Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874.

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874.
New PARTIES. bolt of Thomas
Boyers of the GaIlatin Examiner from
the Colyar syndicate at Nashville last
week, will likely prove the death
blow of that little conspiracy. Mr..
Bowers, who is an able as well as an
earnest and honest man, responded
to the call of Col. ~ s. Colyar, chair
man of the Johnson State Executive
Committee, for n conference of those
who had supported Mr.. johnson in
the Congressional canvass of 1872.
Mr.. H., it seems was under the i'm
preston that the meeting was intend
cd ''to pacIiicate-to heal and close
up the wounds of the late contro-
vcrsy-to fraternize the discordant
members of the same family, who in
an evil hour fell out by the way side
and quarreled not over principles but
mon" lie had lived to see the evil
effects of the mad conflict, aud, to use
his own words, '1onged for the res
toration of the unity of the grand old
party in which he was born" This
was the spirit in which he met Col
var and his hungry Cassiuses in couu-
Gil, aud in q little while he became
aware of the fact that their solo OBJ
Iect was to assassiuate the Democratic
party. Seeing this Mr.. Boyers who
had been q strong Johnson man bolt
cd from the boilers and the scheme
has been suddenly swept into "the
silence and the ignorance of the
past.
IL l. not our purpose horc to cxult
over the defeat of such faction as
that led by Col. Colyar. Mr.. John
son saw that it was powcrlcss and
would not touch it. He was asked to
address it but declined to DO so. Had
lie consented, Radical Nashville would
have risen up as one man 10 yell aud
applaud him. The hanging of Bill
Kelley would have been a small mat
ter i'll comparison with the appear
ancc of the ex-President upon the
hastings for the purpose of arraigu-
ing the Tennessee Democracy for past
and present dereliction, and Smoky
Row, and the congeries of African
villages that surround the State Cap
itol, would have poured out their
swarm of Radical voters upon the oc-
casion. This mass of vagabondage
led ON by Colyar, and spriukled here
and there with an honest but deluded
follower of Mr.. johnson, would have
been represented as an uprising of
the people, an ovation to real worth,
and all that. This scheme has been
bailled and in its fate all those who
are trying to form new parties in this
State can, if they will, find warning
lesson. 1t is easy enough to talk
about the party lash and the party
collar. Every great political organi-
cation is apt to fall into mistakes and
to abuse its power, but how viii the
new combinations be kept clear of
these rocks? Those who generally
seek TO get them up arc chronic party
hacks, whose abilities arc not appre-
ciatod in the old parties, and who
hope for something better in the
event Of a nc " deal. In nearly every
instance the organizer of the new par
ty is a disappointed party schemer,
who under the badge of the reformer
or independent, would erect party
dcspotism as memorable as any ever
devised. Parties are of slow growth |
and do not readily die. They are the |
result OF different opinions growing |
out of great conflicting interests.
The Republican party is now in pow
er, and will remain in power unless |
overthrow by the Democracy. These |
are tho two confronting political !
armies, and between them the battles !
-ssf-tss1-esssrsa isisssE 10 if0usIIB There 4
may be new combinations or new |
names, but even if there are new par
ties they will have all the distinguish |
ing ear-marks of those now in exist
cnce. What new and sudden question |
demands new parties? Tho Granger,
tho workingman, the low tax man
soon or late will find that the troubles |
of which he complains arc to be found |
in existing tariff regulations and must |
necessarily array himself against the |
party that established those regula- |
tions. Thus it is throughout the long
list of wrongs and abuses under which |
we stagger and faint. The interests
of powerful classes in one section of |
the country are at war with the inter
ests of powerful classes elsewhere,
and here is where the ceaseless con-
test began. Change party names as
you may, organize new parties when !
you will, the irrepressible conflict be-
tween those who toll and those who
have organized the money power of
the land against them will go on. In
this conflict the Democratic party is |
ON the side of the former, and the re-
suit is not doubtful. The Republican |
party through the glamour arising
out of tho question Of slavery blinded |
for season the eyes of the people, |
but this era has passed, and hereafter |
it must stand or fall upon its real |
merits. 1t no longer can borrow from |
the affairs of the past fire with which |
to glorify its present. Seward and |
Sumner and Greeley, the high priests |
who oficiated at these affairs are dead, |
and there are none to take their |
places. The Democratic party having |
cut away the encumbrauces that were |
thrown around it by this slavery agi- |
tation, now moves on in its natural |
direction, and will attract to its stand
ards all those who are opposed to
sumptuary laws-to statues regu-
lating what VIC shall eat and wear-to
supporting the man who owns a mill |
or factory at the expense of those who
till the soil, aud who believe that |
freedom is best secured not by being
under the eye of an army officer at
Washington, but by the preservation
OF home rule, that is to be found only |
in the police regulations of the several |
States, in all matters not delegated |
especially to the General Government. |
Cur BoNo?-''W What good will come |