Newark post., 1912-08-14

and we don t believe we ever made
mistake in this.
Don't try to convince any mar
whose mind is evidently made ul
on any political subject. Whether
he is right or wrong, he is affected
so far as you are concerned with
hardness of heart; and the more
you argue with him, the more hard
hearted he becomes. just save your
breath. If he insists on convincing
YOU, and your heart is practically
as hard as his. turn the subject to
the fall seeding of alfalfa or clover.
or the value Of sweet clover as a
pasture plant. or the probable price
of corn this fall, or the price of
feeding steers. If, he insists that
the nomination Of "Dear Will"
was stolen, let him think so. If he
insists that the future Of the nation
rests with Dear Theodore. let
him think so. If he insists that
Woodrow is the perfect flower of
modern civilization, let him con-
time to so think. It will dc him
good to develop an ideal. You can
not concince any of these men un-
less you speak in parallels, as Jesus
did when His enemies had made up
their minds that He was in league
with Beelzebub; and even then you
may fail. If yon get mad in argu-
ing with those whose minds are
made up they will believe you are
in league with a political Beelze-
buh.
Don't imagine that the country
is going to the bowwOws if your
candidate is not elected. These cy-
clonic political storms. sometimes
with tornado effects in their action,
will sweep over the political waters.
A good deal Of damage will be done
to some political regulations; there
may be some wreckage; but the
outcome will be a better citizenship.
The Mississippi valley is watered
by cyclonic action. Without these
great circular atmospheric move
ments, which pump water from the
gulf and distribute it over the land,
it would be a desert. Storms al
ways do more or less damage.
whether on land or sea; but the
final result alike on land or sea, is
blessing. SO it is in politics. After
the storm the grass will grow, the
birds sing, the corn shed it's pollen
on the silk, the valleys wave with
grain and the cattle fatten on a
thousand hills, no matter who is
elected. The Lord reigns and
makes even the political wrath Of
man to praise Him
Don't ALLEVIATE your friends be-
cause you differ with them in poll
ties. There is particular danger of
this now, when political parties are
being rent asrnder and realign-
ment is under way. What makes a
man worthy to be your friend is
not his opinion on the tariff: or on
reciprocity, or the integrity of Taft
or Roosevelt or Wilson, but his
honesty, his integrity; not his head
power mainly, but his heart power
his sterling manhood. We have
had no trouble in finding such
friends among standpatters, among
Progressives, among Democrats,
among Socialists, so-called, among
Catholics, among Protestants. and
among men affiliated with no
church. We plead with the Demo-
crat not to lose confidence in his
Democratic friend who cannot see
his way clear to vote for Woodrow
and with the Republican not to lose
confidence in his old-time Republi-
can friend who thinks it his duty
to stand by "my dear Will,' or the
one who feels he must support "my
dear Theodore. /" Friendship is toc
sacred thing to be sacrificed for q
difference of>pnlitical opinion. 49,,
Don't imagine that this cam.
paign will usher in the political
millennium. 1t is after all only 9
skirmish in the age-long warfare
between right and wrong, in which
good men often get on the side
which they think for a time is right
but which in the end proves to b,
wrong, themselves being the judges
and in which bad men sometimes
get on the right side for the tim,
being, and bring the cause into dis
) repute. There will be wrongs t.
, right after November and afte
other Novembers for hundreds o
years, even until the end of time.
Therefore. don't waste YOU
breath. You know it will be wasted
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