Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-01-27
ICoHIMUNICATED.
No. III.
'Ehc National Democratic Party.

Eds. Ne,Os, Bristol Tenn If there
Is any one thing more clearly demon
strated in the political history of this
country than another il is, that three
separate and distinct political oFyani-
cations cannot long exist, at the same
time, we believe that the first separate
pOsitical organization or third party.
attempted III this country, was that of
the anti-MasOLs" in the days of
Morgan or soon after his death. In
hoic modern times We have the old
Liberty or anti-slavery party-the Con-
scrNatlve party" in the d;ys of VIM.
I. RIveS mainly set OH foot by his tail
ehts ana ability as u leader-then the
Native American party'-then the
hnownothing patty - and finally
me CONSERVATIVE Larty of the present
day. None of these were nt.tiOad[ or
Jf"''-dtiO"S, but We're 10y temporary or
sectional In their character. At the
commencement of the government
Two parties were Organizcd-one the
federaI the other the Republican pa. =
ty-the chief leader of the first was
AleAauer Hamilton = of the latter
Ihoinas Jefferson. After contest the
latter trlumphcd; and the Republican
party OF the days of Jefferson (which
was subsequently changed in name to
that OF DemOcratic) but retaining the
sane principles-has existed as a ma
tonal organization for many long
years. DissentiOns and divisions have
to limited extent, sometimes occurred
IN the Jetfersonian Republican or
Democratic Republican party-but the
party AS distinct political OrganiZa-
tioh, holding and subscribing toa COM
mon political creed, has existed
Tor seventy years or more, and retain
ing the same name or one of similar
designation all the time.
The creed of the JeffersOnian Re-
publican or Democratic Republican
party is, so WE'LL known to every in
telligent head is, that il is useless here
To state it. The principles of that par
" are the true principles of Republican
OF representative government, in all
ages or countries.
a! III these things am correct, no
mere temporary eXpediencN, 10 fancied
necessity of Il day or a wear, iaa sufii-
cient reason for setting up or trying to
set up and, keep alive third party or
ealiZat.Cn in anN STATE, to he desfgna-
ted by some Other name tlian that of
the national Organization, with which
sald ihiId party Organization J)y0tcsxcs
TO he i'll unison. II pliHc5JIcS of
Tie Conservative party" of Virginia
are tie same as those of the Democrat
lc party of the Union, why not drOp
the cognOmen of Conservative" and
assume that of Democrat? | ask all
the old live Democrats of Virginia. if
they ale ashamed of the time honorCd
Runie that ranked amrng its Votaries
such Ell as Jefferson, Maids on, Jack
son, Calhoun, Polk, Cuss, buchanan.
Breck ckenridge DC &c? Who i'm TN $
country who fought under the political
banner of "Old Hickory isashamed of
tue political name the party then bore :?
II bears the same name now. Such
men as Seymour, Pendleton, Blair
Hoffman DC are now shining lights
and prominent in the Democratic or
gan ization-and that party holds ma
jority in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri. New Jersy.
California, and other States-Iettino
alone the South
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina.
Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and
West Virginia are Democratic.
Will not Virginia rank herself with
these an nCtDie and give the force of
her moral weight and influence i'm the
great national contest to come off in
1872? Why need we, why should we
longer refuse to be known by a political
appelation is in all probability destined
TO succeed in 1872?
Shall we by holding on to an alias,
endanger the success of the National
Democracy in the next Presidential
canvass? We hope not. Aside from
these reasons for proper political par
ty name we shall in our next number
| endeavOr to show that one of the old
political parties that goes to make up
the Conservative party of Virginia.
having Y accident gotten control of
the party organization in this State,
| and which when united even with the
handful Of true Republicans with
US, are not majority, but minority
of the party-is using the power thus
accidentally acquired, for their own
aggrandizement, and that of few of
their =" true Republican" friends-tO
| to the virtual exclusion of those who
constitute n majority of those opposed
to Republicans of Virgininia-and are
thereby endangering the unity and
success of the Orgaization in Virginia
-as well as that of the National De-
mocracy of the whole Union.
WASHINGTON.