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Show But there i a class ol evils that f pring up like weed along the path of such ao avalanche of feeling and Cfnfl cling in terests, thm every man taking part in such matters has need to guard against. If your opponent has distacrtd you in the race, or damned you in the struggle, either through superior skill iu marshaling marshal-ing his icrces or through numbers, or circumstances, or the justice of his cause don't deinonstiaie to tlie publ.e that yoti were entirely unfit for the trim you a iked tor. bv holding hs success as a grudge against him, or y.ur failure as incompetency in your part. Instead of brooding over defeat, and working out deep schemes for surprising y.,ur opponents and wresting by force ihat which should only be contended fot in the brrad liyht cfday and iu the temple cf jjtice; spend your time in making youiself what you wish yout opponent and the qublic to think you pure in principal, thoroughly informed in all local q lestions. conversant with the ueedsvl the community, understanding understand-ing what the qualifications of officers sliould be; and study well the causes that lead to your present tr leat. Thus e.nployed, you wi'l be ready to tuin with your uh re soul to some new public question of equal impoitance.with yourm ni unimpaired by any or revenge gtl'il leel.i K- You hav professed high dVnterested p.itriosti-ni; g've no person a chance to suspect that vour motives were less lfty than your professions; remember yuu have appealed it to the people, and the people ate still sovereign. THE DEFEATED. Njw that the mooted County Sea' question is definitely settled, for a time At least, and we 'ake a dispassionate view of the whole a flair, and calmly separate the good from the evil, we find that there is m jch g od to be anticipa'ed in the future from this trial of strength, flits brushing ol intellects, this a vakeniiijr of tlie citizen in the mm, this pride of 4lacr and home. A man often undervalues himself until i 11 j q isstion atfjctini the interests of 4 1; ill tell or fi tends, his to An or county. 1) is party or religion, stirs th deptli of hissjul, bringing to the front all the I item power, strength and knowledge lie possesses. Such a question the pto-p pto-p isej rem val has been 10 many of the y tui men of San Pete. A'ote than one (1 u nude his first speech and put forth jus iiuutial effort in ill s diiection.. , 1 The seasoned old salts in polit cs have learned how to receive victory with becoming m jdesty, or accept defeat uhilosiip'rcallv, and cheerlully, but beginners smirt under defeat. Whoxan Maine a mm for thinking his particular town is the best in tUe County? the men w t;i whom his daily hie is cast p ssess-ed ssess-ed of all the re luisites lor gojd oifi ers? iVu 1 can blami a man laboring midet s ici itnpiei--ioiis for asking fjr the bes gilt at tiie d p ,s l of ths people, even l it b-? the C-untv Sea.? Who will say Ituwronu I m-u as good and true, s deeply imlmed wilh ihe small, ot f.n.y itic, I jvs of couiiuv, siV'W.i i i iov of town, di tiieir utmost to .keep In 1 u nk ! sup-r or tyco.ileried by tin-pi tin-pi le and naijii y rel mitirh Is c es of a .tk;ivw)ed;emenl of inferior H N it lt)e Kt c:TER J. |