Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-12

Nay. then. the Age is all we have rep.
resented it 10 be. And in this respect,
how does it stand pre-eminent in conlras
with past ages Their instrument of la.
Dor was posper-their notion of greatness
was based on physical pr6wers; animal
courage, on brilliant martial, Or at most,
intellectual achievements. Our instrument
|of labor is loDe-our notion Of greatness
is the doing of good, the winning of men
to good life, the performing of mercy
and kindness, however limited or obscure
the sphere of action. Power has done
much, but it has also cost much-cost
blood, and sweat. and tears. Power built
those landmarks Of antiquity, the Pyra-
mids. But who, alter all. built the Pyra.
mids HoU were they bailt !! Voitaire
IS noticed that the people who are en-
pIoyed In such masses, at such a work
must have been slaves, chained to the will
Of their Egyptian tnonaFchs. Power
made Rome great-gare II its mighty
dominion and universal sway. But would
you know. somewhat accurately, the price
of this powers Dig up the bones Of It's
victims from Britain to Jerusalenl-you
may pile them up, like drified snow. higher
than its triunphal arches! PotDer- that
was the Idea of the Past. Huge king
doms built up. to be battered down by VII
sigoth and Hun. The common bro;ler-
hood of humanity, and the Righteousness
of caste and rank, forgotten In the posses
sion of superior strength OF wisdom. There
is picture which have recently seen,
wherein Napoleon is represented as COM
ing from his tomb. Ia his hand and amid
his hair, waves the deathless laurel. and
the soul is thrilled as il looks upon the
serene eyes. and the calm grandeur that
sits upon his brow. But in acknowledge
ing the greatness of Napoleon, we do so
by refining process, that separates what
was gross and sensuous about him from
the mind. the sriH, the expansive and
dauntless thought that moved behind all.
We do not bring into our analysis, the
blood-soaked baule-felds where widows
have wept with wringing hands and pale
ghosts stalked shrieking by. Call up the
armies that followed him a, Lodi, at Bor-
odino, through Egypt and what skeleton
host rises clanking TO the summons, Ye,
each one has been wepi for-has cost bitter,
bioody-tears! Such is much of the char
actcr OF the spectacle with which the pas,
presents us.
But these ideas are beginning to assume
their true position. and loftier, nobIer views
are taking their place. Nan. the man, is
regarded, under all aspects, in all efforts.
l. is the great Idea of the Age. We have
hideous faults, as had been said. We do
not, perhaps. sufficiently distinguish the in
dIviduality, In the unity and completeness
OF every man. Wearnay think more o.
changing and unrooting. than of a true
conversation and up-buiIding. But the
tendency Of events will lead to these things
Individual responsibility, and the necessity
OF individual effort, will gradually be seen
and acted upon, And so the moderation
OF humanity shall go on. Now nations
shall hail 1t. Old feudaIisms shall crum.
bic before it. The throne shall not SC
much be brought low, as that every mans
seat shall be high as throne, and the de.
solate and ignorant ones of humanity, the
grinding and lowly poor, the crushed, heart.
broken serf, shall GU up and sit thereon.