The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-06
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Ehataa.yZ| 4sstalaas. aafsf fs 1879.
Good Men to the Rescue.
DR.: Clarke. 81 New York. whose ms
thod Of representation in large oonsti-
tuenoes we have considered at some
length, thinks that the adoption Of bis
system would revive 'the ievttion e
aspiring minds for public business. n
it'youid. it would place Upon II thssea|
of supreme excellence. In ails we'll
governed oopntries. politics is > ,protss-
sion whioh,astraets to:iIs study add pur.
suit the first order ,.of men. In Greece.
Aristotle; iasRoms. Oieeso; i'm England,
Sidps4ssin.p RlStanSs,p nj ahiaS5hg in
FrsnGe, s1uisot; In tie G6fted States,
Hamilton. Jefferson aud Calhoun. What
an array OF iilustrious nam haye' ap-
peared ID This ,commanaihg- depal tpent
of human thought aud human exersion!
Such central sums always have revolving
about them their systems OF steady aud
brilliant planets; moving in beautiful
order :and ,sheddinsrIbenispant light,
Their abSeHoe, a atsthis time H. ssthis
country. shows asdsrkness'in in the skies
which ls,too Faithfully reflected bn enrth.
We have no philosophical statesmen de-
voted to this noble science. either in its
study in the olosst, OF ia the application
Of its principles to o.prgauce and pro-
mote happihesa among, men,. Mere
politicians, plaeemen and laokeys. speon;
lators and iobbers. bribers and takers, 81
gifts; throng these avenues of the public
service. from which patriots and men of
ingenious character shrink as from pol
luton. Politics is, accordingly, no
longer path for patriotism to walk I'M
nor the field of an honorable ambition.
Universal suffrage, which is Q. most
pernicious thing where morality has not
advanced, and where ignorance ID gene.
ral, our author thinks. may be! trusted
under his system to produce the best re-
sulfs OF which human nature Is capable.
+ can only, operate sucoessfplly where
he:pnits q society are PLACED in?.their
proper relations TO each other and the
common veal. "Not till the touch of
the load-stone. = as philosophers tell ua.
''has brought each Of it's several parti-
oles into due polar arrangement, does
the ,partial, metal obey scelestial, i4f1u-
snoss and bscosnp the safes guide Idf the
wanderer.'
In concluding his essay, the author
glances at what he conceives to be the
most imminent danger to the reppblio in
the future. II issths Alliance oil money
with politics. Organized capital. repre-
sented by banks, railroads snd special
interests, aways Legislatures anddintates
their measures. Even now, he says,
railroad Operations are substan TALLY
omnipotent in the Eegislatdres 81 many
Of the States; even howths favor of ma.
tional banks Is necessary to GARRY fiscal
measures in Oangress; neveN new at.
torneys apd, agents of:5ahecaI interests
largely. coStrool taxation:s The 4e,if thus
already existing, and more darkly fore.
shadowed in the future, can only be
hindered by putting the best men in
controlspf affairs. The high scientific
mindot the age should be applied to. the
transcendant object o; saving society
from. anarchy and corruption. Il" b.
President Grants admirers in Wash.
ington ,seem to be- divided Into two
principal olasses. One halls him as ia
saviour, and desecrates the sacred Legend
OF Ecce Homo by irreverently applying it
to the object OF their worship. Another
sees, in the numbers and pageantry Of
the Inauguration ceremonies, "a strong
resemblance to 'the triumphal glories of
Napoleon l." These are ready to e1.
claim. "Vioe rEmpereur!" and those to
bow down and worship anything that
looks Ike a king even King Loga 80
Judgment! thou art fed to british beasts,
and men have lost their reasonl" H.;
stead Of to Eece Grant, let them fee for
salvatioYto one Of the eminehtly Chris.
tian statesmen fresh from the Mobilier