The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-01-10
Prom tho New YORK Tnbuuel
What Does He Want with a Partyi

E Cincinnati Commercial What does q
I President OF the United States. who o.
attending 10 his business. aud it not a
/ ctudidtte for reelection, want with n
7 party q And. sure enough. what-docs
be want with it7 What docs any one
want with party. or with a church. or
friendly associations. or with people who
believe as hc dora-with anything or any
body. indeed, outside of himself and his
own views and purposea2 Not being q
/ candidate Tor rc election settles The quea.
I ton Tor tho President Of tho United
I States that ho has no use for q party 49,
1 Ills only use Tor DO. if we interpret Alright
4 tho spirit Of The Commercials inquiry.
/ was 90 gain the Prcsidcucy having a.
/ tanned which. and disclaimcd any desire
4 Tor reelection or further political amhi.
I tiou hc wants nothing more Of it ilc
can get along now withoutit why should
Z he bother himself Ia tho matter From
I itf own point of yiow. The Commercial o.
II quite right aud perfectly consistent lts
I theory % the relations which should cN.
/ ist between the President aud the party
/ which elected him dovetaila precisely
| with its notion Of what is due IRON The
u borrower Of money 10 his creditor The
+ President and the debtor are nt an "a.
I vantage over tho party which elected
and the capitalist who belricnded them.
Z When the debtor refusing 10 pay more
+ than ninety cents en- the dollar 81 bic
I debt is told that such an operation viii
I impair his credit. the Western philoso
I pher replies for him: What does q
/ debtor who is paying ninety cents on the
7 dollar aud has made up bis mind % 70.
I tire from business aud not run in debt
any more. want with credit any how
. haH L.. Il. -
I Wishes Of ,he party that elected him and
I falling 20 secure the support Of any other.
I Is leit without any backing for his Ad-
miuistration. the same philosopher says
I well, he is not n candidate FOR rc cleo
I tiuu what does he want with n party 2
/ Aud it must b. granted that the debtor
| in one case has no use for credit and the
7 President Ia the other no use for party
/ Each is perfectly independent and can
do as hc picasea, but as was remarked hy
I Mrs. Pitcher. when NJ r got into bed
with his hat and boots on. 1T g. not con.
sidercd a proper thing Ia the best society =
The question. what does the party want
with President. may seem TO some per.
Z sons 90 bc not entirely without pcrtinCncc
under the circumstances The party. we
believe. elected the President in purau
auce Of some purpose OF its own. There
is general concurrence We think. iu
I Conkling's proposition that "Administrn
tious do not make parties but parties
make Administrations Now that the
President Is in office and not candid date
ior re election. be. Of course. wants moth.
ing OF the party lie has got what be
wanted, and, perhaps, ull hc wanted -
Bot 10 is quite possible that tho party has
nos done So we'll that Il has not got an
10 wanted or expected in securing the OF.
Gee Tor him that there are certain polf
cics which 90 desires % have carried out.
Tor the furthersnce Of which it looks 10
the President But the party ia under n
disadvantage. 10 % q candidate for re-
election lts mission was not ended
with thc election Of President Have. ~
thinks it has other things % do in thc
future other Presidents 20 elect other
contests 30 wage against the enemies Of
the public honor and the public Giih.-
The President may De 90 the end of bis
road Tie may rit down and cay. This
Is as far as ] 30 I have no further usc
Tor a party; but the party must 20 ION
through thc present term, aud after o.
with tho President or without him
There g only r. moral Obligation resting
upon the President in the matter. 10 D.
az easy FOR him 10 disregard it as Tor che
Nation 70 disregard its obligations 10 the
public creditor. The Nation may kick
out the creditor with ninety cents OF
with nothing saying. "Wbat do wo want
with credit aud the President may do
az hc pleasea aud cay What do / want
" Ga party q lt j. only a question oi
disposition each has the power.
But after on. what does the President
gain by setting up on independent oppo
.Hf A N.rH III Has N.sH
election or not De must have some cou.
v.ctions be wishes 20 carey out. some
policy he would like TO enforce 10 be g.
20 welded % his notions that be is will.
ing 20 break with his party sooner than
give them up. be must think enough Of
them 20 desire 90 mahe them practical
And itn't that what be wants with q
partyy 10 he wants nothing OF the party
he need not abandon 10 or rratuitoualy
spurn aud cast it aside. II he has no
convictions. Of public duty. be need only
20 along and be governed by the convic
tious OF hiB party. 10 be has convictions
OF duty at variance with those OF bis par
o.. hc certainly wants some sort 90 q par.
o. 20 sustain him in them. ll.ihcy are
worth having. they are worth making an
effort to maintain. Every man who has
a belief or a the ~ il religion politics OF
any thiuE else wants q party 20 belicvr
with him. n be- did not h6 would not
make known his views and support
them by reason and argument A belief
that ism worth proparltiug isn't worth
having aud whoever proplEatcs hts br
iiei shows by that that be wants o party
What does the President want With "a
party Whl' does ne want with brains
or with anything else lf be las got thFo'
and cares Tor nothing more now that he
has at inad the prtsdrueyY