Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-09-06

IT. was peremtory for good living that
the beautiful should never be out Of
thought. They had right to ret
angry with their servants, but they
should chido obeautifully, or they sinned
egainst themselves. The soul was an
artist, and wherever there was q shin
ing exploit, IL was where the individual
sacrificed something OF self To man
kind. What pity that one was not
promoted for good action, like n SOL
der on the battlefield! Any form, no
matter how ungainly, became lovable
when associated with goodness. Supe-
flor manners formed a great point.
American politics showed examples of
men who could not resist the courtesies
Of class more polished than their own.
That had been the power OF the South.
not to be resisted save by like habits,
But war, safer to the nation than peace.
had opened tho eyes of all. But the
moment the war was over, its results
were being toasted away at dinner
tables. ah7As 5sa
s The man Of the world was not man
Of one idea. With ali the qualities OF
earth, he belonged to the other world.
He knew Shakespeare. He WINS capa-
ble Of sacrifice. He was humble, But
his spirit discovered him. He took
part with sensible men who desired to
carry on the world In accordance with
Its laws. He was a realist Nothing
was good unless IL was Just and n oral.
He was never for the fossil. The glory
OF America was In the exercise of crea-
tive power. Nothing can move him
from standing out for the greatest good
Of the greatest number.
Wherever active minds appeared they
created liberty around them. liz there
were many, there waS q republican
government. Where there was am en-
inent civilization, IL was the work of
great mastcrs. A wrong idea had been
given of the literary men Of France.
1t had been said that tobacco, absynthe,
and revels were killing them. But 1t
was not true. He gave, to contradict
that impression, q sketch Of the life of
Anquetil Duperron.
1t was an impression that education
King of England, was noble example.
Grating his bondsmen. War had put
chronic hope In the place of chronic
despair, and tho question was whether
this nation should assume the foremost
rank. The American nationality was
now within the great party OF tile
friends of liberty. Hence 1t was safe.
The battle Of liberty was now In the
American Union. If the mechanic
arts here We're unsurpassed In useful
ness, let those arts work for justice and
the public good. He wished that nil
could feel that this country was the
charity of God to the human race.
Morality was the object of government.
A state of things was wanted whore
crime would not pay. He believed that
intellect, as well as property, should be
represented. A part Of the civilization
OF America wns cheap postage, tho
homestead law, &c. Faith In old ira
ditions were being broken up, and they
were returning to the older and purer
beliefs. America should affirm and es-
tablish that her guns should never 70
In advance of public right. Let them
want for q thousand years before they
seize Mexico by force. But 1t seemed
that America was being relieved of Its
old burden OF wrong. II had no emo
mics to fear. IL proposed To do right,
and thus invited all to the performance
Of the right, that every American citi-
zen might be man of the world.