The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-12-27
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/ Ntle 10 ul country inthew0lIGtb.t
we Ieth piurv pm|ilirnl iulo sI.t...
lAhslllp than ihs country, unr
'evip'plf inNhlph Vac moret,arl,lan,
" lHily have been murc nun'r",,,
NeH y y easy ourCouut lor Inc nr.in
nu1ll lNh'hllces' Under our rpe L..Ii'
,g''ohs, lho people being the souno az
w,rli lGUl,gl plkrE men uf ambition.
WWvl".I nv hl'log lnW places. ahr,lli
uti,u Vac hlvIl 10 fpp Wlut thr. tLml.
Nll llonse Tho people Some of lb,n'
llNIyu W. mollles pl high puluollr ~.
@9 Iol lAp public goOi, a1lh bhln,
HUAN eh9Vsi 70 comprehend in mn
llelf AmpllWlogrcal Questions myoiv'
llg Tie vitality of tho government,
walk boldly forward withnnt Within,
70 see by whom they mo Gll0weI'
ulvNllug lhp way na they go asserting
hIlhelplea ana leaving ligllt bohlud
lhem' olhoT fold ,hcW arms, N I'm
silence nl some point Of 0h,elyatlm.
WNieh the popular current as n nows,
aNu When they are satisfied that thero
N no danger OF itH turning, lean lu,c
y WIN q shout swim mp abreast wlth
tue foremost mulL and Il possible.
ahead OF them elAlm the ilmi reward
Tor lholr services, aud too often sp,urr
y at the hands oi deluded pcoplc.
the ilHi class We have represented h
composed Of statesmen, the second OF
demngoglca
All men are not statesmen, however.
WHO are esteemed NJ by thcmselyes and
Others who have accepted their own
assumption Of The fact which /. mo-, a
llcl HcWh0 talks little, but l,mncdly
about governmental matters Of crave
Import sQleWnly draws parallels in the
different Histories 0idillerent ages. and
mOgisterlally refers to abstract Ideals
IN political philosophy Ns allurdmg the
only true lesIs for lhotruth Of doctrines
llnder discussion, may appear great,
but he ls not neces arily 80. Such men,
IN truth, are not only utterly useless In
shaping practicable policy for the
conduct OF publicallairs, but they solve
10 retard the movements Oflhumachiu.
cry they are unable to direct. They
are theorists, dreamers and dlonc,
in politics, They are always fault
finding, becauSctllero jG nothing .ull-
GENTLY approNimating perfection to
please them. They are opinionatod,
eSaoling, precise andsp mheNibletlIal
II they must lower tmns
toeuler aa0orway Athe&l HvfurNtD le.
mrin outside. They brook no oppoSi.
ton. They are lhyond the reach of
argument. They listen to no terms Of
compounds. 'hlle world lnnstnJoynas
they!saN II should, ior they will not
move wilhit' II aipiVmUy 20 bu9
True craftsmanship is.not made Of
such slut, lie who has, the mind 10
take in The situation hlall lis length
aud breath and depth, with all 1t sur
.roundingS and the hear, TO do what
thu actual Interests Of the people re-
quirc TO be done, is the best type Of u
sta,esinait The imwatticablo poIitI-
cal philosopher May picture, ITO rs ON
paper 4 st0lt' OF things much moro dc.
siIabIe, mitch more bcauti,ui than apy
We have ever had But he torgets ,lim
he has II all to himself In his theory,
and that hemust take men as he finds
them, not rs he would haze lhmf
that he may think as'he pleasps, but
that Others VIII exercise the same priv
ilcgc. ".. 'ih..'l 80"
The statesman who deserves the
name keeps his eye steadily fixed upon
the principles BY which be Is gWsea;
but beclusehe j. driven ron the dire&
course by which he would At'aii HIS
object he does not give mp IN despair
or geiuseytog0 iurthpr, gggt Hovas Oh,
ward and makes hi~ w;iy rs h'st he
may to the end at which he is aiming.
Demagogues cndeayor please the
people, regardless of the public utter
estss. Statesmen endenyQr'to advance
the intercstsiof the people Regardless
of the aytiGces Of, Ae, dheqlnleaspSleS, to
supplant them. = Richmond Enquirer.
Truly ana well said, aud we endorse
Tie position ! of the Epquirer- anost
heartily.