The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-15
trrom the Halifax ~. 81 Morning. Chronicle Of
June -.

the highest good to the many, we can only /
Judge Of the relative merits Of different sys- |
tens by comparing their different results.
We are aware that, different timss and diff.
ferent people requiring different Minds OF
government, no exact comparison eau In any |
case be made; but with limited hdman means
we can but make such human use as We arc
able. There has been In these Provinces,
for some weeks, what we may call run |
against repubiicanism In general, and the
United Statea- In particular. The folly OF |
such prctentlous lecturing against the long |
established system of great country Is only |
equaled by tbSlguortncc Vt Its working aud |
lts effect which the writers display. II the
people OF the United States were TO write con- |
tinually Of the failure Of constitutionalism
In England (and nne opportunities they have
of doing sol OF course these little nunkies,
ride them; but IL Is ten times as ridiculous
for Nova scotians, who ought to have learned
to distrust great Britain and constitutional
Ism, to criticize and condemn the United
States.
We know, Of course, that the abuse Of the
United States, which appears In the Etprsss,
for instance, Is bought and paid for like any
other advertisement, but Is done with such
thorough good will that nobody but Jcames
could do II. But Is Republicanism such
decided failure as we are asked to believe
Let us examine the matter. A System Of
government under which nation grows
wealthy, powerful, and respected, with re-
spect that Is half a fear, cannot, we take for
granted, DO set down as failure. No one
will deny that the United States is wealthy
beyond our widest dreams Of Eastern mag
niticence, that Il is one Of the most powerful
nations In tho world-that France, fearing
II, evacuated Mexico, and England, respect
ing II, acknowledged Its liability In the mat
ter Of the Alabama," and yet the United
States has acquired and preserves all these
advantages under q Republican system OF
government. Looking at the question like
| a statesman, that Is the proper view 10 take;
looking at II like lacquey, you take the
view OF the Evening Express.
But We are told that the country Is
"groaning under m enormous debt and
supplying taxation ~ Putting aside the
metaphor which makes to groan q country
which Is enjoying itself quite pleasantly,
and having tea parties and jubllecs and
weddings and junkettings, and even an oc-
casional opera, we admit the debt and the
taSation-but what Of 1T Is that duo TO
Republicanisml II 1t Is 50 Is the debt Of
England due TO monarchy, and let US down
with monarchy, and drag tho crown In the
dust, and insult the Queen, and howl our
howls Of hate over the fallen splendor !
ooh the signs Of the times point TO mill
tary despotism!" The signs of the times
l
war was the business Of the nation that
every man should be a soldier, and to the
chief officers Of the army all power should
be given; but that power ceased when the
, war ceased; and ever since that time the
hands OF tho President, through whom
alone can such despotism come, have been
tied much too closely, indeed, by Congress.
How, we ask, eau such a despotlsm be
feared, when there arc not soldiers enough
under arms TO cope with the New York po-
lice; when the representatives Of the people
, hold the purse strings, and when not MILL
tary man holds a Cabinet Office Of Import
ancei We may be told that military men
are the fayorite officials under President
] Graut-but so they ought TO DO. The men
c who have risked life and shed blood In de-
fence Of the honor Of the country are the
men to DO rewarded; and what more as
surfing sign for the future liberty Of the
!. country than to see an army, such as the
Is world has rarely seen, absorbed without q
!. murmur into the general population, the
I, general going back to his Office, the captain
d to his shop, the sergeant to his plow, or hi
loom or his mallet; and the whole nation
peaceful, united and intent on healing tn,
D old wounds and repairing the wreck Of war
T. "Oh, but look at the crime, and the sin
4 and the riots, and loose, ungodly living o
Il the pcopler' Is 1t possible that the sins o
the people must bo charged on the Govern
d ment II you Insist on doing so, why tea
f down that Union Jack, we say again, ant
II put Gladstone In the stocks and Bright II
n the guard-room, and declare the Govern
J." ment Of Great Britain failure and q scan
We DIAL! Was there not one Judas among tn
al twelvei And can 1t be expected that In
TX new country, whose population Is compose
of men ofall creeds and races, and Of all M
tions, there should be no wickedness, Il
crmei Tho wonder Is there Is not NOR
| than thare Ia, and IN much nf prime IA n r
lie, is far below, In the average, that {
Great Britain, the paragon of nations. W
=. are told, too, that their national policy
e' dishonest and ruinous. The answer to I'll
or charge of dishonesty Is given In the purchat
u OF about twelve millions OF dollars OF II
ty bonds in each week, and the united determ
nation % all good men In the United Stat
VI to pay of the national creditors to the Las
N cent, In gold. The answer to the charge
'er impolicy is contained in the stream Of cm
,ns grants which continues to now weekly ini
=, the country, whose rapidly developing r.
