In the course of an article dated Washington, April 2, contributed the "Morning Post," Mr. Maurice Low says:—Tho extreme length to which the party spirit is carried in America always amaz foreigners, Englishmen especially, because it is so unlike their own political methods, Party feeling runs high in England, but "it vents itself—_againsti the opposing party. In America politics begin at home; first there is a terrific fight in the party, and the man who can hit the hardest blows or is the most cunning in attack, after he has slain his rivals, is acknowledged the champion, and then he must defend his title against the champion of the enemy, who has gained leadership through the same experience.
For the past six months a dozen men prominent in Republican politics have been laying their plans to secure the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Their ultimate and professed object is to defeat the Democratic candidate, but their first object is to defeat each other. They are bitter opponents, not friendly rivals. A contest for the nomination always begins with expr sions of mutual esteem and _professions of high purpose. It is the prize fighter's handshake and the implied pledge there shall be no Hitting below the belt, but it is a magnificent gesture only. A few weeks later each man_ is denouncing the other for striking foul blows.
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