang into existence as b
magic, because Of the frauds and outr;
ges committed upon the free settlers
Kansas under the previous administri
ton. The people of the free states,
well as the more respectable class
many Of the slave states, had determin,
10 put an end to these enormities by "a
lying around and electing John c. FIR
mont to the place about TO be made v
cant by the expiration Of Mr.. Pierc,
term Of Office, but we were defeated, al
how and under what promises Mr.. L
chanan ana ms supporters well know
He carried the election by proclaimil
that the people of Kansas should set
their own affairs, unmolested by outsi
interference. Buchanan and free Ka
sas' was the democratic battle shout
Pennsylvania, and through that cry alo
were our opponents enabled TO carry Ill
state which otherwise would have yot
for Fremont. That cry intended for t
ears of the honest ignorant who pla
their political faith in the keeping of OF
ers, bit the mark. Mr.. Buchanan "
elected, and had be adhered to the pro
Uses made during the canvass in regard
that territory, he would have knock
out the main pillar which supports I
republican party, and thus have put