The Placer herald., 1874-07-04
POLITICAL FUTURE.

| iHe ptopic III tHlS SENSE HlHy De TeSiTueu HI
the parent of our great men and rulers.
and the kind and character of these men
must depend, in great degree, on the ac
ton and good sense of the parent. for II
time preceding the date when they shall be
brought forth. Every political act Of the
people, from now until the fall of 1876
when our next President shall he declared
to the world, will have its effect in deciding
The char cer and policy of that President
or, 20 90 further, the veal or woe of tie
nation. To this proposition there can be
no deni,l and accepting it as true, how
very important IS it that our actions should
he controlled by wisdom, even to the ex
tent of sacrificing life-adored dogma. We
all dep'ore the disgrace that now re IS like
"a dark mantle upon OR nation, brought Oh
through long years of .nisgovernment, the
result of an ignorant, or williu disregard
for the most sacred prime pies of our exist
ence, and all good men earnestly hope, and
ire eager to help, to bring about change
Tor the better But. unless each individual
thus impressed humbles himself to II
spirit of sacrifice, such IA result howeve,
desirable, is e:,renely doubtful, and it,
opposite. however depl, rable, is mucL
more likely to he expected. 1t seems harn
to he forced to The confession, but in dis
cussng matters involving the vitality of ou'
government, it were better that the plain
truth be told, and that the people lie warned
of the worst. We know the mass of til.
people are not prep'red to believe that it Is
possible TO re-elect Grant, or any other rep
resentaive of the thieves that have infested
our national capital for number of years,
but it is, and without great wisdom, coupled
with deliberate judgment and sacrificing
disposition on the part of tie friends Of
honesty and good government, it is aItogeihe,
probable. And this is why: The peop,
re 100 much devoted to trfes, exhaustin.
themselves in runaing nftcr dead issues and
dividing their strength for The rifing matter
Of name. There are. 10y nature. but tive
great parties in this country, to-day; on'
tavorng tyrannica, corrupt, extravagan
md thievirg officials, and the monopolisls,
.ubsidiss, cenlraliz ,ionists and capitalists
which it is their delight to foster at the ex
pense of the poor, and the other opposed It
hese lighting men and measures. If thu
nation could be divided. on these issues
.quarely, there would be no doubt as to the
result. But right Il ere is where the troubl,
les. And lack of union on the part OF
he opponents of the thieves, fyranls, cor
ruprionists, or what is synonymous, monopc-
sis, is what will cause their defeat, anc
resul'-God only knows how. The cor
rupi;onista are united, as s well known, I,
, man, and bound together. as they are, b,
rings Of gold and rails of iron, they vii
prove power for whatever party may oppose.
But how is it with those who would defeat
hcm-ihe friends of good government
On one hand we have the Independents, on
he other the Democrats, to our front tin
Granse,s, and at our back the Temperance
organ ,lon or prohihiiionsts, and what
others of less significance that are, or may
rise, we know not. We don't know
how it is with you. honest reader, but
ahen we behold the combined forces of the
.nemes of good government on one side,
md the scattered condition, Of their oppo-
nents on the other, we tremble for the re-
suit Then, may we not aptly cry out,
''w hat shall we do to be saved ? Tie
only way to insure success is for all tles
opposing parties to drop their minor differ
ences, and unite in one sold phaianx for the
common good Of the whole country. If We
could, by so doing, purge the country from
Is pre- sent corruption, and restore to the
people the liberties. privileges and blessing
njoyed hy our fathers, ea, h of these sever
opposing parties-such as Grangels. AM =
nonopolsts and Temperance people-woulo
have gained the boon for which they arr
struggling. When we read IA Democratic
platform, tiom undefiled Democrats, an In
dependent. or anii-monopoly platform, fron
honest lndependens,a Granger pla'foam from
good, honest Gransers, or Temperance
platform, from god, broad minded, patriot
prohibilonists, we notice ~ very lille diff
ference. With the first three named parties
there is substantially none, aud with the lat
ter the only difference is their resolution il
reference TO sp riluous liquors, great III itself,
to he sure, but embodied in the hgh-toned
morals and exalted views of each of the
others. Still, each persists in keeping "
is organization, independent of the other
when it must be evident to all who consider
he subject seriously. that such persistence
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