Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-23

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- 1eaoesatic form Of government ~
sNould AXE care not 70 Be m'sIed ~ !ne
.elion chat 40 should thereby e placing
ourselves under the swey Of pure reason: IN
North America, after the separation rom
Eo.Isnd. mon rchy, aristocracy. and cnurcn
.".st,i;sNments we're impossible, but the
~;."sa a the founders OF the great republic
s..rs men ~ Washington and Hamilton
l.s'.sJ ~;th anxiety the absence o. those
s,s"~ssss 81 which the stream Of desnocsacy
I:HSs a 10 wha& restrained. They kaew
~ thee an attempt " for1a . government
an ann resson vas . pure delusion. Man
NAV b. rendered more humane BY civil'xa-
ton. better informed BY education; but TO
extirpAts his passions, to prevent the aocfs
tons Of his will, Is impossible. The man o.
railvavs aud iron clads; the man Of the
electric telegraph and the steam press; the
man who can weigh the attraction Of the
planets to each other, md divide an inch
into 10 600 parts; the man whose telescope
can bring the moon within few hundred
miles Of the earth, and whose power Of anal
vsis can ascertain the compound metals Of
the sun - this man in capacity - like god
is, in bis appetites and his passions, in
bis love and Ia his hatred, in his rapacity
and bis ambition, different only in degree
ftom Achilles and Agamemnon. Wse Il pure
reason which induced the men Of 1854 to
rush u arms against each other, and 70
meet in mortal combat, both in Europe and
America II is because man is q creature Of
passion and Of imagination, rs we'll a. Of
reason, that. in the constitution Of govern
ment BY which he is to be ruled and direct
ed, It is the concern Of wisdom and If fore.
sight to avail ourselves Of the influences
which may give moderation, force. and sane
thy 10 the supreme authority. Such may
be, in monarchy, the reverence paid to roy
atty, the awe inspired by religion, tho res
pect which grows around an ancicnt aristoc
rsey. the attachment to long established
lava. the refinement Of polished manness,
and the social kindness which adorns and
animatcs the domestic relations Of cult
waited people. Let no one imagine that with.
oct such influence, or some Of them at least.
. political constitution can reach its highest
perfection. In like manner, also, il Is clear
that, In republic, by wise provisions, by
giving reasonable duration to . we'll con
stituted senate, and by placing in the hands
Of learned and upright judges the admins
lration Of fixed and impartial laws. the chief
ends Of government may be obtained. For
what IRE the chief ends Of government
II b now known that the proper
objects Of government arc to secure order
within, and independence from any enemy
without. These are tasks heavy enough,
noble enough, TO require the energies Of the
highest political talents for their Il lfillment.
a. for the rest. the utmost liberty Of thought
aud expression, the utmost latitude of do
nestle industry and foreign trade, should
neither be watched with jealousy nor ham
Percd with restrictions, but protected as the
iairest fruits Of . free constitution. The task
Of English legislation for half century has
been . break the chains which fettered ci
vi commercial, and religious freedom
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Among the most melancholy instances Of
actors Who have Jagged too long upon the
stag, the last days Of Edmund Kean are,
perhaps, quito ~ pitiful as any. Doran. IN
he Annals Of the Stage, tells the substance
q 81 this story in the following extra ct
about the latter days Of Edmund Kean
shall not soon forget that January night of
1887, On which no re-appeared ut Drury
Lane in Shylock. A rush SO fearful, an
Audisncs 10 packed. reconciliation so CON-
plsts. acting 10 faultless, dramatic enjoy
lDent - exquisite, | never experienced. -
Noehing vas hceded-indecd, TIE scenes
we're passed over until Shylock Nas TO mn
pear, and have heard no such shout since
- that greeted him. Fire, strength, beau
ly-every quality of the actor--scemed to
have acquired fresh life. II was Ill deccp.
lire, however. The actor was all but extin-
guished, after this convulsivc but seeming
y natural effort. lie lay in bed at the Hum
NUNS Hotel al day, amusing himself mel
Anch0ly with his Indian gcwgaws, and
striving to and healthy tonic in 'cognac.
While immolating himself, he still CHING to
. hope Of rcscuc; and he strovc to create
one moro new character, Ben Naxir. in Mr..
Colly 0satten's uagcdy Of that name. HIS
power Of memory was gone; but nc had a
SAtuttous idea that he had mastered his
ITO those Who - him from the front
there was not . trace Of wcakcnin. Of any
power in him. But, oh, ye few who stood
6stwsea the wings where chair was placed
1or him, do you not remember the sadden-
ing spectacle Of that wrecked genius mnn
n he very prime, with not merely the At
tributes Of age about him, but with some
ehs inlirwities OF it, which are wont to try
the heart Of love itselfs Have you forgotten
that helpless, speechlcss ,tanting mass bent
up 10 that chair: or the unsavory odor Of
that very brown, very hot, and very strong
brandy and water, which alone kept alive
the once noble Mocry Aye, and still noble
1oor, for, when his time came. he looked
ehou, - from dream and sighed, and pain
fully got to his feet. swayed like column
IN IN earthquake, and in not more time than
= required in the telling Of il, was before |
~ audience. a strong and Is intellectually |
bsautiful Is Of old but only happy in the |
Applause. which gave him little breathing |
9ace. and saved him from falling dead upon |
IT, stage.
ne aroused himself to make his last %. |
Psasence. ~ It proved, on the stage. in con. |
1nncsion with his son, in Vthello. Mr.. Cbas. |
Aesn playing lagc. The night WINS the
3Sen Of March, 1888. Edmund Kean was
9 shaseercd in frame that he had scarcely
e9ea9eh 70 pass over the dress of The Moor.
q shattered in nerve that he dreaded some
sseasees. Brahdy gave some little heart 10
=: greatly fallen actor, but he anxiousiv
en)esned his son to be ever near him IN
cese o. some mischance, and he Ven,
s.reogn shspart, dying Is no went, till after
g1ying ne sweet utter ance, az Of old. 70 the
cse>sated Farewell. ending with .Othel'o's
cecupation's gone he attempted to utter
NM merit nnHManA 1885, |