The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-11-06
VOLUME 26-NUMBER 5.
Rhy We Honor ihs PartE.

We are suspicious of the man who
is continually bo8stfng OF his noble
ancestry. 10 know q man, we must
know what he Is, not what his father
was. Noble descent is well enough in
its place, but when 3 man has moth
Ing better to boast Of than his pedi-
gree, he has reached the bottom and
is little better than the snail that
looks up with envy st the strong
winged es sle in Its lofty flight. II is
n0bler TO ascend than descent: tofnr-
prove on the family stock rather than
deteriOrate. To fail back 1p0n the
reputation OF our great-grest grand
father to sustain our own, Is little bet
ter than robbing 8 grave 10 secure 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 e great name. When we
ask what 1t has to com mend IL to our
its Tweeds, and Garveys
and Warmoths, with their party plum
der concealed from view, point us to
its honorable past, before slavery cor
rupted its honor, or treason DESTROYED
its virtue. Not so with the RepubiI-
can party We glory in its past
achievements, because out of them
have grown It's present strength and
What ii was yesterday 1t IS
to-day, a living, moving power, exert
ing an Influence for good defending
the nation from its enemies at home
and abroad; protecting the liberties
OF the people; establishing schools for
% g.
arm to restrain mOnopoIies from en-
eroaehing upon the rights of the peO-
pie; holding the scales Of justice be-
tween capital AMI labor; organizing
means to relieve the producers Of the
West and consumers 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 Re-
publican party. We take just pride in
its past achievements, because they
have given birth to our present aspir-
ations. We have takcn no step back
ward. Some of our standard-bearers
have proven false, but the rank and
flle were true, and loyal hands caught
up the old flag and kept il afiOat in the
vanguard ofciviliZ3t alton. Tne nOblest
army will have its deserters, the mob
lest party will have its faithless ser
wants, but neither army nor party can
suffer as long as the great body re-
mains true to the cause. The Repub-
lican party represents the progressive
ideas of the people, not the ambitious
designs Of it, leaders. The detection
Of leader, the dishonesty OF an OIL
eial, the failure of representative to
reflect the wishes OF his constituents,
have no other effect than to arouse the
people TO greater caution in the selee-
tion Of their pubic servants. The
great pJlitical body is eOund: its faults
are few, and, VII. II discovered easily
remedled As the present condition
Of the party is as worthy of eommen-
dalton as It's past. so the future win
add, rather than detraet, from its glory.
We have much to do; the work 50 well
having brought other
aud larger duties for the party to per-
form.
To disarm ignorance, suppress vice,
protect labor, encourage immigra-
ton, develOpour wonderful resources,
protect the public credit, adapt the
national currency to the wants Of the
public, and to maintain justice and
secure honesty in every section of the
and and every branch of the Govern
ment, are duties as imposing as any
that, have been laid upon the party
in the past.-Repubtic.