Oh sources and multiplying industry affords a
p hands labor and all hearts content.
~ II we look at the financial, political an
co moral condition of the Kingdoms In Europ,
o. VIC fud that the United States have fai
~ reasons for distressing the monarchical sy
~ TEN. With a monarchlcal system-whlc
y was the oldest and at one time the mos
~ powerful In the world-Spaln has been for
" century the theatre OF war and riot ant
30 anarchy, of debt, Of bankruptcy, and OF dc
=. bauchery. With n monarchical system tina
-, had come down to them from Clovis, tn
IL French were the Grebrands OF Europe In day
iu gone by; and under monarch to-day, ante
W how many reyolutons-how bloody and di'
w graceful we need not say-arc restless an
y fcverish for n new era OF disorder, OF rio
barricades, bloodshed and plumber. I'll
o. monarch holds the power, civil and mlitar
81 tI,., Nf Eran
VI are less FREQ to-day, under monarch wi
y. gives them universal suffrage, than thu
Nv were In the old days when the will OF Il
re king was the source OF the law, and wht
NJ lands were conlscated and heads struck q
ius at the wish Of the Minister, rs freely as
ne the still older days when the free nations
~ the world lay "prone In the porches"
'"' Rome, and the finger OF Faus.ena W
- mightlcr to crush or to kill than tho whe
IN or the sword of the lctor. With mo
W. archical system, too, Italy has not had o.
,ns moments peace or happiness for many yeai
~ her Golfers are empty and the nation Is ban
h's rupt; her prisons are filled with malefacto
Joy and her hills with banditti. Prussia, thong
nn' under monarch holds In her control I
M rights and liberties Of half Of the small @,
'e ei man principalltles. England, too, Ii begl
,Gi, ming to find and feel the working Of an U
~ der-current that draws her daily nearer q
al nearer to republicanism. Tho Lords ha
y been traing with their existence. Th
y, represent nobody, yet they factiously oppo
liu, measures passed by the representatives
20 oi, the people, and the people begin to feel th
u IL. the less power the Lords have, the bett
its and what can so safely strip them Of pow
mo than to abolish them altogether ! We
W frain from saying much OF the financial
moral condition Of these countries. tn
~ are all very deeply In debt-deeper than {
thc United States, by far, relatively; and who
'se reads his paper will find that morally tn
u, US have nothing to boast of.
III. We ask any and all reasonable men, the
ny to think seriously Of the truth Of the charg
w, so literally made against the United Stat
" Y, : II the country was so given up TO devi
~, practices and pre-doomed to national damn
w ton the hand which smote the Cities OF /
NV Plain would not spare 1t for day. Tho !
''"' ton has passed through fiery trial will
H.. the last few years. but the nation has col
~ safely out Of the struggle, has reconstruct
'hS her Constitution and territory, has paid
'uI seven or eight hundred millions Of dolla
lhu and bowed France out of Mexico; has bu
oh' the Pacific rallWay. and la draining Euro