Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-02-25
Communication.
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Natural Tendency of Re-
an .uiGa5 publlCs. N
BY R. NJ. HIBBETT.

them, in quest of freedom O
thought and action, to adopt
Republican form of govern
q fiient. fyI 1Z. u{} .9'g@
edIn, the application Of thei
principles to the fulflment Of
their purpose, they have nes
sayedl all the means that human
reason could suggest or earthly
skill devise in oraerte' meet tht
ediatelreqtiirements Of ftheii
Situation, and eat the same time
by the stability of their struc.
fure, TO provide against future
contingencies. 1.-The propaga.
tom Of IBknowlcdgeyy indeed
seems TO ilha#e invariably en-
gendered and 9fostered the de.
sire for this form of govern
rheht, but never yeth sqthis diff;
fusion become so thorough as tt
produce a result in any way
commensurate with the expee-
tatiehs of9its frainers. 9df iiad1
1d Philosophic minds have dbe4
qheathed tolas ataSarious peri
ods theirZideas of perfeetform
of Republican government, yet
has this perfection existed only
in their imdginations; and the
AHontds of Plato, the NeaU At
ydntis of Bacon, the Utopia Of
SirThomasM Moore, and Oceona Of
Harrington still remain as moth
ing, and have never yet obtained
a s'local habitation," OF historic
name. t5.. .#tl g.. . rlli
Heroic nations, inspired with
the love ofafreedom, have sha-
ken off the yoke Of regal op-
preston and stood forth as the
champion of these principles,
yet they have obtained but a
momentary relief, and the Re
publics Of Athens, of Carthage,
Of Rome, have proved the pyre
Of a longed-for liberty and the
steps to tyrant's throne.
Deliberatiye assemblies, COM
posed of intelIects of indebted
capacity and animated by an
unimpeachable zeal have, after
mature reflection, chosen this
as a proper form Of government
for Il free people, yet in this,
alas! can they not cry EHreko!
and the "best government the
acortd has eUer seen, us nowsink-
ing around the edificc thatrconL
tainedsthe convention Of 1887.
,e1Seenig, thenj that Athens3had
her despot, and Rome her En-
peror, we ask have We not cause
to dpprehend lest America must
have her dictator? ~ 20 9'als 81.
i From s'tlie Blind old bard OF
Scio's rocky iislcni'we q have
the expression-that a'the rule
Of many is not a good thing;;"
from theGofacle' in dhes science
OF politics we haye the English
constitution aiewedas 'lthel mir
ror of political liberty, "and from
the YefySheadsPring Of, oprsco
we have the confessiona
of a. trembling anxiety AS to its
completion. Whyssuch deela-
gantl1 why such expert
enee21a Why should this deli |
cate plaht'refuse ITO grow, eth
er on the balmy shores of the
Mediterranean, lorlthe snow-clad
fieldssofl the Noltlierli Ocean
and Baltic Sea, on the yerdant
slopes of Mexico or the icy
banks of the Great Lakes and
St. Lawrence? Why refuse to
Bloom in the contracted States
Of Greece and Italy, and also
on the expansive plains of A
nerica, where it's branches en-
Joy the brcezes Of every cline
and its roots ramify through
every variety of soil, and taste
alike the waters Of the Pacific
md Atlantic.
From this we at least see that
We must seek elsewhere for the
cause Of heretofore rapid de-
than to the climate in
which it is placed or the extent
IF space it has for development.
The great extent of space en-
joyed by the American Repub-
ic, or, to use his own words,
'the enlargement Of the orbit"
S mentioned by Alex. Hamil-
OH as one Of the circumstances
to its superiority over
hose Of the ancients. In sup
BORT of these views he has pro-
luced the authority of Montes-
luieu in favor of IA Confederate
Notwithstanding the
alters repeated declarations of
he necessity of a contracted