The national Republican., 1866-07-14

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~ AP. riASsC01l, EDITOR. - e..
SATURDAY MoRNINaa::::::.m.JU IL 1853.
THE REORGANIZATION OF PO-
sso = EHrlCAL PARTiBs. %
Hs has read political history to very little
purpose who does not know that il re-
pssN itself a often ss the concurrence OF
similar circumstances takes place, with just
such notifications rs any attending altera-
tions thereof srs calculated to produce. The
best theologists Of the age now expound the
histoticai parts Of the Scriptures and apply
them TO current events upon this theory.
They believe that oil which they term in
spired history wss intended for instruction
through all time upon this method Of inter.
preAton. We are Of the opinion that all
history, whether sacred or profane, is founded
upon - underlying or overruling relation
Of cause and effect, which may, by careful
study, be evolved in . regular system Of
logic. We have no difficulty in perceiving
that tho history Of the Jews, from their ex-
odus out ofIEgypt and journey to their father
land down 70 the 6nsl overthrow Of their mon
srchy, repeated itself over and again in
the Roman Republic and Empire. and in the
more modern governments OF Western Eu-
ropee American politicsi are not excepted
from the rule. No political party in this
country failed to be dissolved whenever it
answered the purposes for which it was
created. .gl, 81 ~, .s.-. H..,+. .
Prior to the war for Independence the pol
>itics Of the American colonists corresponded
with those OF their brethren upon the other
side Of the ocean. They were divided, as the
British people have ever since been, into
Whiss and Tories. That war broke up those
parties by its inexorable logic, and resulted
in the formation Of two other parties called
Federalist and. Republican. The whig party
was disbanded because il had fulfilled its le-
gitimate purposes, and the Tory party was
disbsnded for the same and the additional
reason, that having been defeated in the war,
it was unpopular The necessity for written
constitution facilitated the transformation.
The war of l8l2-l5 dissolved both of those
psrtiesp and after short season Of peace
under MoSnos's administration 1t resulted in
the organization, FIRST, Of the Bucktail and
Clintonian, then the jackson and Adams
parties, which, with auxiliaries, finally cfys-
tallized into the Democratic and Wing par
ties-the name "Whig" being revived for the
principal purpose Of sustaining the United
States Bank. The Federalists became un-
popular mainly because they opposed the
war; and the Republicans dropped their or
ganisstion because it was no longer useful.
Political history repeated ITSELF % ,...
Far-seeing politicians, with these examples
in their minds, prognosticated similar re-
suit to occur at or soon after the close of the
recent civil war; and, although the masses
Of neither party could discern either the
reasons for the change or the signs of its
coming, to, prescient minds it has been
all along inevitable. The Democratic party
had been u long time divided upon the
general policy Of its organization before the
war. II was divided between DouoLAs and
BREoKISRIDGE in the campaign immedi-
ately- preceding it. It carried its divi-
sions into and through the war to the
end Whilst one branch OF It was loyal and
faithful to the country the other branch Of it
was not And, rs in all similar cases, the
odium of the sins Of the unfaithful fell as we'll
upon those who were faithful. This has
stained the escutcheon OF the Democratic
party TO such an extent as to cause the loyal
Democrats in Ohio and elsewhere to refuse
fellowship with such politicians rs VAL
LAsDIoHAN any longer. These divisions are
breaking up the Democratic party and inclin-
ing IL loyal members to seek more congenial
associations. O., ......,...... ..r. .-.'. a..
And inOrtifying as II is, the condition Of
the Union party is scarcely better. Its con-
stituent elements are too heterogeneous to
hang together. They are unable to agree
upon the vital question Of the hour-the ad.
mission Of the loyal members from the South
to their seats, upon which the Administra-
tion'of President JoHSsoS, as LrkcoLS's was, is
distinctly committed. The conspiracy in Con-
Rress to stiHe the electoral voice of eleven
States OF the Union has brought the conserv-
atives to their feet, with the intention of
shaking of, as soon as possible, this so.called
radical, but really anti Union and peace.pre-
venting, element in this party. The general
result Of all this is that, unless history fails
for the first time to repeat itself, the con
servative, patriotic, sober-minded, peace-lov-
ing members Of both Of the existing parties
will find way to come together. r
1t will do no good to fight the logic Of
events. If the superinducing causes are
forcible enough 10 produce this result, it
will take place whether we approve or not.
The best we can do is to accept the situa-
tion,' whatever il may be. The disunionists
Of every type must do the same. a
Such radical newspapers as the New York
and Chicago TTbuaes and the Rochester
Democrat oil say the breakup has actually
occurred, and the New York Herald predicts
that the Philadelphia Convention will lay
the foundations Of solid and enduring Ma.
tionai Union party which will sweep the
country at the next Presidential election.