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Frederick the Great, employed it and laid the foundation 

 for one of the greatest empires in the old world. This is 

 the one thing we must guard against. If we present a 

 solid front, we will be as successful in sustaining every 

 attack of the enemy, as the English squares were in repel- 

 ling the assault of the French cavalry which Napoleon 

 hurled against them with the force of a thunderbolt, on 

 the field of Waterloo. 



Let us now proceed to subject the above mentioned 

 methods to the calcium light of calm investigation. With 

 regard to the first, will Democrats who belong to labor 

 organizations, vote with the Republican party? The well 

 known answer at once disposes of that method as being 

 entirely impracticable, and for reasons so obvious that it is 

 unnecessary to name them. As to the second method, 

 will Republicans vote with the Democratic party? For 

 obvious reasons, this method must also be laid aside. As 

 to the third method proposed, that the members of each 

 party labor within their party to secure the reform needed, 

 while it appears very plausible on its face, is nevertheless 

 subject to some very serious objections, the most prominent 

 of which is, that from its very nature it implies a division 

 of our forces. This one fact alone is sufficient to condemn 

 it as impractical. u ln things essential, unity," is our 

 watchword. 



We are aware that it will be said, that this is not a 

 division as to purpose; that we only divide in order 

 to exert our influence upon two other forces which are not 

 in sympathy with our demands, a fact which, as has been 

 shown, is well outlined in the policies of the two great 

 political parties. Admitting it to be a fact, that we are 

 not divided as to purpose, we are divided in our action, 

 and it is our action, after all, that must accomplish our 

 purposes. Again, in adopting the latter method, while it 

 may be true, that we are united in purpose, we are divided 



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