New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-11
THE ABsURDITY OF CEsARIsM.

has, like the Gr0phlc. aSplreo 70 SEND VI
{ its balloon. This gas bag inflated i
: marked "Casarism." 1t is, we presume
J. the idea of the European half Of the stat
that power is gradually passing from tn
many to the few. and by a rapid process
e Of condensation will be presented as (
sceptre i'll the hands of one man. TIL,
' foreign staff is mistaken. The American
people are not breadless lazzaroni They
. are by no means the pat,icians and pie
beians. slaves with collared necks and
branded faces. described By Horace and
, Pliny.
But no one capable Of comparing eithe,
the intelligence Or the freedom Of PEG.
pie IN the days Of the twelve C.esars with
the character Of those who inhabis this
part of the American continent, can eves
/ apprehend degradation similar to that
which preceded the consolidation OF all
powers in the hands OF a Caligula or a
Nero. Knowing the American people bet.
ter than the New York Herald can pretend
to do, the REPUBLICAN scouts the posi-
bility of Csesarism in the United States.
/. The hostility to monopoly manifested
against banks and railroad corporations
would extend itself to any attempt at
monopolizing the offices. or regulating the
legislation by any dynasty. Neither the
sentiment Of our peopl, nor the interest
Of our politicians would consent to
system which would exclude all except a
limited number from the trusts and profits
! OF administration.
=. There is much higher motive
among us. The principle Of religious
| and civil freedom is so tiitfused through
! out American society that wherever any
! local. disposition to control opinion in
| either mantests itself. spirit Of resist
! ance is instructive and instantaneous The
tendency Of the American nind is like
that OF the race from which they have
derived their ideas Of government. I: is
to the limitation of power and The reform
Of abuses. We prefer Clarendon or Bur.
nett TO SUetoDiUs. or even to TacitUs 0.
Livy.
What is English history: For GEN.
turtles tissue OF fraud and force. OF OPP
preston and weakness. Gradually the !
noblemen restrained the king; later the |
yeomanry reduced the king. the priest |
and the nobility within the bounds Of law
Then the despot and the priest rallied. !
and were again driven beyond the seas.
Freedom of thought and person were en-
throned in England. never to be displaced.
It was long struggle. but the people
We're not growing worse and weaker. as in
Italy. but were free and intelligent. Hence
England has been getting further and
further from Caesar from the days Of John
till those Of the last James. That branch
Of the English people which made the
American constitution have advanced more
rapidly than their ancestors had eve,
lone. They have advanced with such I'M I
o.ecedented rapidity tina. their brethren
'ou!d only believe the iadisputable re-
ults Of established experiment. England :
low copies tie systems o: America.
Blu. while England has established
ystem of political freedom. she fell into
deplorable public corruption. Take the c
'eriod Of English history which succeeds I
be revolution Of 1858 and a degree of 1
olitical iniluity will be found far exceed I
ag anything the American mind has yet c
contemplated. ! Parliament bough. and 9
r:oed by the government. ministry t
uilty Of treachery. yenal judiciary and L
church which robbed the submissive a
nd prosecuted the stubborn. i stock s.
'bbeTy in which Jay Cooke would have o
ut appeared as mere peanut seller. o
England did not. for these reasons. de- p
inc into C:csarsm. The good sense and s.
iterest Of her people led to official re. d
'!n. The crown was restrained of pre- II
'gative. the ministry were held responsible X
the people. The power to give or with. IL
Did money was assured to the representa-. n
yes OF the people: ministerial or sub. &C
dinate offices were made permanent. ba
Id withdrawn from the lottery OF politi-
! conflict. Integrity and responsibility fro
arked the transactions Of the govern. tn
ent. Respect and enforcement of the er
US became more and more the rule Of Ike
G people. There is great suffering go
long the industrial classes of England. o.
ere is an unjust appoitionment of du
,ir labor between themselves and tar
,ir employers. bu! the condition thu
1 rights Of this class are becoming sh;
ter understood and established. SUI. jel
sc will ibera.c them. Immigration we
diminish the competition and advance tur
wages OF that class. England. then. has
dually advanced from Nero to Grace us
Is. from despotism to equality. Rome arm
ersed this progress. The United States, oto
offshoot OF England. advances in the mi.
-. .l;ract;on Franz. NAV recall III. rig
arbon. Spain some bastard scion Of
t:!es or Philip. the United States IS nP'
Their starving for bread nor bowed tue
Ter scep:rc. :5h. viii not exchange PIE
cap Of liberty 70, tie crown Of Cesar VII
10. the tiara and keys 0: his successors. tio'
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t is d great event Of TIE world that exc
,istians, without: regard 10 minor di.-
noes of doctrine. should come together
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