The national Republican., 1866-07-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OR TUAR.
ABOUTD'- a ALlTTLE FOR
FOQ1R oSOTEnRORARIEA u NJ

.ABOUrD''t A LITTLE HTORY fOB
OUn COrEMPORARlEs. 4 ~
Daring the early years of our Republic,
when SCHOOLS were scarce and theological
ssminAries scsrcer. the idea prevailed with
many people that such preaching as was
moved by the "sperrit" was just as good, II
not better, than preaching regulated BY
'tlarnin." The result was that any young
man who fancied that he was moved by the
"sperrit" to preach was put into the pulpit
with some old head" to correct his mistakes
II he made any. A self.suficient youth in
Connecticut named Cnrr applied to the
presiding elder, whose name was DRAPER,
for a license TO preach, and the elder took
him into his pulpit for trial. CHrrP thought
he had some bright ideas concerning NoAH's
food, and so took for his text some varse
in the book Of Genesis. After getting fairly
under way he undertook to describe the con-
di,ion Of things inside the ark during the
deluge, and, being under the impression that
il was ABRAHAM instead OF Moan who was in
there, the following colloquy took place be-
tween himself and the elder, who sat behind
him; ....r. -.fIr- aa.H o.. t r' r 81
Cmrp. "My dear Hearers: When ABRA-
HAN and his family war in that ark"
ELpER DRAPER. (5otto voce.) "ABRA-
HAN was not thar" d.. ... q
CHIPP. Il say, my hearers, when ABRA-
HAM and his family war in that ark" o
ELDER DRAPER. 81 tell you, young man,
| ABRAHAM was not thar ...... ... l.s
Carr. "1he Elder says he was not thar;
but the sperrit says he was. ABRAHAM was
thar or tharabouts."
We have several times reminded our CO.
temporaries Of the fact that there is no such
national organization in existence us Repub-
ican that that designation was dropped BY
common consent after President LINCOLN
called upon the people in 1861, without re-
gard to party distinctions, to come to the
aid Of the Government in putting down the
rebellion, and the term Of Union was substi
,uted in its stead to crafty the Democrats
who nobly came to the rescue; that the
Baltimore convention Of 1864, which nomi-
mated President JOHNSON, was called Ma
tional Union, not Republican convention /;
and that so far as The President owes alle-
rance to any party it is TO the National
Union party which nominated and elected
him. 1t is sometimes carelessly said tina,
names are Of no consequence; that rose
| uy any other name would smell as sweet but
1t is generally the case that the names Of re-
ligious, political or educational organizations
embody distinguishing ideas which cannot
be confounded with other names without
greatly impairing their meaning. To the
Democrats who assisted the Government in
putting down the rebellion and to those who
lre disposed to join us now, it makes world
If difference whether our party is the Ma
tional Union party which upheld the Gov
ernment during the war and nominated An
DREW JOHNSON in 1864, at Baltimore, or
whether it is the defunct Republican party
revived again, by SUMNER aud STEVENS as the
"Shibboleth for their new role Of public
mischief
TO some Of CHrPP's hearers it would have
made no difference whether it was NOAH or
ABRAHAM who was inside the ark during the
leluge, but to those at all interested in thc
chronology Of events or truth Of history il
lid make great difference. ABRAHAM was
leither there nor thereabouts. The Repub-
lean party is neither here nor hereabouts.
unless there has been resurrection from
,he dead" Of which we have no knowledge,
We lay the more emphasis upon this poin,
in our political history because when parties
break up and reorganize, the individuals
composing them never like to adopt the
n me heretofore used by their former adver'
suies. Democrats who opposed JoHS C.
FREMONT in 1886 and ABRAHAM LINCOLN in
1860 dislike the name Republican" for tina,
.eason, and viee versa. 1t is very obvious to
is that the radical newspapers Of the coun
,ry are thrusting this word into the faces o
he Democrats just now because it Is often
Ave, to deter them II possible from cominf
70 our standard. We therefore conjure th,
'wspapers Of the country who are iriendl,
TO the Administration to be q little more
exact in the use Of these terms. o..
But we have a weightier reason still. W.
ave lately discovered that there is gap 1
the memories of the people Of the Southern
states somewhat like the gap in the memory
Of RIP VAN WISKLE after his long sleep Oh
the mountains of the Hudson. They ev!
IDENTIFY began where they left off in the winter
Of 1861. The war shut of from their view
the events Of four full years in our poIitica
history this side the army lines, inclusive o
the very one we are now writing 9th,
abandonment Of the Republican party organ
ization, and the adoption of the Nationu
Union party organization in its stead. s,
that 1t has become necessary for the editor
of Southern newspapers to post themselve
up in that, to them "lost history" in order
to become fitted to write and speak as intel
iigently % they did before the war. 1t il
important for them to know that the Admin
istration party, now inviting convention a
philadelphia, is composed in part Of their oil
political associates-those whom they met a
heir Charleston convention in 1860; that i,
$, in short, National Union party, born o
the war. .-