The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-10
Cruc Nortl)erncr.
Paw Paw, MICHIGAN, Oct. 10. 1873.

There are certain politicians, in our
party as well as in that of the opposi-
tion, who are satisfied, as long as they
hold fat Offices and grow rich from the
pickings of the pubic table, that their
representative organization will last un.
til the eud Of time; but once out Of office
with a poor show Of getting back, either
through election or appointments, and
they suddenly discover that the party
over which they were once 50 eloquent IS
too corrupt to hold them longer, and
that an absolute necessity exists for the
immediate formation of new party.
OF course they have no selfish ends to
serve; they neither hold nor want Office.
but the good of the dear people demand
a new party, and they, with patriotic
ardor, offer their services in engineering
a third party into the field. \ new
crop of these disinterested patriots
springs up after every convention. They
start out with the proclamation that old
rings and new states must be smashed.
Nothing but new party can save the
country, and administer its Government
in the interest of the dear people. But
the people are slow to accept their
views. The hungry appearance Of these
disintersted prophets awaken suspicious
that new party is needed more for the
purpose Of keeping them from starva-
ton, than for the purpose of saving the
country from destruction The dear
people have singular way of judging
things. They are very apt to conclude
that the party that was good enough
when these fellows were in office, ought
to be trife better::when they were out;
so they turn a cold shoulder on these
third party.makers, and leave them to
90 it alone. To hear these disappointed
ofice.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 actually created panic, and some
very good Republicans that the Greeley
tidal wave was sure to sweep the party
from existance. But the terrible wave
turned out to be a mere ripple, and the
army of Republicans who. had Joined
the third party could hardly muster on
the 9TH of November a corporal'S guard.
The fate of the Liberal Reform party
will be the fate of all parties called in
to existance by sore-headed politicians
and disappointed ofice-seekers The
people are not blind. They can see for
themselves when party has outlived
its usefulness They have no conf
dence in politicians who elieve in a par
ty to-day because it gives them Office,
and denounces it tomorrow because it
don't. The latest efforts of these third
party.makers are being made in the
West. They are trying to impress up
on the farmers the necessity of setting
up for themselves, and running the
Government on an agricultural basis.
They offer their advice free, and would
willingly hold few leading offices Just
to keep the machine steady for awhile.
If they can only enter the farmers move
ment Hs a wedge to split the Republican
party, they hope to get material enough
to either rebuild Democracy or form
third party. But their efforts, like those
of the past, will fail. The farmers know
that the grand old party of freedom has
done, and will do, tor their interest more
than all the third parties can promise.
If they need special representation, they
know they can secure it within the ranks
of the party. If they want a represen-
tative farmer in Congress, or at the
head of State, they have the right
kind of material in their own party to
elect him.
1t is no use, gentlemen; you had bet.
ter save your car fare and settle down
to some honest employment. The peo-
pie are satisfied with the Republican
party for the present. When they need
third party to secure a better admins.
tration of affairs, they will call it into
existance, as they did the Republican
party itself. When the movement comes
from the people, there will be no mis-.
take as to its origin and necessity. 1t
will come with the roar of the tempest,
not the croaking of a frog. But there
are no present signs of its coming, nor
will they appear as long as our party
holds its officials to strict account for
their public acts. There is much to be
done, and while these third party-mak.
ers are spending their money and vast.
ing their time in fruitless efforts to cre-
ate a new party, the grand old party of
progress will pursue the even tenor of
its way, and establish itself deeper in
the affections of the people with each
year of its administration.