Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-29
PARTIES.

rrrra :, l:,hsps, some con'usi"n in the
tr,..,n; ID IS stout "partiss" in this Con,
:eie acY szt in tho professions whic b are
u.ta ss 20 ignoring" old party Issues
Tfis Is r.tursl and inevitable, on account Of
;s- pesk!ng up snd disappearance Of the
p,ncipai questions which, in the old United
Sa:ss, 2'.cc divided society into well marked
W i;its' o,gsuizationa; while the men who
led ihtn AID " kod in thsm, remain, ground
ed, s:Tasdsj, h.gn lni diy, like hsh Out oi
waller.
BI' ~ government Of representative
caA.acI,r. ."t based upon public opinion, ever
ye' YES cs'risd on without party; end
us,te7 cen this one DO SO carried On ltnay
b. well IL examine then, what elemsnts oi
tt!stn;o thsIo may be legitinstely existing
here, cue of sbich parties can and must be crys.
.siizsd aad estsblshed--Legitimstsly 1isting,
We ssy; for e7ory Confederate will assume
IL. soIe efx fxho old slenlents o4 fo,mes parties
emaot legitimstsly exist, nor safely show
themselves. They would .be treason. Fo,
example, M between those who were Feder.
s;s! and those who were Ststes-righti
D.g.ccr.ss, there in DO longer living is
fup TIE very nature of cur present
struggle aEs,nst ;he usur ped Federal au.
taorlJ tho v,ry existence OF this Con-
f-ls,ecy Z. all, make us ali necessarily
Slstcs- "si.,s Democrats The ono party has
s~sIvwsd up Tho Uther, and has become the
nsna TLoGe wbo ws1c Fedsralists, Wings
Con7,.Ir! .t:on;Sts, could only become good
Oooiedc:a.es, rs we (for the prcssD) assume
IhsY Il. nave become, by renouncing their
Fsd.r.iism, Whiggery and Consolidation, and
accepting tho faith of those who were their
sdsets,riss. know-nothingIsm also may, VIC
supposs, be .fi.Eed to he dead and If the
Absolute repeal of all naturalization laws
except in so lar az relates to those who
snsli have served in this wary be carried in
The nest pe.yiou Of Congress, ,hen that Issue
will IL hn.isd kHd put out If the wsy 1or
e1sr. b. IN this case parties will have been
60. rii cot by one absorbing The other,
but - s..s sroucd being Gu. away from un-
Ger hn:', Tee difference tha, did exist was
~ /. II 0 {. eAtmens Of foreign born citizsus in
y:.cd int" tto couasry By naturalization laws
--cas party insisting on their having every
right. pax sr ard capacity fox office that 9TH
es ciiIz NJ possosssd--the other party seek
ir; 70 prescribe them and ex Jude theiu from
tfiec on account &C thsir bie,h place, or
,vo'ss stit,s of tdsir relIgi1n. All this will
10 ,d4stually disposed CT without i juring
Any one, by simply Withdrawing the invita-.
aon to inmisr.te and repeating tie nsturali-
z.,ion laws altogether.
Slavery, we need scarcely say, with ell the
naltiarivus Questions depending on it, is 1lso
settled .s p.rtJ question. Every Oonfsds-
nsi pFo-slsvsry man. Nobody will pro-
.srd, b.re, ths. Congress- has any sort Of
io~ec Svs, that institution; and AS to "squat-
Ter sovereignty" IL is IS completely with the
days baiars the food ss the Wilmot provisc.
J. may bo hoped that We shall soon even be-
gin to forget what those weary and dreary is
sues, with their mounsaius OF pamphlets and
Soachian fl .o,ls Of palsver, were all about.
In .hs istter case also of o defuact ques-
:ou, there is happily no triumph of one sec
ton Of Oon fsderstes over another section of
Canfederates. Unity is not produced by one
party swallowing up another; but by, the
foreign Yxnk.ee' element being quite olimi-
a'sd Win peculiar qualification We can all
an.nluously write the epitaph Of this dead
sus, knd with dry eyes take leave of it.
What, then, remains out of which distinct
Political parties can be made. Why tho men
ssnsin; and their "friends' remain; " ho are
100 generally (alas y their worst enemies
Every political leader Of the days that are
s'ne had the misfortune to sec formed around
~lu bsuds and troops of warm "friends" who
Placed the utmost confidence in him-bless
@sir oondding hearts, And now if they see
'ne whole org 'nization by which logs were
rolled and axes ground, in days of yore, alto
s'sne' sbanaonod, they want to know what
10 oernms Of the country.
l"ur party lssder is huntsmsn, having {.
ssa-trainsd pack of hoands; and the game
'ae7 nave bsen accustomed to chase sll e1-
Hact' and tie scent cold. What 10 do p
hin.
s.s @l' new state of circumstances, there is
.aty only for those whose souls sre too
aud whose intellects arc too NARROW, TO
e-'sP tae iull significance, and measure the