The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-05
NEST E0R A DAY.

Give NJ on day . intermision from poll
TICS" exclaim many readers a. they opes
their Sabbath morning psper. But polite.
are memorable. As the influence of the Gov
ernment does not cease fora day in any To-
caliw, SO unceaaiag and omnipresent are the
workings of the political ideas Underlying and
controlling the administration of the Govern.
ment Greece gave vi tie word !; she illus.
trated political strife in the contests that went
on in her States contests Of faction rather
than parties proper; ofpassion rather than
principles but after all, the phenomena of the
antagonism of latent principles. We do moi
expect any cessation. SCHLEGKL refers to
the general system of paci6cstion gwen to tie
world by Augustus; or the promise of which
was given, and shows how under the master.
ly pen Of Tacitus the deceitfulness of that
peace was exhibited: how that surface ap.
parenfly SO calm, concealed snumberless
sources Of disquiet-an abyss of crime and
destruction-how that evil principle in the
degenerate government of Rome became
more and apparent, and under . succession
of wicked rulers, broke out into paroxysms
more and more fearful Peace is danger
GUS It's stagnation and death in Nature
equally so in Society, or throughout the uni
verse. There will be strife of parties until
error be eradicated from administration that
postpones peace until Times curtain falls.
We have already quoted ScHLEGEL this il
the resting place he reaches by his philosophy.
cal inquiries: "From oil these description.
OF ancient wars and treaties OF peace, no long
er applicable or of interest to the presen,
world, or present order Of things, historical
philosophy conduct to hnt one. though by no
means unimportant result. 1t is this-thst
the internal discord, mate in man and in the
human race, may easily and At every moment
break oat into real and open strife-nay, thai
peace itself-that immutable object Of high
political art, when regarded from this point
of view, appears to be nothing else than q
war retarded or kept under by human dexteri>
ty for some secret disposition-some dis.
eased political matter, is almost ever at hand
to call it into existence. in the same way as
scientific physician regards the health OF |
the body, or its right temperature. as happy
eqnipoise-a middle line not easily to be OBJ. |
served between two contending evils we mus,
ever expect in such an organic imperfection |
atendency to, or the seeds of disease in one
shape or another
The surgings OF the fires never cease they
occasionally burst forth in the earthquake or
volcano. Political discussion is but the
usual phenomena of the antagonism of prin>
ciples; their constant and unconsumated eoui
hbnzing. We had never more than /. hall
century of party, then war The former did |
not cause the latter. God knows Why war is
IN the divine economy of the universe. Ill
has been so from the beginning. The world
is not growing worse. Politics will not be
the death Of the Republic, Aud it is the duty
OF the patriot to seek to discover the right and
to defend il.
In the papers, 10 the streets, in the social
circle, IN conference or debate, all over the
land, We cannot get rid of politics even for
day. There are those so happily constituted
that they can ignore the subject; they can
congratulate themselves therefor. -