The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
lMPENElNG RUIN
Eiyl Faces the Republic While the
Two Party Mac hines are 10
Control.


Prof. Goodwin Smith, of Tor
onto, Canada, who, during oui
Civil War Of the sixties, was 8
warm supporter of the North,
while his British Countrymer
mostly sympathised with the
South, is given to expressing hi
opinions of Americans, with
frankness and great ability from
time TO time. Prof. Smith now
comes out with the bold declara-
tlon that he foresees the ruin OF
this Republic, unless there are
great changes.
We quote below few stray
sentences from his able article,
which indicate the insight of the
author and which ought to arouse
every patriotic American to SER
ious thoughtfulness. Speaking
of our quadrennial campaign he
says:
The qualification for the NOM
ination is no longer eminence,
but availability IL is not a ques-
tion of which man is most wor-
thy of public confidence, but
which man can carry New York,
or Ohio.
Nominating conventions are
vast orgies of intrigue and up
roar. One nomination was
gained, it appeared by hashy
metaphor, and big voice.
Under the soft name of party,
faction is now in the United
States fully recognized by law.
4 A nation which deliberately
gives itself up to government by
faction signs its own doom.
The party organizations have
everlaid the American constitu-
tion. For this the trainers of
the constitution are not to blame.
Washington abhorred party,
and regarded it as a disease and
tried to overcome it by puttingl
Federalists and Radicals in his
Cabinet.
In the United States, while the
struggle with slavery lasted, par
ty was natural and inevitable,
though a baneful and anti-social
bond.
The Republican and Democra-
tic parties in the United States,
now, are tive standing machines
waging everlasting war for the
presidency, and and al immense
patronage.
Platforms are made up when a !
presidential election impends,
simply with a view of carryingi
that election. The parties have
no fixed creeds or abiding char
acter.
One who had formed his idea
of the Republican party half a
century ago would hardly know
the party again now. Lincoln,
with his true patriotism, and hls
humanitarianism, would find him
self strangely out of place.
The grand aim of each party is
to prevent the country being sue
cessfully governed by its rival
Each party will do anything TO
catch votes, and anything rather
than lose them. Government,
is at the mercy of
any organization which has votes
on a large scale to sell.
Each party machine has a
standing army of wire-pullers
with an apparatus of intrigue,
and corruption. to the support of
which holders of Offices under
are assessed.
The boss is the recognized au-
Lhority, and mastery of unscru-
pulous intrigues is his avowedh
qualification for place. /
The pest of partyism invadesli
municipal administration and /
makes New York the plundererII
Of thieves of one party and Phila- 9
ielphia of thieves Of another. Il
1t is surely impossible that anyIr
nation should endure such a sys- |
.em forever. !
We have only selected senten- j
res from Prof. Smiths long arti- \
lie. His statements are fair and \
heir truthsulness terrible. HisI :
seem unavoldableIr
hat the Republics ruin IS i'm
pending. And yet good men
seem not to feel the need OF a !
aew party. -Phalanx.
Noocr Aau W~ntad II