Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-01-27

will to the will of the majority, was til
great want of our friends.
1t makes little difference whether a
anti econipton or Independent coalitio,
had been made, without the fleterm inatio,
to submit to affair decision of the major
ity hal accompanied it.s That determine
ton was not only not shown x-rfl cases
but expressly disclaimcd in some. Ont O
thus grew all o,rA trouble; though inciden
tai circumstances, and unexpected deceit
no doubt aggravated it. If all the Rcpub
iicans had yielded cordial assent TO thu
action OF the caucus, and in the caucus hae
heidno dictatofial rod overthcir associates
we should have had good chance of sue
cess, for some line of policy, either embra,
eng the anti-Lecompton men or the indie
pendents, would have been cordially adop.
ted, and united front would have been
presented to the discordant and dissatisfied
Democrats. As it was no policy was adj
opted. and none adhered to. We went in
to the fight without any order of battle,
and without knowing what our strength
was. Union would have saved as at least
a disappointment, If not defeat. for il
would have told us wh4 we had to meet,
and what strSeth va to meet it.
And above all it woul, Shave left us a par.
ty thoroughly self-reliant and confident OF
each others faithfnlness. That confidence
is row to be rebuilt.
We know that men naturally rebel
against any power that by force crowds
their VIII and rides over their resistance
And when there is particle of principle
involved, they would not be men If they
did not. But in mere questions of party
policy. whether this way of doing a thing
or that. be best, there is no excuse for sci,
ting up individual will against the will of
a majority. unless it be admitted that the
party organization is not worth saving
ii the party in convention, or by any an
thorlzed exponent of j. viii. attempts 70
tell US what wa<int> Wiz, what our prin-
ciples shall be, we shall say that 'swe think
Tor ourselves. aud our principles belong to
no convention" We despise the man
who yields his convictions to partv de-
cree. In all the career of the Democratic
party there is nothing so utterly debased
and debasing as the alacrity with Which,
its members shift their prihciples.as p
dentsorconventions demand, and St any
soni, Tree soil, compromise, or pro-slave-
ry, that the leaders may choose to mt in the
carcass of the Democratic organization
But while we feel thus about our convictions
we feel very differently about our notions Of
pelicy about candidates and all that
We do not feel that the nomination or de-
feat of any Republican. by Republicans.
involves question OF principle. 1t is a
matter oil personal preference alone. Just
as gnod Republicans as we are may be lust
as resolved to dcfeat our candidate as we
arc to elect him. Those who fought side
by side on the stump, through years of
conflict, using the same arguments. alvo-
eating the same principles, attacking the
same abuses. may disagree totally about
candidate for any office. In such ease.
Is one TO set up his preference over the
other, or over the preference of all others?
II he does. isn't he asserting that the organ
izatIon OF the party is of less importance
than the success of his candidate? Ger
taInly. And we hold that no man, who
claims TO be Republican, and to think
Iaat the Republican organization is good
]nt, aiming at good ends, has right O to
10. 1t is wrong that drives dagger
right to the heart Of the party, and whetl-
.r the motive be the selfish one of person
al aggrandizement, or the purer one OF do
ing justice to neglected friend, the injury
$ none the less fatal, or inexcusable. We
TO not say that the peremptory and abso
nte demands of some of the Republicans
we're selfish or unmanly, bat we do say
hat they were impolitic, provokidg anal
and the mischief has ripencd
nto defeat. and worse still, dstrust anil
Reorganization. Ii we are to enter The
light of 1860 with any hope, we must see
his evil fairly, look it fully in the face,
race it to its origin, and labor to cut it
'nt by the roots. We see no good
hat can come of Disgusting the ruth, or
alking as il everybody had been selr-sacri-
icing, and tolerant, and trustful. 1t is
lot so, and the sooner it is seen, aud made
%, the better.