Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-08-16
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THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.

A party establish d,upon principle, with q
record as glorious as that Of the Republidan
party, can never die. The political buzzards
and carrion crows may circle above ats head
in anxious expectation of its dissolution, but
they will hover and cav, and flap their sable
wings in vain. The Republican party die!
And who, then would inherit its bright and
glorious history! What party of fraction
would claim its honored battle flag? With what
party then could we connect the patriots who
haye lain down their political arInor and pass
ed over to farther shOreg" Blot cut the Re-
publican name? Never! Parties do not die SO
easily Why the Rebellion with all its politi-
cad ignoniiny failed to kill the Democratic
party. III has been pron0u ad aud buried,
and its tambssone has been erected, its epitaph
written, its fu eral requiem chanted again and
sgain-but il still lives, nevertheless. though
its garments have not yet been sufficiently
fumigated 70 free it from the old smell 1t
shows, however. how hard it is to kill an. old
established party Those who foolishly talk
about the death of the Republican party, point
to the old Whig party as type and fore-runner
But the oldgWhig party did not die, ItsFegp-
1M effanizstions, in Conyentions asssnbied
combined with the Freesoil party and the two
parties formed single party. adopting the
name Republican. The old Wing party did
not die--it lived in all its strength, with the
combined strength of the Anti,Slsvery ele-
ments of the country in the Republican organ
ization., But even this change gould not have
been brought about had the Whtc party been
in power, as is the Republican party of to-day
with more than half Of the term of the national
administration unexpired; with majority of
more than two-thirds in Congress with two
thirds of the State administrations, and mai
ority Of over seren hundred thousand in the
nation all opposition recorded at the last Pres
idential election. party with such prestige
die? Why it is worse than rawlings of the mad
man to talk ssch nonsense,a re rE 10
An OFFsEr.-There is one mistake in the
economy of thetemperance people argument.
They say that strong drink, besides being rag
ing IL sure and speedy death. This cannot be.
for, ii it is true how do they account for the
"bummers?" those interesting specimens of
playsl-ortnes ''fh hey saii not nei ther dothey
spin" and it is extremely doubtful if SOL
omon, in his best days. ever made one suit 4
duty for so long time as the Thoroughbred
hummer does. Ancient psataloons, topped by
! . venerable. coat which, in its turn, shield an
antiquated vest from the rude breezes and
ruder gaze of the public. And then the col
lsr-spirit Of '76 defend d7us--proufiy defiant
Of dirt. and at constant ennity with the wearer 5
chain. Serrated and rough its edges may be,
but It's collar A face bucolie and rosy, sur
rounded by a fringe OF stubby beard, and q
nose that shines as a beacon on a sedgy island.
Veaeration forbids an allusion to the hat.
''Vh-se but the trappings and habiliments;'
within's the man. Untouched by time and
immutable as the hills, year after year rolls
| by and still they live on. Generation after
| generation of young bloods" waste their
money on them, filling them with hsppiness
and drink. Times seythe cuts al around
them-gathers the fsirest grain. while those
old mullin stalks of humanity are left stand
ing Could Tennyson have had them in his
mind when he wrote,
Men may come and men may go,
| But 90 on foreYerr' .