Year: 1859

Unity and strength Of the Republican


party.


From the Missouri Democrat


Whilst the National Democracy are
falling to pieces from one end of the
country to the other, it is satisfactory to
know that the administration of national
affairs will devolve upon powerful, COM
pact and harmonious organization. Were
the Republican party in the same disor-
dered condition as the National Demo-
cratic party-were the opposition to the
latter as chaotic in the North as in the
South, patriotic feeling might well be
subject to disquietude and apprehension.
No party could elect President by the
electoral vote. Congress would be
miniature, or rather a microcosm of the
several jarring minorities into which the
people would be divided. Were it even
possible to constitute a Federal Admin
istration from such material it would be
utterly impossible to give it policy
An Administration is powerless without
strong party in both branches of Con-
gress. No affirmative policy could be
adopted by the President and Cabinet.
springing from the bargainings and in
trigues of two or more discordant fac
tions. The country under such regime
would suffer, and the Federal Govern
ment would lose its prestige both at home
and abroad. In view, therefore. Of the
expulsion of the National Democracy
from the power Of 1860, it is a matter
of rejoicing that no party interregnum
shall succeed. A new and vigorous dy-
nasty is ready to occupy the high places
of the government, and give fresh i'm
petus to the great destinies of the coun
try.


The unity of thought and fraternity
Of feeling which distinguish the Repub
lican party are not less apparent than the
radical differences of opinion and per-
sonal feuds which have almost destroyed
the National Democratic party. The or
gans of the former speak the same dia-
lect East and West on purely party ques-
tions. There is no enforced, unnatural
unanimily, and yet there is entire will
ingness to support the nominee of the
party for the Presidency, whoever he
may be, and from whatever section of the
country he shall be chosen. There is
entire unanimity on the question Of Free
labor and Free Homesteads in the Terri
tories, and also on the question of the
Pacific Railroad. Opposition to the AT
rican Slave trade, filibustering and pira
cy in general, is also the unanimous SEN
timent of the Republican party. We ex-
pect the rapid development Of the West
as consequence of accession of the Re
publican party to power in 1860. That
it will be invested with power in that year
we are not permitted to doubt.


Under no possible circumstances can
the National Democrats carry free
State, except perhaps California. This
fact simplifes calculation on the subject.
Unless some untoward revolution { the
like of which our history furnishes no
parallel for, should occur in the inter-
i'm, the Republican party will carry Illi
nois and Indiana and Minnesota, as we'll
as Massachusetts, Vermont, and all the
other free States and the practicability
of their carrying Missouri and Maryland
is apparent unde certain conditions We
see that attempts have been lately made
to reunite the discordant Democracy up
on some compromise of the slavery ques-
ton but this can only terminate in the
further degradation of the Douglas wing.
and consequently in its complete over
throw in the lee States. The issue in
the Presidential election will be a Con-
gressional slave code for the Territories
or the rights of Free Labor. These ad-
herents of Douglas, who still hatter them
selves that he will receive the nomina-
ton at Charleston, would find it difficult
to place him foremost on either platform,
however willing he might be to mount
either. The Charleston Convention, if
it ever meet, will make platform or
nominate candidate which will be re-
jected by every free State in the Union
except California. If the platform be
noncommit,al. then the man will be Sc
cessionist. If the man be doughface.
then the platform will be ultra pro-slav-
cry and in either case, both viii be re-
jected.