Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-10


theory, they are necessarily entering
tremendous groove, from which the
will have difficulty in rem owing. The
are not ur'il-e the men who thought
essential toa Christian lite to bcIiev
the world tlat, stationary, and the cer
tre of the universe, and Pope Calixtu
the controller Of the movements Of th
comets.t-p a&i - ~ .aaiAH
Their fanlt9 was in reasoning dadrct
lively and not inductivelv, in maxim.
facts and natural laws accord will
fore-ordered theories, and not es sab
fishing their theories q postayiorr' from
an observation oi facts.
This was not the fault Of a primi
tive age alone Many religious people
to-day are committing the same error
They have embraced certain unchange
able n ticles OF faith, certain fixed the
ories on questions of casustrv, certair
decided solutions of doubtful problems
and, though the world changes, AMI
men change and ideas change, yet these
unfortunate creatures,
IL ssOnce welded fast
To some dear falsehool, hug i, to the 1ast.''
They are the gtoove-men Of theology
We see such men in politics. All
history is full Of them. The English
Torres are q striking example. II the
magnificent revolution Of 1853, when
the English people began not only to
believe, but to assert with tremendous
force, the great principle that the king
exists for the people. and not the peo-
pie for the king; that the law is gu
preme and must be oheyed by both
people, and king; and, having drive!
James from his kingdom. the whole
nation, in 4 state OF anxiety and incer-
tltude, were looking to Parliament as
| its authoritative head, and silently i'm
ploring it TO act quickly, firmly and
worthy Of the hour-we see the whole
Tory party with ridiculous old-fogy-
ism, doubting and hesitatlng and quib
bling, while every hour seemed an age
to the English people, upon the ques-
ton whether or not the Parliament as
mtled, and to which q united people
looked, was really a Parliament, since
| it had not been assembled by the kings
writ! Then up rose John MAYNARD
and said: 'We are at this moment ont
OF the beaten track, IT, therefore, we
are determined TO move only in that
path, We cannot move at all. A man
in revolution, resolving to do moth
ing which is not strictly according to
established form, resembles man who
4 k,s 1...s+ II, Al, 4 nl
who stands shouting, Where is the
kings highway? l will walk nowhere
but in the kings highway In VIII
derness. man should take the track
which will carry him home. In rev
olUtion, we must have recourse to the
highest law, the safety OF the State. -
These words were words OF sense. and
had their effect upon the oneidea
Groovc-men of Parliament; and with
out discussing further their r,Glt OF ac-
ton, they acted, proclaimed William
and Mary king and queen, and saved
the nation.
In this case John MAYNARD was pro
gressi>e plisble, ready to catch the
first heatings OF the popular mind with
a disposition to be governed in his line
of oon,iuct by circumstances. and tc
make his theories keep step with events
The Tories, on the other hand. wer,
retrogressive, shackled by their OWL
preconcei9ed ideas bound hand am
foot by the letters OF their own preiu
dices, incapable of acting because un
able TO reconcile their antique notion.
with the march OF circumstances. In
other words, being Groove-men. they
found it absolutely necessary to walk
i'll grooves. forgetting that the only
safe course of A legislator Is. in tho
words OF a great writer, ITO look upo,
his craft as consisting in the adaptation
otcon cmporaly eontrivances 0 tempo
rafy emergencies: whose business it is
to follow the age, study what is passing
around him. and modify his schemes
not according to the notions he has in
herited from his fathers. hut accordin.
to the actual eNigencies OF his owl
time. at45.#
Groove men are found also in bu>i
ness. They are always distrustfai, eau
tious secure. They newer m kc a ven
tnre, and consequently never win. AT
teeting wisdom worthy OF sages, theii
rehukes robustness men OF this gene
ration arc loud and numerous. Affair!
are not contacted according to THEN
ante,iihtvian ideas; and they prophe i.
ever and anon financial crises, tail ii
real estate, individual and nationa
bankruptcy, a sudden collapse in ths
growth oi young cities OF great enter
Erlses, ,ana an absolute sseptieisn i,
the triumph of anything in Diving dash
venture, and business Wit.
Sometimes whole cities arc made III
of these properly denomin.ted slow
coaches, especially Southern cities, an'
their influence is ,raceable in stagna
ton OF business, want OF enterprise
and stunted growth.
Shame on this class Of humanity :
The Grooye-man deserves troWl
wherever met. We have no room 70
such in our young. vigorous, and go
ahead America. We want them Meth
er in the family, in business, III politics
nor in religion. They may be wei
enough IL y IAoIattiiSai atiiiosI'tiel,
|, scholastic halls, or cities as old as tn
deMge, but here, where We have revo
lutionized modes of thought, OF lite, o
action, we want men without prejudice
without Aristotelian ideas, without tn
deductive philosophy; men who ar
thoroughly American, awake TO tn
spirit OF the times, alive to an. ncy
discovery in science, politics or rel
; gion, and independent. tree trem al
. Grooves. Chicago Courier.
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