The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-16
waehiaveiian Politics.

About lJlf, MtCHfAVEI, learned Italian,
wrote a small work entitled, The Prince. IL
work which has been abused beyond
what IL merited. II was the Norum Orgaaum
Of political science that i. It practiced the in
ductive method 81 teaching prince or mon
arch how 20 rule successfully, the method later
applied by Bacon 20 physical sciences. Tie col
lected examples, and from them drew his gen.
eral propositions. Thus: he stated how such
and such prince had managed public affair
I'm given circumstances, and succeeded; and
how such and such had managed and failed.
lie then laid down his general rule 20 be fol-
lowed, drawn from the successful operators.
and his general rule 10 be avoided from the un-
successful. The result Of his inductiyc method
81 reasoning on the subject was that fraud. cor
rupfion. &C., were oftcner successful In govern
ing than honest, straightforward dealings.
Hence Machiayclian politics means governing
by fraud sc. II j. manifest that the Rcpnbli-
cans have adopted MACHIavEL. n their text
book in political science. SAYS the Syracuse
J-tiOH
We had just passed through war Of I'M
paralleled magnitude II four years. where
three millions Of men and three thousand mill
lions Of treasure were expended, when We
Were met by the same passion, the same prclu-
dice and vindictivcnes= stirred up I'm midst
by the radicals. that the =. I Mon not Vet re-
stored that the experiment" OF PrcSi-
dent Johnson t0 restore the Union Is a
:. terrible sailurei" 80 said senator sum
ner, the champion Of kepublicanism.-
lie tells Us that SO long a. "negyo
equaiify'' j. not recognized. 80 long ..there can
be no peace" so said senator Wilson. and
yet The Republican managers Of this State
brought him into IL to speak for their ticket.
afrnt -
negro suffrage. At Cortland he made an elab-
crate speech, but touched not upon the negro.
Being asked by a Republican at dinner. why
ne had changed his tactics, said he: " III YOU
are in face of the enemy. would YOU let them
know what you were going 10 dor No. sir.
win your victory first, and then carry your
points Afterwards This i the sequel of the
result. The Republican managers Of this State
knew they dare not go into the canvass with
negro suffrage ticket. and they srgar-cOated H..
for all classes Of the party; and 10 delude the
poor classes, and preserve the wealthy, they
sugar-eoated the platform on the finances OF
the country, and contented themselves with
hghting the canvass on the prejudices Of the
past defamation Of the present and PROMISE
Of the future We have the RESULT Look over
the canvass-l00k 10 election dag. and find Us a
bondholder who was not either openly or
eovertly working for the Republican ticket,
Look back and find Us 4 rank ab0litioniSt or ne
grosuffrage white man. or qualified Negro. who
DID not employ afl his power and his own means
against usi And WHY We never had better
platform or better ticket. II was headed by the
best general in this State. The vcrist Republi-
can dared not say anything against its merits
hut the managers knew what ge said We
1seIHt, they said pretty mU.'h the same thing
sn thsir platform. but sugar-coated them 20 de-
luJs the masses. and hence the great efforts OF
TIE managers 10 defeat Us. At first there was
o stand-still In the radical camp. Horac,
Greedy would not go the ticket until he found
out what Weeds platform meant. He wa
soon satisfied IL meant anti-negrO suffrage be.
fore election. and negro suffrage Afterwards
lti-bOndOcracy before the working classes
and exemption after the election. Then n,
supported the ticket with will. His troop,
all over the state wheeled into line and a plan
Of attack was matured. ISSUES disregarded. the
ins drilled, the outs promised. the employ,
threatened. the corrupt bribed. the timid in
Inundated. the boards OF inspectors instructed
betting resOrted 10, b0ndhOlders marshallcd
and tue money bags scattered around the polls
hence the Democracy was Cru SHED.
~But this l. only "A repulse--the Democratic
party will rise purified and disinthralled ano
route the enemies Of the country next year
The Mammon king cannot always rule-mon.
ey bags cannot always De masters Of the no,
and the spade-middle classes will not pay
taxes much longer. aud allow the rich man L.
be exempt Another year will open the cve-
OF the farmer. the common laborii man, and
they will rise up in their majesty and assert
their equal rights They will soon see that
another triumph OF the opposition is but an.
other rivet in their chains. and their hand.
and feet bound in abject and servile sLA-
VERY