The Republican journal., 1869-07-08
VIII HE STIcKo


perance nominee for Governor. 1t is THE
question that agitates the mind political at
this time. There is no doubt about the other
candidates. Chamberlain is of course a fixed
fact, land Gen. Smith we know has that sense
Of duty to his party which all Democrats feel,
and that will not permit him to decline the
leadership even of a torlorn hope. II may
fail, but the cause will be advanced is the
motto Of every true soldier.
! Will Mr.. I1ichborn be guided by the same
high rcsoNc9 VIII he subordinate interest
to principle, and give UP present comforts
for the large possibilities Of the future? 1t
may be said that few men are great except
as opportunities make them So But for the
tyranny of George the Third. Washington
would have lived and died an unknown Ni-
ginia planter, The stormy waves of the
French revolution lifted Napoleon to the
French throne who else would have buried
his splendid genius in the idle life Of Il French
army officer. But for the efforts Of Bona
parte to create a navy from the most unprom-
ising material, Nelson would never have
shook the waves with his thunder or made
possible the Nile and Trafalgar, Without
the tervd piety and womanly trust of Isabel
Ia, Columbus would have seen the new world
only in his prophetic visions. The great in
tcrpreter Of nature has written Men al some
time. are masters OF their iates To Mr.
llichborn that time i, Iott Let him but CON
slider the aspects Of the case The republican
party is recrcant to its promises, rs a promoter
of temperance. 1t has rc-nominated a man
who falls short Of the requirements Of its
friends In his last message he questioned
the principle Of prohibition He was ready
to veto the constabulaly bill that died in its
birth. The nominating convention passed
mockin9 and frivolous resolution, that is Il
deluson and snare.
Now if Mr.. llichboln is 4 sincere temper
ance man, one acting from principle, how can
he lend his name and influence, to this wrong 3
Is he not bound to assume the rendered lead
ershp of those who contend against IN ac-
knowlcdged evil2 Sarely in such cause he
can trust the verdict of the future, and wait
for coming rewards. Let him consider the
forlorn hope of the old ntisayerv men, and
the present realization IF moro than their most
sanguine hopes. Or if il be possible to inl-
agine Mr.. Ii. q mercenary man. with an eye
to temporal rewards, even in that narrow view
the case is moi unpromi,ing, Is il to be sup
posed that the Lord is not to make his SER
IL n,
not, any more than that the right i, moi ulti-
matelv 10 triumph. Why shall not these
events happily conioin for the temporal ad
vantage Of Mr. IIichborn? The sufierancc is
the dcnunciaton Of yenai party presses. to be
followed by the aduation of the same nslu-
ment~ IN the future. And if the worst comes,
if the lcgions of Satan be over powerful, and
the banner Of reform goes down, where could
maltyrdom be more grariously suffered? II
was Addison, we think. who in his last mo-
ments, sent for the wicked Lord Chesterfield,
and bid him q behold how Christian could
die IF such an example be needed now,
should our Stockton friend hold his political
life at a pins fee? Is il not
- Better 10 the martyrs
Than the ap0stAtc'S Wing STAIN.
We know what appliances will br brought
To bear this ease by radical politicians
Intimation> from high quarters at Washing
ton will come to Stockton frci@hted with
promise, of this Consulship, or that Collect
orship, or a snug berth at the Capitol. 1t is
a device as old rs the day when the devil took
the Savior into the high mountain. Such ar
guments to ordinary minds are powerful
The potency of " saint ~educing gold is
proNerbial. But theN are potent only With
weak and wicked men, There are those who
stand on principle, as the firmly buidc, Mi
nOt'> Lighthouse is rooted in the everlasting,
rock. The storms may blow the waves NAV
assaiI, but amid all the rage Of the tempest
the cheering and guiding light shines out
Whether the new lumnary lighted At Port
land is of this description, or whether it will
prove false light to lure honest crafts to de
struction remains to be seen We shall see.
SpA\tIEE'S ST i1EME\r We call th,. :