Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
The continued development Of the new
party OF progress.


Last week re promised a further
review of the reasoning OF the learned
gentleman who is now engaged i'll
The Independent, in the re-orga1iza
ton of parties. He has so far now
developed his theories as to enable us
to Judge somewhat Of their ultimate
designs. lie continues his discussion
by characterizing the two existing ma
tional par les as superfuous laggards
who have "outlived their usefulness"
lie charges them with having settled
no principles, and healed no animosI-
ties between the different sections of
the country. He mourns over the
fact that there is germ of union sem
timent and distastes for sectional
,s.r.fe, struggling for incubation, but
with no opportunity for Development /;
That there are true men in the South,
and they constitute "largc majority"
who are tired OF strife, who have ac-
cepted the issues of the war, and wish
to labor with other good men for the
interest AID prosperity of the whole
country.
, Now the inference from this, is
Chat they have had no opportunity.
Have these virtuous gentlemen been
absent from tie South since the war?
Have they countenauced the ostracisnl
of nan Oil account of their political
faith; or the murder Of their fellow
citizens for political purposes, the
suppression Of the freedom of speech
in caucases and other public assem-
blies throughout the South? If not,
Why have they not interfered to pre-
went and control them, which they
ought to have done; icing, Gas the
author says) in large majority? Or,
if being in a large majority, they were
incapable of controlling the sentiment
of small minority, is it quite modest
for them after such an ignoble failure
to rise up and assume to dictate to
the two great national parties meth
cd of controlling the whole country
or, would it be entirely safe to rely
upon their inventing and executing
party principles, which would require
them to cause their adoption by
enough Of the American people to
overcome both great national parties
Men capable of such an hercuIean
task ought certainly in the disturbed
condition Of the country through
which we have just passed, to have
seen the necessity Of its exercise OF
those faculties in their own localities
In the interests Of peace when it was so
~ IequlIeu'
e.. Proceeding IN his argument, he as
spmes that this large majority regard
their 'coafederacy efforts as a disas-
strous failure :" desire restoration of
.fraternal feeling and to look upon the
i"country AMI its flag with the same
affection and reverence as in former
years" lie dcprecates the disloyaIty
of the, towards the Government
growing up beside the quick pride,
which resents g national insult as q
personal wrong, We see no pcrtin4
ency in his leaving the line of His ar
,gulnent to strike the poor Americans
.Irishman, who is quite an element in
American politics, and many of whose
brothers and sons, who fought for
loyalty, are now lying side by side
with those in wliom the "quck PRIDE
engendetcd u hat truth would require
us.to call treason, but which in defer
tency to the argument, we will denomi-
nate "confederacy efforts" sunless it
be ia show the animus of the al gu
.ment. ...- ..
Now let us for moment see where
this new party will stand, and who
will represent it. Of course in the
nature of things it would be represent
ed by the leading minds in the coun.
try., Now, will this statesman inform
rs whether he proposes out of the two
existing parties to form an entirely
,hew party out of material taken from
the two existing parties, or, to inject
his principles of brotherly love into
one of them, and infuse the old lag,
gard WITH a new life? If new party,
upon what grounds will he place it,
not occupied by one of the parties
now in existence? He comedies that
this fe3ling Of reconciliation is ropre.
scnted by the "policy of. the Presi-
dent, and by "such men as Eyarts
and Schu[z, and others" Now, II a
party exists, led by his own models,
being the fittest representatives OF
that feeling SO, essential to the well
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