The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-28
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compliment cf serenade. u - proper
eoouy b that be should sekno~l-dge the cour-
.esy and if the ackno siedgmem;s run into
Z &c, speach, il would be hard to say, irre-
soectiTe Vt It's toue and subject-mstter, that
be has transcribed the proprieties OF his
position. - t8
Considering that, under the operation OF
our political system. the tipe is past when
any man who j. not = party chief, ar al least
. temporary party faxorite. has any chance
Of an election TO the presidency, 1t cannot
fairly be objected to President that ne Is a
parsy man. He is not To be judged BY the
elevated standard of Washington. We
have had party Presidents who seemed de-
sirous to forget thai ,hsy stood in ans Other
relation to the people than of representatives.
of the dignity of the government. Jrfer-
son, the FIRST Of our Presidents that osei his
election to ferce party struggle. tried TO
aiIay the violence of party spirit as soon as
( he Was in os6c-: and in the fulin-ss Of pa'ri-
( otic maynanimFty. he exclaimed IA his FIRST
] inaugural: s.We arr Federagsss; We are
all Republicans" Most uf bis successors.
when, on visits TO other places than the seat
of government. they made remarks IN ae
know iedgment # ciyIiisies, seemed To f"ei
. reasonable pride IN regarding themselves
as the head nt great naiina, and forehore
any aliusion to topics on which public ssnii-
ueut was not united. Even candidates for
that high efirs have fast constralued. after
their nomination. To abstain from partisan
speeches. Thoush the political etiquette of
Of the country does not forbid an aspirans
! to any othsr once 10 spend week IN stump
| ing a state in his own favor-as Mr.. Wise
lid Virginia for the Office of governor, and
Judge Douglas did Illinois for reelection
| to the Senate the position Of President Of
/ the United States has been deemed toe high,
and it's dutie. too important. To allos any
man who has either been elected 10 1t. retir-
/ ed from il. or even nominated for II 10 long
n the election Is penhr,g. 10 appParbefore
| the public in tn character of Il partisan ad-
yocate. II Mr.. Buchanan bad not eeimsed
| his departure from this wholesome rni' ~
more imn:--:.ant acts, which good msn ic-
pIere. history would still have to recordof
| him that be had lowered the character If
his office by gratultnus descent into tie
arena Of partisan politics.
| If a President choose 10 stand on the low
er level Of party chief, there are still III
ties that be o-es to h. party, To which b.
NAV no, become derelict. Re.arin. il n,
the conservator Of the pubic veal. or tbs
j instrument Of important reforms. he is In.
harmonizer Of its i iierances. the .,rac.m < -,
between it's contendins f.eiions, tie guard.
an of its unity.
II - easy To discover reasons why dem
n"ratic fre.ir.st,t, brought into ode hv The
ppll,..sai hurricane VI 1856, III CHIT exeu.abiy
regard his party as the pnllud um of the
public safety. 1t had, in time pas'. foush
strenuous uatties on 'mpnrtau: sues o.:
domestic policy. and had suhdu"d The oppn-
sition. On all the great questions WINCH
agitated the preceding generations. public
opinion had endorsed n Il mocrarle policy,
and bestowed on it its final sanction. That
party had created thu history of the period.
The results Of the annexation of Texas and
the consequent Mexican war, had b"en NC
cepted and acqutesc"d IN hy the country
Despite the distractiug questions that hays
arisen on, of our recent territorial aequl-i.
tons, no one would wish to contract our
boundaries, so rs TO shut out these impor
tant acquisitions, and remand them To the
condition Of foreign errIlory. The demo-
cratic party, fortified by the sanction which
public opinion had gym To all its leading
measures, strong in the perfection Of IFS in.
=
stood the shock which split it- ancient rival
into fragments. IL remained the only par Y
that had u Respectable. show of strength in
every section of the country. Patriotic men
looked to it with hopea- ii powerful Gem mt
| of the Union. whose bonds bad been weak
ened by the breaking up and sundernc of
other political parties. and OF our most i'm
portant religious Denominations. When,
therefore, Mr. Buchanan was elected rs the
triumphant head of the great and Undivided
democratic party, there was general sense
of relief. He was regarded ~ Il prudent,
safe. and experienced statesman. With the
support his policy would derive frum a
strong, national party. the country expected
a successful, honorable, and trauauiIizing
| administration.
1t Is needless to say how these au>piciyn us
auguries have been fulfilled. We brhnid
this venerable chief magistrate, on whose
prudent policy many good men had an
chorpd their hopes. making partisan
speech, in the last year of his ad,u,ni.tra-
ton. from the balcony Of the eslientlal
mansion. lie Is nos giving counsel To the
great and united democratic party by which
he was borne INTO ,'ffice. He il not even
uttering words by waIrh nn unfortunate d.
vision might be mrdIentrt q ID hpaied. This
party no longer the hulsafd against Sec
/ tionaIi-m. has been rt..if rivrn INTO sectiun-
al fragmsnts. and he il making u speech as
the champion of one of Ihr TWO hostile fac.
); ans. He himself. suwpd The seeds Of
( Ibis u,7,sion. lie has rIpfuei the bitter
fsua set &c" him and Mr.. Dnugias into u
.undsriny of thr rsrty. and ini- 1t eon~is-
tent with his high position t" make hu~i-
ings speech in favor Of the anil ID uslas
/ faction.
| II it he a proceeding Of dnnbtfn, inropri2'y
for the first magistrate at great natin.? TO
make party speech at all. it is NOT doubt
/ full that a trusted party chief signalizes his
want OF wisdom when h. j. found hrrangu-
( ing one of the fragments nto wh.ch he has
rent his own party. II sreIns ! k u dpuhIe
/ descent Having su'k from the proud ra-
| sitisn Of President H. thar nf The head uf a
party, thus ignorlng hi relations t. half the
nation which he rules. he splits even that
party into hostile spgment- and takes his
stand with one Of them, Ignoring again his
/ relations tn bali e a. own parry. uhrch. ~
a whole. was only u fraction uf lbe na,inn
which he bad been catl"i su grrrrp.-S Y.
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