The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-28


selves would be multiplied until we should
have eight million Of them. And yet TINS
is only the legitimate conclusion OF the ar
eminent when carried out to its length,
which attacks party organization as such.
A party is necessity, or, if the expression
ga necessary evil" is better liked, all we'll
The party being an admitted fact, and one
of the gentlemen in the discussion yester-
dav correctly declared that parties al
ways arise where there is differ
ence upon issues, the question which MAUI
rally follows is that of organization. This Is
as much necessity as party itself. How is
If possible to know what are the issues
before the nation as such unless they are
proclaimed and how are they to be proclaim
ed so as to stand out before the whole.people
clearly if every man Of our eight or nine
millions of voters has the same right as
another to say what they shall be or that
his pet scheme shall take precedence nf
others? Anarchy of the worst kind, with
confusion worse COMPOUNDED, would be the
inevitable consequence. An agreement
must be reached, views interchanged and
a principle evolved and promulgated for the
following of The masses. But TO promulgate
renuires authority and authority presup-
noses a surrender Of certain rights or COM
mission from some one else. upon such
automatic truths is based the theory OF par
ty nominations and party platforms. such
an arrangement does not suppose unanimi-
ty, but the reverse. When views and
rights so conflict as to necesstate di cussion
TO establish a rule of action, the ideas OF a
majority or minority are unavoidable.
The case then narrows itself TO
this: As all men cannot act indie
pendently one of the other with
ont confusion, some must act for all, either
a majority as in this country or minority
as in other countries but in either case
some must fail OF their cherished objects,
and The assertion OF their natural rights,
through force OF circumstances. 1t IS slngu.
lar that these propositions among the iirS
learpad by man should need restating at
this day in the public prints, but it is a
fact, for they are attacked directly by the
arguments of a large body of voters at this
time in this or other states, or at least their
wisdom is questioned by The Legitimate
conclusions from the Argument. But as
there is inevitably, as we have seen, MI
notify in government, so there must be
upon the same principle OF organization
,ninorities in parties. 1t is lame conclu-
sion, therefore, that party is failure be-
cause there are differences within it, or a
minority therein differing with the ma
iority, as the same argument would con-
stitnte government failure. To say that
the democratic, or republican, or green
hack parties are without principle because
there are differences upon principle within
their ranks, is absurd. 1t equally as good
serse to say that Christians are without a
belief in COP because some of them differ
in their ideas of GOD. The principles OF
religion are those comprised in the creed
which the higher authority of the denomi-
nation promulgates, and just so the princi-
pies of a party are comprised in the plat
form which the higher authority OF the
Marty prom.,lgates. A northern democrat
may be protectiouist, but if the national
oonvention declare for a tariff for revenue
only. this latter becomes the principle OF
tbe democracy on that subject, and the TACT
that the party has within it minority OPP
posed 10 the declaration does not abolish or
change the principle. The party is before
fbe country clearly on that issue in such
casa And so of other matters. The
opposition to party, therefore, means
the substitution Of ineXtricablo con
fosion. and 10 denounce' an
oreapization as wanting in principle and
fixedness Of purpose because all men in it
are not a unit in belief is the yeriest alb
surdity. With party, therefore necessity,
and difference Of opinion in its ranks as &
natural and unavoidable circumstance, the
only question remaining is the propriety
of party organization through conventions
committees and leaders. il is late day to
insist that a mob is more powerful than a
disciplined army, but the assertion, If no.
in an many words. is In effect made. In op-
position 10 this view stand the facts OF
history and the observations OF all time.
Nothing Is ever accomplished IN the physi-
cal sooial or business worlds without or
ganized effort. aud the same is true in
politics. Every physical force acts in re-
Spouse 10 a superior one and in direction
mapped out for il. II The myriad laws
or forces were permitted 20 ACT
independently Of one great over
.,f;rv ope the planetary system
would soon become a ruin II IN society
everr man were q Law unto himself we
should soon be- reduced 10 Tie condition OF
he vo-z, savsres. aud by analogy the hp-
r1icsfiou 10 politics j. obvious. Political
f,-ees bv Organizing fo7 success or the &C
,-,,r1isbmerr 81 cerisin ends in govern
meut bsve simply sdiusisd themselves 70
- ~~est controlling iaE Of nsiure in al its
vsriors depa-lne1ts To act otherwise
would be 10 ibroE away power, 70 DIVIDE
forres. 40 lo.s sigsi oi issues, TO grope IN
tbs da-t. The issue this year between party
srJ fudeyen5euiism, gsneralized, Involves
80 ~ bsre he-e discussed. and involves
go r-sai qussii5ns direciiy, ard 20 visv
fb. c5ui.sf from such sian8point not
,--~ t,,-ous nsr light on The subject, bit
si-lo-ss 90 imp0rtancs in ne premises
81 20 mauy are apt 20 overlook 1hs
,.--.arirtisn Of The issue from the genera
- -.r-suoirf. IsaTinE cut Of considsrn-
i'm I'll ps-sonsl o. local que-
&C.. bstrays. vrzTptd NJ n ne
- a.. movement Of inoepen-
s--si--r fi--s-t ag.inst TIE only rnsn,s q
.--.--r-s-t 80 he saisruards q soclstJ,
-. - ne q the majority and tbs sub