Fair play., 1885-01-10

lie GtoSf f.;,pcrrt of January i.t
under the little Of Fur HErrBLICAN
NEw NENE contains some very >Cus-
iblc remarks. After a!iu'lin. iu geIi-
era! tcrins 10 i,.c lar, HAT the defeat OF
the republican past, ,a,, November
was nuc {" ";.rn. cru,, and rairal.!c
hlunIer.. !i,.l,, nos that The result
has hrcm reached. are as plain as the
uo,c un man, fac, And in,i!naiihs
thai .hc exercise ii little bit Of ccn,-
mon scn.e nigh. lave ay.r,r,i the dis
as,er. il proceeds:
~. IL gpod t::;.r - pm, o, .p! {. a.! aors oi
b!racrG; su,. =, stamp nut ii! distinction, rS-
cc;,t The i'ic!i OeiiIie, n,rn ;n hra rci.,ib
.;ean Instead of u democrat. 1her. :, no iuTih-
- ca!i. IL here e"tr was any. To scrsrst" re-
nubl.c,ns by such facti"ii> designs ion, stall
aaTt. aii Hali.Iireeds. Regulars and in!eren
.i'-ats. An indulgence Ia that sort 81 thing has
air.:itJ gone for enough Ia sh"a fha! il, whole
tendency il !uisch:eveOas .Gd Obstructive, an!
tsint iI We are ever 10 win nUoIher victory, the
nrst aa'' Indispensable sfcp il IN harmonic AL
tht different eiencats OF ti.e pxr,y on = l.a,is %,
c"'siIlcL de! nt:on I" principles a:ii !,"ii,irS
pose. CT the enemy that 1t ha, h..n cur hsppi
ness aad homer to overcome 40 often. II Is tine
to look tho fact spuSreiy in IKE face iha: il takes
thc whole :.ariy Ia carry an election. mud that
the whole party Cannot bc 'icIcuici u,rl. To
y"t" the straight ticket IN spite IL all PERSONAL
o!jccttcns. ani {" stand by IN. nas without re-
:ara TO TOW n.CcE it may r"s; in :hc surrender
"f privstc iu,isUcDt and ia- forfeiture OF self
= cat,
iherc 10 conclusive reason, especially, Why
We should ceas1 to fos!cw asUr certain men. OF
orders Of Ten. and get back 10 :,e COED. old
fashic1s,N habit o. considering the Interests Of
the .agty. rs party. Superior I" ever. thing
else. and forcing PERSONAL ambition. and raIcu-
i.t:onS into the background \" patty WAS
ever SO powerf,!! !hH: IL could afford hazard
its S0rtcnrs 6v making any Lc.i . ca,-c it, own
fnr thc riAh -aAe uo!y. without reference 10
higher and grtT:r considerations. That has
been proved i'y example, :ha: !ea,c no chance
f"r dispute. We must h. e leaders. 70 he sure,
aad parties like :a,i!, :,ias,s, should have the
virtue ~ gratitude. practically. we'll
ti:nci.tai!y hut Il r,nlins true nOLe the leSs.
that it is the first dmt. of party Z" achieve VIC
toric.. sat that men are %: consequence ex-
ceId ss taey can Lc Use,i by the party to further
amt insure sGcs rv,u:.s. Men are for day "r
An occasion. bat party Is organized, not mere
iy to mcet n Present AMI temporary want, but
{" "utiast things of that kind and go on con
quefinS and 10 conquer by reason Of '.rinCi pies
fant are permanently right and wholesome"
With transpOsit!on Of few words
this may apply to any party and does
apply with wonderful and tc!lin. sig
niticancc to the democratic party of
this county. II will be well for our
own party if we use this counsel Of
'"y a,I,,u vuI
Pr' florence for men and do unIv wha,
the inter' sis of the party demands Of
u. Ii individual, can not be patriotic
enough 10 sacrifice selfish, personal am
hilton tor the sake Of the principles
our party tcac;ic>. let them be sent 10
the rear or I" the enemy if they pre-
fer to go there; but let all who believe
ia the .rn;hs of democracy rather
than in the ambition of men follow
where ;ii:. collective wisdom of the
party leads. i,r> way and only tl,i. !
way caH "r consolidate onr broken
ranks and nrcseni an inv vulnerable
'front.' iu oar Ihvc'traic enemy. |