The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-11-24
The Regular Ticket.

The right of ciliz III to scratch or
bolt his parry's regular ticket is the
right of rev0,uliuu in miniature. Il in
cnnle,laby exists. but it is very df
fcuIl To def iie Every voter feels rh IT
he has it, though not inirrqnrnrly will
the draw back experienced by A,cmu,
Ward, who said: IL have the gItt Of
oratory, but | haven't it about me.
The loss is sometimes owing to circum-
stances "0ver which the owner has M
CONTROL" as the advertisements read,
and sometimes it is directly forfeited
Let us give common illustration 0I
the latter mi-hap. Mr. Wilkins, pc
rusng his morning paper at the break
tast-lablp, growIs aud brings his fist
down with bang that sets all the
crorkery in clatler. In answer t. the
inquiry Of his witc's opeu-eyrd aston
lshment, he proceeds to inform her that
the last straw has broken the ramcl's
hack; that Al his parly's caucus the
night before S q AIIawag. E-q had
been nominated for til" Legislature, for
the Board OF Aldermen, or for Com
gress, or for something else; and that
he could moi and would not supp ,rt
such Il disrepulable nomiuallon. hut
should hOll or scratch the regular ticket,
il the party went to flinders. 1t is n
noble resolution, perhaps, but not f,r
Mr.. Wilkins to make. Il is crelilahlr
to him as man, but possibly Disgrace
iul aS citizen.
'ln the first place, Mr.. Wilkins has no
business, III the great m jprity Of cases.
10 get his first information of what his
own party caucus has done from the
hrwslaprrsthc next morning. He uu! !ht
to have been on the spot, taking his
share i'll making up the nomination.
Perhaps the objectionable candidate
succeeded by only one majority, So
that Wilkins htlle vote, if duly admin
iStered, would have relieved himself aud
his whole party from the disgrace which
now dlsIresSes HIM 50 mach. Perhaps.
thrmIh the nom nation appeared to bv-
ISLANDERS to be all "cut and dried" il
Wilkins had gone to work earnestly he
NIGH, have raIlad sufficient opposition
To defeat the scheme, or to postpone il
ill the people cnnld ooru- 10 the rescue
Al all eIenlS, 1t was his du,y to have
tuugh The Sc IlInwag interest tooth and
nail. It he wanted 10 furnish any sound
toulhoId for his subsequent repuliatIOn
Ot HE offensive result 1t he Stays N
home, and virtually commissions his
fellow pHlilsanS to act aS his agents IN
The S,lcllon OF candidate for office.
hat right has he To dlsUwn tlAir WORK!
i his Illustration, however, though II
applies TO one OF The most frequent
eases Of PRACTICAL delinquency in poIi-
u's, goes huI IltIe way towards meel-
my Ihc dItiicullis under this general
head which. at one time or another, be-
sci every conscientious voter. II mrv
he conceded that, n the plr y is M to
Tor the citizen. and not the citizen i1r
the party, ones lighl, in the last resort.
to vote as he plraSeo is an indrteasible
right. II may, also, he conce led that.
even when man has made the best
possible use OF his political power to
secure good nominations, names 80 un-
worthy. 40 intolerable, my b. foull
recorded in his ballot, that it is his duty
to Heaven and himself, 10 crumpe np
the vile paper, and deposit instead any
vote which his own judgment may ap
prove. In so doing, he .rut only salts
ii hl. own con>'ie ne, he gives lrn.
ing to lriCkslers which, thanks to the
general stimulus Of virtue, will not be
without its sffect. On other hand,
ii is equally clear that political organ.
zatiOn, in the present state of affairs, is
not mllennial institution. or pray
ing baud" The doors of admission aI-
ways stand open, and there is no com
mttee on application for membership.
We must always expect, therefore, a
good many unworthy men to get in,
and we must not be surprised if some Of
them rise now and then to the higher