Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-05
The Two Great Parties.

The Two Great Parties.
STRONG CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF THE CoEDI-
TIoE AND PROSPECTS OF THE TWO GREAT
| PARTIEs.-THE ACCESSION OF EDWARD
BATES AND HIS SCHOOL TO THE REPURLI-
CANS, AND WHAT 1T FOREsHADOws.
From the n. Y. Courier ard Enquirer.I
In 1856 the Republican party carried all
the Free States this side of the Rocky
Mountains, except Pennsylvania, New Jcr-
sey, Indiana and Illinois. And this too
with a powerful third party in the field
with Edward Bates at their head, running
Mr. Fillmore as Il candidate for the Presi-
dency,-not for the purpose of electing
him, butwith the avowcd object of defeat
ing the Republican party and electing
Buchanan. Thus in Philadelphia, Mr..
Buchanan personally promised the most
important foreign mission to an ''old line
Whig" provided his friends would get up
n Fillmore ticket and draw Off ten thous-
| and votes from the Republicans! They
did so: and thus the Fillmore men defeat
ed the Republican party, and succeeded in
eIecting Buchanan, which was the sole OBJ
ject in nominating Mr.. Fillmore by the
Convention of which Mr.. Bates was the
presiding officer. Now. however, the mat
ter is ali changed. Mr. Bates sincerely
regrets having made Mr. Buchanan Presi-
dent, and is acting with the Republicans;
while the people cannot again be fooled
with third candidate for the Presidency
but will openly and manfully vote for the
| Republican nominee, pledged to the con-
stitution and the preservation ofthe UuiOn,
aud to the resistance of slavery extension,
or they will avowcdly sustain the nOmi-
nee ofthe so-cnlled Democratic party, Piled
ged to disunion and to the extension of
Int Ia
committed to the re-opening of the Afri-
can Slave trade. There will he no middle
ground and no third party. The two great
parties of the Country will! stand fairly
and squarely arrayed against each other
on principles clearly defined, and which
are in direct opposition. Thus the Repub-
licans have inscribed on their banner.
Tie Constitution, and the Constitutional
rights Of all the STATES.
The Principles Of WASHINGTON. MADISON,
and JEFFERSON, as illustrated in their Gd-
nninjStrGf;on cfthe General Government; and
III the ordinance Of 1887.
Hostility 10 the African Stare Trade
Opposition TO Slarery extension.
SLAVERY, IocaL and not a National In
! Stiiufion.
The self-styIed Democracy, have on the
contrary, cmbiazoncd on their banner.
RrpudiQtjan ot'Lhe principles ofWAsHIXG-
TON. MADISON, and JEFFERSON, as illustrated
in 1887, and IN their administration Of the
General Government
The dissolution Of lie Union If a majority
Of the People should remope the Democracy
from pO,Cer.
1S t"i In y T,ot:,.,,,; ;.,,o ~. ~, IT,
ritories OF the Union.
The re-oppcning ofths African SldUe-trade.
,ha ,,.;,,c;,L.. ~ tho two grcnt nortirs
III; +, oro - corton5 for tho nosspssion
" thn covorrnont IN November ncxt. onJ
80 d;g,,ro,,co hotrocr tbrm is so wide
anL so cInoriv drawn that IL ia innossihlu
| CO.. n,,,, sono man of ordinary intelIigcnce.
/ 10 do,ht for witch bc shcuI5 cast his
| S.o+o Ana ir ca how il il nossibIc that
,,o,,omnt of f,1soLood c,n deceive or
r,;slo.J tho nconIe in costin~ their votes
-, ti,o oor,inor presidential contpst2 Rut
! lot nc oxnynine tLc mntter more in dctniI
| A. ,i,o Iost Presidential election u large
r,oioritv Of the PeonIc in the Free States
u,oro oTowodIv onposcd to tho Democratic
! portv ord its Pro-Slovcrv nrincinlcs.-
Tin Question arises. then. who of ali those
/ ,rI,o dnnoscd tho Democracy in 1886. have
ol,a ,o,a5. ord ,r5,, have thev chonred2-
! Aro tho Dcmorracv less Pro-Slaycry now.
~, in Ie5G9 Look to the action of Mr.,
Pmri,onon's Administration and tho pro-
aaodi,,rs oF tho Denoocrotic Members of
Co,,'r,.Sa =, roIstfor tn E-,ns1, and thcir
;,,fntno,,s n+ton,nt IN force Slavery into
/ .t.'t To,u;4o.,. ~ doSonco IF tho clearly
o..',.a,,od e,, oTrns;,;on NJ tho pconIc. and
ti,aPt 80 .tro,,ob bon6s of hordar ruf-
f"ns fron, Missopr; hacked bv the