Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-04
National Union Purity.

We are in receipt of numerous
circulars from the headquarters Of
the state central committee of the Ma
tional Union party, Boston, Mass,
gotten up in the shape ofan address to
the Soldiers, and Sailors of the Uni
ted States, and calling upon them
vigorously, to unite at ace in the
defense Of one common cause. and
throw down the stale and tlimsy
barriers that try to enclose men rs
Republicans and Democrats.
just so. 1t seems to us we've
heard something of this kind before.
If we mistake not a clique down in
St. Louis in the campaign of Il rails
ed a similar cry and made a~desperate
effort to hand Our noble state over
to the tender mercies of Radicalism,
under the plausible sore head cry of
no parties" We have repeatedly
endeavored to show up the fallacy
of this much Wanted "Indepen-
dent" system of politics. Ex-
p%erjence has shown, and the facts are
ready at hand sufficient to convince
any fair minded person that these
pseudo anti-partisan movements
have always been originated and
conducted by demagogues of the
most selfish and INSCRIPTIONS type.
No doubt there are some impracti-
cable theorists strangers to the
first principles in the science of gov
eminent, who honestly indulge the
illusion that in a country as vast
and populous as this the intelligence,
the honesty, aud the patriotism of
the people can be brought to bear in
the direction of affairs without the
Intervention of party organizations
by means Of which the conflicting
opinions OF the people with refer
ence to the questions of adminis,ra.
ton may be marshaled as it were
in opposing ranks thereby obtaining
a definite and preponderating -iudg
meEt of the country as 10 the gener-
al line of policy to be pursued. We
are willing to believe that many Of
the one hundred soldiers and sailors
who signed the address in question
are laboring under such a delusion
but no doubt the aforesaid state
central committee is composed Of
number n p litical renegades, who
foreseeing the inevitable wreck of
Radicalism In rs, and knowing
there ia no place for such rats On
the Democratic ship, have gone to
work constructing a kind of maze
shift raft in the hope that it may,
peradventure, float them into some
official haven. This meve,nant 20
for as its own chances of success
are concerned, is undeserving of al
tention, but it may succeed in a.
tracing sufficient support to affect
the result of the contest between
Democracy and R~adicalism. No
one with the least political foresight
can fail to see that the contest next
year will be between the two exist
ing parties, and to put a third party
in the field would but operate IS u
diversion in favor of the one or other
of these parties. The voters most
likely to be drawn Off in support OF
this " National Union party are
Democrats and their conservative
allies. Believing this to be so, we
shall deem it our duty to oppose at
all times the pretensions of these
would be political reformers.
The movement headed by Bell
ouu EFcl0Gt, Ill ICOUs Is Ill pOiut Y.
Although its originators were actu-
ated by motives of the loft'est and
purest patriotism, it is plain to the
dullest comprehension, now, that
the presence of that ticket in the
field caused the election of Lincoln,
and helped to preeipitate the war.
The formation of a new party just
on the eve of an election with the
expectation, that it can draw off,
enough strength from each of the
other parties to defeat them all, has
been tried often enough to demon
strate its fallacy. And even if feas-
IDLE, it would not be the part OF
wisdom TO enJrust the destiuies OF
the country in the hands Of an or.
ganization without a record and
without any defined policy of sd
ministratiOn.
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