Show political parties As embodiments of ignorance pi prejudice ej u eel passion as a 11 means ell of holding WiLh unthinking inking crowds and wielding arbitrary brutal power patties pai lies tire are dangerous even in it a ru republic public but its as schools of thou thought 6 alit as orders representing some soine vital principle as a means ot of giving em ein pit abic expression to some P popular 0 1 u aar all and useful ahe they y I 1 aio proper prope and necess necessary ill oan an lid did study of our institutions must impre sri one with the fa fact et that in getie general rid the existence of political a parties lias has been timely timea and their effects wholesome each has answered 1 a I puPo purpose 90 which even if not presently needful or apparently good lias has served as 1 a I check beck on of its opponents or is as a 1 stimulus to higher I 1 of activity however 1 party airty principles may have ebbed and flowed however far towards cowards fanaticism semiona asin and intrigue C certain minds an and d orders of minds J I 1 may ri ay have drifted it can not be said that the spit spirit it of liberty lias has suffered or that respect for our dinst lias has been undermined but that on oil t lie contrary the former is keener and the latter broader and deeper yet it is always well to remember washington s wordy words 1 that from froin tile lie natural tendency of governments of it a popular character it is certain there will always bp be enough of party spirit for salutary purposes and there being constant on stant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage n it A fire not to be quenched ic demands a uni uniform forin vigilance to prevent its bursting into flamo lest instead of warming it should consume |