Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-25
GRANT AND COLFAx.
Jews and FOrcIgncrs.

The writer Is forcigncr aud also is he a
radical? As a foreigner It would seem that
he is in collision with Colfax, because 1t
is said of this gentlemen, that be many
years ago, took knewaoiling oath; and
rs q radical he would not vote for Grant.
because this latter in military orier treSs-
passed at some former time the limits of
religions freedom; and because a radical,
never will allow any one 10 be suppressed
on account of his religions convictions.
At least democratic papers now days,
an6 some lewis periodicals printed in so
called Southern States. such as Kentucky
and Missouri, wcHld make Us take that
position. This question is agiiated in such
a personal manner. The argunentaticn is
SO passionate that faman has no other mo
tiyes than personal instincts, and gives cv-
crything a relative value, according as il
suits himself personally, Irrespective of
right on wrong in Ike light of intelligent
and comprehensive reason the agitation
against Grant and ColfaS, would be all
powerful. But happily with ccr'ain men
IL Is different. They do not bring their
dear little self into every question rs an
all Important factor and a rule 20 measure
by. Their reason why to form this or that
opinion, why 10 20 this or that way. is not
always in ccnsonancc with their own per-
sonal impulses or inelinaiions, or .evenin-
tcrcsts; their judgment is guided by con-
sidcraiions other than personal motives,
they are abstract in their reflections.
If this was not the case, we should not
have had declaration of independence
with its immortal principles. Freedom of
conscience, orpress and spccch would net
be our fundamental principles; their could
not be republic and s,cirty could not be
governed Nay more, human society if
not presenting a disgusting picture Of
deadly conflicts between each and every
individual ON the surface of earth would
show us the deadlike consclaiion Of per
pctual sancncss. Without this class OF
thinkers there would never hare been any
progress in the world, and as their was cv
err since historical words begin 10 take the
place of the vanished and obscurcd pas. n
progress pcrccptiblc (and who would not
presume little difference between the
primary condition of man and the present
civilization) we must infer that there were
always such minds. These minds are The
radicals nf all times; they constantly burst
the incrustations Of so called conservative
life, compelling the debris of the till then
existing forms by way Of the vtalizing ell
cment of human mind, that is, lis disposi-
ton {, faculty of generalization, to conform
AMI to produce new and more adapted
firms. Radicalism anil conservatism arc
therefore always hostile potences; the lat
ter content with matters as they exist,
never anxious about the deductions from
the gcner,l aspect of things never Undue
tive for general purposes, but such merely
from or for single points or forms. And
why are the radicals hated so much 10y the
conservatives? Because 4 change of rec
onigcd lcad'n, ideas and principles also
involves by force Of their own inherent
logic, change of individual or general ma
icr;al interests, AMI man is too much
influenced by his physical and sensual or
ganiza;ion as Ia give up his privileges with
out decentralization adequate TO his own
estimation, AMI this indcmnifica,ion is
hal its remuneration and compensation al
ready sufficiently in the past. While thus
the conservative measures every general
question. every proposition, every gcncr-
alization in fact by the measure in which
his own individual interest is Involved.
while .ic subor,lnates everything to his
advantage, while his judgment therefore
is within limited sphere, while The
scope Of the rai.cal is brun,llcss. His
CONGRATULATIONS are not considered correct
as long as within them exceptional condi-
tions can be established or exist. His chief
measure TO 30 by is his reason. and the re-
suit OF accumulated intelligence. He
makes no blind deductions from the past,
to establish, and maintain or correct the
present and future, he docs not blindly fol-
low the logic Of an authority within the
past, but the premises he takes from the
past and from which he makes his dcduc-
tons must he based upon force whose eff
Curious form at the present arc recognized
BY all, AMI demonstrated beyond con-
trovcrsy by countra demonstrations within
the present. If one is radical, he natur-
ally must be radical in al other or on oil
points; il one can not bc this, he must not
find fault al least with one that can. AS
human beings we certainly arc subject TO
the laws OF our existence; II we get exhaus
ted mentally or physically, we must rest;
not every one has the same thoughts and
comprchcnsivcness Of mini, consequently
not every one has the same intelligence,
neither can every one bear the same phys
ical burden. Youth and old age vary also
as regards their susccptibilities. 1t follows
that the masses as such, present the
same Individual devialiops. premise
this with view to rciute the objections,
which conservatives make 10 the radicals,
that radical measures always proved a fail
urc. If this was the case, we would have
made no progress at all in the world. But
happily il is not the case that the most
conservative man IN the republic il he
was sincere in his professcd principles and
he would publicly enlarge upon their value
would certainly have been stoned or shot
TO death Gas the most insane radicaD long
before he had flashed the expostulaiion
nj his propositions, could we bring him
back into the former centuries; Or even at
the present into certain countrys not radi-
cal in the present meaning, but corserva-