The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
English RepubIicnni.m.

II there is any one feature which
more than another characteristics the
spirit, as well as the practice, of mod
ern republicanism as it now exists in
this model republic, it is undoubtedly
the INDUSTRIOUS army of ofice-holders
fat sinecures, many of them, which
beget thousands of lesser ones. So
great has become the lust for Office,
and SO we'll does the party in power
pander to that lust, that we may di-
vide the aggregate of all American
citizens into two classes those who
hold Office, and those who do not, and
if we find the latter less powerful
than the former we might almostsay it
is because it is the least numerous. The
truth of the matter is, that the whole
machinery of our government at pres.
ent seems to be run with but one object
in view to pay our myriad Office
holders their salaries, and to cover the
defalcations of delinquent officials.
1t is Il blessed thing, however, that
ali men do not see the same thing
with the same eyes. We are all per-
mittted to see, think, and draw our
own conclusions, for ourselves. But
certainly is somewhat novel, if not
amusing, to see the conclusions which
Lord of the Isles" draws from
the premises our government is daily
laying down.
Sir Charles bike, of the British
Parliament, seems to have fallen in
love with our system of government,
and we would wager heavily that no
sane American, to whom the circum-
stances are known, would guess in six
weeks, the special features of this
western virgin which has captivated
Milord.' 1t beats all the logic of
Aristotle, and of all the philosophers
from his day to this-to us it is deci>
dedly funny, sounding like a huge
Irish joke-but this honorable indiyid-
ual has actually gone and fallen in
love with our economy!' Sir Charles
is down on the British monarchy
why have a monarchy? Why not
live quietly and unostentatiOusly, like
the great American President and his
little family?
The English republican leader at
tacks the throne aud its prerogatives
with a spirit and energy that would
seem to indicate that he knows the
strength of the position he assumes
A live Lord, with economic ideas, is
almost as rare an object in nature as
a white elephant. But, like all re,
formers in general, he seems more
bent upon reforming others than him
self, his spite being vented primarily
upon the royal family, and the way
they spend their allowances. The
val flmily, says he, spends annually,
. amount Of the peoples hard
snoy, watch money in re,
: would be saved. Heaven save
It mark Why, friend Dixie, did
you ever hear of a Ku-Klux Invest.
eating Committee ?' Bless your soul,
Queen Vic's pocket change would be
exhausted long before she could foot
its bills. And some such expensive
little luxury is INDUCED in almost
daily by US simple Americans, lei
alone the thousand and one "rings "
which disgrace our legislative halls, at
the same time that they depleto the
national Golfers.
Now, we are not such fools as tc
suppose that Sir Charles is ignorant OIL
the bribery and corruption of Legis,
lative bodies and especially Of
the immense strides being made in
that direction n this country. Nor
can lie fail to see the reckless extrava-
gance of the present administration
and its tendency to Capitalization
much more to be feared than the
power possessed by the throne of Brit
ain. We fancy we can see some
method in his madness-we have Sc en-
such things before-in fact have seen
so much Of such actions as his since
the war that We know the actor pretty
well. Sir Charles is a veritable Brit.
ish scaliawag; we haven't doubt OF
it, and if he and Parsons were to meet
they would shake hands without once
being introduced The marks cannot
be mistaken. Under the pretense Of
saving the nation paltry million Of
pounds, he would nos ""+i"o