Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-03

selves all iOWpr all Intelligence, nnd
all oi everything else, that they pra,-
lically and most oiiruluaily dony ln
q tho people the right uI self govern
mcul. Are they tho descendants a.
lIr former patriot leaders, states
mcu photographers, congressman,
cabinets anI u'csidcntsy lISo alas
what II dcscep,! Aud yet, they Ero
tho men that rule us ! Not a states
man among tho whole orthcm, Not
n man among them who' G integrity
Is alctc suspicion, whose intellect,
ual atlainmonts or native abilities
command the respect OF Lis immcdi-
ate, associates, or who would com-
pass - &pc better advanta 20 will
such men rs Clay, Webster, 'tass,
Ecnton, Douglas, and tho other
statesmen of iiilocn or twenty years
ago than the piliiiIl tom.lil will com
pare with tho majestic eagle. And
yet, .itcSc hrc the neil WkS hssllH'o
TO rulo us Ia there any further
depth in degradation, in their efforts
TO work out tho great problem of
sclfgovcrnmcnt TO which. the pco!
pie may yet be compelled TO dcseepdl
We hopo.notl In tho namc Of ~!
that is ridiculous and prepostcrous,
what conld il bc-what further de-
scent. could be- mado? Surely not,
unless wo substitute pismires, for
congressman, tadpolcs for calihoisl
and idiots for presidents. Now, all
this has occurred TO our readers II
thousand times. They have secliit,
and appreciated it, and felt it. Tho
whole world knows it all. As u
people, rs u nation, rs government,
we stard before the Whole !tivlliscd
world, humiliatcd, degraded. There
was Il time when tho people and
their public servants in this country
commanded the respect of the ma
tions Of the earth. 1t is not so now!
The mon that rule us are regarded
by the whole civilized world, at
home and abroad, as mere intclleci-
ual pigmies, and Cuff people:are roI
gardcd as Their blind, dcluded and
pitiable iEstruuents.h Most deeply
IS it to be regretted that it, is, so--5
bit so it is, ard it is not in us 'to;spols
to disguise or conceal tho fact. Hays
ing, thus, HASTILY presented some
thoughts of our own upon tho sub
lcct, we conclude by inviting attGn-
ton to the following from the Ma
tional Intelligcnccr = t. t., -. a.
"Onc of the remarkable. thlnGs Of
the present time, and which csnndS
have escaped the notice OF most oE.-
servers, oven those who only OBJ
serve casually, and not profoundlyt
is the class Of men which the last
few years have brought into publc
life, and whose fortune, it is,ras it is.
our misfortune, t5,rulc oter us Our
lot rs n people sccris to have beoh
cast Of lNtc among littlcmcn, stSnd-,
ing like pigmics beside great events,
which they are as impotent to con-.
troll 40 an infant 10 co Guido tho lnvi,
athan of the deep. When We look
around us with n wandering eyo,
forgetting not the magnitude of.
things that characterize the, lattar
Ealf Of the iinetecrthi tenti!r;'; and
especially remembering tho mighty
movements here at homo, and the
vast and comprehensive powers of
understanding that 20 REQUIRED to
cone with them, aud soc how cIosc
and mean the intellectual horizon,
of our so called statesmen, is, VIC aro
acep'J lid painfully impressed with,
the great disparity that exists be-
tween them and the stupendous
events that they are supposed to,
grasp and mould. Nor can We too,
| fail to be Impressed with thaa&test'
disparity that exists, also, between
them and the statesmen who havo
gonc before in whose hands and un-
dor the po yer Of whose genius al+'
most any events would have been.
as clay in the hands of the potter.
Our dcgcncracy is marked and pain
full. Mcdiocrity has risen to tho
sIarGaec, andlsNaggers among great,
duties, with pompous protoiislony
and stiltcd weakness, strivingrtq
play, as. best it can, as mcdiooritOIi
always does, the impossible part oof
the, great. Really great and com
rrehcnsive minds-minds in which
lodge latcpt powers equal to ,ahyl
emergcnc5,, ,and which only need
tho ,obportanity to'bo called out
fninils capable Of seizing events at
critical periods, and holding and.
shaping TO grani results, the dese'
tinics of an empire, seem to have
become extinct or are lost in tsfia
intellectual jingle. this mental and
moral underground, which is the
full stature to which mediocrity Or.
something beneath it can attain,
and which seems literally to havc.
choked, as thistlcs choke the ,grain,.
the larger iiitEsfiscncc of.tha land;
That this should be so at alnrisis
Ikc the present is TO us great cari.
lamity. We reed real statesmen,
not mimic statesmen. We need mcnt
and minds ofthc, first oEderI not, CT,
tho last. Wc. heed fiiHds large,
enough. "a. be, like the. ocean, calm
at the Cotton. We need statesmen,
vho can draw knowledge from1ihe
past, tear the veil and ponctrats in.
10 the future, and, standing betweoHs
hold the eqaipoiss with a steady,
hand. We Lave now no such men,
in pnl,i;c liEs. certainly mono suOll
who are leaving theif impress upon.
the timss or, influencing in any pere-
ccptiblc degree the current OF public
affairs. Men of the very opposite
sJrt arc at the helm-they are cap
tain, crew, steersman, pilot, every.
thing-and under their guidance
and management we are being driyJ
en-. dismasted and with. tatarrd
sails, whittier we kngS, Det- .Esingy
as VIC arc, with the lightDf thscoh;
stit rfiot, c~flnvuis icd flrOuTh rr4s