, 1875-07-09

WHAT THE COUNTY, HErns.
hayo non, schtlono'l, triud to SHOW. as beat
could, what IL u sTHt. C,1o tor decline in tho
sentiments of honor Which nts needed ~ proll
of social md political life. l Lavo assumed,
rather than sought to saw, that tllcro bus hce,a
such decHo; nnd II, iu truth, there Ans DGcI,
Aone If I have compareti, our standards
and s.I h9 aims Of our ol!.tcsi mc.. VIII.
with tho reality Of thu past. 30 much tho
moro need fcra reformation, aud that speedily.
For Of I'LL cau5eH threatening Change In q cu1til-
try thoso aro iuoht to l,e dreaded Which arc d.
rlvod tsntn general dtatrltHt OF politicians and
Of parties from tho tendentT Of corruptonwlllrl,
ollco brings with it; from tho fatal facility with
which hyh examples pass over from ono pullsicnl
polo 10 tha other fruEn tho cuwardly or dcspar-
ing Abandonment OF political life BY honest mon;
Aa Il 1t wore manly. Of lloness or Upright. or
could DO excusoa before man or God 10 get
rich aill give tla,lks ior security aul fsecdMu
without strnng Indignation asai'st lilo evil that
So roo arnHnd .is. thu thrAe nien who nro
buried In THUR nfralrs and feel no responsibilities
hcynul tluhe OF buBtnenA and fAinily, who aro
conleutc1 II tho public evils touc! not tlelr ill.,
tcrcstH-cnn thny lay up traasurcH Of security
for their ctlildrc or arc they not by tLpir Hat
oouutry2
Two things moro uihl, to say, gentlemen,
before l cite, wlhh iirat 10 IercRt tho thongAL
that tho ctiro OF political evils co,nn, not
from any measures or Influences affecting Iarge
mp III individual minds. IIonos. Independence,
couEaeu, sen1bl!ty Ut conscience, admiration OF
wlAt III uulie in chhrAct1r-ttIGAe A!c personal
feelings that belous to the mau anl mako lin,
contle Of power. But our political training is
al Of another kind. We move III mnsses, We
oboy orders, whomlto vote for, no exercise our
passive natures a. thougl, we wero Mohan1-
medans III politics aud then. wo praise tho
modern systom OF stata order, because tt
tenc!les III that the State Ia male for tho III
disdnaf. not the individual for tic Hate. hut
What b tho fcccAt StAte worth il II only rtuyjdeB
1us our pHrBona iibertles 0f yarios kinds, WhiID
BY ita Institutions 1t npgiec!a Or belittIes our
clatautcr! Ne conIc1nl tho io'tlfal tilucs, atIi
Justly, because it broke UP natouH into f.as-
iAants aLu WIS bnilt oil scrftionI} but oh fur
moro ol that hplrt ttiat gIuwetl IL iho bteuth of
faithful! We magnify tie powcr u cunceu-
Taied act'on as we hayo right to 10, blit arc
We not npt To forget that an h0ucst conviction,
an impulse from within, cyon II man Aa1 to
work alone all his lifo, s nnblu thing, than to
be ono OF million who follow the iinpuleeh OF
Anotherf Wo boast Of tho intellectual power
anl triumphB over nsturo Of our owr asa but It
To tittd have only h, add that / should do
wrong to my own convictions without declaring
my hsliaf that honuf and al the sentiments
loauing to Inanlinehs and Justice cA,i,lot Ytatpi
nlo1o IN tho character. Az thu foundations Of
are uot Al iu the forsnn or de-
niAna ot society. III oortaln rufes got by vote,
but III real 1enoyolepce, cultivated BY nature
aud uae tuto tine senna Of villa. kindness to
othor# requires. 70 the foundations Of righteous,
aud righteousness, or. ln other wo,ds, III that
spirit OF duty which fits ua for II! relations a.lI
po4fsons i!t this world, or wherever ne uAy po
placed ia Qod'e universe.