The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-09-21
BY WM. n. NERRlTT'


BY WM. H. MERRITT.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. "a, 1893.
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FALLACY OF POPULAR WATCH
WORDS.
: Just as there will be found great many pro-
verbs which point out ofen doubtful ana
sometimes an erroneous policy, SO there are va
r;ous watchwords afloat on the popular voice'
sxh,ch. however true when applied to some CIV
en- and peculiar case, yet lose all uu'niuiuess
when made general guide of action. Alter
Il, that has been written in eulogy OF our intel
lisence and freedom from prejudice as people,
it is melancholy TO reec. that Too often names
have been things 10 US all. The campaign Of
rsAn "a. notable illustration. We venture
to saw, that among al the host that pressed
clamosously forward to the polls 70 record their
votes for Tippecanoc and Honest John Tyler
NOT one could really tell what principle was un-
derlying the struggle then going on The most
shamefully abused watchwords ofs'an economist
government, s Hard Cider!" g The Purse
and the Sxord!" and hundred otbsts OF q IKE
s,arac,er,-these were receivetas current coin,
and with these mottoe.r ragged party went
forward 10 grasvsf victory, soon to be msde
null and I'D BY death, desertion, trcachery,
aud god, and by the returning reason Of .
L~ncaled people That friendly and most pro-
found reasnner on our Institutions, De Tocque-
vile, did not fail 10 remark this tendency Of our
enthusiastic people 10 be Influenced too often
by these cstchwords, Frequently tothe prejudice
Of vital principles.
Among the other cant which passes upcx-
amined, there il one phrase which has been so
common that hardly paper can be opened
wi.hou, meeting with IT, 1t is the proyerh'al
lie Of ssmessurer, not men,. It is no new
cant. On the contrary, il IS Qni.eb1 enough
10 H.. ..asnass,ss,. lore tss6h hall Z century
aza,- fn 1872, GeoTge CSnh:ng, the brilliant
irades Of the British House Of Commons, the
most consammatc statesman Of his time, thun-
dering against the Ministry, exclaimed, "AWay
with The cant Of measures not men, the idle
suppositien that il is the harness and not the
hslses that draw the chariot slong!'
The base uses 10 which this one-sided maxim
u pst %, are very obvious. II any miserable
wrrsoh, Tor money Or malice, wishes 10 bctray
/. cause 10 which every iosnscr lie and solemn
profession bound Iins he lakes refuge in this
lat IL of hypocsitc. So the infamous Ar
.o5a inehis proclamstiop. before his burning Of
t1ew London, set forth his great aversion to
rroc<edine ssxainst his common friends, shut
public rsinciple ~ <earcr 10 him than private
friendship. fls must follow the right, no
mater how painful; Measures not men" ls
mol this matched ~ mcdern politicians We ccan
especially notice Il II dis Safe among pretend
"a ~ nds 70 Democsacy and false advocates Of
'eemperahcc.
10 = II every sight tAiokins sensible man,
~ eflen ars naeasufvs. Measures gather
sssie6xSh gf6,a snen, and that people know very
xt4lll ~ shis sesson, ! systen,atic at,cmpt is
Il dis WY moment making u dessisy the
rvitale clissaSss = President Ritfre Far the
ains1casob, 0x Is 1910, and Andy Stewart,
fn 15ts. brsuaist sstwnrd slle;r dpubie distilled
salsehoods .ssaisstsh< private characters Of the
Democs.cy candidaies for the Presidency.
Anl III she same reason, that is, for the pur-
pnss II II snsaii way of breaking down the
l1staocratic of Iovs, does the Herald Of this
ciIy e en-. J5nes
ana insinuaie IL sowardiy slauders Of Pses'-
dent Pierce. cIose ia the rear Of this aid and
co.sfosf 10 ,lse FedersIists, comes the usual af
f.ctasson ot honesty. Il 4 sssdyocates sneas-
uses, MI men, '-is .mu~t speak out, it sl,as
! Icliarsctet % maintsin, g God save the mark
81. Il battles for principles, = - principles are
dearer to il than me q. --and all sRch miserable
lsck ney ed tslk which has bern worn out nm the
tonrue. II tra;tofx. or,.t and sIna n. since
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