The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-16
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TIM HuvERNAkNT AND the CfTtzEN,


Modern sovernments, yl.ll scarcely an
exception, net 40 though if WINS tl'eir chief
duty q repress tho energies Of tho tieoplc.
Nvo con understand tlso'inolivo that would
urgc the Emperor OF Russia or Louis Ma
polcon to pursuc such course, fot dospots
owo their safety to making children Of men.
The imperial paternity is tho great cloak
which covers their imperial tyranny. In
England, too, thu struggle between tho no.
biIity and the people induces tho f6rmor to
seek to retain all the remaining vcstigcs of
feudalism as long rs possible. They 500
each year the growing strength Of tho 10.
mocracy; they know tho little respect with
which titles are now looked upon. AMI they
fear to see the day when ,lry shall hrar
the question asked why thrm should ~
House Of Lords any moro than House VI
Tailors or Shocmakrr>. In ,he House vi
Commons it should he called tho House ii
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diers, Catiue. GouNcil is ;.v.i AID State
paper slowly prepared to ask :'or that re
paration which can only Lc gained by deeds
of arms. No matter how national honor
may be sacrificed, and how the lives of our
citizens may bc imperriled in every semi
barous country, diplomatic notes must Le
written, and when they fail, special cnvoys,
AS iii the foul Panama case, must Lo sent
to talk with the mongrel people who laugh
at the idea of giving redress to a govern
mcnt who has forgotten how to enforce
it.
The citizen Of the United States has {.
right to look upon himself as the foremost
man in all the world. Is he viewed in this
light by others? Unless we content our
selves with reading after dinner speeches at
public banquets, where our ministers fiat
= ter the country in which lie soiourns to
the utmost extent Of lis power of diplomatic
lying, and in return receives equally cxtrava-
giant compliments, we must answer the qucs-
tion in the negative. The American citizen
is systematically illuminated abroad and
this will ever be the case while our govern
mcnt fails 10 earn for itself common respect.
While our people are by the very force Of
circumstances the most progressive, our
government is the most traditional. 1t
seems to think that glorious past must he
succeeded by an ignoblc future.
The Secretary of the Treasury is always
very busy in over-taxing the people, for
surplus i'll the cxche1uer is the fruit of
over-taxation. Then the spoilsmcn in Con-
grcss squabLle about the means of misusing
this surplus, and public time is lost for pri-
vate peculation. TheSecrctary of the Navy
sends ships on pleasure cruises, but never
stations them where they are urgently re-
qulred. The Secretary of War acts al
ways as If he were disciple of the peace
party.
For the Secretary Of State, sometimes
called by courtesy the Premier, owing,
propabIy, to his always being the last to
awake to the sense of public duty, we have
not very high esteem Of lato years. lie is
like decocton of poppies, extremely So
porifc. He writes never ending documents,
that produce either sleep or vexation.-
Questions, sucl, as that of Central America,
become more and more entangled, and final
ly VIC are at loss TO decide, whether the
Secretary considers the Monroe doctrine
reasonable or patriotic.
MIR. buchanan can do much to restore
public confidence by letting the Govern
ment keep pace with the people on every
matter of national import. All that is
wanted is President who will show that
he is the head of the country. The lead
should think more than it slumbers. There
are matters enough to be decided now, both
Mt homo and abroad, to call forth all the
energies Of a statesman. Cuba, Mexico
Nicaragua, Panama, are all names of stir.
ring import. The removal of absurd i'm.
posts, retained solely to fill the pockets Of
Northern manufacturers at the expense Of
the South; the protection of our seaborad
the increase of our navy, and tho speedy
completion Of road through the whole