Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-20

uuattttaott purpose, prepare lpufStifts TOT the
destiny shich lies before you; 70 he end that in
the NEXT generation you may be among the mum
her OF those Who. upon the bench and AZ the bar.
shall restore and bear alOit TO higher renOeu the
already iilustrlous standard OF British and Amer
lean forensic learning and eloquence. COwariice
and servihty before executive rover wee The dis
grace OF tie English bar and bench in the DAYS OF
the Stusrts: and these. threatening now The honor
and the independence cl the American Judiciary
are among the most Sarming portents ofthe times.
But. remember that while along with the great
Hampden the name Of the honest and fearless
Croke, anu OF ais noble wife, will survive IN
honor. the tme-serving and unjust Judges Who
sat with him. aud Welded TO palitica expc,liency
aud military necessity" have persisted from his
tory, or are remembered only 20 be execrated.
The blessed memory OF Lord Hale u still fra
grant; while the name of the bloody Jeffres. who
escaped death upon the felon's scaffold only BY
diving miseraby IN felou's cell, is the opprobu
um OF the English bench. Agernon Sydney died
as Convicted traitor; but in a little while his ex
ecutiOn was adjudged judicial murder and pos
terity, for six generations, has held him in
ence a. a patriot Finch. King James the Sec
ond's Attorney General. procured the conviction
and death Of the pure and virtuous Lori Russell.
conspirAtor against the Governments: but
eight wears afterwards when he would have re
ieved himself IN Parliament from the odium OF
the act. the indignant clamor OF the whole House
forced him, IN shame and confusion. To resume
his seat; ana Russell still lives in England and
America as martyr to liberty
Yoar courage, your fortitude, your manhood
will also some day be severely tried But then
remember Curran, whose tame brightens ust
the memory OF the venai placemen and btrristers
around him rOis, with each revolving wear, and
who. when menaced in court BY a file of soldiers
Gathering their muskets as he addressed the jury
in defense of one charged with treason exclaimed
in manly defence: You may assasSnate, bet
YOU cannot intimidate me-" Read too. the
speeches and al mre aud initiate the heroic Frs
kline the greatest of English bartiste-s, who
against the whole power OF the executive in time
ot both foreign and rebellion, maintained
for years the rights and liberties OF
Englishmen, with uniauntei intrepedity
characters aud noble emulation of the example OF
these and other great and good men of the past,
for Ike la your own day Nerve your
hearts now for the struggle Bat remember
that ability, however eminent. and intellectual
discipline, however exact. not enough With
out pure morals, r'nrect habits and hxei Integri
~ YOU cannot endure the trial. Be vrtuous
BE pIouS. use the word in no narrow. sectari-
an, or theological sense; but in that which Virgil
means when he calls 4Eneas "pius"-a piety
which belongs 20 no one sect, nor cline nor
time. nor country, but which, everywhere and at
all times renders TO God and sell and man what
ever is lue and does it in the very spirit Of the
Sermon on the Mount.
But. young gentlemen, while have thus al
dressed yOd IS students preparing yourselves for
the ordinary branches anu professions of life, 7
well know that at any time many of YOU would
be, AMI in times OF such tremendous import as
just now are upon US IN our own country. all OF
you profoundly interested in politics. Prob
ably YOU give TO them more OF your thoughts
than TO any of your collegiate or professional
studies. | know, too, that many OF YOU, even
now. look eagerly forward TO the time when you
will pass from your professions into political life
That is the goal of your ambitious lOugiags
Your hearts fixed upon il. Ii is an honor
able. holy ombtion-an ambition not 10 be
extingushed. bat t. be regulated He is false
teacher who would tell the ingenious. vrtuouS
and public spirited youth of the country
that the political service OF the country
is BIT only Tor the vulgar, the impure
the corrupt. A. there are hvpocrites in the pull
pit, empires in medicine, peitlioggers at the bar,
and pretenders everywhere. there are dema-
gogues in political life. But there is as well "A
morality as philosophy science in politics, far
above the circle of these reptiles. Unhappy the
low standard of capacity and morals set up and
denounced by those who decline public lie, and
practically but too often ackno lodged by poll
ticans. is another of the evil portents which i'm
pend our country. OF the corruptiuS influences
OF avarice. at all times, ] need not speak But
more deba,lng and dangerous still, In seasons OF
great public commotion is the execrable vice of
fear. Ali these combined make up that most
loahsome Of all the objects of reproach aud
scprn-''a scurvy politician" He hts borne the
same odlOus character IN every country and age.
Among the Greeks. he once cOutied popularity
or place. by pointing out the smugglers OF
Eg-, and was cured MS both sny and nfOrmer, and
thence gave a name 20 the whole class OF dema
gogses. An Rome, he headed every petty popu-
lar tumut. hud cllmorel iercely for a division of
lands and goods Currtn described him in his
day, in delicious phrase. a., cone vino. hhovant
by putretaotiOn. rises n be rotS b." He ~ the
yermin. the insect OF politics and, amid the heats
OF civil var and cDnvusion, teens into lite thick
as gnatS IN the summer evening air II any one
among you-and | speak 10 those who would
aspire TO be leaders among their couutrymen-
have neither The capacity nor the ambition TO be
a statesman, lot him at least not stOop Co become
a demigogue. Preach, heal try causes, work
but scorn To be one OF that number. who knows
nothing of politics except the passions aud per-
sonalties which they excite. II no, sblc TO argue
upon principles me lsures. policies, debate not NJ
all 1t YOU cannot do not creep. Whoever
discusses only men In politics is always largely a
sauderer. Principles. not men. i. not. indeed,
altogether sound maxim, though little liable TO
Do aOuset--SiuCe personalities slWaNs make Np 20
large and controlling an element in mere partisan
politics Better say principles and men IL is
easy to be politician or demagogue-s,il with
the wind: float with the current: look 10 the
compass, neither llit up your ewes ~ The heiveits
where he cancellations and the lie sttt--brig ht
glorious enblems of God ant Truth md the
R.hi--still shine steldlli immnvable, Just NJ
they shone IN the beginning ct time. Poefa
naScHHr SOFT l. with the dem tspgUe But the
statesman mus, he m de rs vel, ~ born HIS
VOYAGE j. through mid ocean nnd ia SiyrIn He
sails under orders hi, port is nsce,tauei aud
prescribed beoe he sets out. and i, is his duty 20
reach Il, and 80, ike tie majestic steamer.
he sails on and
Aga net Tho wind. a. ainst the tide.
SIN sea irs with m upright keel
Demoslhenea. more than two thOus md years
ago - his grett orsiioR Tor the WI. well dis
,lnsnlshel between these Two characters dcclar
ine taet while they alike IA nothing they
dtcrcl chirhy in this: that The statesman boldly
and honestly proclaimed his opinion before the
event. and thus made himself responsible To- for
tune TO the times. TO his coun,rymeu. 10 the
world: while The Sycophant or deinagogue
was silent al the event hid happened, aud
Thea governed his speech and his conduct &C
cordiugly
And now allow noe 90 add. that though YOU
may be patriots aud yet not statesmen, the
great statesman L. always patriot. HIS love
OF country is as well principle as an emotion.