The Russellville Democrat., 1885-02-19
Stand by the New President.

The great danger to our country
now is in the bitterness and unscru.
pulousness with which mere polite
Ians pursue their projects and seek
to accomplish their private purpose.
Every great crisis through which we
have passed as a nation has been
largely promoted, il not actually
brought about, by the mad struggles
of individuals, cliques and factions
for control. All the black spots on
our escutcheon, from the treason of
Benedict Arnold to the assassination
Of Lincoln and Garfield, have been
fastened upon it by the unscrupu-
lous ambition of designing men.
Arnold was disappointed in not
achieveing the eminence and impor-
tance IN the Revolutionary army to
which he aspired; in his treason he
represented only himself. Wilkes
Booth and his co conspirators repre-
sented only themselves, and their
disappointment at the result Of the
civil war. Gniteau had not as much
as an accomplice to back him. The
spirit of these men still exists in the
bosoms of here and there a sordid
wretch whose sole interest IN poll
tics is personal agrandizment; and
it is from these that danger is to be
spprehended.
All the party organizations in the
country are, in the main, patriotic
and have IN view what their leaders
consider the best interests of the
Nation. Men honestly differ i'll their
opinions as to the proper lines OF
policy for the country to pursue,
and political parties are not in them
selves dangerous. 1t is only the
selfish and designing, who make use
Of these organizations as stepping
stones to individual profit and per-
sonal advancement that are to be
feared.
The theory of government by the
people Is that all alike are patriotic
and desire the general good, and
they only are safe leaders whe keep
this in view and are willing to abide
by the will of the majority. Such
men, when elevated to office, realize
that they are the servants Of the peo
pie and not the masters, and they
administer their offices as public
trusts, and moi as personal perqu-
sites. When the people find such
men they are not slow to recognize
and confide in them.
Grover Cleveland is shining ex.
emplification of this truth. In him
the people of Erie county, then the
city Of Buffalo, then the State of New
York, and then the Nation at large
have found q man who is their ideal,
and in him they trust. The relent-
less bitterness with which the dema-
gogue class pursued him through the
canvass which closed with his cleo
tion on the 4th of November last,
exemplifies the other side of the pos
tulate with which we started. Some
Of these people are now devising
shemes with which TO hamper his
administration and embarrass him in
his work of reforming the govern
ment, and from them, and not from
the Republican party, as party,
comes the danger of his non success.
Hence 1t is the duty of all law abid
ing and genuinely patriotic people to
stand by the new President, without
distinction of party, so long as he
pnrsues the line of policy indicated
by his acts and writings.
II they do this, there is every rea
son to believe that the country, dur
ing the next year, will enter upon thu
career of prosperity and greatnes,
we all desire for it.-ExcEange.