Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

than those to whom they had confided
andito whom they still proposed to con-
fide the government of the country. But,
notwithstanding that these clamors and
claims filled the air, and were dinned into
the popular ear by press and speech,
from the forum and the stump, the great
body who had stood by the organization
for twelve years remained firm in their
integrity to the party that had achieved
so much. Not that the arguments of it's
assailants made no impression, not that
they were altogether satisfied and saw no
defects; but, with clearer vision than
that of these leaders, blinded by passion,
ambition, wounded vanity, or self-inter-
est, hundreds of thousands of pure, patri-
otic, and progressive men saw that it was
neither wise nor safe to forsake a party
with such record for one in whose rank
and file so many had been traitorous, or,
at best, unpatriotic, and whose leaders, if
honest themselves, had no authority to
vouch for the honesty of their followers.
With some-many perhaps-it was but
choice of evils; but they did not dare to
forsake the Republican flag. By so doing,
and with such motives, they aided in Sc
curing the greatest political triumph re-
corded in American history.
But they who have been thus sustained
must not commit the grave mistake that
this is personal victory, or that, be-
cause they are continued in power, they
are more loved and honored than others.
They must seek for the reason that they
are still entrusted with the administra-
ton of the Government for another four
years in those popular aspirations and
purposes which regard principles, not
men, +" and which prefer the honor and
welfare of the country to any man, how
ever revered, to any names, however i'm
posing. They must recognize the fact,
much as has been done during the past
four years, that there are hundreds of
thousands who are not fully satisfe even
with what has been so signally and glo-
riously achieved but who feel that much
remains to be accomplished before the
great work entrusted to the party by the
needs of the country and the providences
of God can be regarded as complete. A
grand beginning has been made but the
end is not yet reached. There are tens
of thousands who, though not altogether
satisfied with the party and its manage
it, and are looking for marked i'm
provement during the next four years.
Nor will their disappointment and
chagrin be small if these years be not
marked by publication and reform, by
errors corrected and by wrongs re-
dressed, by the elevation of good and
competent men to office, and by the gen.
eral improvement of the public service.
Both the Constitution and the Republican
platform are in harmony with the
Declaration of Independence and with
the great doctrines of human rights. The
'star-spangled banner" no longer a
Haunting lie," waves now in truth
'o'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave"
After the terrible struggle, these great
truths have been vindicated, and the ma.
ton has in this election placed the seal
of it's emphatic endorsement upon them.
The work now in hand is mainly admin
| istrative, and what Is wanted is an ad-
ministration and administrators in har-
mony with these principles and worthy to
stand upon this elevated platform. And
! this is what the people expect.
They to whom power has been entrust-
| ed by such immense majorities have now
an opportunity for usefulness and glory
seldom accorded to public men. BY
personal purity and integrity of charac-
| ter, by wise and sagacious, firm but con-
ciliatory counsels, they have it in their
power, in both their domestic and foreign
policy, to advance the national and
moral, the educational and social interests
of the nation beyond all former prece-
dent. They may rid the Administration
of everything calculated to disturb or
disgrace; they may give it an elevation
and purity of tone and purpose that shall
defy criticism, silence detraction, and
command the confidence and admiration
of the nation. They deserve not the
name, much less the honors of the Re-
| publican party who will not strive for
| this result.-N. Y. Independent.