Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-02
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smallpox patient is With pustues. and -,
former are as dangerous to the body ror.,
as are the latter to the physical constifr,;,,
10 their variable positions they become ~,
"self-sacriisiog" opponents of eyery rs,,,
principle; and presumiug upon the tbrr,b,
lessness of mankind, they eudeavor n =, H..
tue feelings of the majority, in order 70 al,..
their sophisticated schemes to elevate then. D.,
the places which they coyet, or hold On .,
those they have.
In the language Of the ballO,-box, men g.,
equal; bot mentally, they are not so; for tina
advantages Of cultivated understand,
| give power, and command that pect vbic1
- never accorded to Intellectual inferiositv
| Notwithstanding men may on manysutiec,.
talk alike, they do not examine and rfa.o,
alike, aud each individuals opinion will r..
correct or incorrect according u his cap,,,,
to investigate a question. Hence, the STAT:
man Is too magua0imOus to take adYanaps
of misguided reason, and respects bis peiyb.
bor's opInlon as far as It's mportancedemand.
but no farther; tor by GVerrauug sDo,b.
er's judgment We fall into error, and are n.
ten allured from the path Of perception.
As the people IN their political relation.
will not always thInk for themselves a iew
more astute than the majority. generally
elaborate truths, and present principles urc.
perly prepared to the popular mind Tor con.
temptation. Such should be exemplary tor
Veracity, integrity, and fidelity; fJg honest
men constitute tue rarest order VI humanity:
-.
are recognised as Leaders attain their no.
sltion By merit and honesty; for If we wish
10 maintain our rights pure, and our Iu>,ltu-
tions untarnshed, and " transmit them 10
posterty AS they were banded down u Us.
We should place none 10 Office but good and
honorable meu; for those Of au opposite char.
acter will make good laws bad, aud bad Law.
worse.
Ii is indeed work Of labor to ATTEMPT
TO stay the blast OF popular creiuIity, and DO
VINO would 10 these days OF the reign Of
Demagogues, essay TO put them down, would
meet task OF no easy accomplishment, tor
the people too often prefer tiattery 70 SINGER
ity, and discrimination to truth: and although
experience menaces, they continue To follow
the sIlurement Ut political display, unweaucd
takes them, aud causes them 10 amend their
5lundcrs. Party spirit at times ee.zss the
public mind with paHlcdt intensity, and
weighs down before Ito typhOnlc breath rea.
son aud principle, threatens the annihIiatIou
OF the very constitution, and the subTersiOu
Of those achievements which are recognised
as the most glorious triumphs OF the genius
Of man. The conservative portion Of the
people, have over and again repealed the as-
saults Of political trlcksters; and If the inter.
esIs OF the people are DOT repUsed IN the
keeping Of the politically true and yirtuOus,
fOrDearaDce will forget It's cEhce, and, ere
long, give place 10 Intestine strife ami civil
discard. Truth may tor long time resls:
the aggressi,ns Of talsehoOd, but is often
Crushed 10 the earth, 10 rise only when 1t Is
too late to repair the damage done by fraud
and lntimy. Mankind are slow tO appre
cIste those blessings the acquisition Of winch
cost them no labor; and We fad az the pre-.
sent day little, comparatively, VI that unset.
fish devotion which marked the relations Of
our iOre-Iathers 10 their blOOd-earued cOun-
try. 1t causes an involuntary Sigh to think
that that spirit is rapidly giving way to a
| trickery which involves all 1t touches in cor
ruptioD, and plants the seed of ruin 10 every
quarter Of our land.
Like those thieves whom the Egyptians
called PhiieteS, DemagJgues tickle tue fancy
OF the people into love with their schemes,
only TO etrangle to death their dearest inter.
ests at last. BY the conyentiOualitIe- OF par
ty machinery they keep their claims before
the public, and conceal their netarOus de.
81 h., 81. -.
an un6ridled enthusiasm exposes their oil lec;
and displays all its natural deformity. II
the illustration of The corruption OF one.
would blight their growth. it would Indeed
be happy relief; but they are perennial in
their kind, and a. soon as one Is destroyed
by his own phagadeai1, aoother, like a rank
and poisonous weed, appears, and the p''Iu.
cal atmosphere is ever polluted by their foul
emapations.
Why is it, that in looking around Us, We
see 80 many mere tools, and too yeriest tUiyI
occupying those places of political patronage
which should be awarded 20 men OF dignlty
and worth? Ii is because the voters-tbe
very essence Of our pcwer-those by whose
mandate candidate must rise or fall, will
not attend to their rights, but supinely allow
OF each corporation, Precinct, and district
to call meetings, appoint delegates, and make
nominations to meet such exgencies az their
Vaccinations demand, and then by every de-
vice, induce the unsuspecting voters to be-
come, unawares, party TO their frauds -
The mass is whipped 10, and, so successful
is this scheme, chat oftentimes mere nomIna.
ton Ia considered equivalent u an election.
The struggle for preferment is not, a. il once
was, before the people; and any one whom
the political jugglers of the dominant party
may name as candidate, il not recommend.
ed to the voters upon his unohjectiOnabe
fitness for a proposed position, but a. the
nominee OF certain party. Thus all pohtt-
cal corruption originates With DemagUgues,
and the mass by some strange iniaEuluJn Is
drawn into the mire, aud made the victim %!
n trick which 1t detects too late for reparl-
ton.
Even the Representatives in Congress forget
TOO often the interests OF their constituents Iua
prurient desire to further their own designs.
The people 10 nowlse anticipate the events
which that body creates; and instead OF II
being the conservator OF the Unions g0oI, Il
is a subsidized arena for the creation OF par
~ strife. and has degenerated into rack
upon which the very soul Of our GJt-oIesse1
Country ia to be bruised, crushed and De-
troyed. Few possess that ocean Of thought
and tide of words which flow from the torce
Of genius, which, while it improves gives
re6Dert6hiIitv IN invention and while II com