The Morning herald., 1876-03-14

lobsgsssoo1n Md Chandler, called Oh the fTesi1
lent this morning and there met Ch1efF
Justice Waite, who administered the oatn
o1AND ~ :. ..s-i~s -A- -~--saA FAA0'
We occasionally read in our exchanges,
a penny piping, here and there, in favor Of
an independent, no party movement. Di-
dactic and intense respectability. or frothy
patriotism, is always an accompanying
symptom, just as pustular eruption i:
sure to be present in smallpox. Ths
country needs no third party; the munici-
palities, we trust, will be saved from the
locust like tentacles Of independents |! We
have watched the progress of the reform
era in Philadelphia, who are of the
straightest sect Of no-party men. Well,
who are they? One of the foremost Of
them literally stole the southern half Of
Smiths Island, worth hundreds of thou
sands of dollars; another, who has devoted
years to the persecution Of magistrates
and court officers for the taking Of an ex-
ira dollar fee, charged the estate Of dead
man $500 as auditor when the legal
charges were$l25!! One of their candi-
dates robbed an insurance company OF
every dollar Of its capital, and brought
ruin and disaster upon many widows and
orphans-and his crime was known =
but he was an independent reformer, and
that covered everything. We could go on,
but this will do for the present. >-
Jugurtha, the celebrated Numidian
king, when leaving Rome, then under the
dominion of an independent reforming
faction, exclaimed, as he turned towards
its walls: "a town to sell it only wants
a purchaser" As rule your "inde-
pendent" is always in the market.
Grattan, one of the purest and wisest
statesmen Of his day, as we'll as one of the
greatest parliamentary orators Of his gen
Grafton, speaking in the Irish House OF
Commons upon corruption in Govern
ment," thus pictures no-party men:
II have submitted description of par.
ty which conceive to be public benefit.
l will state to you description Of q
party which conceive to be a public curse
If party it can be called which is worse thar
q faction, and nothing more than an i'm
pudent phalanx of political mercenaries
coming from their little respective Offices
to vote for their bribe, and vapor for theil
character; who have neither the principles
of patriotism, nor ambition, nor party, nor
honor; who are governed not by delibera-
tion, but discipline; and lick the hands that
feed, and worship the patron who bribel
them. Degraded men, disgraceful tribe
when they vote for measures they are We
nal; when such men talk against party
they are impudent p
In these times of public peril, when tn
zeal and discipline which adhesion to
party give are much needed, we hop
there will be no following of false lights
no weakening of the Iank and file of oul
party by coquetery with sect made VI
of discontentcd and disappointed expect
ants. The platform Of Democracy j
broad enough for all to stand upon-ane
We need no aid from any organization q
'irreconcilables." We believe it wa
Burke who said patriotism was The la,
refuge of a scoundrel;" paraphrase tn
sentence and you may safely apply it.
party does wrong, or it's leading men sir
there is chance of change; but if th
wrong doing comes from set Of men wit
no party standing, there is no remedy.
this context we say, upon informatio
which we have tested, that the party wh
rule in our City Council is beyond the tair
fsuspicisn, 80 far as an honest, clean-hant
ed management Of the peoples money
concerned; and 40 long as that is the CAT
the honesty Of our councilmen outweigh
all trivial imperfections in rhetoric, (
want Of faultless kids, when journeying
the Council chamber. We doubt much,
ruled by no-party men, that we would
half as honestly dealt with.
March on, when the flag is shaken on
and the band plays!