The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-07

mon in high places have slumbsrsd. Wms
world we might still have, but Tor these
restless, meddlesome cranks. And yet the
whirligig Of time brings around suoh pro.
posterous changes. The crank Of the last
century Is the world wide bencfaotor Of this;
and the men wise In their own estimation
are forgotten in utter oblivion, or II romsm.
bered, will DO remembered n respectable.
thick headed donkeys for all ages. Let
the Greenback crank take comfort; he can
endure certain amount Of silly criticism
for what tho future will bring TO humanity.
There are many things In this turbulent
world. hard to understand and some things
clear enough to some minds, arc entirely
incomprehensble TO others.
II Is entirely impossible for the average
party slave 70 understand how any consider
able number Of men IN their senses could
deliberately choose TO work with an unpop.
ular or minority party, could deny them.
selves the hope Of Office pickings and steal.
ings, could deliberately elect for years 10 be
the under dog in the fight, as Il were. for
tho sake Of principle, when by Il there IL
nothing to make. no honor to be gained,
and much to suffer and endure. They who
work for power and spoils. can only regard
such eccentric creatures NJ cranks, their
motives and actions are 20 essentially di1cr-
ent from their own enlightened (2) methods.
When the National party selected Gen.
Butler as its Presidential candidate, certain
partisan journals. clad in the garb Of ex.
ternal respectability, let loose q volume OF
venom and fiood Of billingseate consist.
ent only with their own trne character and
in harmony with thoir standard Of morals
and intelligence, We certainly have grave
objections to the voluntary, self chosen
degradation Of even the partisan press, e.
pecially when il aspires to be regarded %
the honest leader and educator Of the peo.
pie: but il it elects to make itself the gen.
tons and denominations Of fraudulent and
criminal politics, We can only deal with IL
as we find It,
The National party now, with Gen. But
Ter as candidate for President and Gen.
West for Vice President. are weighty FAC
tor in the coming election. Il II . power
that cannot now be lied into even seeming
oblivion, neither can il be sneered away.
The time has passed, il indeed It ever ex.
listed. Ridicule to be effective must have
some foundation in truth. No lie 10 inn
mortal. and fraud il not omnipotent. The
partisan press will have 10 meet the
Nationals with better arguments than the
rag baby" fiat lunatics," printing press
cnnks. and all the rest of the 6imsy ridi-
cule and Misrepresentation heaped upon =
| sound, sensible, patriotic party and cause,
having their basis in the constitution and In
eternal truth and justice. Such arguments
may be forcible enough for feeble minds,
but the press to uproot what il calls AnAn-
oial heresy win have to take higher
ground. Thinking men have taken
| hold Of the American money sys-
tenn and mean to prove it either true or false
| in practical opemtion. II the old party
press can make the people believe that the
national debt should be made perpetual and
the national bank of issue system should
| continue forever. then there will be no nec-
essity for further argument, and the Ma
tional party will hy asunder from inherent
weakness. But until this is done, the par
| II will continue and increase, for Il 10
founded in truth. aud neither one defeat
nor one hundred defeats viii kill Il; facts
| cannot be exterminated.
After all the National party has thus fay
done, endured, aud suffered, il Is not pos
sible that the principles which we regard q
the sheet anchor Of the republic can fau
into oblivion, or that the party could die
without practical and thorough trial Of il
| policy. From all parts of the country .
mighty shout announces the uprising OF the
people; they begin to see their danger, and
to realize where their safety is. The prin-
ciples of the National party are to be tested
in actual practice in the very near future.