, 1862-07-10


terests in the wOrldzso long as the principle Of
selfshness remains one Of the characteristics Of
human nature, and personal ambition aud self.
aggrandizement continue, as they arc now, the
ruling powers-pOlitical parties in some form or
another will struggle for supremacy. They have
their good aud evil tendencies, and some Of the
evil tendencies are doubtless inevitable and in
separAble from the good. While principles, real
and substantial, not mere sounding brass and
tinkling cymbals, constitute the foundation Of
party force and power, the good that may be ae-
eomplished will probably outweigh the attendant
evils. Party power, legitimately considered, is
the aggregated force Of combined wills, energies,
and minds actuated by the same reasons, desires,
and hopes to attain certain ends which separate
individual action would fail to accomplish. So
long as this aggregated force is directed toward
a common aud necessary object, without diver
sion for selfish aims, so long Is it properly applied.
So long as the mind Of each individual acting in
and with party is controlled by an enlightened
conscience and cultivated reason, there is little
danger that the party will degenerate, however
often it may fail Of triumph. But when iDdiVid-
uals composing party cease to think for them.
selves and follow the dictates Of another without
a why or q wherefore-when they cease to be
guided by reason and conscience instead Of pre-
judice and passiOn-then the evils Of party ties
are perceptbe, and the Legitimate force becomes
q tyranny.
Why should an individual follow the guidance
Of another unless he is clearly convinced 1t is
right so to dor There is scarcely man who
would not feel dislike toward another who should
presume to dictate to him what should be his
political principles, who his candidates, what his
alliances, and the form and manner in which he
should enunciate the same to the world; yet
how willingly will the same man enter q caucus
or convention, and submit to its aggregate force
what he had refused to the individual Is il
because Of the superior wisdom Of the aggregate
mass This might be claimed, perhaps, was
their action the result Of individual minds driven
BY their own force Of reason toward common
ground. Caucuses and conventions unfortu-
nately are seldom but the expression Of the opin-
ions, wishes and desires Of the few instead Of
the common expression Of the opinions, wishes
and desires Of the many. Prec0ncerted plat
forms, pre,arranged committees, and often pre-
nominated candidates, are regarded as a result
Of aggregated minds, and many deluded victim
believes himself q sovereign when be is really q
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