Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-27
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, MARCH "a, 1878
Extremes.

i+bor in extreme advocacy OF 0AVi0liA0
.nnosition to all measures. A propo-
.itiop is considered and discussed as all
rirbt or all wrong The advocates OF
nsrticular policy base their arguments
.n5 conclusions on the theory that it is
~, rnmixed good, and that upon its
,Jontion depends the future well being
~ the country while the opposition
rsr,e their every energy for its defeat,
18th the settled or avowed conviction
Totis adoption would be an unmiXed
.rn and that the only safety of the
.,,,r,y lies in its utter and absolute re-
;o.tion. They will not admit or agree
1,., There may be something of good and
.onctbjng of evil in a measure. They
In not see the possibility of a compro-
,,;s. between the two extremes. We,
asa ncople, are fond of riding hobbies
and riding them, for the time being, to
,,. death. Measures Of governmental
nol,ry must be all right or all wrong.
.,onromise, they say, is but the choice
.fcyHs. Generations of politicians come
and mass from tie stage Of action, and
IN. measures of political policy, adyo-
Gated or opposed by them, come and pass
...r +.rn. Did it ever occur to them,
l,..H ever occur to us that the true en-
Hgntan.l policy is generally, if not al
..u. Funrd between the extremes adj
.,..t.3 NV politicians. and. perhaps.
.,at.sm.u. of the day and generation
no.. If ever occur to them and TO MS
r..,i, fine GREAT questions. which make
,,t ,,rr,al,r statesmen and politicians. is
,rvovs contained. somewhere between
ro 'yfrnm.- advocated by either side.
na+ which hnth sides profess to be seek
INN for. I-itnat a fact that. after All
tbo rrcal partisan battles that have been
ro,,,bt aal lost and won upon questions
If noritfraI policy. and those questions
have finally passed. as it seems. from the
n.IIof na.ilics: when the parties. whose
,,h,r. yf.litv WAS derived from their
.,,,ort of ar hostility To gucb oncstions
.n.l..J AND hurled mast all homes If
..,~.c,i.,,, v.,,..r, cyr,, tb4 mon whose
ny... NJ ~ prominently connected
,harawith ON the one side or the other.
hsrcIono. sincn oono fine wav of NIL thc
earth. and whose very names. even. have
almost passed from remembrance is it
not true. vr .ay. after all Il is that these
quem...uu.- are taken mp in a mOdi-
fed .orm aua Ly almost universal acqui-
asc.4cr. cancurred i'm and adopted a. The
ru. ,o'iry, There is a 81 lyious mean
,nop nearly all questions The truth
o..,.r,lI,, :. tn H., fo,,nd somewhere he.
,g... .r,e cvtrn,nas There is = riubt
,v-rn,, IA ovcrv Question brt II
to......., at,va,.. NOR manaralI, con.is,
:r..r... ..,,.,. ,,f fla. oun aiIa nr tn,
.tl..r.,g .,.r,.,,.,.i,io,, We ara ,naol.
mg In II understand nf questions Of
n,liov and nai of morality. There MAY
b.. we are aware. questions of politicaI
oolicv which. also. involve moral AS
meets and or ,bcsr-so far as the mora
or r,lioirrs o,,cstions are involvrd-tbnr,
,l,a l,,t o,,o ri,ht Wow # NAV II,
o.. Ji0icuIt porbans. for men TO arrc,
unoa these questions rs upou tbosc
n,raIv nolitical in their character
Tbo roroIitv Of the matter. too. NAV
~. go i,vn,,..I ,hot fine o,,astinn ri
r,,t or v,r,nu may not enter into It,
discussion either way. But aside from
rfs if will be found we think. that
,ao.t.rrho measures which have bee,
n..btcl. of violent and bitter part,
ronte-ts have. subsequently,. been gener
anvmqnirsccd in. We need refer onl,
70 Nh. anp.tiop of an United States bank
Our whole politics was embittercd will
This question for wears. Personal ami
mositi.s were cngendered by it, whicl
only ceased with life itself Our gray
est and most esteemed statesmen, fol
this cause. sent and received challenges