Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-05-22
THE CAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL
TREACHERY TO THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY.

THE CAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL
TREACHERY TO THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY.
Lord Bacon somewhere has said. "aInbi-
tious men, if they find the way open for
their rising, and still get forward they are
rather busy than dangerous; but, il they lie
checked in their desires, they become Sc
cretly discomfort, and look upon men and
matters with an evil eye, and are best pleased
when things go backward IF this emf
nent philosophcrhad lived in the year s. d.
1865. instead Of several hundred years preyi-
ously, and had been closely scTutinizing the
actions Of men, during the trial Of Andrew
johnson for High Crimes and Misde-
meanors, he could not have laid down the
rule Of human conduct, Is regards the as
tions Of ambitious men us a class, more
clearly than he did in the above quoted
memorable words The persons to whom
we allude, are the men who. on more than
one occasion. signifcd their approval Of the
very measures which We're adopted TO bring
usurping President to Justice and after
having given their unqualified approval Of
4 the extreme measures inauguEtCd. found
/ that they couldnCt further their own selfish
purposes, their own advancement, and rath-
er than see Others advance, they determined
/ to pun down the pillars Of the templeof theI
friends and partizans, and bury all in one
common ruin.
Il has been the great misfortune Of the
Republican party to be weighed down rilh
ambitious men, whom 1t has delighted to
honor; aud for trusting too -coufdineiy in
them, it has paid dearly, very dearly for
the whistle. It has been more uutorua-
nate, in this respect, than any other party
that has existed previously to it, This can
only be attributed to the fact, that IN few
/ years after It's organization, it became the
leading, triumphant party Of the country.
and those who were ever seeking place
yaulted on to it. in expectation Of reaPing a
rich harvest Of Office, which they could not
do in any Of the old organizations. The
Republicans, we mean the original Bepubl-
cans, those who had the manlinass and
! courage to announce their principles to the
world without fear, favor or affection
were glad to receive them as acquisitions to
the hosts Of freedom and in hundreds Of
instances, they stood aside and made room
for the elevation of these ambitious newcom-
crs No set Of men have been so shame
fully neglected as those who first flung the
banner Of Fremont TO the breeze They
were the pioneers Of a new movement, and
made it respectable, but they were to enjoy
a very few Of It's rewards There Is hardly
a oorporals guard Of those live men in the
country to-day, who are received as Repre-
sentative Republicans. Almost all positions
of profit are filed with men who cursed and
denounced the Republicans asa Negro Par
tv, until it became the winning party, and
then they swallowed the Negro as readily
as a hawk would swallow a fish These are
general facts, and it is in thisHght we speak
of them, and VIC leave it to the experience
of the country to say whether we are not
correct.
Two great evils have resulted from this
which can alone explain the mislortuues Of
the Republican party First. leading origi-
ginal Republicans have been compelled 70
stand aside to make room for those who
have thrust themselves into the party, and
they have felt the injustice Of this prefer
nlent and have become souled, and event
ually not standing mp to the work, accord
ing to a standard fixed by those who dis
placed them, they have been uncerem0ni-
ously kicked out Of the party, and of course
they have used all their eudcavors to des-
troy it; and, secondly, those who have
scrambled into the party, at the eleventh
hour and been elevated to place, finding
they cannot secure further elevation. face
about and kict the men who were stupid
enough to elevate them, and cndeavor to
draw the party down with them in their
fall.
IF the Republican party VIII learn wisdom
from this, the experience viii not he too
dearly purchased but If it vii go on in the
same manner, as it has done heretofore, It
cannot be many years until it must give
way TO some more prudent organization
The admonitory words Of Lord Bacon, when
speaking Of ambitious men, are: Let states
choose such ministers as are more sensible
of duty than of rising, and such as love bu-
siness rather upon conscience than upon
bravery