The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-15

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who is continually boasting of his
noble ancestry. To know a man,
We must knosy what he is, not what
his father was. Noble descent is well
enough in its place, but when a
man has nothing better to boast of
than his pedigree, he has reached
the bottom, and is little better than
the snail that looks up with envy
at the strong winged eagle in its
lofty flight. It is mol ler to ascend
than descend; to improve on the
family stock rather than deteriorate.
To fall back upon the reputation of
our great tgreat-grand father to
sustain our own, is little better
than robbing a grave to Sc
cure the jewels buried in it. So
with parties; we honor them for
what they are, not what they were
IN days gone by. We see nothing
IN Democracy but the shadow of q
name. When we ask what it has
to commend it to our confidence,
its Tweeds and Graveys and War
moths, with their party plunder
concealed from view, point us to
it's honorable past, before slavery
corrupted its honor, or treason de-
stroyed its political virtue. Not
so with the Republican party! We
glory in it's past achievements be.
cause out of them have grown it's
present strength and nobility.
What it was yesterday it is to day,
a living moving power, exerting
an influence for good; defending
the nation from its enemies at home
and abroad; protecting liberties of
the people; establishing schools for
popular education; reaching out
its arm to restrain monopolies from
encroaching upon the rights of the
people; holding the scales of Justice
between capital and labor; organ
lzing means to relieve the pro-
ducers of the West and the con-
sumers OF the East, and exacting
from its servants an honest and
economical administration of the
Government. For these good and
sufficient reasons we honor the
Republican party. We take Just
pride i'll it's past achievements, be-
cause they haye given birth to our
present aspirations. We have ta-
ken no steps backward. Some of
our standard-bearers have proven
false, but the rank and file were
true, and loyal hands caught up
the old flag and kept it afoat in
the vanguard of civilization. The
will have its desertere,
the noblest party will have faithiess
servants but neither army nor par
ty can suffer as long as the great
body remains true to the cause.
The Republican party represents
the progressive ideas OF the people.
not the ambitious design of it's lea,
ders. The detection of leader,
the dishonesty of an official, the
failure OF a representative to reflect
the wishes of his constituents. 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;
It's faults are few, and, when dis
covered, easily remedied. As the
condition of the party is as
worthy of Communications as it's
past. so the future will add, rather
han detract, from its glory. We
nave much to do; the work SO we'll
accomplished having brought other
md larger duties for the party to
perform: To disarm ignorance.
suppress vice, protect labor, encour
.ge immigration, develop our won
ierful resources, protect the public
'redit, adapt the national currency
o the wants of the public, and to
maintain justice and secure honesty
a every section of the land and |
very branch of the Government,
re duties as imposing as any that
AVE been laid upon the party in
he past.-Vincennes Times.