Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-10-02
Third Parties.

There are certain politicians in our
own party as well as in that of the OPP
position, who are satisfied, as long as
they hold fat offices and grow rich
from the pickings of the public table,
that their respective organization will
last until the end of time; but once
out of Office, with poor show of get
ting back, either through election or
appointments, and they suddenly dis
cover that the party over which they
were once so eloquent is too corrupt
to hold them longer, and that an alb
solute necessity exists for the immedi-
ate formation ola new party Of
course they have no selfish ends to
serve; they neither hold or want of
fee, but the good of the dear people
demands new party, and they, with
patriotic ardor, offer their services in
engineering third party into the field
A new crop of these disinterested pat
riots springs up after every conven
ton. They start out with the proela-
nation tnat old rings and new states
must be smashed. Nothing but new
party can save the country, and ad-
minister its government in the inter
est of the dear people. But the peo-
pie are slow to accept their views. The
hungry appearance of these disinter-
ested prophets awaken suspicious that
new party is needed more for the
purpose of keeping them from starva-
tion, than for the purpose of saving
the country from obstruction. The
dear people have a singular way OF
Judging things. They are very apt to
conclude that the party that was good
enough when these fellows were in Of
fee, ought to be trifle better when
they were out; so they turn a cold
shoulder to these third party makers,
and leave them to go it alone. To
hear these disappointed Office seekers
talk, you would be led to believe, that
when they withdrew their spinal cord
from the public service, the back bone
of the party was broken. During the
late Presidential campaign they actu
ally created a panic, and some very
! good Republicans thought that tbs
/ Greeley tidal wave was sure to sweeE
the party from existence. But the ter
rible wave tirned out to be a mere rip
pie, and the army of republicans who
: had joined the third party could hard
ly muster on the 25th of November,
corporal's guard. The fate of the Lib
eral Reform party will be the fate o
/ all parties called into existence BY
sore headed politicians and disap
pointed office seekers. The people ar
? not blind. They can see for themselve
when party has outlived its useful
ness. They have no confidence i
t politicians who believe in a party to
day because it gives them office, an
e deuounces it to morrow because
don't. The latest efforts of these thir
party makers are being made in til
West. They are trying to impress up
: on the farmers the necessity of settin
a up for themselves, and running til
1 government on an agricultural basi:
: They offer their advice free, and woul
willingly hold few leading office
Y just to keep the machine steady fo
S awhile. If they can only enter tn
n farmers movement as a wedge to spl
the Republican party, they hope to g
" material enough to either rebuild D.
a mocraey or form third party. b
/ their efforts, like those of the pas
s will fail The farmers know that IL
/ grand old party of freedom has don
! and will do for their interest more tia
; all the third parties can promise. !
/ they need special represe ntation, the
= know they can secure it within tt
K ranks of tie party. If they want
l. representative farmer in Congress, {
,e at the head of State, they have Il
it right kind of material in their oN
a party to elect him.
le 1t is no use, gentlemen; you hf
ii better save your car fare, and sett
le down to some honest employmen
ae The people are satisfied with the R
er publican party for the present. Wht
;e they need a third party to secure
te better administration of affairs, tht
i will call it into existence, as they d
the Republican party itself. When Il
st movement comes from the peopl
IN there will be no mistake as to its o
a gin and necessity. 1t will come wi
o. the roar of the tempest, not the croa
J. ing of frog. But there are no prese
st signs Of it's coming, nor will they q
70 pear as long as our party holds its {
es ficials to strict account for their pu
RS lie acts. There is much to be dol
20 and while these third party makers E
lie spending their money and wastir
H. their time in fruitless efforts to crea
new party, the grand old party
en- progress will pursue the even tenor
n its way, and establish itself deeper
m the affections of the people with ea
sst year of its administration. Il Repl
I'll lie.
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al = Wednesday morning party