Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-12-04

loose and hss,y conjunctions can do
good. thorough union and understanding
of every one with every other, must DO
more. The work that does good as il
goes. does more as it goes further. The
better the orgonaizatiou, therefore, the
more direct and successful must every ef-
fort of party be. Apply the principle
to our ordinary political campsigns.-
We may easily see, even if we had no
examples TO open our eyes. that such a
disjointed association as party that
held no primary meetings, left conven-
tions to chance. or the guardianship OF
some manager; accepted or rejected the
nominees. as caprice or personal feeling
suggested. voted or stayed at home accor-
ding to the weather. their work. or their
whims; took no account OF the party's
strength. srd left the preaching to can
didates and "siumpers;" ignorant Of the
feelings of .heir neighbors. and Indifferent
to their action; could never maintsin q
long contest with better organized par
ty. Though such formal declarations Of
opinion as as il may have made be wise.
and weighty with truth, il would ineviln-
bly, be beaten in the long iun--thoush sh
occasional animstion might give it coca
sional success. Truth only goes TO the
ballot. box on mems feet and reaches sue
cess by their hands. 1t cannot do with
out the aids Of activity zeal and knowl-
edge any more than falsehood. for it is
only by these means that men can be
learned that it is not fnlsehood. If all
men knew all that both sides say, the
truth could trus. TO itself. Bat that is
just the difficulty. The truth must star,
even, or follow close after lie, or il may
be taken very often for the lie itself
Hence the urgency for prompt action.
and the value OF organization. If any
one thinks shis mere abstraction. we beg
him to look first al the reason and then
at the reality OF The thing. A party,
we will suppose, is in the minority, and
oil The wrong side, It's members make
full primary meetings whenever there
are delegates TO be appointed or officers
nominated, and thus every man learns
about tie candidates; they talk to their
neighbors. and learn just where each one
stanGs, who is wavering. and who is firm;
they poll their districts, and know the
exact strength Of their own and the 9TH
er party, and know thus where effor,
must be made; they turn out every man
on election day. and being posted know
just who is likely 10 stay away. and how
TO get him; they keep their meetings al
ways going. and every document that
can be serviceable, circulating; il they
are defeated they keep right ahead, and
work as actively as ever; can such par
ty be kept beaten by sloth, indifference
and inactive intelligence? l: will jus,
as inevitably wear into and 6isintegrate
the party it is thus res:lessly ass,iling.
as The waves will wear away the rocks
that they dash against. The ccnquering
principle Of life is energy. not inertia.
God gives success to exertion, not to rest.
And it is in the power to incite and d.
rect exertion, that organization is SO i'm
portant.
We do not know that the Democratic
party has alwsys had better opprecia.
tion Of This trurh than their opponents.
but somehow il has always. in this State.
made better use of it. By these means
it has gained inch by inch in counties
Overwhelmingly against it, till it can
fight with an almost equal chance Of sue
cess. and by these means it retains ma
jonties where il has them. Great pop
ular upheavals, as in 1884. may destroy
these slow accre;ions of years, but when
the disturbing power is past the shaken
elements again settle downwards to the
organization which remains FOR them to
gather around. Ii is by this power OF
organization solely that their party has
gained SO nearly the entire control Of the
local Offices OF the State, which in turn
are used as means to retain and strength
en- its power. The judges of election
give them the power 20 construe election
laws as they please; the extended &C.
quaiutsnce and occasional patronage OF
comm; ;ssioners, auditors. clerks. sheriffs,
treasurers, &C., give them admirable "di-
rec,ories" and influential ccnvassers; the
control Of constables watchnen. and
such officers gives them the very means
needed TO reach 10 the bottom of COM
munity and stir ii up. All these ihflu-
ences, slight as each one may in itself
appear. when operating in every town.
ship in the State. make an aggregate oI
power that may well scare the most con-
ident. These means Republicans have
overlooked. and seem determined, to
overlook. They have never used the
exertion that their opponents have &c
carry local elections. And yet the tho
roughness of oTgauization is better dem
onstrated aud better preserved, too, in
these local suuggles than in any others.
The lesson we would impress upon
Republics is, the necessity of continu-
al effort. Never yield an election be-
cause it is of no consequence. Never
spare effort because you do not see the
rasult right ahead. The best exertion is
often like the seed of the most precious
trees, IL must be planted deep and be
long growing to the surface. Butiit Is
growing, though funseen. and the fruit
will come in time. itii e snil
"A boy having been remarked for his
quickness in retort. gentlema on look
ing at him, observed i5at, when child.
rem are 50 keen in their youth. they gen
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