St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-07


state can by affirmative Legislation
make the people richer, wiser aud bet
tcr-not one of the people, not IL few OF
them, but all of them-as pestilent 1
heresy as ever took possession of any
people fit to he free. Ii is looked upon
as the wonderful machine by which
power can he created and force distrih,
uted, by which men may he educated
and reformed. by which the follirs Ol
ignorance and the blunders of stupidity
may have compensation and he As
satisfactory in results :is the wisdom OF
the wise and the activities of the sharp
sighted, 10y which wealth may he more
equally distributed, and the idle and
profilgate have lis much in store as the
industrious and frugal, 10y which trade
can he regulated and commerce created.
Through the honest faith in govern
ment, and this notion that the church,
the factory, the commerce, the agricul-
tIIre of Il nation may somehow bc fer
tllIzed by il kind of government phos-
pirate, and stimulated into Il wonderful
growth, until every body becomes rood
and educated and rich and happy, the
men inside politics, have PLAYED all
ihelr confidence games upon the honest
ana unSuSpecting people, and divided
then millions of plumber, Vet walked
Srrencly and impudcntly among their
victims. apparently expecting commen-
dalI"n due To public hcnctatorS.
/ Is II strange, when business takes DOS
session of politics, when subsidies and
internal improvements and tariffs and
banks and money are at the mercy of
legislation. when Il friendly majority
III congress may enrich from the public
purse Il corporation. or IL locality, may
drcdgc Il shallow harbor to make the
building lots of some entrrpIiSiur poIi-
tIclan more valuable. MAY put up OF
put down the value of Il legal-tcndrr
dollar tor the benefit of the creditor or
debtor class. that corruption also flour
I>hcS Corporate morality has not Il
high reputation, and political morality
Is tn" worst specimen of dcbaScd and
dclnISlng r"rp"ratc ethics. Right is on
~ measured hN power. Each public
man l. expected to see hat his ron>titu-
rntS. "r the most influential of them.
lIaN" their share of this government dis
trhutIon of t;lNor>. whether Il subsidy.
Il land grant. "r Il public building. \
cIrar majority being taken care of. the
minority arc left To submit with such
temper a> they may to what seems To
them little better than highway rob
berry. The right of petition and of
"Iumhllng i left them. but the taN-col-
lrrt"r l. IncNorlhlc.
This has brought us To the are in
which the science of government Is put
out of sight. and the business poSSihili-
lies of great political organizations are
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the mcrcrnaIN purpu>c of >crN inc ones
self. or his clients. or his industry. h\
fastening them. in some way. urnn tL,
public treasury. The pcopl, mo lnum,.,.
elect tlIrir public servants: the, are
"hliyingll selected for them. either h>
the great uumcl ed Interests of the conn
tIN. "r 10y the men who want the offices
ion what can hc made out of them. Coy
crmmrmt contractors. either by them
selves or through some next friend. he