The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-08-28
The Disbanding Of the Republican
Party a Necessity,

party should disband, go into liquidation
and quit. We didn't expect it would be
palatable. 1t would be unnatural if it
were. Still we give them the opinion of
their own oracle, VIM, H. Seward. He
said, "Parties, men, and platforms must
be sacrificed to the Union" The repub-
licau organization is one that stands in
the way; and although it must be a great
sacrifice of party pride, perhaps more than
can be expected Immediately, it is a ne
cessity, in our Judgment 1t was n dan
gcrous experiment upon the peace and in
tegrity Of the country to form it, This
is Union of free and slave States; and,
whatever may be n mans private opin-
ions, il is moral treason in one class of
States TO wage a political war on the in
stituiions of the other. II is bad enough
to keep up m eternal babble against
slavery and shareholders in Congress; to
threaten TO hem up the Southern States,
and surround them with a population hos
tile to them and their institutions; but
to get up party organization Of more
than half The States in political action,
and aspire to quash the whole political
power, and control the action of a COM
mon government against the sentiments,
wishes, and interests of the other section,
is a dangerous experiment. All men are
not philosophers, and will not look coolly
at the temporary success Of such an OK
pertinent.
We believe the black republican party
a harmless concern, if the southern peo-
pie would take il at its real Importance;
but they judge it by its professions, by its
objects, as stated by its accredited organs.
They Judge it by the hopes and purposes
that party puts forward, and they are Of
fcnsive and insulting. In quiet times
they awaken resentment and hostility !;
now they add fuel to the flame already
kindled. The administration may protest
honestly that the rights of the Southern
States shall be respected; that they may
be innocent of any intention to Cypress
this section Of the Union; but what they
protest is offset by violent anti-slavery
men, who stand well with the administra-
ton, notwithstanding their violence. Be-
side, it is no matter how well they intend
to act, il is not suffcrable that one section
of the Union should judge at It's discre-
ton what is well for the other, or for both.
No free people will submit 20 this long.
AS wo said, we hold this party powerless
to do harm. 1t gained Presidential
election by one of the vicissitudes of par
ties, and would have got tho spoils for
one term, and died of its own inherent
vices, if the Cotton States had done their
duty. This success, however, was dan
gerous. Weihave warned the country q
thousand times of the danger, but it was
even worse than we expected. 1t is not
a reply TO say it was no sufficient cause
for rebellion. We know that; every
statesman not inhamed by misapprehen-
sions, knows it was no cause for rebellion /;
but it is fact that the success of sec
tional party has been made the occasion
of rebellion; and the feeling and convic-
ton as to the necessity of resistance in
tho South is so deepened in intensity that
some direct action is needed. The dis
banding of the republican party is the
most important step to this end Ii
ought mover to have existed. All patr-
otto men must be convinced of this. 1t
was in lis inception disregard of the SOL
emn advice of tho Father of his Country,
and every statesman this country has pro-
duced has, in some shape, repeated the
advice and warning If republicans re-
ally love tho Union as our fathers made
it, let them sacrifice their party organiza-
ton to its preservation. His necessary.
Ii they do not mean what the extreme
South charge there is nothing important
enough to preserve an organization for in
view of the consequences now upon the
country. The irrepressible conflict must
be abandoned 10 the peace and integrity
of the Union. ~"
From this the North surely has moth
ing to fear. 1t is the majority section,
and can always protect itself. iii cant
govern the country according 10 its no
tons, regardless Of the wishes and inter
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