The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-11-01

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For LINCOLN goes in when the Qurkers come outl
From the Detroit Tribune
Men Who are Enemies to their Own Party.
There is hardly any class OF men, in
political parties, more selfish, factious
and unscrupulous than the would-be
politicians classically denominated
sore-heads" and /" boilers" Of these
there may usually be found two grades :
1st. The sore-head," who is dissatis-
fed, and makes it matter of personal
grievance, that some man is or is not
nominated on ward, township, county
or State ticket-he is patriot pro bono
pu6Hco i; he cares not for Office on his
own account, but is not satisfied that
he and those of his kidney were not al
lowed to control the caucus or conven-
ton, and hence is Indifferent about
party success, and is willing to give aid
and comfort to the enemy. I'd. Then
there is the bolter." He differs from
the first only in being more obstreper-
Gus, and is vehement in vociferating
denuncia,ioms against this nominee and
his friends. He has more virus than
the first, and is one of your "rule or
ruin" kind who has more "claims"
upon the party than any one else, has
spent more money and time for it than
any other man, and generally considers
that his "infuence" made and sustain
ed tin short he is one of those who,
if he could sell himself at his
own estimate and buy himself at his
real worth, would get rich several times
a year. But there are two kinds of
/" bolters"-those who BOLT from ,,ri7a-
ciple and those who BOLT from person
al disappointment
For example: the DoUGLAs-men bolt
the nomination of BRECKINRIDeE, upon
what they consider violdtiora OF party
principle and usage. The BRECKIN
R1DGE-men bolt the DOUGLAS men upon
what they claim violation of political
principle end party principle and u.s.
age. The division among Democrats
is based upon principles almost oppo-
site. The support or opposition of Ell
ther wing, to State, Congressional,
Legislative, and sounty, city or ward
nominations is based upon these pri'a-
ciples which divide the head or heart,
the body of the " democracy" There
is an honest and honorable difference
of opinion on questions Of principle
aohich govern that party IN its national
characteristics, and which runs through
all its National, State and local organ
izations. OF course one or the other
is wrong; but which is right or which
is wrong-considered in the sense Of a
family quarrel-we do not pretend to
decide, and, in fact, care very little it
is one of those things which will never
be decided on any moral principle
might without any reference to right,
determining the feud.
1t is vastly different, however, with
another kind of" sore reheaded- boilers"
Selfishness and spite, personal disap-
pointment and hate, not principle, con-
trolls them. Take one of them and
talk with him. He does not complain
of any disregard of principle in the
general position or conduct of his par
ty, national or otherwise-HE swears
devotion to every principle professed
by the party but, he or his friend
didn't get this or that nomination HE
has some personal grudge against some
person who has been nominated by the
party and, abondoning all principle.
disregarling all moral obligations
which bind honorable men in very or-
ganization, and making a personal mat
ter of HIS claims" which the party
could not understand or appreciate, HE
sinks himself down from man of prin
ciple to that of mere selfish, mercena-
ry, malevolent disturber, prompted by
no other motive than that of person
al scandal and revenge, sacrificing or
selling what little principle he ever
had to HIS disappointment, and seeking
to defeat the party or bring it down 10
his own base level.
Such is your snprincipled" bolter. F"
To crafty personal whims, caprice or
hate, he would hazard the success of
the party to which he processes attach