The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-11-21

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c. L. LoNolEY, :. Editor.
TIPTON, IOWA.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1872.
Good Principle Dictates the Bound
.asY est Policy in Politics
ii An editorial in a recent Nosih,ees-
tsrn. Csristian Advocate contains some
Ofths strongest. straightest and best
uttsrances upon what good citizens, Is
matter Of principle, owe to their
party, their country and themselves.
thatswe have seen any where. From
the Article In question we excerpt sew
ssal paragraphs. some Of which might
wsll have been written with an eye
upon the Second District OF Iowa. We
odd nothing Of our own. save the plac-
ing few seuteRces Ia italics, and call
especial attention to the fact that tho
editor writes ~ Republican and TO
Republican readers. We wish our
space would permit the reproductions
OF the article, (which is primarily in
tended to enforce the taking part In
politics upon every conscientious man
- . duty), entire; but unable to do
this. select what may give . pretty
good idea OF its scope and strength.
The selections will he four we'll
worth careful and thoughtful perusal:
'This Is not the country's last CAM
paign, and We want all good men 10
now prepare for the next. No man
has right TO shirk politics. Fat Off
ces exist. and il we DO not care for
them, rogucs will seize them, just as
thieves seize your stray diamonds or
dollars. Wors; OF all. once in Office
power of office will be used to, rob,
outrage, and ruin. Some governors,
congressman, Judges aud law-makers
ought this hour TO be in the peniten
tiary.
Decent people complain
about politics suppose We stop scold-
ing aud compel reform. Here follows
. most forcible appeal to every man to
attend caucuses and have voice in
nomin ations. To your establishment,
that very first election will put on
new features, and your delegates,
nominees. aud elect servants will
. gathe5 strength when they see that
you propose to stand by them just as
scamps have chung TO their cham
pions.
Reformed national politics depend
wholly upon reformed local politics.
National politicians are powerless
without that all-pervading support Of
local managers. Begin ct home.
Put every local politicion on his good
behavior, and he will see TO 1t that
general issues are shaped TO your lik-
ing through the machinery he knows
80 well how to move. Parties are NOT
Kept together by devotion to abstract
principles with national applications.
Poor human nature IL not made up A.
ter that pattern. Ifyou neglect your
local constables or coroners or super
visors, your whole party In state and
nation will fall apart. Lesser ambi-
tions and mere local desire to &c, the
much for the little create the ward,
township, and county influence that
cements them. There EiH ncrer be
any necessity for attacking q national
platform Jyou hold the reins Of dcccn-
cy tightly orer your neighbor mho
tcdats to carry his election. Be as true
rs you may to your party. but do not
concede everything. As long as yow
party Is 50 strong that nomination is
equirGtc,x to election, your politicians
will try to De your masters. In case Of
doubt they will be polite enough to
acknowledge that perhaps there is
such o thing as decent citizen with
rights to be respected and heard.
Bolt your local tickets whenever you
think it best; aud when politicians
reproach you, just remember that you
are shooting them between Wind and
water. A few such lessons will give
your known opinions some weight
among these disinterested gentry.
in the election recently the party
that has done most for human progress
won. That best Of present
parties has poison in Its veins.
Ifpoiiticians do not receive the
warning from an aroused people, this
best Of parties in 1872 mag 81 the most
dangerous ia 1876.
The spirit Of campaign iD
which office-holders are elected deter
mines the execution OF law. We have
no right to ask the execution of laws
In any name save that Of Law. We
may, however, go to primary elections
in the name Of God, and there do our
duty as Christians and we are rs
much under obligation to be politi-
clans as TO be church-members.
Let us prepare for the general cam-
paign Of 1876, and begin now. All
parties must have fair warning and
assurance that they cannot rely upon
good mems votes uaiess their caadi-
dates and platforms arc ,corth5 Of all
airport. We relish the confas-
ion Of Dlea Uho lrcsehk scntardgs for
the su6rdges Of decent voters. Let
law and order men every where watch
the vital opportunity, aud always,
when some politician is Ia dagger of
defeat, teach the gentleman THAT
ETERNAL DECEScY or TICKETS Is THE
PRICE OF HIS PERSONAL LIBERTY TO
GET OFFICE.
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