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found  the  expression  of  the  loftiest  patriotism.  He  believes
in  his  party,  but  insists  that  it  shall  be  true  to  its  ideas  and
principles ;  that  it  shall  reach  the  people  of  the  country
through  their  conscience,  and  that  it  shall  have  the  impulses
and  purposes  of  patriotism,  not  the  hope  that  springs  from
selfishness  in  the  individual  or  the  mass,  or  the  ambition  that
is  aroused  only  by  the  love  of  power.  /In  point  of  fact,  he
does  not  lower  his  standard  when  he  addresses  a  meeting  of
his  party  friends,  recognizing  that  if  one-half  of  his  fellow-
countrymen  make  a  public  policy,  it  ought  to  be  one  that  pro-
motes the  interests  of  all  of  them.  Nothing  ignoble  is  sug-
gested or  even  left  to  inference  ;  there  is  nowhere  a  hint  that
questionable  means  might  be  employed  by  a  candidate,  in  order
to  insure  success,  or  by  a  party  in  order  that  it  may  secure
or  maintain  supremacy.
