Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-11-16
From tks Ckrissian Advocate.
Our Politics, ...-... = /,

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UNFORTUNATELY, the admirable consultations
Of our government has failed 10 secure 10
the people Of these Staies the manage@
meni oftlseir own public buSihess Be-
tween them and ethe Legislative and adj
ministrative functions Of The republic there
has inteTveneda large and motley ciasst
who are commonly kn6wnas s'pollticians.D
According 10 the dictionaries, this term
has two meanings. Originally il designas
ted those versed in the science OF g0vef4
meat; men oi'large views, large expeFienc,
great knowledgess The very men 10 direct
affairs Subsequently il came ID mean,
as Webster expresses Il, Men ofartifice.
or deePcontrivance." Among Us, Il more
c0mnianlye expresses the principles and
practice 0E those people whose chief cons
Germ ia life is To obtain The c0ntfM III public
business, wiilIatlIe one purpose, simple and
indiv!Sible, so Ia administer il as Id make
themselves as cemi;ftdble rss possible In
/ this pressure sstsri.i-aai To do these uenn,a
Justice, they labOur most faIIKFdIIy ID theIf
vocation. They are instant in season and
out of seasuns they watch viii sleepless
vigilance every shifting or the popular
breeze, and, with wonderful promptness
aud dexterty, trim their sails ID catch the
fi,fIt wind. Religious principle, moral
honesty, even a commonplace cOnscie6ce.
are altogether incompatible with the mes
cessites OF lives Ike theirs. Religion docs
not swim with the current, but stems if.s
Moral honesty cannot clearly see that
| good tO-day which was evil yesterday.
| witi,ou, the argument Of personal advan-
| tage. Even u commonplace cOnsCienee lib
! the breast 0fan utterly selfish man ,ntis: Be
/ 4 n iniulerabl bore, and ill., turned OUT of
office wllhuU ceremony, as NOT b. lunrino
| to the party. Some OF these saepple have
great intellectual ability. Many Of them
have plausible speech and manners. Some
| are good ~ song, others al d iit; all
have experience 10 the meanest VT all arts!
the art 10 cheat well-meaning people into
wrong opinions and wrong actions. mall
pracilcalrespecis they have great advatl-
tages in competing for public confidence
with honest aud good men, whu have
neither disposition, leisure nor skill 10
manufacture E1r themselves any more
availa bic character than ihey may have
earned by correct life and sound UNDER
standing. Such menare afraid 10 cncOuna
| Ter bold, cunning and Nnprincipled adyeF--
saries. They dread the slander and the
hhei 10 which they will be exposed. They
shrink from the degradation and C0ntsini-4
ns,i0n incident tOikdiscfinnaie sUIcsatiOA
Of v0tes.R As general thing. liunesl.
high- minded, Gotl4laaring men are not
candidates for popular suffrage. There
+, are exceptions, bur this 10 the rule, beyond
| al dispute. "A creates calamity than this
cannot hefall any rOBhtFy no worse Thing =
can happen To curnfn,snity than that is
good men, it's men whose rule or LIE Il ilie
love of Godsand man, shall be excluded 8
| from the management Of its affairs. Were
nation TO establish rule of this kind,
the wlnle world would stand amaaed al
their FOLLY, and prepare for their ial. But
surely IL matters, practically, nothing
whether sncls exclusion be accomplished
by lew or by usage, Il only il be nrcOms
plished. and accomplished il certainly il
in these States.3 The Wl6cfance Of d
0f the canvass; the indispOsiii0D 1T other Il
good men 10 exert themselves actively tss
secure the election Of candidate; The OBJ I
lection Of "p0i,icians'' 10 give place and
power 10 men whnse notions OF right and
wrong might conflict with the rcquire.
.nents ors'pariy:n all these considerations
eAectaally shut ine door Of public places 10 4
'lpious men as class. y afs s'sss Il. sez !.
| Negatively, Ia deprivina ofthe commits
nifty 1.-THE services Of those whose services
/ are most desirable, This state OF things ID
seriously eviisi positively, il is worse. The
winnie administration Of public sffans, from
the determination ofnaiiDhai policy, fllfeigK
and domestic, 10 the nininest municiDaf
regulations Of The most insignificant E0rp0>
rate iOwnt the selection If public SCENTS.
from the president Of the Union ~ lie
Waterman oi cIst6m li6use, are slIin The
hands of a comparatively small, inienselv
selfish, and, foo commOnlv, desperately
lunprincipled tody &C men. The c0nses
| quence IS plain and terrible. Its seen and
felt in the general corruption or public
morals in the unrigaieousness bf public
acts the utter neglect Of public duties
in the delays Of public justice !; 10 tie cow
ardice, meanness, and hOlOwness III heart,
which has brought int0 almost Universal
contempt among the people the horses Of \
Congress, and state legislatures. How
| IOng our connirymen will endure lthia state
| 0f things we cannot tell. How long the
neral and pra,riolic people. 1T the land viii
Il silently acquiesce in the NSNFpali0n III lisG
highest powers 81 sovereignty By ls.eonvenA
i iiOns y how long they viii submit to have
he most selfish, uDprhacipied, aud minors
1 isl men in the community seleEted ii sit
/ 10 legislatures in Congress. On the hench4
1 and 10 represent this great nsiI0n e
foreign cOuriS, we cannot tell But OfihiS
| we are sire, that the prosperity az the
country depends upuh the blessing of Cad
and il is utterly absurd l0r ~ 10 expect
God 10 bless the action ID such penple -
| We sefd 10 make laws i0rus. END tosxe1g
cute them pp01 us. He must be . naaii &
1 0f greet faith, or DC lilic thought, who can
i prsv inr them in sincerity and truth Y
Where therells no fear OF God 10 the ieRiss
!, ature. there will be no regaFd % Gua III N
the laws. From an evil sFee il u ally @ II
expect good fruit; and 10 reckon that ths
great and Holy Being. whose ic01nsels anll
| cause we have wholly si,sfeessded III cur
4 votes. will save form THE Consequences DC
i our carelessnsss sud sin. i 70 count nlIasl