Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1880 — Principles vs Spirits. [ARTICLE]

Principles vs Spirits.

About two weeks ago a fusion candidate lor a county office, who professes lo be a Simon pure National, delivered a speech before the Temperance meeting, in which he made the statement, that the only way to make people think sincerity an ingredient in any cause Is for the advocates of that cause to make sacrifices for its cake, to stand by their principles, and openly to declare themselves of pure sod unimpeachable faith. This gentleman should consider well what he is going to say before advancing doc* trines which do not in the least con form to his own actions.

The adberants of a young political party, one founded upon principles; should be the first to sacrifice the spoils of office, in order to show to spectators the sincerity of their professions. A young party, like a young man, must first establish a reputation for honor, honesty and truthfulness, before sufficient confidence will be placed in it, or adequate power will be given to it by the people to put its principles into practice.

The National party, is according to the statemeut'of its friends, founded upon principles the truth ol which we will not now attempt to gainsay, and now iu accordance with the Bug* gestioue of their double-barrel candidate let them show their sincerity by sacrificing for the first lew years the spoils of office in order to keep their principles pure. Truth pressed to sartb will rise again, and if there be any founda lion io truth for the National party; the world will before many years find it out, if its members will preserve their purity, and do not con laminate themselves and their declarations by associating themselves with the very principles which they they pretend to abhor. Il has always been a rule of history, sinee the foundation ot the world, that whenever a weak nation called in the assistance of a strong one in order to carry out her schemes of aggrandizement, the stronger always received the booty. As it will be wo fear with, the National pprty which now calls io the assistance of the Democracy. ■ The good old Republican parly paaaed through the ordeal of iu infancy without a stain, and after many hard years ot battling, by 'keeping the Republican banner

scathless, and untarnished by the slightest approach- u£ principles foreign to her own, it at laMgalued ascendency, and the defeat us Fro moot was ia jrs than wiped out, in a succession of later victories. r Now 10l ? true Nationals shorn themsebeo independent. Let them you the pure, atraighs-out Nation*! ticket pr bom ai~air tkcrifioe •poikjor primus if their party bare any foundation whamvor H will amply make up ior 'present *wpifGt »•» »

I Tbs ticket headed with the name of Samson Erwin ia the only Nation al ticket in tbs field; tbs other ia * monstrosity, a deformity, a thing without a bead, or a hermapbrodi tie “whet io it.”