The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-24
W. J. MURrAeR To, Editor and Propristo
THE MISSION OF THE RRPUBLI.
CAN PARTY.

rHE MISSION OF THE RRPUBLI.
CAN PARTY.
Parties In country like ours are an inoy.
table necessity. They spring out of our In.
and represent those phases Of
modern society which Indicate and symbol
ihc the thoughts and purposes Of the age In
the inevitable tendencies TO reform on the
ono side and conservatism on the other.
Progress In all things which nppertain to
government and the welfaIo and improve
ment In human society Is neces-
SHY OF our times, and God, In His wis
dom, employs human agencies In the fur
thcrauce OF His purposes, and in reaching
the ends marked out by the plans Of an In
Scrutablc providence.
We know that with class of politicians
who discard the idea of God In the affairs
Of nations, II Is popular to think aud believe
that human governments are to be run out
side and independent Of divine control.
Nothing Is moro absurd than this notion
that tho Being under whose eye not spar
row falls to the ground without His notice
does remove His guiding hand from the d.
rect management Of human government.
"The powers that be arc ordained Of God. 4"
When, the other day, the United States
senate had under consideration the subject
OF selecting some clergyman to officlatc In
that body as chaplain, distinguished sena-
tor said from his place in that body that he
wanted a man "who would not make
political prayers" no little dreamed of the
real purport Of his atheistical wish. II is
stupid folly to suppose that righteous politics
and the true interests of Government can be
divorced from the control and guidance of
an overruling power which administers the
affairs of nations.
The Republican party grew into life and
power and almost absolute sway over the
destinies of this country from an imperative
necessity inherent In our Institutions, and in
the very framework Of American society
and government. This Republican party
has mission, and when we hear men talk
Of lis breaking up till its mission is accomp.
lished We laugh at their folly and are
amused al their blindness. They seem to
us to have lost sight Of two important facts
The first Is, that America has an unfulalled
mission before 1t; and tho second Is, that be-
hind all the moral and political forces OF this
age stands the Omnipotent One, using
human agencies and instrumentalItles to
shape earthly affairs in accordance with the
counsels of His own will.
The superficial observer sees division In the
Republican party, especially upon methods
and modes of carrying on the Government
III many Of its minor details Of admlnistra-
ton and policies, and he Jumps TO the con-
clusion that the party must break up and 90
to pieces to make room for the Democratic
party so-callcd. 4 more mistaken notion 1t
were impossible to entertain. There is one
condition ofthe Republican organization into
which superficial observers do not look, and
upon which their calculations are all ut fault,
because they do not comprehend the true
principles of freedom and the indlydualt,
and personal independence which charac.
terizc the party organization. The truth o
the matter Is, the members of this pa IT,
claim the right to think for them selves
There Is no slavish and unenllghtened sub
mission TO the dietd of leaders In respect 4
methods and modes to accomplish certain
ends In administration, but each man sta te.
his views upon such minors topics, nd
urges his reasons for and against these
methods by arguments which, to him, seems
the most cogent and conclusive. Hence
everywhere in the Republican party the re Is
debate, and what the opposition call ill-na.
tured and rancOrous debate, which they
imagine must end in the disruption of the
party.
Let lis see how this Is Wherefore wal
this party organized in this country, and I,
what does II owe It's existencel It was or
ganlzed to conserve the principles of Govern
mentannounced and laid down by the fathers
to bring the nation back to a full recognition
of those cardinal doctrines prOmulged In
the preamble Of the Constitution and the De
c.aratlon of Independence, and especially tc
secure the blessing Of liberty and free Gov
eminent to ourselves and our posterity, aut
to all who shall live in this land. Here, an
upon this broad platform Of human liberty
and "the greatest good TO the geatest nun
ber," stands the Republican party, and her
it is n unit, each man standing by the othei
hand to hand and shoulder to shoulder, ii
the work is completed.
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A wrong to sweep away"
the Republican party will continue to cxls
and to exert a dominant influence and powe
in this land false prophets who predict Il
overthrow to the contrary Notwithstanding.
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