The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-01-01

History is studded over with the truth
that mefi come ut last almost to dislike en
invariably unsuccessful man, cven u good
al job himself. On the other hand, vi
famous ones,if invariably successful ac-
auire applause, and sometimes admiration:
even the admiration of good people, becaase
Of the heoric and other popular qualities
through which they won success.
1t is very much so with political parties.
II unsuccessful, campaign after campaign,
they come, in time, to be despised. People
get to thinking they are certain to be beat.
en-, and that goes far to bring about defeat.
This was eminently the case in this State
during the days of the Wing and Democrat
ic parties. The former achieved no sue
cesses Of sufficient importance to put them
in the way Of signal victory-such as get
ting possession of the State government
They had n good political platform, conser-
vat,ve and patriotic: and in their organ
ization were hosts Of intelligent and substnn-
tial men, with its full portion of business
talent of New Iiampshier. The political
opinions Of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
were their opinions, and the views OF either
of those gentlemen, uttered in the Senate,
or on the hastings, were adopted without
debate, and with the same rapidity rs that
with which they became published abroad,
whatever that expedition happened to be-
If Webster or Clay said such and such opin-
ions were proper, they were instantly adopt
ed as the Gospel according to St. Webster,
or the Gospel according to St. Clay, and
pressed upon the people Of New Hampshier,
as worthy of all acceptation.
But all was of very little avail. The
public came to understand that the Wings
excellent men thought they we're; in fact,
the salt of the earth-could not succeed, and
that was enough. The additions were few
the assertions many. Even heroic men
could not or would not work where not only
the numerical odds but the Fates were
against them, and so We went through the
motions, as the Democrats do now, and
were outnumbered every March meeting
day.
The same circumstances under which the
Wings unavailinSly labored, are now the
lot Of the Democratic party in New Hamp-
shier. They have been in minority nearly
Eve years-behaving all that time in very
unsubmissive manner-and soon it will
come to be the prevailing belief that they
cannot rise again,-as they ought not this
century, for their crimes against liberty
After one or two more handsome defeats it
will become obvious that the Democratic
party cannot rise. 1t will then hive become
the party which is without the prestige Of
success, like the old Wing party. The
Young Men-as is now largely the case
will be looking for success through the Re-
publican party, both for principles moro in
accordance with the natural sympathies Of
that class of voters, and for its reputation
as the successful party Of the State.
Granted that it is lamentable such should
be the way of the world. Bestow any
amount of commentator you see fit upon
steadfast political principle, and upon I'D
herring to the right, let what will come =
publish every week, if you will, the remark
of Henry Clay, that he would rather be right
than be President" and print books if
more are needed, in which to extol tie vir-
tue of correct political principles, un!linch-
ingly adhered to: the best political creeds
ever formed, and the most persistent action
in behalf of them, will be Of no avail, un-
less crowned with occasional successes at
the polls. In the contemplation of proba-
bly, ii large majority Of the people of the
United States, the voice Of the country at
each Presidential Election is a verdict in
favor of all the transactions of the party in
power during the preceding four years
provided, of course, the outgoing and in
coming Presidents, like Pierce and Buchan-
an, were Of the same party. All the delln-
quencIcs, frauds, corruption, bribery, pro-
higacy, are washed out, in the view of hum
dred, of thousands Of voters, by an election
in which the party which perpetrated them
is victorious. This comes of n subtitle quail
ity of the mind which impels the worldto
admire success which caused it to admire
the First Napoleon above most other men,
although his successes were achieved through
suffering at which mankind wcpt tears Of
blood.
As successes begct successes, and defeats
likewise propagate themselves, it i + easy to
perceive that parties must either achieve
victories, or become in time doomed to be
out ofpower, even if their plat
form is good enough for the apostle Paul
and his fellow disciples. The Republican
creed is set Of principles, written and un-
written, that would be ratified by the men
of the Revolution, if now on earth. Butto
what docs that amount unless we carry the
turn out the Democrats, and con-
vince the world that some things can be
done as well as others. The people of the
CHlteu suites chTc less tEaH tHe poHtiCiuns
suppose for cllborate platforms. G"n.
TAYLOR said he was ga Wing but not an Vi
ira Whg." and that was all he did say
Bnt the people knew that he was m honsSt
man, and that was enough for them The
confidence in his integrity consti-
tuted a basis of operations of the strongest
possible character, and upon that confidence
he was elected.
Platforms often perplcx more than they
facilitate the success of parties. Let the
Republicans obtain possession of the Cen
eral Government, and administer its affairs
Just rs they have not been administered by
Pierce and Buchanan land that success will of
itself be power stronger than all the plat
forms ever erected in the United States.
''But," says some Republican casuist' al
rather fight till my dying day, and be beaten
every year, fighting for principles that are
right, than let down an iota, and succeed at
the polls" We can only reply, that we
rather have less fighting and more victories:
believing that if 4 party can obtain sue
cesses, and thus put itself in position to
carry out good political principles, is bet
ter than to fight ctcrnaly for platforms,
and never be in position to try the efficacy
of good or bad ones.-N. H. Statesman.
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