The Union and journal., 1869-07-16


,,.m their valor has ,aved the day, obliv-'
IONS S all the while thaths never poins'''d q
gun in the direction of any but IN irnas'n'
ary foe! Y = = = -
II Is become matter of popular abuse
IN associate the word politician WIN
that Of a bad man who bends all his enef-
ries to defraud the people and swindle inc
Government, and ii is this class OF men
n. Advertiser dcnounces. So do we.
pu, we have used the word in no such
,,rrow sense. No man can qualify him
self to intelliscntly advise in political al
fairs. matters of the government, without
heipc n politician in the ratio TO the value
or his advice. As well might we consider
tbewor,ls cashier, treasurer or director syn
onymous with defillcation and swindling.
because there arc defaulting cashiers and
treasurers, or swindling directors. IL "a
duty deyolving upon the Advertiser, upon
us, and upon the entire public press To III
yite rather than To discourage by ho'nd-
inc down with cries Of politician lead
ing minds tn Elmiliarizc themselves win
political policy and the best means OF max
ing that public policy successful. In this
our ncighbor win agree with us and
there remains therefore no shadow oil sep
arltion.
We can see no excuse for the falling OF
the editor Of the Advertiser into the error
of compounding the workers of party
with its refuse. How valuable is the crit
icism upon our last weeks article that
those who labor for results are cutitlcd To
the fruits of that result. may be seen from
the following statement of the Advertiser;
Ii is not for their services to the party
that these fellows demand pay. II Is for
their services to individuals. Awaiting
themselves Of the caucus system, which
they have made study for years, they
nominate our candidates. Ii is for the
nomination that they expect to be reward
ell; the election takes care of itself.
II is not for him
Who never set a squadron In the field,
Nor the division of q battle knows
More than spinster. unless the bOOkish heorek,
Wherein the tOged counsels can propose
A mastery As he-mcrc Prattle without practice
In all his soldicrshP-
to tell how victory Is won and how sol
diers are only IIoSsians who fight for hire.
No, no! In every town and city take out
u half-a-dozcn workers of the party, and
the election will nOt take care of itself. If
our contemporary does not know, we do,-
men i'm each town in our precinct who
lovingly labor for the success of our prin-
ciplcs without any desire of reward save
that of securing those principles, who very
properly do not expect to be prescribed
for their labor without which success can
not be assured, nor do they see the felicity
Of being handled before election and kick
. I and termed HeSSians afterwards.
The workingmen of the Republican par
" are its strong rock and house of de
ence. 1t was upon them the party relied
o counteract the thirty-iiyo million dol
ars capital of the Whisky Ring to be
,sed to debauch the public sentiment, and
he Vaccinations of Andrew johnson; it
vas upon them we relied to carry the ban
,er of our principles into every hamlet of
he land and draw thereto recruits. And
when any portion Of them demand that
he principle shall be acknowledged that
he only who sowed is entitled to reap,
that the supporters of the government are
its legitimate proctors, that to tho victors
belong the spoils, that demand must be
needed. or those who refuse so to do must
20 from before the guns, and stand not
upon the order of their going, but 80 at
once. 4.