The national Republican., 1869-03-10

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Our fathers created O government and In
stltuted the formula BY which 1t should be car
ried on and administered. All was as perfect
at the time II was SGT In operation as human
wisdom could possibly have made 1t. But
the world moves, and wo move with II.
There is no stopping place In the progress Of
human affairs, or limit to human improve
ments. Whether the world ls wiser In this
generation than II was many generations
ago we will not stop to consider or discuss.
This subject ia not germane to the particular
question We desire TO consider here and now.
1t was made apparent during tho war, that
our form Of government, 80 admirably
adapted to tho times Of peace, was In many
respects inadequate TO meet and dispose Of
many troublesome questions which then
arose, or to grapplc with the exlgencles then
forced upon US, unless We stepped aside from
the beaten tracks, discarded particular forms,
and forced compliance TO the mandates OF
power by newand even untrled governmental
agencies and instrumentalitles.
Whatever tho Republican party, which
then, as now, was compelled to do, either
from choice or from necessity, to save the
Government, 1t did fearless Of consequences,
not because 1t believed In the heresy that
the end Justlfes the means, but be.auso the
action that was demanded was right. A
nation was assailcd-a Government which
had conserved the best interest Of humanity
for three quarters Of century was threat
cned with utter overthrow and annihilation,
and there was no time to inquire what are
the specific forms which the fathers have
laid down; for they have laid down none that
met fully the cxigencies Of the hour; and
moreover, many existing forms in law and
precedent must be varied or all may be lost.
Our public men so reasoned and so coun-
seled, and their reasoning and their couusels
compelled their action, and the nation was
saved.
Tho same party that ruled In war rules
now in peace; and while 1t must and will
respect and stand by the Constitution and
the laws, II must accept the situation and
follow the light which the new state Of
things has developed and made apparent In
respect to what Is to be done in the present
and for the future.
We are induced to make these suggestions
on account of some obvious indications
which in their bearing have more lmme-
diate relation to administration Of govern
ment rather than to It's organization and
fundamental principles.
There Is one truth which we must accept
which Is seen to be the growth Of our times,
and it Is this: The machinery of government,
so to speak, cannot be carried on In the
same way as OF old. For instance, what was
dollar in It's intrinsic value Of old Is not a
dollar to-day. Far from it. How absurd,
then, is 1t to suppose that salaries estab-
lished more than half century ago will
answer now; or that the beggarly sums paid
to all grades OF officials at this time are at
all adequate as compensation to the present
incumbents.
We are accustomed to abuse politicians,
and to throw contempt upon those who are
ofhce-seekers; still We must now see, II we
direct tendency of these things. Good mer
have kept out Of politics for two reasons
1st, II don't pay; and I'd, 1t is in the cstima
tlon of many dsreputable calling. If nj
change is effected in this regard, one of two
things Is Inevitable, viz: very rich men mus
fill all the highest offices Of Government, OF
very mean men and unprinclpled officials
nd Nil nil al ~
trust and power 1t has come to this. II
we are to have good and permanent Gov
crnment, and one that shall be administered
upon correct principles, so that all our peo-
pie shall be blessed under 1t and by it, and a
Government that shall be loved and cher
ished at home, and honored and respected
abroad, We must make its ministers and ad'
ministrators what they should be. We mus,
instruct them aud pay them. The way tc
instruct them is In the public service. Who
SO well qualified 10 discharge the duties Of
high places as those who have been schooleG
In State and National Legislatures, whose
lives have been spent In the halls Of Con-
gress and in the executive departments OF
the Government We say nothing against
received their education elsewhere In othei
vocations of lifei because we care not how
or where man was educated, SO that he b,
fit for the place he seeks.
We may depend upon it that those whom
We sometimes abuse as politicians are no
unfrequently the best men for official posi-
tions. Henry Clay and Daniel Webster wer
politicians, they were also statesmen, an,
they were statesmen because they were poll
ticiaus In the best sense Of the word; that Ia
they understood the science Of government
II these men were alive to-day they coul,
not accept high official positions, becaus
they could not afford Ii. This Is the truth
1t is notorious fact that two distlnguishe
men, men of high characters, sound mind
eminent ability and large experience, wer
offered positions in President Grants Cab
net, but could not accept because hsy could NJ
qTord Il. How long shall this lastf
The New II Hampshire Election.
The election for Governor, State officer
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