Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1872 — Col. John W. Fcster. [ARTICLE]

Col. John W. Fcster.

Nearly’ al! our Republican ex-< changes speak in warmest tpfritfs of , commendation a£_the systematic ! and thorough organization of the party in Indiana, by Col. J. W. Eos? i ter r Chairman of the State Execu- ' live Committee. Commencing in January, lie has been untiling in his efforts to reorganize and 'thor- ■ oughly mobilize the party in every GOnnty and precinct. Under the -disastrous administration of- his predecessor many good men had been disgusted with the dishohestv • that' •'prevailed nt headquarters, others were discouraged by the de- ' (feat whir-h was directly traceable .to imbecility if not downright sale, and everywhere a lukewarm and desp indent feeling was manifest.— 'tTuUpers'iSTe ht. i:. d efa t igab 1e 1 ab<.r, together with discreet counsel, brought order out of cOTrfusipn and inspired enthusiasm where indifference prevailed. The result of it ii 11, is a substantia 1 ami nearly complete victory. Credit for these grand results is largely due to Col. Juister and hrs- able assislaiiirr, among, whom standing prominent is Capt. Jerome C. Burnett the eificient Secretary of our State Central Committee, ami the party should not faiLio reward them with an adequate-compensation for their fidelity and arduous lahors. ’ t g.

The most conclusive refutation of the campaign slanders about .the robbery aud corruption of the Adminisirattoh is furnished T>y the books, of tlie Internal Revenue Bureau, which show receipts for the current month at the rate of 8120,000,000 a year in excess of tiie estimates. Yet tins is tire month, in which, according to the opjTosition pressmTTd-orators, millions have been spent to carry the elec! ions. Fromthe Liberal standpoint what a wonderful country is this which can go on yielding, both stealings and revenue at such a rate, and yet enjoy uninterrupted prosperity.— fnter-Oced'n. The recent elections prove one thing very clearly—party leader- in this country are much more dependent on the people than tlie people are on them. Su ioiig as a public man keeps abieast with a great popular movement and fairly represents it, the people will accord to him tin; honors of . leadership. But let him break faith, j or fly the track, or attempt to deliver i bis party over to the enemy and he i will linU himself spurned and ignored by the people, ft is a terrible thing to betray a party and a very difficult one to accomplish in this, country. — The people think for themselves too muem iSehuiz, Sumner and Trum-buß-hwve discovered that they were great leaders, simply so long as they led where tile party wanted them to go and was willing to' follow, but when they inaiky away and attempted To lead Republicans where They did not wish to go and could not be made to go, their influence was broken aiid fheir power gone.—/m/. Journal.