Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-06
Fron the 81 Eingasld Repubuc.n.

An the People o. All the Loyal states
stand or FAN Together.
In cOmmunit b where there are party
divisions of longistanding, men frequently
come to feel thdt their interests are the
same as those 81 the party with which
they are connected; and thus whatever
promotes its success, or depresses its rival,
issneeessaEily, and for that reason, per-
soual benefit to themselves. If their. party
were always right, aud tho opposing one.
always wrong, tn re might be some ground
for such notioz But this state of thi pgs
we must suppOselto be of very rare occur
renee. And even if it were ever to exist,
it would be better fora man. to consider
that, however puF Re may be the motives of
his party, and however wise its plans, the
real object to be secured is still not the az
tendency of tbatparty, but the good of the
whole country embracing the opponents
of his own political associations as well as
its members.
1t is exceedingly important that this
truth should NOT be lost sight OF For
getfulness of it has been one of the main
evils to which We have been exposed
through the prevalence of party conflicts
among US: We are well aware that the
mischief has not been without its compen-
sations. Nor hi ye we much expectation
that these strifes ever cease for any con-
siderable time, while we continue to be a
Irtee peOple. And since party connections
of some sort are likely to be existing il
more or less of power, it is binding upon
every citizen to keep in mind what their
purpose is, or ought to be. A party is not
an end, but means. 1t is. not something
to be served, but it is something 70 serve
with. 1t is not in being forsits.own sake,
bat for the sake of.the'w whole country. In
just So far as this is forgotten or sighted,
it becomes petversion. 1t loses its pow
er fqF good and works nothing but mis-
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There lever was time when the Amer
lean people needed to understand this
matter more than now. We could have
wished, and did wish, that party lines
might be for the time swept away in the
general movements of all good citizens to
uphold and maintain the government
itself We have no comment now 10 offer
on the COunsels that have caused it to be
different. BUTT is to be said that our po-
litical discussions must be conducted in a
different spirit from that by which they
have often been marked in the past, or we
are ruined nation. Ii we are to have
two great parties, with only blind and
reckless hostility between them, it will not
lie in the power of either to carry US safe
ly through the perils that are upon us.
Tho temper in which we talk politics has
come thus to be of consequence. 1t ought
to be done with al evident regard for the
good, not of any party, but of the entire
country, and with manifest wish to know
what are really the proper measures to be
taken, and with readiness to accept every
valuable suggestion, from whatever quar-
Ter it may come. Thore are men no doub,
to be met with who ought to be talked to
severely, aud not otherwise-meu whose
loud.mouthed folly should be silenced, or
whose malignant treacnery should be de.
nounced with as much of energy and of
terror as there is in speech. But the most of
our people are not of these classes. They
are neither traitorous, nor conceited be
yond all reason. They are open to argu-
mont, and ready to be convinced. Or if
they are not, 1t is because of this very spir.
it Of party that We wishto rebuke. Ani
if any would try to persuade them he must
not show that he has the same bad dispo-
sition himself.
Its time for broad views, and for gen
erous words among citizens. Our inter
ests are Identical, whatever our opinions
may be. We cannot think of it too often.
We are in one ship together and part of
US cannot escape if the rest go down. If
the course which our neighbor would take
is the best one, it will be the best for us as
well as for him. If ours appears to be the
best he ought also to make the like refiec.
tion. This is all SO plain that it would
seem as if it need not be said, yet there is
occasion enough to repeat it. When an
Important measpreis adopted by the gem
staI government, ono man is glad and
another is angry: When the news of an
election comes, one hurrahs aud another is
sullen But in either case, there is the
same cause alike for both, Of satisfaction
or regret. The business has not gone we'll
fOF one and badly for the other. Nettherthe
misfortunsspor the prosperity Ofths coming
time will distinguish between them. In
ordinary seasons of political contest, in
deed, there may be some ground for diff
ference. The mere success of ones party
alone may bring him some advantages.
and there may be no great effect produced
upon the interests that are common, to US
all lt is not so now. Moro wefvbtv o.