, 1874-03-24
MIR. Franklin NlCFeagh on American
Politics.
Els Idea Of the Tendencies Of Our
Government.
Degradation Of The Word "Po!itics.
"Eli Perkins at Kingsbury Hall.
AMERICAN POLITICS.


Yesterday evening Mr. Tlaullin MoYonQ1, Ice.
turod at Nh 11d Eaat brai,,aon otroot In I'm
f!Lratian 1rn,on coutao. m !. mor,oo, po1,t;co
~ s4.".,,1a.sa ~ - ,,.n,, s,;1 ~, snat.
Ahe atto1ldaneo WA very gooa' 1all aoetract
OF his remarks IL gtvon
Ho began by saying TINT tho minority Of
Americans believed tboy could understand mil
t,o, ,,n;,o ,,oll ,v;thort at,a1 ~, - ,aat - T.,
eslnos peculiar 20 tno American bnt ho had 1oat
faith In this political eccond.sfght aud found
that what ono gained by so-ca1lod aelf.govorn-
mont was not an intuition. but rosnnnnihilIty
o"o ~ NV poeo!ho ouen5 ,,'oee sitteu' pos
chiotly moro bolnuon TO Htuuy the polltioa OF tho
uation.
POLITICS.
r}a ,ror, - av,,,;,,ca y h,1 t,vo ,,o,,,,,.-,,o
IHo "oio p"."es nau WV n'enu'uso-ono
~ 'no'. ~" "nu oo6onoia'o. 1o4l1lcs' III '1a
original, pure aonBe, Eoforred to the genuine
science aud art Of government. In America, in
MI hr, t1,o ~ o.,1,, -, .,o.t;,,r. 49, onsoa oI
W., w.. t4lo m uu'5 ~ sossns ltso oaeo "nu
Keeping III. iho ao]eouSo "poiitlcal' "as 80
taintod tint 1t needed the respectable company
Of an unsuepoctod noun boforo II could bo lifted
Iutn ita formnr m,ritv. Va mIpbt ati11 nav no1ft-
;aa, ,;,o,,,,,,,, ~ ,,o,;,,,a, ,oo,,a. 49, ,saa,
ralRnnasan oa ht - ~ ,";1 n4;a IaIu
are pr nnce w. tho
E r. as ,r"r ~ 1no ot ~ t;'
thar .;,na "o'u' Mas 4o"' ia 4uo nA'o u
rl,a ssor,a - r,r;,t,,, {. ott,,,, >, .,a ,;
t;can IN Sna'ico n3,art fcnr, t',,o;r % raro .o
woro at thoir bos assoclutod % WITH W the lido oa a1o Of
intad tn 1n,s.tn,,ai ~ damnra1;.oS o"n non,-"j
a;n ',,,r.,,;t ~ onio omd ~ nnu n,sn
ana ~ ~ 1,,Hu "a I,u 1.o Srnrsnea spos.
n, s;ro III ~ y. Aonu'nh "ao .APoits'.oI, hn u
~ "o'u M "o1 tnAo W ~ nJM '"en''!uR W Gnpli:o
utrota nnd +t.oo pae!5to tnt1 sanr e. h,{'a,' hn{ ~
htIsta, i, al'o these ssIata totu stoly OF human
nn.ute 11. as tho 8sfaEa OF eaith told story OF
Pnsalca1 na'uae: N,e., ,,,,on, -, o,,,,
snSsasteo uy .ne tltlo VI LUG 1eetuTo was that
hoatiss ; u 4uI uaf III Au1af!ca had 1alen from
Eh hien essato n morals II was degenerate, ID
peoplo conld !ong bs sapesic1 IL culture Or
morals 70 tnelr pnonc nie: IhoY must oitner
elevate lo"-tohed public hfe or SINK gradually
lo"of' ~
..,.,: TnE SECOND FACT u
sngGes:oo ny tno ttis vas a.. next awolt upon. Ihe
conuitlql Vi ouf puntc nle was not hnpottans
htlmply pecaaso IL tenoe1 70 aras private ltIe TO
40 1M ~ tssua t ut anasatus a. III
nlu tno gIauu lute1estH ~ 1ne natlon wore 10 tno
| Meopi.'R u tnls lupno lilo. me were soeotnod,
to III, A sona. ta-ponsns m
eo nmo uo;aso @ .a'cISa's FL u sos
e1,,.noas; ~ Mpptoncns,.on "as aet % on tnls ao
te ~ thn w. con ~ noonr
nmonn.inr m noarv IT. 10 he1,of oa sost,ma",
cod thst ~ tha a0 orc.u ~ e9o ac m .soa ~;
1ea,;e axcenton annno ny "1a 4no,"v sits
fiat # was now variety & government, Iatt
f11u$ trn rI14 raj Ia
thnt aTemnsca It. fron phc nnor.t,ona ~ af tho
is - kSatar;aoi eai;.;a" ' H. 1als.a - ~. suo
IN M Rannh,;a .ra h"i fo,,nd ,noooa ~ ~
ticoi ;iltthot u % ,xas aof w s &
a1onn anvil o1nfo;n +,'n arath, ~ sHa a,,or;nn''
n, W ~, t',S stat ~ no a7fcan
eoof'o " W. rp11rr ,,un Sr,aunnn, ''
r,a 1ac,rror ,n1t s,;,o ~ 10 ."nt;,ro,+ +,,,+
vcwcre mt iit,o onr Reini,born 1hia se,,rimnnt s
;ncln1od t,go conca,,,i,ns. i That ~ mo1;ticai
institutions woro unlise thoao Of other natioua.
