Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-26

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Lssdsa ssrrsspeassss Of The n. r. Tinss.
The spsscS Of NJ. Carlyle, 90 being IL
ver1ty Ed nbugl was Z pms( ~ a.
isir alto thsr. ty -six yse1 q the
age Of d be VA StsdentzPf Ams
usjvsrsl !. and Abw. = ita etad, - stsod
to give students two generations later, the
benefit Of bis experience. Having been .
litseasy mAa, b. adyissd them - aveid liz
sraturs. Having written many. volumes, be
advised them 70 read but few. Living in .
proesssI1st -, hslhsld up q thsn = theft
examples the ancient kings and asistocss-
CT Of England, and especially Jeha Kaox
aud Oliver Cromwell. No democracy, he
told them. IVES possible. end no republic
wiftDpts evssr p6a and then Dictator
The kfeAt qu6iities they should oil aspire
to were "strict obedience, humility and
corEsct moeal conduct, y, but moss Especial.
II, a. above Ill, "silence r. On this point
ne . %; s sss Sd. NEWT i. dismal chapter,
all that, if one went, istoitl What hes
been done by rushing Ifter Ans speech -
,havs written doRs some very fierce
tl1a16 ssbost tkat, perhaps considerably
more emphatic than would wish them to
be now but they are deeply ny convic-
ton. Hear. hear. There is very great ne
cessity indeed of getting little more silent
than We are. l: seems TO me the finest M.
lions Of the world-ths English and Ameri
can--ars going all away into wind and
tongue. Applause and laughter. But it
YIN appear sufficiently trsgicai b. and BY,
long after l am away out It. Silence is
the eternal duty ola man. He Won't get
70 ahy - understandable Of chat = con>
pssx, "a ~hat y more than any sther per
tinent TO his Interests, without meiotssnine
silence" This may be commended to ION
grssaen aed politicians eenessily. Ihes
nc has word FOR law srs, respecting whom
he asks: "If good spsakes--an sloqnsas
speakAr - not speaking the truth y there
&.mofe hoSrid kind Of object in creation I"
Aud his rule for the rest Of mankind, and
possibly womankind, and general idea Of
sdpsetos en1.gyvSfnnsnt, y thas s'rAsely
StAMd -nsh1p66k 1t al aaleaa h u H. 10y
that thing 10 70 be done and let him go and
Dc: his part IN Il, and ssy no more about It..
| should say there b nothing in The Sosld
you can conceive 30 difficult, prima facis,
IS that Of getting set Of men gathered TO
gcther--rough, rude and ignorant .peoplss .
Gstbsr them together, promise them shil-
Ling = day, rank them up, give them very
severe and sharp drill. and by bullying and
drill-for the word drill seems IS il j,
meant the treatment that would force them
to iearn--they learn what is necessary to
learn and there is the man, piece Of an
animated machine, wonder of wen
ders to look at. lie will go and
obey one man, and walk into the cannon
mouth for him, and do al ything whatever
that is commanded Of him by his general
officer. And believe all manner ofthings
in this way could be done ifthere were any>
thing like the same attention bestowed.
And SO Tor an hour and half this home
liest Of Scotchmen, whose face looks like a
heap Of stones grown over with brambles,
talked on the futility Of talking. and reas
onod on the usefulness of reasoning.
The Press is as nnar imous - usual on Mr.
Carlylc's Grafton. Let Us take two criti-
cisms. The Star says: I'VE feel disap-
pointed that Carlyle has nothing to tell US
beyond the old story that the rule Of des-
potic strength is maDkind's sole order; that
every thing new Is contemplate; that only
by the dictatorship Of great dom,neerine
Cromwellian minds can humanity be driven
to any goal worth reaching" OF course the
Star, which believes only in the force Of
number and the despotic strength Of major
tiles, with or without guns, doesn't like it
while the Standard. from the opposite polt
OF politics, says: ut is good to have thu
supcrlativc worth and power Of really grea
aud strong men proclaim in these day!
when the dullness Of average and common
place people is declared to be the surest ant
best guide Of national policy. Mr.. Cariyl,
does not believe in den ocracy-.no man 0
real thought does-and he speaks out plain
what he thinks. Democracy Will
him means ruin, and undoubtedly, whcr
once England adopts the rule that mer,
numbers ought to govern, the worst tina
Mr.. Carlyle apprehsnds will bciall ker'
Here are two sides Of the question in
nutshell, and the virtuous reader can tax
his choice.