Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-01-11

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discord and inharmony, which, like
the famous dragons teeth, may !
up in plentiful crops Of. poli,i-
cal woes; and finally, it is unjust to
the President as well as TO his orpc-
ncnts.
The President cannot afford to
have his name used as a rallying cry
OF any party, and to permit the eX.
%clusion from the councils and conf.
dcncs of the party al who will no,
bow the knee ohscquiously to him.
No party a lo..g hold together by
the agglutinous force OF the name OF
any one man however strong in pub.
lie confidence The may begin his ca
G Suth q party can have about
it no cohesive forces but those OF
public plumber and hero worship,
ann will soon comminutc into intini.
tcslmal fragments. The fate of the
New York Democracy illustrates
one case, and that of the old Wing
| party, the other. The President is a
man too democratic i'll his nature and
of too strong ommon to per-
nit his friends to abuse his populari-
ty to the disruption Of the party.
| We trust that he is too much occu-
pied in the cares and duties OF his
office to be fully aware Of the awk,
ward and dizzy position in which his
interested friends have placed him.
In his advocacy and adoption Of the
Civil Service reform rules there is
evidence, we think, that he hopes, by
this shift, to get himself away from
the mal;gn influence of the greedy
politicians whose sorcery has already
driven from his support SO many
good men. A few months will de-
term:ne If our hopes be well, OF i'll,
founded.
Greeley, Sumner, Trumbull and
Schurz are especially singled out for
abuse, by the so-called administra-
ton men. Tho treatment accorded
is very un Just TO them. Their pub.
lie career. which has not been short,
has fully demonstrated that thew are
%actuated by d~isinterestcd and truly
philsnthropic motives. They have
proven, by scores of years OF deyo.
ton to the cause of civil freedom and
civil reform, that their present deeds
and words are not affected to effect {
temporary object, or put on tor the
occasion. Their past lives are aper
petual guarantee that their actions
at all times are determined by al en-.
!ightened conscience and a patriotic
regard to the best int, ests OF the ma,
ton. There are few honest mcr
who a question the honesty and
singleness Of purpose Of Greeley
Sumner. Trul15u!l and Schurz
Their character gives answer to al
questions of motives.
1tlS e~Sk'eCiuiIy UIJusJ 70 IHcsp mcn
for the Republican party. which il
largely their handiwork, to ignor,
their services, reject with scorn theil
counsel, and exclude them irel.
party fraternity. In a party sense
it is more than unjust,it is unwise. AS
Napoleon the Great would say, sit is
worse than a crime, it is q mistake
1t IS a suicidal course which no party
can afford to adopt. If the persons
who are chiefly carrying on this un-
patriotic strife were DESTROYS OF rend
Ing into fractions this great par
ty, they could adopt no surer meth
Cd to that end than the one by which
they are now working.
Before this ferocious warfare was
begun, there was little il any doubt
that President Grant would be his
own successor without a struggle.
The popular feeling pointed unerring.
ly in that direction. Nor is it Ger.
tain now that he will have a form
liable contestant. The indications
are that if those who begun the fight
will desist, President Grant nav be
re nominated and re elected; and the
indications are equally clear that ev-
cry day Of this warfare is weakening
the cause Of President Grant,-not
specially from any loss OF confidence
in his integrity, but from q loss of
confidence IL the integrity Of his
friends, who arc conducting for him
this campaign, as well as from a
growing feeling that good men arc
being sacrificed 70 partisanends.
Speaker Of the House.