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which the party itself has become the considera- 

 tion rather than the welfare of the country. 



To expect that any body of electors can sud- 

 denly break with all such conceptions is to court 

 disappointment.,/ Old affiliations and associa- 

 tions die hard. JBut the U.F.O., as stated, came 

 forward with atdifferent purpose, the demand 

 that justice supersede expediency A Thus in- 

 stead of legislation passed and administered 

 regardless of merit, a cause should be judged on 

 its merits, and be so dealt with by governments. 

 On this principle, should a cause be wrong and 

 be espoused by any group of legislators, it can 

 only lead to disaster. The principle which the 

 U.F.O. has enunciated has taken a mighty 

 hold on electors, and should that principle be 

 ignored, it must surely be the destruction of 

 those who enunciated and in turn violated it. 



Once this truth is appreciated, it must become 

 clear that the U.F.O. is far more than a political 

 party in the accepted use of the term. True, 

 it is a party, in that it comprises a group of 

 electors, but from what has been said in former 

 chapters, the contrast between the functioning 

 of it and the old line parties easily demonstrates 

 the immeasurably greater task that lies before it. 

 While government is one prominent manifesta- 

 tion of its activity, let no one be so attracted by 

 that as to overlook the far greater work being 



