Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-12
POLITICAL PAkTlAS.

POLITICAL l'AKTlAs.
Putting aside " tar ~ possible, al
ls.nimys and bias in favor 1T the Re-
publican party, aud contemplating it
81 me from the .t4ndp int Of Al unpr'j
udi ced beholder, i is imp'ssiuis to re
view ,ts work without feeling Of ad-
mir.tion and deep satisfaction. Parties
are composed vi man, and when min
iori,y becomes ina "rity, it il only be-
cause suficien, number have changed
their views and become converts to the
p' ipciples which they have opposed.
We speak GOV, Of cou:sc, ct = tull OK.
preston Of tho peoplv, and not Of those
exhibitions Of inlifsranc- simply, Of
which the late elections are 80 conspic
uous an example A light vote may
betokea 4 hesitation which, ere long.
may amount t" p.,.itive conviction and
change, but it doe. not mean that The
change has yet como. The riss Of the
Rspablioan putty Wa from positive
conviction. In It's ranks were At the
outset plenty Of th"se who had FIR year.
been At attached ~ Deh,oratie principles,
and who had followed The load Ut Jxck
sos, and Polk. and Pierce. casting their
votes with confidence and regularity,
and never dreaming that the tiue would
sever their union from the party Ut
their choice and If shat Of their fathers
before them. But the c"cr"achu'cnts
rof the slave pows: alarmed these u'en,
and the arguments Of anti.si: very Il en-
&s1 them thinking. 1t was the ealu,
Ee.saaing and dispas.i"nats lugic OF
such men, however, as Lincoln aud
Chsse, much moro than th> bitter in
~ective aad hit rhetoric IF l.ov-jov.
snd Phillips. and Garrison, which i,.-
sly carried them over N. dan, Of their
conditional Prjud,ces. l. is hard
thing for man who has grown into
life ~ Wing, " Democrat, nr a r..
publican, aud ~hose father befnre him
was Of like pr"cHvitios, to give up his
party associations .nd e. into a new
fold. 1t will not b duue rs t. Dor.
manently change tho complexion ot
politiss unless the eravest reas,ns cx;.,
therefor. N"w and then . furry NAV
carry men away f'r the tiue bring, but
when the expected benefit. t" b.. deriv.
Cd from the chang, are not realized -
they ae)dom are. TIE rxv.luti"n c.,p,r.
and the party temporarily defeated re-
sune' It. s~ay. The party Of Jefferson
and jackson. being in the .scendencv.
naintsined it With here aud there An
interval Of defeat FIR halt ceu,urx
and would have continued 81 =, d., hu,
for the great q ueSti"ns that arose, aud
vh'ec BY their Importance put aside t.
= great. extent Ill considerations Yet
1t y to- b. p"ssd that tho party which
dnsl!y drove Democracy from p"wsr,
d'f'a;ise it on every hand, va. not AZ
oil one. 1t is hardly pr b .bI. tina.
the old Wing party. even though
adopted the principle. Of tho phila,lsl
ph'a platform, could have succeeded ::
% intense is the prejudice *g,inst going
directly over to tho enemy and ns.i.t;nx
party whom a voter Ia. for years
'c'k'd upon ~ natural enemy, and
doing this to defeat m organization in
whose rsnks he has been . liz. long
worker. And thi. fact possesses signi6.
canoe just now. The Republican party
h'' been long enough 10 power to have
IT. glorious traditions, and i,s historr
h'" been QUO peculiarly prolific in proud
memories to sh',e VII" have served il
i'e ranks. No uuimp"rtant issue can
drag ito n'e~b.'r away, even to new
Per:y boassisg Of grand v;otorirs and
Isspjs;pg nre benefits; much lee. Il, .
lsst5 which they hs.e been taught to
d''p''e. and which poss.s.rs tho uu.u.
''.bls same Of D.m'er,ey.
What then will prot.bly b thu g.
qs'' to The late elections? On tho one
h'nd, ~ ses A. We remarked It tho
outset. party whose record oompels
sdn''rstiou eyes from it, enemies. It
~saa performed a work for which its
nome will be handed down to centuries.
lts errors are venial, and though merit
's& rebuke. perhaps, d. not de.erve
ssssrity. There is 10 party 10. take i,s
place. There are ~ issusa or intense
interests to draw p.ri'',ns Amy from,