7 12 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



Practical politics means unity, happiness and prosperity. 

 Sentimental politics harbors jealousy, engenders sectional 

 strife and teaches men to hate one another. Practical pol- 

 itics creates brotherly feeling, leads to unity and teaches 

 men to love their fellow man. Unity of action is as indis- 

 pensable in obtaining recognition of our demands and 

 accomplishing political reform, as it is in a successful 

 co-operative business enterprise. To pass a resolution 

 demanding certain reforms in the economic system of 

 government, and then vote for men and parties that persist 

 in ignoring the demands, and the reforms which they 

 would accomplish, is sentimental politics. 



It is asked, then, what are we going to do? Some 

 say we had best seek these reforms through the Republican 

 party, since it is the party in power, and is the only one 

 able to help us. Others say, that the Republican party 

 has shown no disposition to aid us and it is better to seek 

 these reforms through the Democratic party, as our de- 

 mands are in line with the principles of the old constitu- 

 tional democracy as held by Jefferson and Jackson. There 

 are yet others who think it is best to seek relief through 

 both of these parties, the Republicans acting with their 

 party and the Democrats with theirs. While we respect 

 the opinions of those who advocate each of, the above 

 methods, we are compelled to ask, is either one of them 

 practical? There are few, if any, but would gladly ac- 

 cept reform and relief frem any source, but to effect this, 

 we have heretofore remarked, there must be " unity of 

 action upon the part of the laboring classes;" and this "is 

 imperatively demanded." Everything short of unity will 

 fail of success. Our enemies are well aware of this fact. 

 It is their object to keep us divided. It has been the suc- 

 cessful policy since the creation of the world. Napoleon 

 employed it in those military campaigns, the success of 

 which astonished the world and made Europe tremble. 



