The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25
rhe vork of IN. R~epub.ie,n paY,x IN

The work OF the Republican parry IA
this connection no Doubt exc.iied In i'm.
rorsanre the work performed by any
otlcr political Organization in any
cousiry or ;inc.
Under the normal conditions Of n fire.
Government there will alway- o. a
party of p~rogress-of liberal ideas
prolific Of sGg gcsfions-tha; goes in the
the Republican party o: the United
States.
An organization Of this sort-ful, o.
brains and working for results iha, sre
political and no; personals NJ, the
most compact and manageable BODY o:
men IN the world. lis very spirit tends
IN individual though, aud freedom o.
action Hence in importan; elections
IT happens frequently that numbers iii.
verge from the regular party move
ment and follow some special notions
Of their own. They usually call them.
selves independents or ~.'Independ.
en- Republicans; but who ever heard
Of An Independent Democrat"
II /, generally easy for even the dis
contenied ones themselves to see. after
the performance is all ovef. that these
departures are foolish and mischievous;
but nobody ever takes them TO b. sig
mails of disruption. The Liberal Re
publican movement in 1872. which
would have had some apparent pros
pect of success IL il had been shre~diy
managed. was such a sloughing Of as
would have portended the dissolution
Of any party except the Republican;
but after a few months the a. had
almost disappeared and the great Re
publican BODY was united again.
"Scra,chers" and Independents y
have appeared since-even now they
hold a position of some prominence IN
the public attention-but they do not
in the main change the current OF Re
publican thought or success
The progressive party is always sure
TO contain q certain percentage OF ex-
tremists who are liable To break OF and
90 in pursuit o! some real or imaginary
reform which seems to them more i'm
portant than everything else: but there
is ALWAYS n balancing conservative
power which holds the party in its or
ganized action up to questions OF Ma
tional policy and those Of . character
which fairly admits them TO the held oil
party politics.
The Republican party has suffered no
diminution OF vitality since the accom-
plishment of its first great work. IL
continues to be n leaven,ng power IN
the life OF the Nation. II is alive TO the
wants and tendencies of the time. and
gives expression to the most earnest
popular convictions. II has always
been wa,chful over the freedom of the
individual and Jealous Of his right
whether affecting his social. legai oil
political condition. II has been 8
beneficent power, subject OF course Il
human iniirmity. but exercised wisely
taking the time together and always ID
the direction Of accomplishing tn
greatest good.
II the Democratic party Is like 5
mountain. standing upon the unchang'
ing rock of the azoic age, the Repub
lican party is like the sea. full OF eur
rents and of life. restless upon the sur
face, and now and again throwing one
of its vessels ashore in a high tide,
showing a dirty streak OCCASIONAL,
from contact with the mountain. but OF
the whole keeping itself tolerably pure
~ constant motion and preserving IT.
own true level in spite Of current, wint
and wave.-DetrOn Post and Tribune.