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APPEAL
TUESDAY nOaKIMs. APRIL 2, 1874.
PATRIOTIsm w. PARrIsANsHIP.

TUESDAY h0SNike, : APRIL 2 1917
PATRIOTISM VI. PARTIBANsHEP.
To cry Party PartyI" in al
hour ike the present is as much
out Of place as was the hoarse voice
Of John Hook, crying "Beefl Beei!'
during the revolution. Democrats
who have spent a lifetime in the
service Of Democracy are asking them
selves, Scan we save the country
by furling, for the hour, the tattered
banner under which we have so long
rsllied?" That banner has been
to them a pillar Of fire. They
have watched it, as the sdmir-
ing and confding legions watched
the white plume Of Henry Of Ma
vsrre. They pant with a yearning
desire to lift again the old standard,
and to hear the shouts Of old COM
rades rushing upon the common enc
my. But they have learned from
history how FabiEs defeated the vic
torious Hannibal, by declining to risk
q battle, and harassing the enemy by
marches, countermarches and smbus-
cades. 1t Is time for the work OF
elimination and reerimination to
cease. The Democrats who favor
the Passive Policy are not "trait-
ors," and those who denOunce
them and would rush blindly upon
defeat, may be brave, but it is that
kind of bravery which prompts the
sea guls to hurl themselves against
the lighthouse upon the sea-shore.
Grant must be defeated. His notOri
Gus and unblushing greed Of gain; the
corruption that hiss spread through
every department and bureau Of the
government; his disgraceiul nepotism;
his utter disregard Of law; his usur-
pstions and aliases Of power; his con-
tempt for constitutional restraints; his
infamous connection with the most
scandalous and shameful jobs; his
utter incapscity TO discharge the
few proper duties Of his Office have
alarmed patriots Of all parties, and to
defeat such a man honest Democrats
are willing to strike hands with all
who wiz aid them. The Democratic
party, notwithstanding the fulmins-
tons OF the party bigots, does not view
the impending contest with a merely
p~srtisaneye. a crisis is upon us so
grave and alarming Is to Lift men
above mere party lines and tOimpress
them with the highest sense Of patri-
Otto duty. 1t is no longer a question
of the distribution Of patronage, but
Of the very existence Of constitutional
liberty. Patriots feel and know that
the reelection Of Grant will II
suit in a still deeper national humilis-
ton and degradation and the substitu
ton ola military despotism for free re-
publican institutions. In the presence
OF such a danger all should rise supe-
or 10 party organization, patriotism
should Oblite-ate p~artisanship, love OF
country ehsce prejudice and s~elf-res-
pect, and selfpreservation dwarf and
diminish all other personal aspirs-
tiOns. Whilst we despise the candi-
date, however, we cannot be blind to
the potent influences and the unconsti-
rational means at his disposal to ST.
cure his own triumph, and know him
to be INSCRIPTIONS enough to avail
himself Of every a Of them and to
strain them to b eutmOst. Democrats
know to what extent he can prostitute
the army and navy to his purposes,
and the horde OF Ohce-holders already
eager to do his bidding, whose
numbers will be increased to a mil !
lion in the shape Of deputy-msrshals
about the time Of the election. In the
presence Of q power so vast and reck-
less and danger % imminent and Sc ]
the Democratic party, true to
its history and its teachings, are IN
willing TO incur the risk Of destroying
free institiOns in the hope of party {
aggTandiZement. They are willing s
70 make e sacrifice upon the altar Of
patriotism Tor the sake of that which 2
they hold desrer than patronage, {
dearer than party, dearer even than I
life itself-the honor Of their s
country and the perpetuity of its
Institutions. They are willing to Join '
hands with every honest and earnest L
or faction In the land to relieve Z
rs from ''the body Of this DEATH" t
They prefer and will sustain any ad- q
that promises deceney C
its surroundings, integrity In its y
honesty In its appointments, l.
and economy in its manage f.
neDt Of national concerns, and above q
VI, a strict construction and rigorous b
observance Of every part Of the Fed
raj constitution, yer though In mi
Tor questions Of political policy they
nay seriously differ. The magnitude
I the danger lifts the Issue Of the n
tTuggle from the hands Of party and -
laces 1t upon the people, and o
a the approaching contest, instead -
I party being srrsyed against party, 80
must be the people srrayed ~
power. The object Of those =
.smocrats who would adopt any pol a.
TO defeat Grant are actUzted solely -
? a desire to rescue the Republic, to =
store the constitution, and the re-
utilization Of the people Of the -
ates, with the rights and powers Of ~
hich Capitalization is stripping 90
1t requires q greater sacrifice -
r them to give up their cherished a.,
eed than is experienced by the e.
ripplings that abuse them. He, .ne
hO, in an hour like the present, az
ads his old comrades out Of the party, 80
cause he favors the Fabian strategy,
III soon find himself, like the last mo'
'e OF summer, blooming alone.
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