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in tho city, including large sum lately received
| from Africa as part Of the Moorish indemnity
fund. have been appropriated by the new self
| appointed Independent Government.
There are few men living who understand
Span her composing elements and her require
ments, better than Senior OJozAGA, who is up
ward Of seventy years Of age, who Is the author
Of one Of the most liberal constitutions which
| Spain ever enjoyed, and who s better qualified
| to form an opinion "a to the possibility OF main
| tanning a republican form Of government.
| Senator BAYARD of Delaware distin-
| guished among all our public men as OF most
chivalrc, noble, and spotless character, deliver
| ed an Grafton on Wednesday before the alumni
| of the University Of Virginia, in which he laid
| down principles Of great importance TO the
political well being Of the country. We quote
most pregnant passage:
"In my belief the vigorous exercise Of the
simple aud primitive virtues exhibited by the
men who founded our Government was the true
| cause that such a government became possible,
! for many years and that by the impetus thus
received We are still able to retain its original
/ form. when refer to the past II Is not idly to
mourn over IL and the change wrought In so
much we held in close affection and just value,
/ but hero to aver my belief that. whatever may
/ be the present condition Of our Government, It's
/ forces. AMI its tendencies, we OF this day nave
/ our only hope for that happiness, individual and
! national, that security TO person and property,
that social. political and rci dous freedom which
/ we're the obicrts Tor Which our foreiathers in
/ stituted this Government. IN the revival and
constant exercise Of the simple virtues practiscd
/ 10y the founders of the republic, which tie
. growth of wealth and luxury and period Of
/ civil war. with tts necessary accompaniment If
. public decentralization, have done 40 much 90
. men Of our first revolution were truthful, hun-
. est. constant. frugal, industrious. and brave.
/ AdvcrsitY had been their nurse. and these Vir-
/ tues were the rugged texts of her instruction.
/ When they came To- lay the foundation of
/ government they uatuIall, based their organic
law on these principles, 50 that theN became its
motive power, the Inspiring sentiment uf the en-
. tire scheme. Throughout the written charter
oitWtlully enumerated delegated and limited
. powers with which they entrusted their Official
rulers and representatives everywhere are to
lie found evidences of this. Ii was because
. they were pos s.cssed of the virtues have named
that they formed the government they did, It
. was the natural result uf such possession. The
/ government WAS designed for people like
. themselves II was totally unit for people uu-
| like them. And we may I've sure that attempts
To cngrit upon ii a government having differ
can bc hut The commencement of n career Of loss
and sorrow, with certain failure the
should have been 50. invaded and over
stored In the beauty and benenccnce In which
the eyes of our fathers helcld It. IL is because
dsuse. and the hands and brains which have de-
| stroyed 1t nave been those Of men whose hatred
/ was stronger than their love of Justice, whose
| love ~ gam ovGrcame their love OF truth, and
! whose fear Of local aud temporary discomfort
ONtfCAtht the fNur. gt necessary To enable them
70 stand 10y Their duty. The virtuou- qualities |
/ have been considering which alone tin create
/ and Keep a state. are personal and individual.
7 and which, being possessed and exercised 10y the
. leading men - community. those whose eX-
ample most affects and influences the mass. he
. come IN great degree the rllo- compelling
evil-minded men, AT least uutwardly, to pay
homage to Virtue 10y wearing her hAbilimenis;
/ aud above these primitive, posi- i've. aLd conce-
nia virtues floats that fine aroma ~ sentiment
and character which. though undenned and per-
. haps undennahle. never fails In ACCURACY though
I
/ armies which. having no marketable value, out
! called personal honor; the nrst-horn child II
good faith and kindly feeling. which guides
good men when their neutral powers are OBJ
| scured by doubt. and Ia deny the existence Of
/ which would involve the degradation uf the
human Species
Respecting the chs after wealth and ma
tedal prosperity, VIII ch are NOWADAYS such tb-
sorbins objects with So many OF our people. Mr..
BAYARD has the following impressive illustta-
tions:
The pursuit Of wealth and material pros
petity are alone regarded and the Possession II
personal virtues and individual qualities made
less and less necessary for reputation and infu-
enCe. What shocking exhibitions are constant
ly made pubic Of the absence of truth, both ma
public and private utterances, aud how much of
all this uuclean, untruthiul, dishonest business
is conducted under the cover Uf subscriptions To-
the capital stock Of moneycd corporations. A.
an American hang my head in confusion aud
distress wnen read the reports Of Congressional
committees made AZ the last >cssi On Of Congress,
anu my SlhfNe only lhttn-lutN Nlltn Ncdl
T"ad Apologies, excuses, ana attempts az pallla-
tion. Properly considered, no one virtue T.
more absolutely and practically ne, essary Ia hu-
man ciety than simple truth, the essential
basis of that good faith upon the preservation
Of which the honor Of men and of nations alone
can safely depend. Surely no social crime is
more dangerous than lie, and the man who
utters il or palters with the truth should be CON
sidered public enemy, dangerous criminal.
Simple truth Is an essential a prime necessity
IN human intercourse. The safety OF nations
well rs Of individuals requires its close
observance. Truth m the historian, truth in the
ruler and legislator, truth m the manifold Affairs
of men IN public aud private life, this l. the KEY
stone and strike II from the arch. the greatest
edihce OF mans toll and skill and ambition
tremhlcs ~ certain aud deserved ruin. Weneed
everywhere the man who spcaketh the truth
in his heart, who sweareth 20 his own heart and
changeth not Chief among the monuments of
human skill and labor Is the great Church II
St Peter at Rome conceived and partly con-
CELLO. Yet the visitor II to-day reholds with
surprise and regret huge and unsign;ly chains
OF iron rirding the beautiful outlines OF It's
dome and rude braces spanning its arch. An
inquiry a. to their origin will disclose he false
hood and dishonesty of An architect INTO whose
hands after the death OF ANGELO the compile
ton u the great work was consigned. The vast
walls that should have been SOLID were hult
ia hoilOws, and the funds which were intende ed
ipr the strength ~ the structure were wasted
in criminal dissipation hy the wruug-duer over
whose grav" centuries have since passed. He =
dead, but his crime lives, and while other
and later generations Of men Of all lands and
all creeds stand IN awe and admiration as they
contemplate the grand building dedicated to
the glory Of Almighty Con, they see upon It's
fair features TIE traces Of lie of petty di~ hon
esty, msring one OF the finest conceptions Of
human genus"
These are doctrines which all good men must
accept; and though many Of our readers have
never been wont to follow the party to which
Senator BAYARD has always been attached, we
trust there are few who wifi dissent from ideas
essential alike to the safety of republican insti-
tutions and 30 the preservation OF true manhood
in the Individual citizen.
We learn from the Press that r. NJ
PEARSON Of North Carolina desires to be Chief
Justice Of the United States, and has got all the
judicial and other officers of thai State 10 sign a
petition for his appointment. This is a disgust
Ing novelty. man who prepares u petition
and obtains recommendations to make himself
Chief Justice ought to be sent either Ia the
penitentiary or the lunatc asylum.
correspondent of Il Pittsburgh journal
has been making an iuspection OF the oil regions.
including Greece City, a new field of olea.lnous
enterprise. His route carried him through a
country where numerous deserted derricks