, 1870-12-18


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SUNDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1870. =
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THE PERn OF FREE GOVERNMENT.
While The victorious mazch Of popular
government is deemed certain, and most
thinkers admit that its course cannot be
stayed but it will soon take triumphant
possession Of all thrones in all lands, the
fact is not received by Ill with equal ap-
pzoval There are those who watch the
advancing tide with 'dislike and '1istrust
they look upon it as an impure and head
long torrent that will sweep away moztu
not all the world has heretofore held sscred
and venerable in manners and institutions,
and leave only ruin aud devastation in its
track Some Of the ablest aud nost
earnest advocates of human RIGHTS and
popula. institutions, find much to deplore
IN The present results OF Democracy. and
admit that It has brought With It m,nv
evils, Prominent among thasa dan1or,1,fa
evils are its alleged destruction Of all nobiI-
ity Of spirit and chival,v of feaIfnc. and
its degrading that nrida of nersona,
honor and lofty self-davotion so
conspicuous in former .timas
to mean and 1ox scramble ;a5d at;n,o1s
for n1a,e or nrost. ~ xf;,, - :. 90. e..
charrned p;th ,ha ;a..1 - ~. f.,5 -. =.
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rh;.h fo,, tha s9,st;na ~ ~ 49, 1 -, ...;a, ~ 1;Tz
arn the most desir,b1a iot nf .,nmnn IND
The Northern and Middle of tha T1n;ta5
States arc specimens of this staoa of
civilization In -yezv favorable tincnu,.
sta1ces. Having aposrent1v cottan rid of At,
social injustice and Inequalities, al that
these advantages seem ret to hare done
for them Is, that the life Of The vhofe Of
one sex is devoted to dollar-huntinR, and
of the other to multiplying the breed Of
dolIa1-hunters- This is not kind Of So
cial perfection which the philauthropist
Of the tutuse will feel any very eager de-
sire to assist in realizing.
1t cannot be denied that the picture
TINS given is, in many respects, true,
though the shadows are, perhaps, little
too dark, and the lights not quite strong
enough Indeed, the evil has been grow
ing for many years and today, the
greed for money, the passion to get rich
is SO strong among our people, and its
various methods OF bribery and cor.uption
have become so yast and bold. that 1thev
even threaten to undermine the founda-
tions Of our free institutions, Oae of the
most pressing problems Of the hour is how
to check the speed of this malignant dis.
c.se, which threatens to eat out all nanli-
ness and honesty from the public heart
and leave the county prey to the vi1ast
kind Of fraud and dishonor.
A distinguished French thinker, seeing
how the Red Republcanism Of Europe was
exposed to the raEages of the same mean
lore Of wealth, has hid before them soma
views which he hopes may moderate and
control \ malady SO fatal. Says the cele-
brated Repan to the French De,pocrec.,
" To become rich should not be the high |
est aim of any man. Riches may have
their power, and to those ambitious Of the
power riches give, they may be an object Of
Eager pursuit bnt there are othe.
things that have greatar power, and the
pursuit of which is far hi CHER ambition.
Before God the Door man. Who IN <onra,a.
GUS and free from cnvy, the simple devout |
man, the obscure woman Who prepares |
Reu her every day task. ara superior to tbe
rich msu Who daxx1es tha world hv h;z
,pulence, and the vain man Who fills tbe
world with his own name And et,orca
md astonishing as it nar seem tn The mad
aevotee of vesltb a no11er sna h;ohar ~
;ect of a7ch;t;on ths, -;,hae - ae.o-+-
= r,,,r fr,,, h, 49,, f..,t - -. ..h
lin to free bimse1f f,oro ,'ora,tv ss from
, shame. make him 1ova norsy+v shnv
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;veetnasa This w,a tba c-ou.r,;nn sr,.,' -