Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-11
The Republican Cread.

The Chicsgo Tribune's article on the
Republican creed. which is found in the
daily OF May 18th. is such q handsome
retuke tn one ,dead and restless wouli be
politicians, who traduce aud seek TO read
everything out of the Republican party
that has individuality enough about tie
To stand for the right. that We give a few
extracts
I'VE suppose most political parties con :
form To the universal law of organization
prop0unded by Swedenborg-that every
living thing shall have a head, a BODY,
and tall The Oopperhead party Afford
ed. remarkable instance of party that
was mostly tail. and the Republican party
has been equally remarkable as a party
having good deal of head. and a great
many OF them. The tail of party con.
slsts of that attenuated orthodoxy which
refuses To be carried over any particular
fence or ditch until the head and BODY
have led the way. Its function as an ar
ticle Of ornament or use is often difficult
to determine, and not always delicate to
describe Whether, in any naturally or.
ganized bodies, the tail ever quarrels with
the head tor the leadership, Esop has not
revealed, though in The case of kittens,
during their minority, we believe such
Cases occur.
oil caudal vertebr;e or tail-membeis who
seem constantly to assume that the party
is species of fish, with a great big tail, -
and that 1t is their function as such TO
steer its course. They should remember
that. while the lower orders of life steer
by the tail. the higher orders are directed
by the head and the senses there repre-
sentec. until We reach man, whose brain
and eve are his helm.
We are moved to these logical and 200
logical reflections by the fact that some of
the tail joints of the Republican party are
in constant state of uncomfortable dis
location, because, as they say, the party is
being divided, .. e., because large portion
OF the party disagree with them. One dc
Dounces any journal or statesman who dis
agrees with the President as "out of the
party" Another observing that, on some
questions, the President has recommend
ed one policy. the Secretary of the Treas
ury second, and the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue a third, the three being
IN conflict throughout. will only condemn,
as heretlcs, those who disagree with
President, Cabinet, and CHIEF office hol-
ders OF the administration combined. A
third, remembering that under the reign
OF Andy Johnson the Republican party
threw overheard IFS own President, Cab
met, and all his holders, on Ques-
lions OF policy which had arisen since he
was elected, and on which all prior party
platforms shed either no light OIL a very
feeble one, will say: =. Nn. the sacred
shekinah of Republication dwell not be-
tween the President and Cabinet, but in
front of the Speakers chair 10 Congress.
Ii Is Congress, not the President, that
bears aloft the holy ark OF the conyenan;.
which whatsoever shall touch shall die.
Ii is tine that the miserable flunkeys
who set themselves up to "read out of the
party every statesman and journal of in
dependence and influence had learned
their own iUsisni6cance. II is by the
independent and fearless criticisms of
such statesmen and journals that the
country is TO be saved from the bunders
OF that immature and half finished class
oil statesmen when the haphazard exig-
encies of popular elections tumble by sud
den Chance into places of trust and honor
for which they are not fitted. 1t is be-
cause France can sustain no such free,
independent. and critical press that she
cannot sustaint republic Were the
biSotry OF the cliques or masses-and es-
peciaily OF the conservative mass-to be
eftectual IN gaggipg the Republican press
oil this country, We could no more sus-
tain republic than the French them
selves