The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-02-19
WESTINGHOUSE FAREWELL

LII tIlIS ICCOSAItlOA " tIIC SIEItIlCoo VI OAS
aan and the unselfishness of the patriot, al
lasses will join. The ordinary divisions made by
wealth and poverty, by occupation, by politlca
opinion and by religion that are found among us
,lood, will do honor to the man who SHAPED
blood, will do honoh to the man who shaped
he beginnings of this great republic.
In doing that honor to whom the honor is due
We shall undoubtedly have repeated to us {
arge number of worn-time platitudes. The mai
may get greater recognition than the
infinitely greater principles for which he stooc
md to which he devoted his life.
70 avoid that, it might be wise to resurrec1
lis Farewell Address" and read portions of it
it read publicly, it would be fitting, fol
his is a campaign year" with political parties
ocked in a desperate struggle. It might bring
and thought to some minds to heal
cad:
II have already intimated to you the dan
ger of parties in the state. . Let me now
take a more comprehensive view and warn
you, in a most solemn manner against the
baneful effects of the spirit of party, gen.
orally.
The alternate domination of one faction
over another, sharpened by the spirit OF re-
venge, natural to party dissension, which in
different ages and countries has perpetu-
ated the most horrid enormities, is itself
d IllSllCLul OCSpCtIolA. DuI I'LL CdOo az
length, to a more formal and permanent
despotism. The disorders and miseries i.
which result, gradually incline the minds
of men to seek security and repose in the
absolute power of an individual; and SOON
err or later the chief of some prevailing fac
ton, more able or more fortunate than his
competitors, turns his disposition to the
purposes of his own elevation on the ruins
Of Public Liberty.
(The Spirit of partly serves always to dis
tract the Public Councils and enfeeble the
Public Administration. It agitates the COM
munity with ill-founded jealousies and
false alarms; kindles the animosity of one
party against another, foments occasion
ally riots and insurrection. It open the
door to foreign influence and corruption,
which finds a facilitated access to the row.
eminent itself through the channels of par
ty passions. .....
There is an opinion that parties in free
countries are useful checks upon the adj
ministration of the Government and serve
to keep the spirit of Liberty. This, within
certain limits, is probably true; and in Gov
ernments of a Monarchical cast, Patriot
ism may look with indulgence, if not with
favor, uopn the spirit of party. But in
.r those of a POPULAR character, in Gov
ta eminent PURELY ELECTIVE, it is the
w. a spirit not to be encouraged.
"A fire not to be quenched, it demands
a uniform vigilance to prevent it's burst
ing into flame, lest, instead of warming
it should consume"
How many OF the party men, posing as lO
per cent Americans would dare to read this e.
tract at any public meeting held in honor 9
our first President? How many of them, or {
the people, know Of it's existence? It's q~uotatio
here but serves as a gauge from the high idea
and principles set for us by George Washington
It is time to get back, and one hope of tn
endurance of the republic looms dimly in tn
of parties, the disintegration {
it, now mourned by the politicians. One ra
shines from the fact that a bipartisan Leagu
could be formed and that men, denying part
and regardless of party, should unite to secu1
what party spirit and malice has denied the
and prevented them from receiving for man
years. a@-
The 1. v. A. Serpent is having Bull Lang.
checked down it's throat. If it refuses to accel
him as it's candidate for governor-he will ru
anyway, and splitting the vote, will defeat the
hand-picked dark horse. That is why the /.
A. convention at Grand Forks failed to take 9
ton on a state ticket. It is like the farmer "
hitched himself up to a steer to. do q lit
blowing and the steer ran away. The farm
1salso ram and as he did, he kept shoutil
Somebody stop us burned fools!" The /. W.
lis hitched to Bull LANCER and it is shoutin
Nobody seems willing or able to stop them
their mad career and Bull is still running!'
North Dakota farmers have saved seven "a
lion dollars on hail insurance alone last We.
Now they are demanding insurance again
drouth. IL paid the farmer to stick, and the !
ture holds out increased dividends N tn
policy.
s@f Life insurance companies Of the United Stat
comes out with the startling facts that 1850
900 people died during the flu epidemic y
wear. TIE reuort of course includes the WI,
nWorfld md fAQNK that 4 lper cent aoI I NoEal