Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-28
THE oPposIrroS Parry

THE OPPOsITIOE PARTY.
On our first page the reader will FIND an ar
ticle on the opposition party in the United
States, taken from the Atlantic Monthly for
September. 1t will moro than repay perusal,
and convince al men Of candor and sense, that
the only party possible now in the United
States Is the party in present power; and
that, even if that party is using its power to
crush out rivalry fo- Office in the coming cleo
tion, by placing censorship on the press, on
freedom of speech and Of opinion, they do it
not from selfish purposes, but simply "for The
good Of the country, which in its present strait
cannot bear political discussion"
II is because the Republican party now in
power sees that unanimity in principles can
alone save the constitution, that they feel it
necessary, al the present time, to stop the ut
terance of all other principles than their own
Their so doing may be attributed by traitors to
motives Of selfshness, to desire TO crush ri
valry IN the bud, and to thus secure reelection
to the high and paying offices of the Northern
States for another four years. But it is not
each spotless men as Secretary CAMERON,
SALMON p. CHASE, Secretary SEWARD, JOHN
c. FREMONT, who can be thus malignsd in
motive to people so thoroughly eognizant of
the purity of their past patriotism as are the
people of this nation.
Another insuperable objection to the liberty
of party forming may be found in the fact
that a change Of administration might be fol-
lowed by change of Generals, which might
prove fatal to the country.
Remove from military command the adj
vsncing genius of PORE, the ever victorious
judgment of MCCLELLAN, and what hope can
the country justly entertain of continuance
of our past success in Virginia.
We repeat il, for the sake of the Union it is
that all Journals that are not Republican in
party should not be permitted to be at ali, aud
are deservedly styled traitoroas.
Again, what need is there Of any party but
the ruling party. Is it not the great, sole de-
sire Of the country that the rebellion be
crushed out At the least possible cost Of time,
money and life? And Is it not equally true
: that the present party has made gigantic
strides towards this end with remarkably
small sacrifice Of time, with en- outlay scarce
worth mentioning, whom we consider what he
country has got for it, and with loss Of life
not much greater than that experienced by
France IN five years war against combined
Europe? Why spring opposition to such
party at such timer Why distract the
country by having two candidates for each
Congressional district, and each senatori&
chair, when q continuance of our financial
and military successes can be easily insured By
allowing each Republican candidate TO be
elected without opposition2
SGre we are the party deserves thus much al
least from the nation on which it has poured
the blessings of its inexhaustible cornucopia
The man that would run against Republic
can candidate for any Office must now be par
ticllarly devoid Of gratitude and of that disin
terested patriotism Of which the Republican
leaders are themselves such shining exam Piles
The man who would oppose the arrest Of II
men who do no. admire the present Admins
trations which has done so mrch for the glorJ
Of America, and for white and black humanity
must be man sadly lacking in true disinter
ested, self-sacrihcing patriotism--a man tot
selfish indeed to sacrifice few conatitutiona
privileges to secure the reelection of the only
party that has been saving and can alone con
tinus TO save the Union, the flag Of our coun
try, and the glery Of Government based upor
the intelligence of people brought up undsl
the free school system.
These axioms considered well, does it noi
plainly follow that every man not Reprbli.
can Is q trzitor, that every Democratic journal
is sower Of sedition? Does it not clearly
follow that VA-LASDIoHAae should be arres.
ed, lest he increase the Democrats party "a
the detriment of the safety Of the coming
elections TO the Republican partys On the
same ground, shoslid not the habsas sOrpas,