The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-04-03


is as Unsuitable as the tabled guardian OF
pandemonium's gates, as written by Mil
ton. Who ever sent forth aud ever re-
ceiyed matters of like kin, bit ever I'M
satisfied, and, il Milton be right, ever to
DO so. May the days grow longer, and
ourself blind, when we fail to appreciate
himl We can not say more for fear Of
the sklsnky kind of defence he threat
ened our friend with.
AS for the yearlings we spoke Of, we
can not in justice to young humanity be
surprised at the course pursued by them.
Their political pin-feathers have, as yet,
butjust budded toperception, and that their
prickling itch should stimulate them TO
some donkey-hke action is only consonant
with the general laws Of natural history.
We have often noticed in our slight stud
les of the animal kingdom that the young
of certain animals, (for instance, toads in
a little puddle, &c., even in their infancy,
try to equal the sturdy leaps of their
fathers who have reached the growth of
years; but the indignant, astonished feel
ing with which we have witnessed these
ambitious efforts of these indscreet tad
poles has almost always turned to one of
pity, in noticing the futility of their Of
forts to raise themselves above their age
and degree. And with much the same
interest that we watched them shall we
look after the new Esq, and trust, in all
charity, that VIC will be ready to recog-
nize his merits and congratulate him
when he reaches that stage of maturity
that will enable him to comprehend that
boys of twenty-one arc not men.
But we may have gone too far, and
yet we can not but think that rs all these
men were present at the joint convention,
and expressed no dissent, nor made any
objection TO the proceedings there had,
that they value their political honor at
nothing, and count their principles by self
only. For one, we believe men should
be bound by their agreements as far as
possible, and in politics, that the MAORI
ty should rule, and that, when the major
ity of both parties put in nomination a
ticket to be voted for, no man of any
honor could openly oppose it.
We regret to say that some men, now
holding office at the hands of the repub-
lican party of our county, so far forgot
their respect for themselves, and what
was due to those who placed them there,
as to disregard the pledges of others,
sanctioned by themselves, by their acqui-
escng presence, as to vote and work for
the ticket sanctioned only by those disaf-
fected ones who arc so proverbial for their
political inconsistencies. Their action may
prove profitable to themselves, and we
trust il may, but of that hereafter they
have only their own assurance.
The question now simply is, shall the
republican party continue to recognize
and be influenced by such men as these,
whose only influence, when exerted, tends
to demoralize the party, and who have to
be carried through every campaign by the
effort Of others in addition to fighting OPP
position parties, whose warfare is manly
and whose opposition is legitimate?
1t is q question that needs looking To
well as it has grown to be an undisputed
fact among those who well know the men,
that such allies as they make to any par
ty can better be spared than cared for
The time will soon come when the repub.
leans as well rs the democrats of this
county, if they hope to retain their par
ties in any shape that will give them force
and influence, must weed their ranks OF
the excrescent growth of such men as
work only their own good, acknowledge
no other principles than their own petty
malices and private views. And in our
opinion the sooner the pruning knife is
applied the better for all. Let selfish
men learn that they are not "al in all, "and
that if an induIgent providence does
specially decree them individual good, that
political parties cannot so far be governed
by the same rule as to make them more
than trice higher than the rest Of man
kind, and when understood by them, per-
haps they will more nearly estimate their
own value by the standard Of Others.
"QUoIN."
I'VE give place to the foregoing COM
munication at the earnest solicitation of q
number prominent, influential men of the