Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-09
ELECTORS.
The Fate Of Parsiss-Ths Democracy.

New York Herald, there is the following allusion
70 the trsnsitosy character Of parties. Il must 10
gratifying 10 The heart Of stery patriotic man. to
reflect that whilst the occasions which give rise
to the organization of particular parties come and
pass sway.--bearing with them the hopes and
prospects Of thess who are merely retainers and
esmp!followers. scsnting the booty which lies
swewed along sas nEeh Of . victorious party.
and having no higher idesrsss In the government.
The Republic endurss surviving the mutations
of parties, and like some lofty Tsneriss serving
beacon light 10 all the world.
And YET. il cannot be doubtsd. that the govern.
ment has been in great strats; that !, has had its
dark seasons, and been environsd W numerous
pesils The aeres conflicts Of parties, and the
long predominaaes Of the radical Democracy. with
their loose notions Of government. have bego.,en
spirit amongst the masses, not in the highest de-
gree favorable 10 the cause Of order, compati.
bio with that due respect for the laws which
should characterize the subjects Of government
ordained 10 Establish justice. and 10 insure do
nestle tranquility" Though domestic tranquil
ity" has not always bean attained. nor the bad
passions Of men been Sufficiently controlled; the
government has not bssn altogether = nullity, and
still command. the confidence and challenges the
admiration Of the civilized world. Even its short
eonines have Lesn more the result Of the feeble
ness. ine6ieiency, corruption with which IL has
besa administered. than from any inherent defect
In its Structure. We think therelore, with the
Herald, whatever others may say 70 the contrary,
that the Constitution and Union will survive all
parties. We are Of the number Of those who be.
iieve that even the Republican party. much as ito
success is % b deprecated BY every national con-
sentative man, would not survive single admin.
s,ratisn, II il should attempt to carry out the doc
trnes which its ulira and leading men proclaim.
Repubiicanism would die. but the Union would
still be esmenssd in the hearts Of q majority of
the people We would not be understood as coun-
selling submission to an infractioA Of cur rights
under the Constitution, nor Of intoxicating fealty
to . government when it shall fail TO accomplish
the benign end for which it was instituted. and
becomes oppressive. Whom this occurs. revolution
and not secession must BE- our remedy; but the
dy, We trust, Is far distant, when the people Of
the United States, At the bidding Of fanatics in
either section of the Union, will deliberately
break ppa government upon which the best and
dearest hopes Of countless millions are suspended
We subjoin the remarks of the Herald !: 1.-THE in
stitutons Of the country stronger than parties
The whig party is gone, the American party is
numbered with the dead. and the democratic par
~ sin it, dying agony. But the repnblic remains
and II 10 stronger than sssr. The Union is rock,
against which every party that comes into COLI
sion with it will be dashed to pieces, like ship
preciptatsd by winds and waves upon the beet.
ling cliffs Of lee shore. Parties have their uses
and serve good ends; bat when they cease to full
6il the functions for which they were called into
existence, then dissolution 10 OF hand The dem
ocrstic party has had its day. and has done some
service; but its last hour has come Il has be-
come utterly corrspt dcmoralxed and disorgan-
lied 1t has no longer arg common principle
The slavery question, which once served as q raj.
lying ground, 10 now the immediate cause Of dis.
indignation ons portion Of the party sanding OBJ
stinstely by one set Of doctrines on the subject,
and another portion holding rs tenaciously by tho
opposite dogmas. For some years there has been
no bond Of uoisn bat ''shs cohesive power Of the
public plandes." and that has now become rope
Of sand. A new party takes the place Of the do.
ocrasy, suited TO tho times aud TO the exigenciss
OF the country. 1t looms up in formidable dimen-
sions"