The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

Footing che TIN iforu - Rally TAeu
Int" the Espubilcao Party.
There has been no moro comic polifi
chi iclissrancc Of late than inc bugls
blast ~ Mr.. j. =. Clarkson summoninp
thc youth u the country % rally round
the banner * republicanisin. Mr.,
Ilarkson's instrument has the sound as
Of a trumpet made from protected tin
ware. and Is certainly more stridcnt
than tuneful With Foraker. Thnrston
and their peers blowing in concert. Il
lends itself to such an orchestral effect
as that with which village humori~ts
are won't 70 greet questionable we'd
dingx
! But be the vehicle tin or brass or
other metal. WHY should this call for the
courage and enthusiasm u young men
be deemed worthy Of any response?
Youth may not ~ very wise. hut il is
not usually sordid aud calculating. Ii
may he disposed 70 make too little OF
the experience ~ the past. hut il is
seldom attracted BY intolerance which
has survived the causes which drew il
forth. and narrovne~s ~ mind which
i the shrunken inner isance OF ,evotion
10 an idea. II may bc in measure
true that rcpuhlicanisin was born OF
the courage and enthusiasm Of young
men. but what Is there in It to-day TO
give scope for the exercise Of either,
Certainly not the advocacy Of force
bills or the fostcringof lcga!ixcd rob
berry in the form OF taxation. Youth
demands chance 10 rise BY its own
efforts: it is impatient Of all privilege
and precmption, and does most vehe-
mently protest against being handi-
capped by burdens imposed for the
benefit Of others II will fight for an
abstraction. but its imagination will
hardly he fired by cause whose ohjcc-
tive point is boodle." Tradition. asso-
citation. transmitted beliefs. count for
much in forming the opinions alike OF
youth and age. but for the ingenious
mind At wori. on the political problems
Of the day republicanism offers merely
the dry hrsks OF old controversies and
the perverted application Of once vital
principles.
There are. doubtless. young men 10
whom Foraker j. hero and Reed a not
inadequate exponent OF tile republican
ism o. sumner and Of Lincoln But
they are hardly the kind for whom the
horn Of Clarkson was footed The sons
Of the founders Of rcpublican.sm
whose presence he depiorcs as leaders
81 the New England democracy repre-
sent type Of men born since the war
who because they think for themselves
will have no lot or part with the Fora
kcrS. Wanamakers. Clark~ons or Qaays
who find il tit and profitable 10 be re-
publicans at the present day. Democ-
racy has for them the potentialisy and
the promise % All that is vital or inspir-
ing in the political activity Of the re-
public.
According to Mr. Clarkson the only
difference between the economic prin-
ciples Of the republican party and those
Of the democrats is that between linn
tied and unlimited reciprocity. Does
he expect to make much Of the adj
hesion Of intelligent youth. however
enthusiastic, that IS ignorant Of the
fact that the greater includes the less.
and that the partial triumph Of prin-
ciple Is less to be desired than COM
plete one?
The republican party cannot afford
70 put young men in the front. They
are apt TO be indiscrcctlv truthful like
s;r. Wolcott. the president Of the Mas
sachusetts club, who said harsh things
about Senator Quay and got off the
epigram which Mr.. Clarkson quotes
with professcd approval. we must
drum out the merccnarics and rally the
recruits Alas for the republican
party when the mercenaries are dis
banded. II will need other leaders and
other principles to attrs 4 recruits
enough 70 FIJI half the yawning gaps III
the ranks left by the cashicred soldiers
Of forfune.-N. u. World