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

| '"i''iSS. TIbiii al HlSnl DtNb1lu the reacI
OF human vision their trained ewes catcI
sight of the victim, and with swift an,
powerful pinions they sweep with til,
speed of an arrow upon their prey
This is perhaps not an inapt illustration
OF the throngs of office seekers from ev.
cry part of the country who darken the
doors of the White House upon the in.
auguration of Il new president. How
they harried Mr.. Lincoln, let that pa.
tlent and suffering president tell. One
month after his accession to office. II,
said: Il wish could get time to attend
to the southern question: | think
know what is wanted and believe
could do something toward quieting the
rising discomfort, but the office seekers
demand all my time. | am like a man
so busy III letting rooms in one end OF
his house that he cannot stop to put
out the fire that is burning the other
sitting here, where all the avenues tO
public patronage seem to come togeth-
er IN knot, it does appear to me that
our people are fast approaching the
point when it can he said that seven
eighthS of them are trying to find ont
how To live at the expense of the other
'-''''' -hh'i W. iIl~ INV bslll
ner, Mr.. llerndon. he said ''If ever
THIS free people, if this government it
self Is ever utterly demoralized, it will
come from the wriggle and struggle for
Office that Is. Il way to live without
work. This happened. too. when the
party which claimed. and with reason.
To represent the great moral ideas of
the country came into power. when the
flames of civil war were kindling and
spreading over onc-half the republic.
when the patriotism of the country WAS
aroused a> never before. but when the
office seeker true aS he vulture to his
instincts did not lose sight of his prey
for a moment. 1t happened. too. under
what Il nitcd States senator has since
characterized aS the best civil service
on this planet which was certainly not
eAtraNagant praise of the planet
There l. little. certainly. hut love of
his KIND that can invite the scholar to
make war upon the men and the in
nHcmccS which are thus poisoning the
very sources of power i'll this govern
ment. He Is i'll a minority. He may
hc told Tor his encouragement that ''onc
with God Is Il majority. hut he will
find after his hardest battle that the
Truth Is rather with the SAY ing of Ma
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and grow fat ON lis spnils. This i What
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