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- TUESDAY, AUGUST. 10, 1851 ::
F1RsT EouNsK1y THEN PARTY.
d 1t is in vain u;as the remnants OF the
Democratic pasty-ia Iowa, Ohio and ne" T
York endeayer to maintain their organlza~
ticn upon any Of the half dozen contradlc-
tt,sv nIatforms upon which they have stood |
heretofore. The" temper. : o.. : the
people ! Is, not. propitious. Events, !
far .transcending in Importance the mt
ttrs that parties h1Se heretofore dis |
cussed, are every: day- happening, any one
OF. xidch has potency enough to knock the
11sidcs out OF any organization that does
not accept the history Of the period as the
manifestation Of DIE progress Of political
ieeas, before which all parties standing IN
the way must go down. O:d issues are
dead. a discussion. now, touching the
power Of Congress over, Slavery in the
Territories: would be as unpalatable as
stale oyster or aslast years EGG. Any
quarrel among rival candidates for the
Presidency, arising from their disagree:
ment upon any or all Of the questions that
we hare discussed in the last fifteen years,
would be no more proftable than war of
words between two ancient maidens, over
charms that were long ago replaced. by
wrinkles -and rouge. When Sumter fell, a
sponge was drawn. over the slate upon
which each party, in times past, has been;
demonstrating its necessity to -she: cause of
good government; and on that date the
country began anew. Douglas abjued
parieanship, and died. Breckinridge
laid off his Union mantle, aud challenged
the iorbearance of Heaven by daring to
hVe,>i Lincoln put aside the machinery
which made him President, and became
The Patriot IN whom all can confde
The instincts Of the people, which are
.1a,e1y mistaken, recognized the changed
condition Of the country, and with degree
Of funanimity that-some future Milton will
g1oaify in an Epie, went heartily and
ccursgeously into the fight forthe perpetu-
alton of that which all parties, save only
the atistocracY Of Slavery, love. There is
nothing in this brief recital to encourage
the belief that old parties can be
restored andt that old issues, now
embalmed in history, can serve as the ba-'
sis Of new contests. But, though all this,
to men of insight, is as plain as any dem
cnstration IN mathematics, We find hare
and there Journal, here and there poll
tician, mayhap Senator, endeavoring to
breast the great patriotic food which, has
broken down the dykes and gates that
have kept parties asunder. We see them
il their little cockle-sheu shailops, waving
in a dwa1fsh way, the flags on which are
inscribed the s1,ibboleths Of the old parties,
crying out in thin voices that they only
know the way Of safety, and begging the
flcod to be still, that they may be heard.
The figure they cut is not at all eomp1i-
mentary to the general average Of the com
mon sense Of the race. Their prototype
is the fellow WHO challenged Noah for a
ride, and, being refused, told him to Ego
to thunder with your old ark-there is not
going to be much Of shower after ALL !"
The loyal States, united and, we trust, in
dissoluble, until this war is fought out, and
the supremacy Of the law is acknowledged
tth1oughout the Republic in its length and
breadth, can afford to laugh at their punJ
endeavors, IS all the world has laughed al
Ntah's s man since he played his part.
9 But there is one class Of men who cling
10 party distinctions, organizations AM
watch-words for reasonable purpose
ard they-the hacks who have made PAL
tisanship their means Of bread and meat
who bold the strings Of caucuses and cor
-rentions who infest the lobbies Of legis
iatures who are SO debauched that the
cannot recognize, or recognizing, caunc
appreciate, a grand national movement
who hsse no hearty sympathy with 4,
Government; and who seem to yield
the popular sentiment only to enable thel
to resist it more eBectually by and by
need watching and Tehnke.. They mea
under all their protestations, hostility
the energetic effort Of the loyal States
preserve the national honor and the inte
-.rity Of the Republic willingness to COL
promise with traitors in ar1ns-quickne
tobelray the cause that they have norn
na1ly eapoused. They viii groW1 at Il
taxation which has become a necessity
they will vent their spite upon the methe
ef its collection and expenditure. Thf
will take advantage Of every mistake al
q. every reverse to shake the confidence
tie people in the tiual triumph Of the he
cause Pretending to be aaxious to CO
tinue the war to the: wished-for issue, th
will rail at the method of carrying it {
Taking advantage Of inevitable deranE
ment Of, business and pecunia1y loss
for which the rebels are alone to blan
they Will paint the many advantages to
gained by dishonorable and suici'
peace The work that they have set {
to accomplish, they have already co
menced. We need energetic action Of
people to nip the treason in the bud; q
10 teach these Northern allies of q rel
hpus South, that the loyal men Of all T
ties are united, and that their tricks 81
not be suffered to stay the onward ma
Of ofgle1ious events.
The truth is here: The rebellion
created new issues. Nothing Of old part
gave the memory Of their mutual amin
ties and ordinations, remains. He Y
would not let these die out that the T
pie may be united in one grand and pa
otic endeavor TO save the Republic Fl
dissolution, and the enjoyment Of libt
TO mankind, is foe to his country and
race, Let him be so marked DouI
was right. There are in these days {
patriots and traitors
TOO NICE RI HALF.
One Of the things in which our a
WIGS most deficient at Bull Run WAS
rect information as to the number and
act location Of the masked batteries o!
vn|,,1r aud ~ Tho srr],,7ud t4oV ft.e,,1