The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-09
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it admits not Of q greater or less dcgreef
Gould il be possible that We might have
= Casarism Of our own? If possible, lie 1t
probable that it exists amongst US? That's
the question.
If the descent from the universal to
| the particular, from what a thing might
be 10 what it really is, gives Us an IL
sight to the possible extent of any evil,
We might do worse than look at Cesarism
ss it is in its greater magnitude or as it
appear. in its relation to the higher de-
psriment Of the state. Here we have the
evil full.aedged. lie. Us descend and see
II We can't discover AZ embryo in the pre-
tensions Of these who live in the minor
offices Of the state.
A desire to constitute the three depart
ments Of government in the will Of the
man 10 simply the most notorious as
sumption ofpower that man can conceive.
He sets himself up as the dictator Of the
law, the will Of the people and
the supreme arbiter of every.
thing that concerns the destiny of
a nation. Such a despoti.m has existed.
That 1t produced evils, history and the
evidence of man severely atts.,- Roma
produced her heroes England produced
hers; Franco can q, least boast Of one
and 80 on with every nation that has ever
had 9 despo,ism At the helm OF the state.
The many and diverse elements that
constitute human nature have, each one
its own, IS many and diverse objects to.
wards which they continually tend. To
doubt that these lead US into evils would
be rejecting the testimony Of experience
itself, for every action 10 the result of
some internal agency that for
the time holds sway over the will. Thus
there lie hard TO be found q man who has
SO subdued these elements, that bis
action 10 1T all times uniform. At one
moment we cry out for this the next and
we thirst for that. Little do we wonder
thea that men are continually endesvor-
ing to obtain that which they have not
and vice vera, di,regardng or lessening
in value that which they have. The main
object for which we all labor is wealth
Some men thirst for power, but this ID
sought only as medium by which they
may obtain riches. Some again, aspire to
fame, but fame beges power and
power riches. And SO the one
motive impels US all, and tho Ana
. c~uss Of our eIistencs ia ssemins,y the &c
QUESTION Of wealth. We doubt no. bu
such Unlimited desires have their concom
liant evils, and as long as they can b
appeAsed without impoverishng our fel
: lowmen are comparatively harmless. But
, what shall We say of that ambition which
spurns every consideration ofcircumstance,
and desires alone an absolute dominion
over mankind? This is the ambition
that RACES in the heart Of
the tyrsnt and never was it SC
fully manifested as when Csligula wished
the Roman people had bat one head tina,
he might strike it off with Il blow. The
country is in existancs 20 day that can
boast Of record as bloody and brutal a,
ever stained the archives OF Pagan Rome.
Her history 10 written on the very color Of
her flag for everywhere her dominion hal
been asserted IN slaughter and maintain Cd
In blood. European history presents suct
bloody spectacles oftyranny that the mine
10 bewildered in its conceptions Of the
| a. Rpt .uhx bn
we're men deceived? The very power
that professes to be the weapon of justice
n the shield Of peace and the har
!. binger OF prosperity, gives tsel
the lie at every movo oi i'
p, Administration, and rules but to exercis
the des polsm OF its will The theory @
government implies subj"c,ion bu. this
i this subsection should differ from SLAYER
:, in name only, while the essence RENAME
20 The same, never existed in the minds c
10 thoss who fret framed . code of law
q That man WAS born TO obey, there 10 n
Id doubt; but iDasmuch MS this obedienc
IN va. the only means by which he coul
a. attain the true state of life below, it coul
nd never have occurred TO his mind that
e- voluntary submission to wards a GOO
n TO be Obtained would ultimately involy
ed the alienation OF all those RICH
tn and privileges which are so closely int
D woven with mis- life that they are Il
Nv c,hdiiio sine qua non Of his existenC
Society would not exist IL man did IA
~ make q sacrifice. Aud the same intel
49,, genee which solved the mystery Of /
80 social state found in this very solu,
-, also remedy for any evils that mig
., result therefrom. Did not man percr
nm The danger Of creating a superior? Ce
90, 'slnly, but did be not slso pcrcei
IS, that when that creation failed
rum liz mission, in him "
invested the power TO .euio'o lne csus
II WAS never decreed that one man shot
u"' WELD an absolute power over his fello
Wv man. We may be governed but our v
hst is the law. We may have governor,
ION he IL our instrument that moves a. We
~ ply the force, The government ,ha, II
"' TO mould the manners Of . people 10 {
e potic. "Be vlrtuous and you shall
no. free says Plato. Tho tyrsnt says &c
!. me the government and III make y
,m laws" In every country the laws der
a.. their efficacy from the peol
., This will always be the C