Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13
THE IOWA VOTER.
Prom tie Republic.
Shall the Republican Party be
superseded!


men. Political science, which is tn,
foundation Of all craftsmanship. ha
riade but glow progress in centuries
past. This is no cause Of astonish
Iaent, because even the physical sci
ences-such as astronomy and chem
i,try-.have just enNanated from their
infancy within the present century
But political science undertakes, moi
merely TO provide for the welfare OF
all, but for the demands Of our
mental and social needs as well ;
thus, while few would be SO pre-
sumptuous as to pass opinions upon
an intricate problem in chemistry
without having devoted years to its
special consideration, hundreds feel
themselves competent to be teachers
IN the press and forum Of political
science who have never read even
the history Of government, which,
nfter all, is but the outward form.
Government, moreover, since IL has
expanded from the primitive idea Of
personal government on the part OF
one or few, absolutely has, on the
part Of the masses, vastly extended
ITS scope. Modern powers have been
compelled to assume a variety Of adj
ininistrative functions, which are
ever augmcnting, and which require
The utmost skill and powers OF or
ganization. The history Of France
since 1880, with its five distinct revo-
lutions, admonishes US that govern
nicnt is such q huge machine that it
should be handled with the greatest
care.
Good government is the founda-
ton both Of individual happiness
bud the general welfare Of society.
No matter with how much care and
industry the individual may accu-
nIulate property, nor with what in
tpgrity he may discharge his duties
ns "A citizen, and husband, rs father,
bad government, by its extravagant
administration, will always sweep
his earnings from him directly, by
taxation, or, indirectly, by causing a
monetary crisis, or by revolution and
war. Therefore, ii is Of the highest
concern to all that the best govern
ment attainable shall be striven for,
and, if secured, shall he maintained.
There are, in fact, but two civiliz-
81 countries where the entire
responsibility of the administration
rests upon the mass of the people /;
Tor even in England there is only n
government Of class, and not u gov
eminent by all. The political fran
elise is trust and duty, as well, rs a
privilege. 1t Is not in itself a source
Of happiness, but great source Of
anxiety and care to the patriot, and
rs much Of his conscientious consid-
reation should be brought to bear
upon the ballOt.box as in the dis
charge Of the inost sacred duties OF
family life. In proportion as this
great trust Is faithfully discharged
government will be faithful to its
'luties. In free country political
parties are an essential neans towards
ends, since, under our form of gov
eminent, the will Of the majority,
exercised in legal manner and with
In the boundaries founded upon the
principles of the Constitution Is
binding upon all.
For the last twelve years the ma
Jority of the citizess Of the United
states, under the name of the Repub-
lean party, has governed the coun-
try. This political party came into
power rs the exponent of the great
idea of resistance to the further
extension Of human slavery, but 1t
had scarcely taken possession Of thc
Government when the shareholders
organized that great ind fearful re-
belIion which has cost our nation
nearly half Il million of lives and
hour thousand millions of dollars.
All the unprecedented difficulties OF
civil war, financial embarrassment,
the military and naval conduct OF
the war, the hostility of France and
England, and the processes of recon
slruction were forced upon it for
solution. When this great rebellion
began, the annual income of the
Government was only seventy mill
lions OF dollars, derived from custom
duties; but in its progress the ex.
penditures rapidly swelIed to up
wards Of thousand million per
year, and it WINS the Republican party
TINT devised ways and meansto meet
this unprecedented demand. 1t
rmnI nearly two thpIisnn1 State