Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-08-31
1882.
n0SSiSm.

cG-Ia'OfcES, n override popular SEN
tinent and sovereignty. To our con-
ception. hossism is the greatest of
present political dangers. in our
view the party that fails TO rid itself
Of that sort Of domination is the one
that vii! 30 under. At this time the
republican party is most threatened
from this source. The bosses of that
organization are well known: but the
consequences of their dlctation and
control are not Us widely understood.
They are to he seen and felt in pre-
vailing corruptions, combinations and
extravaganccs; in unnecessary taxa
ton and profiigate expenditures; in
chickering's. contentious and divisions
over party sp0ils; in rings, nepoiisms
and fay0ritismS until not to be chap
eroned and c~otHltenanced by q boss,
is in that same slang of the hour to
he out in the cold, DISTINGUISHED, and
stgipt of personal and political iniu-
encc.
III 10 way can the state of the re-
Publican party lie truthfully and
graphically presented than through
SINE such familiar illustration as the
fGilJwing: Two Irishmen mounted
:: fence To examine some horses.
Thur object Was to secure q docile
a;1:5.al As they sat on the fence a
I", "0lt came up. Och, Paddy
c.sal Teddy, there's one to my
hand" and Immediately straddlcd the
I.ag- The colt, astonished, first
seuatted. next holted, and then went
T.piIly circl,ng around, followed by
very horse in the field. From his
sat en- the fence Paddy looked visit
ally On, Int seeing no end to the ace
led out to Teddy as he again whirled
;. Hold UP. Why don't yez hold
~ :'Ead cess to yez," shrieked
sdG*, How can l hold up: Don't
-pu - they are running away wild
e" Af:er a few more rounds Pad
again put in with, Jump off!
,.iy don't yez jump off, TO h-ll
Id vcz.' cried Teddy, ''How a l
mp off. whin it is hardly stick on l
~ Such is the condition of the
publican party. 1t cannot entrust
,.if t. The break neck c~arreering of
bosses. and cannot without risk
y0.cr Itself from them.
In this state. the quick stride OF
i!Iey j. rapidly nearing the point Of
t,:S."n, and if there be no faulterine
.4t.r VII soon be an end to his hos.
l..,. At best however. this will be
at - ginning. His bosship is but
suh-Lo,5;sm, the extension and retiec'
,:3a Of tie power of other bosses, anc
before ,,eiivcrance can be complete
Cameron, Coniling, Logan, Mahon'
ana ether self-appointed and delegat
g.lccrs, with Arthur, must b'
cumnlc.~!y routed and discarded
I".to. h..e debauched morals, plum
otc., t.4e treasury, stript the people
~: zone back even on those to who's
800 =, tF,.t. ,1,r,ti,- 10 1,n anl ary
g. ID ,ert :. not for birchen rods alone
hut for - tightening of party ant
poi ILL.,: !: lignation.
iii organizing against bossisni, con
~.ertatire -rpublicans need have n
!cas 81 ;4.,l partyism. There can b
l!a twJ armament political organiza
i'ol, al ti.;5 country while constitu
tjonal i.be.ty lasts. No single idea
however vital and universal to Ameri
can wc!fa.c, ever sufiiced for Il dura
bic part. foundation. Our socia
and political methods are too direc
and rapi>t fUr tilat. What is Target
desired Is too speedily attained 70
lack of 1t to he lasting party cement
Durable parties can be based only o
principles. or TO speak nor properly
tendencies. The tendencies of tn
federal, Wing and republican partie
have been towards Capitalization, an
those of t9e democratic towards de
contradiction. Secession was decen
tralizgtion run mad. Bossism is, a
has been minated, centralized Czal
ism, and if It is not checked, popula
institutions and majority rule wi
thereby he destroyed.
4 little reflection will recall TIL
fact, that If Grant had have been re
nominated ut Chicago, that result Q
bossism would have had to have bee
dealt with, if successfully resisted
outside of stalwartism. The bullet G
Guiteau destroyed what would Other
wise have been q conservative victor
and RENTED republicans to a cond
ton similar to that they would hav
found themselves in, had Grant bee
successful. What would have the
happened to that party has overtake
it since, and what would have bee
good policy then will be good pole
now. Conservative republican
should unite TO defeat stalwartism an
hossism now, and in the csming pre-
idential campaign, Another par:
cannot arise from such %proceedur,
The conservatism of republicans
viii bring victory to its ranks, attra,
other. conservatives to It's column.
aiid ultimately prove a triumpbal
end glorious emancipation.
Our friend NJ. G. Farber, jewele
has his show window neatly and a
dstically arranged. 1t is a very preti
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