, 1876-11-20

thfS lrhIiscEnls all other lame III Etstnry. ljuk
States, of nntons, In highly complex and
artll'ra, state nf society, is ilcrcuIean tosk."
To build u Hovcsnlnoilt TINT s1,all hold IN
Through the years. to so administer It's afraita
Sse !" % p%'s" %e sxa 81 ees e.e ys
where than N tolll!ca. Pyramids and statuus
found on the banks nf tho Nile, but Egypt has
e rcno %o Gra r. ttyve css ,rs 1e o wasr 5
intelligence md mere complicated wants; u
mghtIcr tlvcrsE,tes nnd ranges Of interests; Of
lmMigrations Hooking to our sliores from All
conntrics under tho au1; Of Old States a,ll new;
Of foundations laid and to be hid IN evory III.
rcctlon; of systcns crushed, shaken into ruin
and Milling the land with their rubbish tn be re-
tosntit,-saryly ts &, thu problem en-. In. n . our
the world has ever .turgcd At IN tangled,
battling rerplcxittes. FIX your eye for d mo.
mcnt upon tills faintly skctrl,cd picture Of our
politics in IT, relation To tho problem Of Uuv-
recon1!te, nsktiig for tho stanchtst honesty,
the respect, experience. anil tho largest brniil,
and then, pray ygu, glanco Ct your candidate
and pcrusc his Qualifications In tho light of tho
dnties before him. "Look here, upun ths plcs-
have spoken of politics in reference to tho
aacred tristl OF the past md to the problem of
government There is mora general sense In
WNleIl Nl4u u Gllll NLtEIlL1uu III lL8 WlA9lQU as
the guardian and protector Of Tic natton. Tic
word nation tails tip different c1asa Of Ideas to
our minds from those aHsocintetl with tho thought
Of goycr,inlont. 1'he nntton Ia for US
ta wera o. pretes9S saE St rop 0p29}q n} o
things, receives all alike Into IT, hosp!table en-
brace, Gotgo. Malay, Indian, Caucasian. There
!s no Difference. a mighty i,nrartia1Ity Erccts
every conner, The sun, The sea, the wide chain
bera Of the MIR, hayc no favors for Que that thoy
will not with equal alacrity bcstow on another.
They lend tn all their willing SERVICE II Ia then
that the ministries Of the nation intervene.
receiving Us from tho arms Of Mature, mud set
Whit these ministries may bc, their pattern and
genus, mako nll tho difference between barbar-
Ism md civilization, between rude, Ignorant
sayagcncss md refined, wlbsomo culture. As
HImnyan saw fclon led to execution ho said:
We look upon degraded and un1oyeloped RACES
Of other GlInos, apprcciat!ng by contrast the
blessings OF our own land crowning our Gn-
franco into llfc with sucll q wcnlth Of oppor-
tunttics VIC tnhy llttfnby thankfully, rcyercntly
rcpeut the sentiment of the dreamer OF Bedford
Jni1, "Suel wcrn l but for the grace Of God. ~
Yet the 1fc-blood OF tho natio,, carrying health,
and Vitality and growth n'ong its veins on
spreading infection and death, Is politics. Tho
couiIscls which prevail In the enicus, the wis
dom or folly that issue from tho polls In tho
channels u legislation or public stust, decide
tic destiny Of the Commonwealth II tho No
LiOn IL NuEkH NuHEt @slEil - I'LL AuREbt1 laluluI3
comprehensive pulitics worth while. Tho Arst
cannot be maintained successfully without tic
SECOND.
llavc said titus much III order that we mny
see tho true dignity md nobility Of politics In
It's DruIIer Hpherc. II We have male tIfs grand
busI,,css Of pullunr and governing u nation Into
n Iniacrn{ie rnlnu Of p1ne-loyins md al nijfer-
Inn, 70 much The worae for Us, Tho matter is
fitted to strain tile lnrgcst wisdom, Our keen
eat thought, our eubticst Insight, our most
comprehensive staicstnansl,ip, viii Ill tlul tloir
reeourycs taxed to tho uttcr,nost. 1 would
neither Inv un c,nbnrgo upon thu pulpit nor
upon anything else speaking what Is worth,
hcur!ng. We iced all tho hs'p that L available.
our future Re q nation, They arc of nature to
alarm even hopeful men. We nrc constantly
elements Of population from ull quarters OF
tho globe we l,avc original t!l9crs!ties Of
civilization and character rearhinr back
to thu birth Of Uur national life; We hare see
tlonal 1ealousics and bitterncsscs wlirli cu!,ni-
natrti in the slock OF civil war, and which ten
ycnrs Of peace havo not soothcd; VIC have mn
lgnonaioas sys!sm " = q suffrage, Vicious cuoagh
natiou, and low what IS neodcsl IL that every