The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-12-02
NEW PARTIES.

An effort is being made among Re-
publicans on the one hand, and among
Democrats on the other, to form new
party organizations. 1t has been known
for some time that q movement is on
foot among Republicans to place Sena-
tor Trumbull at the head of new party
which shall stand upon the platform of
Civil Service and Revenue Reform, and
whose first step shall be to denounce
the Administration as hostile to both.
1t is also known, at least it comes from
authentic sources, that movement is
on foot to place Gov. Hoffman at the
head of new party whose platform
shall be to discard the dead issues of
Slavery, Secession and Negro Suffrage,
and whose aim it is to ride into power
on the great hobby-horse of Free Trade.
Gov. Hoffman, who without doubt is
the strongest candidate for the Presi-
dency in the Democratic party, has con-
Guided that there is no hope of success
in holding on to old worn-out issues,
and so tells his friends that if they de-
sire to ride into power ON his populari-
ty and prestige they must place him
on a platform that will not make his
defeat inevitable. We are glad that
even this feeble effort toward reform,
is being made among our Democratic
friends. 1t certainly is q step in the
path of progress to agree to turn
over to oblivion issues already decided
by the irrevocable verdict of the
American people, and to fight for vic
tory on the merits of living ones. If
any good thing can come out of Nsza-
reth, certainly no one will object.
As to the new party movement
among Republicans we have only to
say that SO far as the objects sought to
be attained are concerned we are
heartily in sympathy with it. Nothing
in politics could please us more than to
see those very same measures of reform
which Secretary Cox endeavored to
make permanent in his Department be-
come the law in all the departments of
the government; but the work of doing
this belongs to the whole Republican
party rather than to faction of it.
Why bring into being neW party for
the accomplishment of a certain needed
reform with which the whole Republi-
can party, save few political tricksters,
is in sympathy ? If President Grant
sees fit to yield to q few self-styled
party managers instead of yielding to
the united voice of the great party it.
self, set him aside and elect some such
man as Senator Trumbull or Secretary
Cox for our next President. But let it
be done by the old Republican party
and not by some new one. AS to 'Rev-
enue Reform" the opinions of men in
both parties are so divers and inhar-
monious, that no large body of men
could be made to be a unit upon any
one set of principles relating thereto.
No good result can follow so long as
this diversity of opinion shall exist
and whenever some definite policy-a
policy that will bring to its support the
united strength of the Republican par
ty-can be agreed upon, let this be en-
bodied in the platform as the Revenue
Reform measure of that great party.
The prophets of evil cannot be graft
fed by the destruction of the strong
and glorious party which has done
more for the stability of the govern
ment, the dignity of labor, the profit OF
commerce, the success of home manu-
features, and the prosperity of the
country than any other, and which will
still be SO conducted as to command the
support of the American people.