The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-11
PARTY BUILDIEG.

PARTY BUILDING.
On this quiet Sunday morning, while the
schoes of the great contest are but family
Stumbling in the ears, and the shouts of VIC
tory and the groans Of defeat are alike meas
urably stilled, there is reflection or two that
msy be very properly and prOftably INDUCED
In. and to the value of which the sacredness
Of the day will contribute. They are not
partisan in any sense, but seem to Us to be
based on sound philosophy that lies at the
foundation Of proper human action, and upon
which all worthy human character must be
builded-
1t will be recalled that the staple cry of our
friends, the third party, was that they would
defeat the Republican party and build up
their proposed organization on its ruins; and
Do. with that idea in mind, the third-party
people went forward, with malice toward the
Republicans and charity for the Democracy,
10 the demolition of the Republican party, in
srdcr that their new structure might be erect
ID according to the plans and specifications of
these rare political architects. It may be
ungsacious to refer to the fact that
the scheme has miscarrisd, and that it is
not the Republican party that is in ruins, but
the Democratic, and to suggest that these
wise and wonderful politicians should try
Iheir theories upon the crumbling and crum-
D. - -.
the purpose Of this brief Sunday lesson. Our
desire now Is to point out the fatal error in
their philosophy and plan.
Building upon the ruins Of others is not
only miserably selfish and mean, but it is Ut
philosophical and opposed to the eternal
verities. The man or the party that starts
sus in lie with such purpose must,
IF necessity, make . failure, and be
exposed to the just condemnation Of al man.
b and honorable psople. It is not infrequent
hst man is found who attempts that sort Of
hing in his individual career. he picks out
the flaws of others. He constantly deprs-
Rates others. He minimizes their virtues and
nagnifes their faults. He works to under
mine them, because he fancies them In the
way of his own advancement, and believes
Nat he could achieve the success he hopes for
only the person he imagnes in his way were
removed. That man always fails. he may, in
ieed, have the seeming of triumph for q
sess On; but the time will come when the
Ho3ds will descend and the winds will
klow then his house viii fall because it is
builded upon the sand. and great will be the
fall thereof. And. fortunately, the seeming
pieuOus that even the wayfaring man, though
fool, Is not easily misled. The failures on
Ibis theory are so many and so notorious that
hey emphasize the principle ard the phiioso-
ply until he who runs may read.
Building upon the ruins Of others is
he theory and practice CT fools and
,courdrels. Practiced in business, social or
political life, It is plan that brings only dis
nssr and contempt. In political life the
philosophy and the result are not different.
Personal character and worth are the only
Duro foundations for success, the only certain
daims to confidence and respect We hear
much of character and reputation, and Of the
essential difference between the two; but the
ket is. that the judgment of contempOraneous
,pinion is much moro certain and true than
, often believed, and, after all. a mans or q
party's reputation 10 pretty accu.
ntely measured by his real character. The
meak, ahs hypocrite, the unfair man, the
me who seeks improper advantages over his
fellow, and hopes to build upon anothers
suin. meets in this present life. here and now,
Ihs inevitable reward Of such method. he
B kicked into outer darkness, Just when be
Hoped to come into an illgottsn kingdom, and
kft to vail and gnash bis teeth. We COM
mend the thought involved in this view of the
subject to our good friends, TIE third party,
whose hope was {, build up kingdom fol-
themselves upon the ruins Of others. Il
was Q hopeless task. The stars in
heir courses fight against . man o,
N organization animated with such hope
md devoted to such purpose. There is ar
evolution in men and in parties; there must
Do ruins. and there must be better men and
better partieA Bat neither man nor party
ssn build an enduring structure upon thu
suins OF another. If there Is to be building
khsrs ruirs are, the ruins must be frs
trzshed away, and the foundation stones laid
lses eis.a. ssrass light psiassplsA 4 IA