Ellsworth American., 1875-11-25
Core spondence.
From our Bo,t Correspondent
BOsToN. Nov. p.

BosToN. Nov. p.
WINTER
ina. come At last with cod. bleak winds.
staging "A mo-I here. d os mornings, leaf 81 -
trees and <, ner.l ba rcn appear auce; In fact
We have had 4 smairciing OF everything that
goes 70 make up New EngiInd wint r. .x-
up the 'Jcauuful snow," a-d we Ire q lite
content 10 have the ne i.hbOri1g towns ani
cite, ahead of u. IN this respect for IL matt r,
little how large aquantity fails, ii is but seldom
that We can boast Of good sleighing, and then
for only very brief period that persons
who never leave Boston except during the
summer. know very little of the real pleasure
that country residents enjoy at this season OF
the year. Here. none but the favored few can
ride, but ah, how many there are. away out
fIom the cily. who though poor in purse. can
| boast a turnout, even if The pony be old and
hom ly; the sleigh hgh-backed and yellow,
the harness repaired with ropes and the bells
20 ancieut srd peculiar in the sounds they send
forth, that the neighbors half mile distant,
know just whose team is approaching; aud yet
who can say but they enjoy the rij even more
than those who drive out on the mill dam, IN
such spcndor as eaanot be surpa,sed'
CARL scHURz.
Probably there j. now no man before the
public. whose words have more weight, or in
whom is repo,ed greater confidence on every
question that pertains 10 this great republic,
than Hon. Carl >chuIz, the distinguished
statesman and scholar; 50 l propose 10 give
the read-r. synopsis OF his lecture which he
l in Il. fa.t ..l.ve nfnD hg.
fore a very large and cultured audience, on
Cenienni Thoughts.
The audience was evidently very much dis
/ appo nied that he maIe - litllc of AN ura'ori-
cal display. bat they could not "a 10 be pleased
with The msuIer IN which he deat with the
political affairs of she nation. He began by
saving ihtt lac should speak of serious thing.
In s-iiDus way, pr,ferrlng the useful u the
ornamental, aud proceeded at once to speak Of
the coming centennial when guests fiom for
( cign nations would come 20 our cclc cbraiion.
when we would show them signs indeed, Of a
wonderful progress we had made in an hun
drei years; bur Que thing wall b, lacking; We
can not make such an exhibit on a. we ought.
OF the fruits Of the sclfgoNern mcnt OF free
| people. IN the deyc,oprmcnt o. true wisdom
and virtue. The American people enter upon
the ,eniennial year in no ,piru OF self gloriii-
cation, fpr they feel sober aud thoughtful
Though there hs. been great property IN ma
terIai things, we are not the representative Of
the bc-i thought, The nobest effort and the
, h.:hcst quaIt 6. ~ the Fathers Of this Ecpub-
lie We're. Materially we have grown. but NOR
ally we have steadily rcce led AMI the cause J..
the growth OF corruption and the decline Of
statesmanshp. " here Is the lofly. mora splr-
It, which once pre-idsI in our high places,
COR up ion 1, - d,ciIj om5cdL,d in our pub
lie concerns, that even honest men. do not
shrink from il. OR habit of pub ic life have
not raised tn, politician up to the level Of the
statesman, but have dragged the statesman
down 70 the level Of the politician. No won
der that We have \ Thin array aud a small Kind
OF s,aiesnanship. A reformation i not impos-
slbie, because the government OF England was
once honey combed with corruption, and now IL
is pure, so we can al least show our visitors a
people, determined 10 re;encra;e itself aud be
able once more 10 boast oflony and pure states
manship. The only way 10 rid the nation of
corruption is TO ascertain Its causes. which the
speaker aitribu Ell to the fact, that We have
drfied into such habits 81 breed evil. and
political system ha, becn built up. which az
iord- every opportunity FOR temptation ami
plunder. The civil service was one Of the
wonders Of the age. This i, the only civilized
government Ia the world which has sys,emati-
cAlly made the offers, the tools Of parties, and
more adv SaniA.eou, 10 the officers, 10 be faithful
10 the party, rather than the people and yet thi,
I. IA ~ hat harf.au. ~
should call up the fathers Of this Republic 10
witness such spectacle they you'd stand ~ hast
al the abortion, and would say is il thi. you
have made OF the fair fabric we transmitted TO
your hands, 10 Dc the embodiment Of liberty.
wlsd IN, purity and honesty" II they could
be present they would say "spend less time in
praising our virtues, and more in follow Ing
our example" W. are proud Of our rccuper-
alive power. and not without reason, for 4 peo-
pc that can stand for even few decades, such
a system must haze tough constitution; but
soon We must have either thorough reform OF
L complete decay. He condemned our f1llie
as being the cause OF the present hard times.
II our GOyernmeut is restored TO the moral
level Of orIner days, return mus, b. made to
the principles upon which il was organized.
The fight Will be between honest citizens on
the one hand. and politicians on the other, with
the whole power Of corruption 10 back the lat
ter. In conclusi on he declared that none bu:
honest, pure aud patriotic men, should he
placed in office. and expressed = strong hope
Of the regeneration Of the Republic, and urged
that we could never have more inspiring
| time for the work, and no more glorious work
for the time.
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