The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-01

lost sight of, and campaigns have been
dement's, Of the candidates. If we
take the word of the papers for it. there
has not been nomiLee for an office,
from President to Coroner in ten years
but was guilty OF crimes that should
have sent him to the penitentiary
j And uot only are all the candidates OF
parties rascals and knaves. but every
prominent man in the parties is equally
bad, CT worse. The press IS wholesale
slanderer of public men No mans
position is any protection against it.
In the highest public Office to which we
can raise him lie is not inaccessible to
the poisoned arrows OF the journalistic
marksman. There is such a devilish
persistency in this spirit. too, There is
no let up to it. It makes little differ
ence whether cubic officer walks In
the straight paths supposed to have
been trodden by his grandfathers, or be-
come a disciple of Tweed-he is adJudg-
ed to lie q miracle of wickedness any
way, aud the world is taught to abhor
his name. Five or ten years in the halls
Of Congress leave man with the same
Reputation as the same time between
prison walls
! In the future. the man who has been u
| United States Senator, will need, like
Bret Harte's miner, who had spent a
large part Of his life in prison, to re-
mind his associates that they have only
/ the present and the future TO deal with !;
that the past is sacred. That man has
been fifty years building up grand
reputation known and admired the world
over, is no reason that lie should not be
torn down in an hour The farther he
falls, the keeuer the delight Of his dis
troyer. The ono faith many newspaper
writer's seem TO cherish, is that every
man who holds public office is scoun-
drel and knave. The columns Of
their papers are filled with abuse of the
| Government, State, and National. They
teach that nothing but corruption, ino
efficiency and venality is TO be found in
any department Of It, So much has this
been done, that even che nloss intelli-
gent and honest people are becoming
convinced that this is the corruptest age
since the world began Public officers
are held up to ridicule and contempt,
and the positions they fill are degraded
so low that it is almost disgracefu to
occupy one.
Nogreater calamity than Sue calamity
of such teaching could befal republi-
can people It brands their rules for
contempt, and declares on generaL
principles that the names of Presi-
dent, Senator, Representative, Jus
tice, and all heads of depart
| ments are Synonymous with thief,
black leg, forger, and defauIter. There
are great numbers Of the "intellIgent
names to-day woo have about this
opinion; who look upon all officials. high
and low, as az organized band Of rob-
bers. between whom and immense
wealth nothing can stand but the lack
of opportunities for plumber.
Once there was Oh idea of something
sacred connected with the Office Of
President OF the United States. A feel
ing akin to that is still entertained by
some people, but the only difference Al
mucF larger number can see between
President and Constable is the superior
advantages OF the former for stealing,
This is the education our voters have;
the education they receive from the
press.
Every people have some grand central
idea to kindle COMMON fre of patriot-l
ism in their hearts. England has her
long line of kings and mobiles; France
worships the glory of departed dynas-
ties; Russia has her noble Imperialism
and her never-satisfied love for conquest,
and Germany's pride is her military
power and her great scholars.
We have no line Of kings; no con-
duerer Of half the civilized world no
proud Imperialism. and no standing
army. But we have something else,
nobIer and grander than any of these
We have the American idea of progress,
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