ho;no ncw aad nr;r;nni . trhet thov wara nn,
6Ee. he;nr stablo aud final. What wns now IN
the'o was 80 nycralanced hv wbat was o1l n" md ri
| fan,;ar tl,nt va rnuiI INT cail thcrn nav ~
nT;r.,n1 w;tbomt vnrv rrept rniacnncen.
! t;nn. and It wan unwarra ntabto to Mu;ld
nnnn tSo;r nuanned nnvaty cnnG.
| 3onao ~ THAR aromnt;nn fyon ori;nnrv
,,oit;,,, iaraar Nn,hint cnn1a In ooro aa1,,
| toru +nr ti,n .rbnlo amar;ror ncon,o thon tho
no @ or eoro,t uomaoa tet ~ ali1
cni avasom woa hnt ana moro at]i1ed r. % ta nanv
variations OF rev. SIMPLE i' no;lSa a Ideas go much
a.aan ,d"r ~ io at+an h;toy, ;t.o,f o"A'o
'n1'""ee' ~'"oA NAA0tn NV. e. A'ee''
,h,aoa ~, o,,r ,,,etitns;oa Il ,so, +,,a hos;a
a. ponies IT. ahe raalcdi ..'et iuoa fcgaf;1pE g;1 H. a.
a.t 'au 1 atroti ,'ntoJ rn,;t'ao,
oe, ~ t.;e,S ~ y,i.ttnt,p w. - to ;daa ~
~ ~eh Llieu ~ ~. ~ ~ .nu 'uua 4s" ~ =
ne f IND eem triad md fsiIed nefora To-.
oay, sne oiloeau ~ mt "onuun' "u1 J aSaa1
STATE JOE tno naas 1ns oi;,,a1oa nuuasr, e;,
3eG1 ~ M t;. hI. 80 " 49,"
aMlui Mae nao pus aeeA pach H., 'neo ', y,
w!sn INC eseas Arya1 luea. ~ ola w. say ~
1uea OF unme @ nst nsa1e
va Wug aa ad no, raaead lSa Du' "'' '' o'0'
Ivy haa yet feacnea.
n>.:.,:. OLD, NOT NEW.
Nopunascan government %as not s;a new; nor wae
Tres government. IN Athena9n would soonoI
have died t4an suffer tho political slavery OF
American oltzenkhip' ~ the fanoamontal iea-
tofes o. ouI poitleai system we we're not mainly
ol7g1nal, but mainly like the othos nations OF our
family and We wore repeating history With tue
yar!anons s com!uon to ai nat!ona Asnee, when
We saw otnes ~ c1anhglniG ee1oso 9us
fSyes, ana recalled tue many snlenatd States that
had passed away, was it wiso for America 10 be
either o0"8'fs1 SncFsssn3Tx or ,El'oTaa5 n,srA .,
our institutions n1'Bht be stable and not final.
bnt snoy had nos ooen, "efo Q, not, aud Gould NOT
III t1eir nature. 90 stan!e: Ihey were organic,
n,ld it wAs tue nature OF an organism to develop.
Iho lecturos tAeh gave several instances Of the
insaollts o. our lnstltn.ions. a. Tic beglnnlng
. We wore u looso confederation; now We wefo u
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