Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-26

WHAT MAKES A NEW PARTY IMPRAc
rICABLE.-Donu Piatt, temporarily free.
ing himself from his amusing, but risky
custom of epithet singing, in letter tc
he Cincinnati Commercial on the pro
posed new party movement has some
graphic delineations of Democracy, and
some just remarks on an independent
press that are worth quoting. He says
The trouble attending this move comes
from the fact that while the democratic
organiz ition remains intact, growing in
numbers, the republican party alone pro.
poses new departure. This only
strengthens and encourages the democ.
racy, and unless help can be had from
that side any attempt at new party must
prove ~ failure. We arc beginning to learn
that while the democracy does not think.
IL feels; and the republican organiza.
ton does not feel, but thinks. An indie.
pendent press is necessity with the re-
publicans. An Independent press is not
possible with the democracy. demo-
crtt, like protectionist, is man who
lives In continual fear that he NAV be
convinced. Hence the blind zeal that
makes biEpts, and ii necessary, martyrs.
ptr'y possessed Of this quality is capa-
be Of drill aud discipline The difficulty
IN forming a new party is To be found in
the trouble we experienced in keeping to-
geiher the old organization. I sit in
the reporterIs gallery Of the House, and
looking down, see upon my left every
variety and shade of political opinion,
white TO my right is one dull, uniform col
Or of democracy. When a republican
speaks he is Immediately sssailed by repub-
loans, who spring up. showing their teeth
like ugly dogs from every side. When q
democrat CRATES. the democrats gather
around him and give him aid aud com.
fort. The various f4ctious represented
here hate each other with au intensity OF
hate that m tkes that between republican
and democrat seem brotherly love. AsI
have said before, parties are made by feel
ing, and not by differences of opinion
You propose a civil service reform, and
the democrat says, sob, yes l am in
favor OF that" You propose a revenue
reform and the democrat responds with
vet more emphasis that he favors that.
Then propose new political organization
TO carry those reforms into praetica effec'
and the democrat hurries away to VI ,te
the ticket, the whole ticket and moth inc
but the ticket that has been oro;,
nsted by democratic caucus in .
corner grocery. Yet the official pigs ma ke
a sd mistake when they assert 'Ghat t.he
le.diny independent journals have few
followers and no influence. Tbrsnt n
these same journals their leader, or AZ
l'sst. their great dispenser of pstponao q
Gen. Grant, is as dead. politically, as a
man can well be, and yet regain in sigl It
A great number of journals ara taken ar I'd
glanced over, hut if yo4. 90 to member 2
room and find open Ca his table iourn al
that gives evidence of hayins been oar a.
fully read, YOU will disoover that it is the
Springfield Republican, or New York
Evening Post, or our. own paper, or Il ,e
chicago Tribune. or Missouri Demoors {.
AND II you talk to the. Scion upon new s.
papers you will fnds him familiar wit h
these only. and possessed of a wholeson, q
fear of them. va