The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08
THE DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

Old and NeW are as follows;-
'Old and New" ''Wanted, a Statesman"
by j. +. Clarke; "Athens and Her Enemies"
by William Everett ''Tarry at Home Travels"
''The Holy Gospels" by @. A. St Beuve;
S'The Improvisatore and the Heeler, by f.
w. Loring; ''The Last Week." A. A. Wood
hull; 'Jeffersons rip Van Winkle; ''Spar-
rows" by Mrs. A. L. d. Whitney; "Ah
Ying, by Jnlius A. Palmer, Jr.; "Pink and
White Tyranny, chaps. xi, xii, by Mrs. II. B.
Stowe; December" by William Morris;
''Natural and lsevesled Religion" by II. w.
Bellows; Vintage" by II. H.; 'The Dying
Gladiator" by Theodore Lyman; Forms" -"
by Mrs, Emily Ellsworth Ford; ''The Exa-
miner" and Record of Progress"
From WANTED, Statesman" by j. f.
Clarke, we take The following:
Our difficulty, in this country, is that
most persons begin public life as politicians,
and so acquire a habit of looking only to
party success, which is fatal to all breadth of
view. Yet we have had men who studied
principles, and rose above party; such were
Jefferson and Hamilton, however much op-
/posed they were in their time; such men we're
Y Jay and John Adams, and others whom /
\ need not name. Nor do l think that it can
be denied that Mr.. Webster was a statesman.
Perhaps he became too much of politician
in his latter days; but, during most of his
career he kept his eye fixed upon principles.
Charles Sumner is also a statesman. He
satisfies all the tests we have laid down: he
has always wished to steer, and has never been
willing to drift; he has always thought
less of the next election than of the future of
the Dation and he has always seen farther
into the future than his contemporaries.
N That politicians have disliked him, while the
people have sustained him, is another evil
dence of the same fact and most encourag-
ing sign that craftsmanship is valued by the
mass Of the people. The people can under
stand ideas and principles better than mea-
sures. This, indeed gives temporary power
to the demagogue; but it also helps the true
statesman, who fixed his eye on the everlast-
ing stars, while steering the ship of state
upon the sea of human history and temporal
circumstance. The great mass of the nation
are wiling to tolerate transient errors and
mistakes in those who evidently believe in
principles AS long as the Democratic party
seemed true to its ideas of equal justice for
all men, the nation sustained it, but when, to
: gain political advantage, it allied itself to
Shareholders and slaveholding, it lost its hold
on the national mind.
SO the Republican party, which has saved
\ the Union and abolished slavery, has secured
long lease of power by that splendid record;
but it will lose its hold at last on the public
heart if it allows itself to be corrupted by
venal politicians, and permits the greed of
Office to supplant faith in principles. As
IL
When it is governed by politicians, no mat
ter how adgoit and able, its power will be
gone.
The object of this paper is to call attention
to this fact, that in this country it is not
enough to have great politicians; we also
need, and are always needing, great states
men. When this want is widely seen and
felt, and public opinion recognizes it and
demands men of that quality, the demand
will produce the supply AS long as the
people are satisfied with mere politicians,
they will have them. When they call for
something better, that better something will
arrive.
From j. B. Lippincott & Co. we have
received the December number of THE Sun
day Mdgastne, Good Words, and Good Words
for tile Young. These three magazines, more
than any We are acquainted with, maintain
! their high standard of excellence from month
to month, and combine, in as perfect man.
ner as is possible, sound instruction with
excellent entertainment. Some of the best
English writers of the day contribute regu
larly to their pages, and they are illustrated
by the designs of eminent artists, so that they
are doubly attractive. The numbers before
us, besides the continued stories, contain many
short papers and poems of much interest that
VIII pc dpplocidtSu ny DOIu Oii ANU young
readers.
The December number of Our SchOOIdd5
Visitor concludes the fourteenth volume
with an excellent series of stories, sketches,
and poems, and number of clever designs
by Messrs. Schell, Bensell, and other Phila
delphia artists. This magazine is we'll printed
upon good paper, and it is undoubtedly one
of the cheapest and best OF the periodicals fol
young people published.
The Philadelphia Photographer for De
oember gives as its specimen 'compo
sition photograph" by Notman, of Montreal
representing the skating carnival given last
winter in honor of Prince Arthur. This pic
ture has unusual artistic merits, and is ont
of the best of it's class we have seen. The
magazine contains great number of practi
cal and artistic hints that will be appreciated
by photographers and all who are interested
in the art of photography.
The December number of The PEN
Monthly contains number of well-writtel
prose and poetical contributions.
The Coach Makers International Jour
nal for December presents a series of artice
that deserve the attention of the coach
making fraternity.