Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-15
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1s, 1861.
Party Ties iu this Crisis.

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 The refusal of the Democracy of Ono ana New York to unite with the Republicans upon a common ticket pledged simply to prompt ana thorough support of the Administration m the prosecution of the War, is full of significance to the careful observer. Not so much because ot the present importance of these elections, or any possible effect that this action can have upon the conduct of the War itself, but because of the ev- idence it furnishes, that the leaders of the De- mocracy, land by leaders we mean now those who hitherto have controlled the organization J Aare hopes of get accomplishing tte part assign- ed hem in tse conspiracy for ore'tkroacimg tue GOrernmenL For moment, staggered by the ,enteeostal outburst of patriotism, at the wanton, cowardly assault of 1000 upon 70 in Charleston harbor, they gracefully bowed in sullen silence before the majestic spectacle of the American people, forgetting old party differences, rising as one man to proclaim their loyalty to the Govern ment as our fathers made it, and their determi- nation to uphold it atany cost of money or life. Now when disaster has overtaken our army, and an excellent force, flushed with victory, menaces the National Capital, they are covertly at work, by means of the power of party discipline and the latent shape of party gain, to make the loyal states appear dirided, in the cunning expecta ton that they will thus commit the honest, the loyal Democratic masses to policy of subnais sion to the rule of traitors, under the garb of a cry of peace, compromise, and National Con vention. We are partisans, welded to the car dinal ideas of the Republican faith, believing that the existence of parties is absolutely essen tial to the safe workings of a representative gov ernment, firmly convinced that the Republican party to-day is the champion of all the grea ideas of human progress and true Democracy that its mission is not ended with the success o last fall, but rather that that was but the frs milestone in its pathway of existence Int true aim of party organization always is to stamp upon the Government policy in accordance with its peculiar ideas; but to-day the question is not as 10 the policy best for the administration of Government, b,a Me ecistence ofMe Gore,m saeat itseE. And so we trust we sink the parti san in the patriot.
 Here there can be no parties those who are not with us against us; the sword has been in voked and we must abide the arbitrament of War It were as foolish to draw party lines now, as il would be for the sailors upon sore beset ship kemmed in with ice-bergs, in dreary tempest to begin to dispute as to who should command IL is quite soon enough to discuss that after thu storm is weathered. Abraham Lincoln is cap tain now, and it needs the efforts of every one o us, Democrat or Republican, to speedily dispe the cloud of danger that envelopes our ship o State. It is our Government. President Lin coin is our President. It is our flag that is in suited. It is our soil that is desecrated by rebe armies.
 All these are not the spells of party; they ar, the birth-right of the American people. The men of '76 created the fair fabric of our free Government, cementing every stone with blood The men of 1912 protected it against foreigr foe. Ours lis the task of preserving it intact from the parricidal hand of Sedtion and Trea son, to hand it down regenerated in the baptism of blood to posterity.
 We are rejoiced that the Republicans of Nev York, Ohio and Vermont have thus offered t, sink party in the present exigency. It was man
 y and patriotic, fitting too because their success was assured, had they seen fit to fling the part banner to the breeze. We are glad that not withstanding the refusal of Democratic leader to unite with them, they have invited all wh would sustain the Government, to join in con mon ticket, and it would be proper,as it seems us, for them to recognize the patriotism of sue Democrats as Dix and Dickinson in their nom nations. We trust this will be the prevailin spirit of the Republicans in Connecticut.