The national Republican., 1866-07-16
A CAAPrER OF POLITICAL HIS

A CHAPTER OF POLITICAL HIS
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The tenderness with which some Of our
radical frishds express their feas that the
members Of the Union party, who go into the
Philadelphia convention, will be swallowed
up by the Copperheads and Southern rebels"
is At times quite overcoming to us. We al
most shudderat the idea and our mind reverts
to the sad fate Of JONAH. Then We turn to the
Democratic papers and we find consolation
in the fact that some of them express the
same fear about their brethren, namely, that
they will be swallowed up by the National
Union party, members Of which initiated and
called the Philadelphia convention With
fear and trembling we have looked about TO
ascertain who will be the whale and who
Somebody has suggested that, although
the whale swallowed JONAH, nobody ever
heard Of the whale afterwards There are
no reliable newspaper accounts about the
whale story, but we recollect reading some
where in biblical history that JONAH kicked
so that il made the whale sick. JONAH acted
as sort Of an enetic. The whale was not
sea-sick nor dog-sick, but he was man-sick.
We have experienced the feeling. JONAH
played the part Of cathartic. We don't
think cathartc would damage either the
Union or Democratic party Just at this time.
II matters very little which party at Phila-
delphia is the whale or which is JONAH.
After the secession Of JONAH we have no
journalistic accounts Of the movements Of
the whale. Whether it died or swallowed
another man or whole convention, or Uas
s,cailo,oed, Ia not stated. .r
We recollect that in 1851, in Massachu-
setts, the Free-soilers were cautioned by the
intense Abolitionists against forming Goa
lition with the Democrats for the overthrow
Of the old Hunker Wing party Of that State.
The Abolitionists told the Free-soilers that
they would be swallowed up by the Demo
Gratis under the lead Of such men as BoUr-
WELL and BANKS. The Free-soilers needed
not. The coalition was formed. The Wings
were beaten. The bargain was completed
boutwell,, the Democrat, was made Gov
ernor by Free-soil votes, and SUMNER, the
conscientious Free-soiler, was sent to the
United States Senate by Democratic votes !
Who has ever heard Of live Democratic
party in that State sincei Nothing is left
but corporals guard over the spot where
rest the remains Of the departed.
Again, in 1854, the Know Nothings began
to organize in that State. Twenty-Five thou
sand free soilers, or anti-slavery coalitionists
stood with folded arms looking on. One Of
Two things had to be done. Either they must
enter the councils OF the Know Nothings
md take possession of the machinery and
Inti-slaveryize the organization, or it would
become pro-slavery organization and elect
pro-slavery State government. The aboli-
iionists again warned the free solers against
,eing swallowed up by the Know Nothings.
The warning was not needed. The free-soil-
'wo thousand in one week! The organization
became anti-slaveryized. rsa
The bargain was executed. HENRY j.
IARDNER, the Hunker Wing, "a temperance
nan Of fourteen years standing" was made
pledge himself to the radical doctrines of
nti-slavery, and was elected Governor by
sree-Soil votes, and Henry WILSON, the Free
,oiler, was elected to the United States Sen
tie by Hunker votes This done the work
vas accomplished. The Free.soilers then
vent to work and organized, within the Know
Nothing councils an anti slavery organiza-
ION called the know Something's" which
destroyed the Know Nothings and re-
ulted in the organization of the Republican
,arty in Massachusetts. Who has ever heard
# the Know Nothing party since? Now,
What is the lesson Of oil this? Simply that
he progressives in each case won. Rev.
.lutions never go backward. Truth must
,revai
Standing by the side, and following the
cad of SUMNER and WILSON, who never bar
gained or traded, we coalesced with Demo-
,rats in 1851 So, joined forces with BANKS,
BOUTWELL, & Co., and whipped the ancient
Whig party, with the CHoATEs, EvERErTs,
NISrHRops, and WEBsTERs out Of their po-
itical boots. SUMNER and WILSON won most
# the spoils Boutwell, and BANKS came in
or second cut. The four are now in the
anne radical boat The Union has not been
destroyed in consequence.
When BANKS and boutwell, left the Dem
ocratic party, they did not take along with
them all that was pure in that organization.
There are as good fish in the sea as were
,ver caught We are now willing to make
mother coalition for high national purposes,
L necessary. And to that end we welcome
men to the Philadelphia Convention from
,very State in the Union, who can endorse
he principles Of the call.
As there is just God, the right will
.riumph at Philadelphia.
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