Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-25
REPUBLICANISM.


A few days ago the Omaha Repub'
Iican gave garbled extracts from the
Columbus Journal on Republican
ISM" We reproduce the article en-.
tire that our readers may zee not
only what a pievaricasor the Repub.
lican is, but also and mainly-what
M. X. Turner, the republican nom.
inee for congress in the Third dis
trict, haste say.
The essential spirit of republicanism
is liberty and equality-liberty of con-
science, liberty of thought and liberty
of act-and equality, one man with
another, in the enjoyment of 'life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
Our government, dedicated to the
proposition that all men are equal"
ls or should be devoted to the task of
of removing the unjust Jokes which
unreasonable and grasping capital
puts upon humble and patient labor;
guarding with jealous care and the
most watchful eyesthe encroachments
Of corporations upon the SOW
eign and reserved rights of the peo-
pie; reducing to the lowest notch
consistent with the public safety, the
burdens of taxation, gathering no
nor than is necessary for carrying on
the various functions of our local and
general governments, and not keeping
In our treasures enormous sums of
money as " temptation for the rapa-
cious who will steal when they get
the opportunity "by due process of
law"
Republicanism consists in thinking
your W thoughts and speaking your
own sentiments, regardless of the fact
that there are newspapers who distort
your language, mi%srepresent your sen-
timents, traduce your character and
beslime yon in every way, because
their editors think it necessary so to
do in the interest of o cause that they
have set ont to advocate against the
expressed wish of the body of the
people.
Republicsnism means cleanliness
and fairness in political methods.
While making all due allowance for
party heat, 1t must ever stand as true
! repub'icanism to discountenance all
methods of the primaries and eau.
cuses which will prevent the full, free
and fair expression of the people'a will.
Lot that will be recorded fully and
openly, without let or hindrance. II
you think it not right, endeayor tc
convince your fellow sovereigns by
sound reason and fair argument that
they are in the wrong, but don't tam
per with the primaries, don't dickel
in sentimants, don't trade and traffic
in grand principles, don't sell your
soul, the privilege of expressing your
honest sentiments in your 10 way
for any poor meas of pottage. There
is nothing more priceless than liberty
of conscience, and there is nothing in
all the world so valuab BILE an those
forces which preserve that liberty.
The Journal has always advocated
a strong government-strong in the
affections Of the people, strong be,
cause resting upon the consent .,uu
expressing the sentiment of the people,
strong to do the right for the weakest
citizen against the most powerful foe
which threatens, but no particular aet
Of officials must be allowed to imagine
for a moment that they constitute the
government aud have the Iight TO per,
petuate themselves in power by the use
of objectionable means, by the use OF
money wrung from minor government
employees, by the use of the party lash
or any other machine appliance BY
which ignorance and rapaclty, placed
in power, have always sought to con.
tinue their domination, Let the strong
arms OF the law be thrown around our
primary elections, so that he who cor.
rupts the stream of political power at
it's source shall be caught and pun
ished, eyen to the extent of disfran-
chisement, as we do with those who
commit common murder; let those
who traffic in votes be given to under
stand that their business is contra
band, the same as smuggling; let the
arts OF tricksters deception, lying,
misrepresentation and every species
of fraud-be discountenanced as un-
worthy of freedmen; elect no man to
office who imagines he bosses the PEG.
pie, and assumes that they are his
servants, instead of he being theirs;
let every aspirant for place know that
1t ia not because of any s'clnims" of
his that he should he placed in official
position, but because OF his ability and
his determination to carry out the will
Of the people.