The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-10-18
Sick Parties.

Political doctors must admit that their treatment of their patients--the hard work ing taxpayers of the country-has nauseated many a sovereign stomach, and that there is to be no moro wholesale swallowing of party pills. Even those citizens who still finger in- side the party fence do so of their own free | will and accord, and with the express purpose of herding themselves and mancuvering in a way that will shortly drive the old party herders to seek fresh fields and pastures new" by honest toll or diligent search. Cal ifornia has taken the party bull by the horns and capsized the "critter." Massachusetts has scarcely done less. Then, from the great city of St. Louis comes word in the ever faithful Republican of that place, that at a recent election, freeman, untrammelled by party, was elected to an important office.
 The Changers have tens of thousands of political blows, turning up old party ground and exposing its rocking filth and corruption to the country. But, the Changers are all ofa class-fsrmers, or, mainly so-and as a party whose platform is not broad enough to give standing room to the good men of every other class, trade or occupation, is foreign to tho true American idea of the thing, the Granger party cannot long sustain itself, even on vegetable dict Let us have party, or, rather, great National association of the honest, working men of America, who will be
 pledged but to truth, liberty, law and equal
 ity for all men. Let this association press on,
 until every act and deed of a selfish and dis eliminating kind are repealed, and every man,
 woman and child will have fair show " to grow up with the country" Discriminating tariffs fat jobs for favorites, foreign consul ates for lazy balot-b box stuffers and crumbs of comfort for non-producers, all these things f must be done away with, that is, if our
 country is to be saved from becoming second France, under the last Napoleon, which France died of too much Shoddy and Cor ruption, cancers which are eating into the vitals of our own great country.
 If good men must have name to fight un- der let them cast aside Republican, Demo- , crat, Granger and call themselves "American ! Freemen," and go to work in earnest to free ) themselves from monopolsts in business, pol itics, religion, etc, and, our word for it,
 American freedom, honor and justice will l soon be vindicated from the foul aspersions } which the politicians and money changers have brought upon it.
 Here in Arizona, party ties have not been
 very strong; party shibboleths have never
 had sufficient power over the people to make them forget the right and work for the wrong, so we have had, in the main, good, honest county officials; and subdued, friendly po- litcal spirit between man and man.
 Old parties are passing away, and we can, very safely, pass on to another subject not, however, without reminding our Territorial readers that another local election is ap- preaching and that they must not permit
 themselves to be tempted into doing wrong, by the standard bearers of party, who will soon commence a crusade for office and emol- uments. None but honest. industrious men workers with mind and body, ought ever to have the ghost of a show, for oftee, in a land where so much hard work remains to be
 done.