The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-12-16
from Forney'S Press. Phila., Nov. %, ls7l.l
A Statesmen TO Philosopher

John Locke laid down the broad princi-
pie that "the end Of government the good
of mankind, /" and in so doing he enunciated
a great truth, which must and will be more
fully recognized with each succeeding hour
in the worlds history. The mankind here
named is not limited TO a privileged few,
but means the people, who are not only
here, but elsewhere, to asgreat extent owing
to the existence of this government and ma
ton during almost a century, gaining the
requisite knowledge and power to help
themselves to q position far above any they
have enjoyed in the past. Atpresent, how
ever, they merely see the first glimmering
of the rising sun; later it will be MONDAY
the monday of q real and genuine ciyili-
zation. In word, new era IS upon US.
The men who would be the leaders of
the people--their law giyers il the coming
hour--must possess a knowledge far differ
ent from thar which has served the legisla-
tors of the past, and the sooner those pos
-essed OF political aspirations recognize tins
great fact, the greater will he Their pros
poets of gratifying those aspirations. They
must be statesmen, not merely in name,
out in reality. 1t will not be sufficient for
them to accept the principle that the end
If government is the good OF mankind -
but, while accepting it, they must also
| nave thorough aud complete knowledge oil
| those natural laws which underlie and con-
! irol the public veal, such knowledge be
| ing necessary to render this end attaInable.
For centuries the world has floundered on,
| either without any system whatever OF the
| philosophy Of the laws Which govern man
| in his efforts to improve bis condition and
reach the highest degree Of individuality,
or with one worse than none, because
false; a system acknowledged by its be-
| levers TO be science chased upon assump-
| tions,3 while at the same time denounced
! by its non-beleyers as that Of ''the dismal
| philosophers Such system can and
will be tolerated no longer. There is new
and true, an American ono or, as DR..
| Elder would be content to have it called,
q Pennsylvania one, which has had it's birth
in Philadelphia +; has here grown up, and is
being quietly, though steadily and surely,
| disseminated, until eventually it shall be
accepted by all Christendom, and even
in lands and among peoples beyond this
limit.
Let any man Of ordinary intelligence ex-
anime with care volume which has Just
issued from the press, entitled: Speeches,
addresses, and Lcttas on Industrial and
Financial Questions, by VIM. d.. Kelley,
NJ. c., and he will have his .eyesopened at
once as to what this new philosophy is
what things it engages to do, ard why it
does SO. lie will there find the principles,
the evidences of their truth, their mode of
application, and the results which must fol-
low such application. Briefly, he will recog-
nize the fact that he has before him a
guide-book to sound legislation, an inyalu-
able offering Of a statesman to his fellow
countrymen and to mankind.
To those who have long accepted and main-
tanned the great and fundamental principles
upon which this system rests, and who have
labored faithfully and earnestly to bring
them home to the convictions of the people,
it viii be source of true qualification to
note the terms in which the pioneer states
man of the new enusasle--a crusade against
error, ignorance, poverty, and suffering
at once appropriately, eloquently, and feel
ingly inscIibes his volume to the philoso-
pher who is the founder Of the science which,
by teaching man how he may become the
master of nature and Of his own actions,
renders true statemanship as possible and
as certain as any other art. The dedication
is in these words: g To the great master
of economic science, the profound thinker,
and the careful observer Of social phenom-
ina, my venerable friend and teacher, Hen
ry q. Carey, this volume is, with greatful
affection, inscribed by the author"