Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09
A NEW lodge.


ical trickery. BY this test the de
generacy of the Dem ocratic party is
evident. With the Republican party
words mean things This is why
the party is aggressive and progress
sive. Why, it is an intelligent and
an intelligence creating party. The
political principles are positive, and.
consequently are designed to edu-
cate and elevate mankind mentally,
morally and physically. They are
an Inspiration in the body polite.
They break up stagpation- They
produce results that enter as Gle
ments into the worlds progress.
1t is not easy to gain success and
keep it on such basis 1t requires
work and sacrifice. 1t often requires
herofccourage, even in the midst of
running defeat. 1t requires a man.
illness and a truthfulness to the die
tates Of conscience, when the strong
est appeals are made by the oppos-
ing party. to rouse opposition to
such principles on the basis of sell
fshness and the natural love or
blind license to Cypress and de-
grade.
The Republican party was organs
lied on the basis of positive polit-
zeal principles. expressing moral
ideas, and the conflict of its princi-
ples with the want Of moral consci-
entiousness on the part OF the m cd
ern so called Democratic party
plainly illustrates this. This party
linked itself with the enslavement
of a portion of the human TACO.
Its sympathy and wo-ds of encour-
agement were given % the attempt to
destroy this Republic in order to
perpstuate slaveholding aristocra-
cy. Its constant and persisten. eff
fort has been to throttle every polit
zeal advancement of the age intend
cd to give a healthy moral tone to
political principles. 1t has con
stantly characterized such advance
ment as hypocritical, even treating
with contempt the phrase moral
Ideas" in order to degrade all high
and pure political principles in the
estimation OF the public generally.
The persistent effort has been to
produce chaos, and thus make all
political principles more questions
Of expediency-in order to adopt
any particular side CT political
question that night he worked to
the best advantage Of the party.
Against this opposition, which has
delighted IN being negative rather
than positive. and which has con-
stantly appealed to oil that is natu-
rally corrupt in society, in order to
rouse hate, prejudice and passion,
the Republican party has been
forced to contend It has done SO
molly, Notwithstanding the hangers
on for the loaves and fishes in the
hour Of success. To the Republi
can PARTY the future historian of
this nation will ascribe the merit of
saving this country from corrupt
political principles, and lifting it up
to ':the realization Of something
higher than mere questions of ex-
pediency-sonething higher than
mental and physical enslavement
and mora! corruption. Though a
young party, the intelligence, the
conscience Of the nation, and the sc
cret wishes Of opponents have been
and now are on its side. If true to
its " Moral Ideas," to ''God and hui
L anity," as it has been in the past,
it will mos. certainly destroy the
modern so called Democratic party,
and cover this fair land with schools,
and churches, and all the fruits of 8
beautiful civilization. 1t will make
this country refuge for the OPP
prcsse Of all lands. 1t will show
TO all people that here man is re.
garded as endowed with certain in
alienable rights. That here the
pure atmosphere of a healthy free
dom rervades all homes. and makes
song in every heart. That thu
eteri al principles of right are th'
best political principles, and consti
tute the truest and highest civiliza
ton of tie world. Rapidly is thi
great political party conquerin.
prejudice, hate, and passion, ant
political trickery. Though young
it is quietly doing gilnt's work il
bringing up this nation to politica
consciousness.
The Democratic party is agail
beginning to look over the fell
pre-. .aratory to organization for an
',ther conflict with the ideas an
principles of the Republican party
Some of the more logical and com
prehensive thinkers of the part
realize the necessity of new dodg,