Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-09-26

DEMOCRACY AND REPUBLICANGSM
What business the democratic party has to
be kicking in its coffin is more than we eau
tell Half of It rs 10 the rebellion, and a por-
ton of the northern part is most decidedly
secesh in It's principles and sympathies The
democratic party, such has Just as little
business to pretend TO be alive in the North
as 1t has in the South. Long before the re-
bellion came the democratic party had out
lived its usefulness, and the country went to
pieces in its hands IL was a stencil and a
disgrace, and, as party, ought never to have
been named again in this country. OF the
republican party we speak in terms of respect,
for It mas had a hard fate Il inherited from
the democratic party ruined country, and a
country that was to be saved. In this great
work. it has abundant aid in portion Of the
materials-tho patriotic portion-of the old
democratic party, but not particle from the
democratic party as such. Now, in our opin-
ion, the republican party has outiyed its use
ness as party. 1t has performed all that it
was organized to perform, and more Il has
shut slavery out of the territories, abolished
it in every foot of the naional domain, and
iuaugurated grand scheme Of emancipation
through the machinery Of the army. What
has The republican party, as a party, to do
that it has not done :
Tha truth is, that to leave names all behind,
and to come directly to things, we have but
tw parties in the country. One supports the
government and the other does not. We re-
greet to say that there are those among the
republican party who do not,-whose every
word and action goes to weaken the faith of
the people in the ability and the integrity of
a. a. $50. Il = g.
These men are not traitors; they are not
sympathizers with traitors but through their
enmity to the declared policy Of Congress
and the administration, they have become, in
all effect, unfriendly to the government
The government gets no aid from them-gets
no hindeTance.
With this state Of things, it is easy to see
that there is to be new party, Of some kind
Men are n forever 20 be bound together by
mere names. What the move for a new par
~ will amount to in this state, it is not easy
to determine. It will depend upon the OBJ
jec's of those who are engineering it. If it
is a genuine thing, growing out Of the patri-
otto and bipartisan impulses of the people,
IL will be certain 10 get early control of the
state. The materials Of what is regarded as
the republican party Of Massachusetts, are the
most thoroughly conscientious and honest of
any that ever entered into the structure of
any party. The moment the masses Of that
party perceive that they are being used by a
set of men who are in virtual opposition to
government, they will revolt When repub-
hcanlsm comes to mean opposition to Abra.
braham Lincoln and bis policy,-when repub-
hcanism comes 10 mean dictation Of the gem
eralship aud management of the war-and
they understand it, they will join in any hon
est movement 10 destroy the old party, cast
down its idols, and begin anew. We hoped
this would have been done the last year, but
It failed on the whole, aud we do not see any
thing particularly encouraging in the prospect
for The present year.