The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-08-22
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From the National lntt!ilTenCcr.
We referred few days ago to the
confession made by Pennsylvania
Journal, that it did not expect any
representative body, selected as politi-
cal Conventions now-a-days are, TO
nominate for office "thc ablest or the
most honest and courageous man II
the State" In the present coudl-
ton ard relations OF political affairs
in the United States "the best man,
added this frank observer, israrel y the
" available man," because he scorns
the arts aad iacks the subse,v:eucy
which have become necessary 10 pro-
cure popularity. Consequently, o"s
organized politics, as controlled 10y
selfish aud dcsi5 ling managers, have
come to be manipulated in the inter
est Of men who have escaped ohscr-
vation by the obscurity Of their posi-
ton or the neliocrity, uot to say the
inferiority, Of their talents. lndivld-
ually shrewd in the management Of
their private affairs, the American
people, by suffering the Legitimate
control of their political concerns TO
slip from their hands into those Of
professional experts and deInagogues,
have suffered maladministration Of
their public affairs which reflects but
little credit on their collective wis
dom. In no country is there an
equal amount of individual intelli-
gence. In no country is this indi-
yidual intelligence less capable Of
being collectively welded and wisely
applied for the practical purposes OF
government. The evil is confessed
on all sides, and, and it is one which,
by the perverted usages Of party,
has come to be inveterate.
We cited a few days ago the testi-
mony Of the Pittsburgh Ga@ette in
attestation to this deplorable fact.
In q recent number Of the Boston
Daily Adrertiser, a correspondent
signalizes the same lamentable dete-
riorat;on Of our politics in the follow
ing words:
"We are people wonderfully en-
dowed, mightier in transformations
than the Wizard of the North. Give
US the raw material, and that too, of
the rawest-weak, perhaps, and rot
ten withal-it is all we ask. Quick
as thought, by the magic Of our iusti
tutions, behold generals, statesmen,
and foreign ministers. And why
not? For no reason whatever, pro-
vided that this mode Of production
proves safe, economical and eXpedi
ent =; provided that it gives Us the
results we need, aud with which, in
the present posture of our affairs, We
cannot well dispense.
Sour former co-partner. now our
foe, has long adopted 4 different sys-
tenn, the results of which we have
groaned under for generation and
more. This is no time for c!inglng
to mere theories of government, right
or wrong. We must look to pract-
cal issues. Democracy has played
her low cards long enough. She
must play trumps now or lose the
game. She wants men to represent
her, men to lead her, not swarms Of
interwrithing worms to fatten on her
entrails. 1t is perilous to deal in fig
ures Of speech, and we would faln
do honor to the ability, the fidelity,
the patriotism which some of those
in offices of trust have pct forth IA
this dire exigency. There is COED
coinage in the public treasury, but
not enough of it, nor of the highest
alloy, while the base and the cour-
terfeit are heaped there by the cart
load.
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