The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-11-21
WHY WE HONOR THE PARTY.

We sre suspicious of the man Who
is continually Boosting of his noble
ancestry. To know 3 man, we
must know what he is, not what his
father was. Noble descent is veil
enough IN its place, bat when 8 msn
has nothing better 70 boast OF than his
pedigree, he hss resched the bottom,
and is little better than the snail thar
looks up with envy st the strong
winged eagle in its lofty fight. 1t
is nobler to ascend than to descend ;
10 improve on the family stock rath-
er than deteriorste. To tall back
upon the reputstion of our great
greqt-2raldisther 70 sustain our own
is little bette- than robbIng grave
to secure the Jewels buried in it. So
With parties We honor them for
what they are, not what they were in
day 8 gone by. We see nothing in
Democracy, hut the shadow OF great
name. When we ask what it has to
commend it to our confidence, its
Tweeds, and Gsrveys anu Warmoths,
with their party plunder concealed
rom view. point up to its hCnoable
past, before slavery corrupted its
honor. or treason destroyed its yir-
tue. Not so with the Republican
party We glory in its past schleve
nents, because out Of them have
grown its present strength and no.
hiiiiy. What it was yesterday it is
TO day, a living, moving power, ex-
eCting an influence for good defend
ing the nation from its enemieies a.
Lone end abIcsd ; pIoteetiI & the
liberties OF the people !; establishing
schools for popular education; reaeh.
my out its arm tC restrain moanopo
lies from encrOsching upon theri2hts
OF the people holding the scIle3 OF
justice between caYssal aud n boz
organizing means to relieve the l.rC-
ducer OF the West and the consumers
ot the East, and tXacting from It's
servants All honest and economical
administration of tbe Government.
For these good and sufficient reasons
we honor the Republican party. We
take just pride in its past achieve
ments, because they have given birth
TO our present aspiration. We have
taken no step backwards. some of
our standard bearers have provide
islsP, but tbs rank and file were true,
and loyal hands caught up the old
flag and kept it sflO4t m the vanguard
of civilization. The noblest army
will have its deserters, the nobiest
party will have its faithless servants,
hut neither army nor party can suf-
fer as long "a the great body remains
true to the cause. The Republican
party represents the progressive ideas
Of the ueOple, not the ambitious de-
signs of is leaders. The detection
Of q leader, the dishonesty of an
official, the failure Of q representative
TO refiect the wishes of his constitu-
tents, have no other effect than to
arouse the people TO greater
caution IN the selection OF their
public servants. The great political
body is sound its faults are few,
and when discovered, easily rene
died. AS the Ireseat condition of
the party is IS worthy of commen-
dation "a its past, so the future will
add, rather than 1etract, its glory:
We have much to do the WORK 40
well accomplished having brought
other and larger duties for the party
to perform, To disarm ignorance,
suppress vice, protect labor, encour-
age emigration, develop our wonder
full resources, protect the public
credit, adapt the national currency to
the wants of tbs public, and main
tain justice and secure honesty in
every section OF the land and every
branch of the Government are duties
as imposing as any that have been
laid upon the party in the past
Republic.