Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-07
RESIGNATION.

RESIGNATION.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one
of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall
we receive good at the hand Of God, and shall
we not receive evil? In all this did not Job
sin with his lips.-JoB II: 10.
Jobs patience and resignation in adversely
have become proverbial. He had received
all that heart could desire-riches, a con-
tented and happy family, lands and cattle.
But turn in the tide came, and all was
taken away while he himself was afflicted
with a grievous and loathsome disease. But
even then he remained patient and resigned
to the will of heaven, and instead of follow
ing his wife's advice to curse God aud die,
he replied as quoted above.
: There are many points of similarity be-
tween the experience of the Democratic
party and that of Job. For many years it
was honored and respected and entrusted
with the government of this great country.
It's representatives were found in every part
of the globe, and by their wise conduct in
adjusting affairs of state command
ed the esteem of all people. In
almost every State in the Union it was domi-
nant, and its lease of power seemed per-
petual. But the time came when all this
was changed and the party almost obliter-
ated. For years faithful few struggled to
maintain its organization amid discourage
ments of every sort-reproach, misrepre-
sentation and persecution. Though twenty
years have passed since adversely overlook
the party, the damage then wrought has
been only partially repaired. Like Moses
it has received but a glimpse of the promised
land, while the party is condemned to wander
in the wilderness for another four years at
least.
Notwithstanding all the ills that have be-
fallen the party in the past its members
should neither be discouraged nor profane.
They should remember the fate of Job and
patiently await the good time coming when
they shall be restored to their inheritance.
Resignation is q Christian virtue that all
good Democrats should practice, and they
will never have better opportunity to do so
than the present.
But though resignation to the DEGREES of
fate or providence is commemorate quality,
a surrender of principles. an apathetio sub
mission to that which is inevitable, is not to
be approved. Reverses often come to meu
and parties, sometimes as q result of their
own foolishness in refusing to heed timely
warning. and sometimes as the result of Cir
cumstsnces beyond their control If bust
ness man, after meeting with pecuniary
loss, should sit down and fold his hands in
idleness, the unanimous verdict of the COM
munity would be that he deserved to fail.
So with Christian. If, after failing to con-
troll his passions or his appetites, he should
make no effort to subdue them, he could
claim no sympathy. So with party. It
has no right to give up battling for good
cause simply because it has met with disas-
ter. It should lock into the causes of
the disaster and try to overcome them. If
it has been guilty of foolish acts, precautions
should be taken against repetition of them.
If it has nominated improper men, it
should adopt measures TO place its strongest
men before the people at the next election.
If it has lacked organization, steps should
be at once taken to perfect the organization
for the future. There is no use of repining,
for where there's will there's a way. It is
we'll to be resigned to that which has passed,
but it is not well to give up good cause for
the reason that the first effort in its behalf
has failed of success. Brave men never do so.
The Democratic party has received good at
the hands of the American people, and shall
it not receive evil?