Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28

bright blue sky above him, and th,
manifold beauties Of the earth aron,,
him, or that he Is thrilled with emo
tions of pride and rcyercpec and emu
lation by the examples Of its mighty
l living, or that he delights to lingcl
with a. mournful pleasure upon th,
memory of the illustrious dead VIII,
sleep their last long sleep beneath il.
soil or that his heart swells with th,
conscious integrity of an honest, in
flexible, independent mind thrown by
unavoidable circumstances in conhic
with whatever Of vice, extravaganc,
and corruption may tarnish the admin
istration Of his government Of time
Oh, mol The patriotism Of tho mode
statesman is founded upon no such idl,
cflcminate sentiments rs these. Il
rests upon ihr moro solid and sub
stantial basis. He loves his country
with passionate devotion, IL is true
but he loves il on account of its bound
less resources he loves it because O
its admirable and uniailing system o
gathering its revenues into the public
treasury he loves it because Of th,
regularity and certainty with which
its munificent appropriation bills ar,
passed, and the promptness with which
they receive the Presidential signature
he loves it because of the liberal saler
les with which il rewards its devoted
seli-sacrificing servants, and the prompt
ness with which it pays them he love
il because of tho facility with whicl
those salaries may be increased, anc
the impossibility OF their ever being
diminished he loves it for its subsidies
its jobs, its rings, and its lobby privi
leges; he loves 1t for the cheapncss ant
durability of its 9whitewash,' and fol
the even and liberal hand with which
it is applied to prosecuted patriot by
its ingenious and justice-loving com
mittees of investigation, for with hin
the first great commandment is to "get
into Office and the second is like untC
it, put money in thy purse" and upon
these two commandments Gin his esti
mation) hang all the law and the prof
its. 1t is in the rigid observance o.
this last great commandment that the
model statesman exhibits tho strong
point in this character; in this he dis
closes his utmost preternatural capacity
as financier Financiering, in fact
is his forte as poor Artemus Ward
would have said tits his nstronp holt
| | do not mean to assert that he ever
troubles himself about the fiscal affair,
of his country farther than il necessary
to satisfy him that there is money
enouoh in the nublic treasury Ia NEE,
tho most extravagant demands which
NAV be made upon il and that the
means have been obundantlv provided
for procuring moro when that NAV be
exhausted nor would insinuate that
he has the ability or tho disposition IA
restore 10 his country the only true
medium of circulation and exchange
which NAV have been almost totally
exiled from its borders by a currency
calculated to dcrangc values, defrausl
labor OF n large proportion of its wages,
and to delude capital, by Turing multi.
tudes upon tho quicksands of spccula.
ton by its undue expansion to-day, to
be lcit III confusion, dismay and abso.
lutte ruin by its sudden contraction to
morrow. Such paltry subjects as these
arc scarcely up to the dignity of his
consideration, and consequently attract
but little, If any, portion Of his atten-
ton. mean simply TO say that his
wonderful skill as financier mamiests
itself mainly IN the manner in which
hc improves his own individual rev.
enue. NO matter how incapable he
may be of discharging the duties OF an
Office, the model statesman invariably
proves hlmselfto be entirely "compet-
cnt to It's emoluments, and frequently
q great deal more beside. what Is
precisely his method OF hnancieriDg
has not only dched the ingenuity of
investigating committees, but has bank
rupted conjecture itself. II is one OF
those profound mysteries which must
remain to be solved by the more adj
yanced Intelligence Of future ages
How 1t is that, upon salary, say of
iive or ten thousand dollars per annnm,
he can manage to maintain splendid
establishment in style OF luxury that
Sardanapalus might have envied, and
stlll be able at the end OF few years