New-York tribune., 1877-03-10

observers lived His genesis ana portrare of
the dcmagoSe Is admirable G He den9s & t9 Sondi and as S
the denagogue IL seeming but not real pario-that IL,
passage bearing on ths subject Having described gem
wine democracy aud its characteristic features he thus
Another kind Of democracy where other things being the
to pass when instead Of the law the resolves Of The pou
m assembly, 4 % are and ths Is rs & 6s wgrk % os"t o. 1 nTa
aud LAWS are supreme AFFORD no place Tor but the
Where however the laws egdemagoguos spring
St GS r hs ay SH rule 0 C ss as & rS but
Now such people beng IN truth monare,nE, WI n %,
law readily becomes dcsp9c Hence aatterer are IN honor
popular government; upon the supremacy Of law aa
tyranny bears to the lesmate'foms o monarchy In BON,
posm over The 6et eass Of sfh & and he r. 9Srs @ H IN
The dernagogue faterer Of tho yran bear the
closest analogy They are heart the sane and
m aaTs s w S m II % and
delnagogues with people snch as have & aisefoeG InS
of noHnT % crrrncnt Jv corln@ eTcryiing to the more
pleasure Of The people without respect or right Thus
they aggfanlle become Eighty by ruling the
popular opinion they rule the STATE Tor the mnTae opeys @
him. the law but before the people which
f ay Gs ogEh sG S1 and ' & &s Is
dissolved He who sond blame US for ealing such demo
ie Whefo the laws do not govern there
Democracy With its ate cndan attcrers people
primary cause OF demagoguos, s hotbed for growing
Them They existed III The times of Washington and did
what they cOuld 10 clDifrass Ills ADMINISTRATION ti"t
his patriotic designs and embter the closing years OF
his public life by their magnant assaults and calumnics
They will always exist In free country But nothing
more tends 10 multiply their number and powers than
civil service like ours Which virtually puts the Immense
Of Congress and local manag dispensed by them
for the purpose Of carrying out personal ana party
Demagogucs are as naturally bred under such system
weeds in garden richly nanured ana abandoned OF
all culture. And whatever tends to multiply this
vile, unscrupuIous class-this tail OF the nation
tends to the eOTruption ana r RUN tbo OF de the 's se
All the elements of political mischief are combined IN It,
Lying and deception malice guile, hypocrisy envy, ana
evil speakngs nccniary appeals 10 the ignorance pas
sOns, and pieudices Of the are te stoek ID
the good of country is repadation and thls
has been invariably the work oi the denaSogies How
many OF the disasters nat have OF late years crushed ont
the Republican party III the south are accaDc 10 tle
same sOurcei When ambitious statesmen and eminent
eaGcrs Of party and the people get tainted with TINS poi
son and deliberately play the demagogre-as sometimes
happens-thc peace and prosperity of generation may
bc sacrificed Tie annals of freedom afford sad proof OF
One of the most disgusting phenomena Of our Poca.
buster This also is the work Of the denr'soSnes IN
times Of general agitation and excitement, whes the
waves feeling hgh they seize upon these weGpons
for TIE ] GX' ose w sy II thew were an" eoyed 10
tis end before and amer the rIesidtidHh elrcHh ] Tt
1860! The same method mas been ulnn % ntiy WHEY X
the recent Presidential c!ecIioh-W'h What result
remains 10 De seem
sPous AND THE BALLOT BOX
1t is now admitted by all patriotic and thoughtful ct
zens that OF the greatest perS to constitutional lib
In this country grows out OF tc dDhse ana prottu
ton of the elective franchise. But what is the and
motive OF this terrible crime against the Republicl III
order TO answer This question Alright must especially
consider two things viz the inevitable effect OF excci
tive, or rather ConsIess4nai, ptfomago as o" Ut uT
ticans wcpuers. The first Is to stlmni1te the pas
sion office 10 such degree us 10 render lS suDects
willing 10 fraud aud force or to connlNe al the use OF
fraud and force for the purpose OF defeating an honest
proprate agency for carving out cosplracy III IS
simply iIpo 5ibe by any exercise OF mere influence or
| inn
lobox pure under the enormous temptations ana pres
sure of tine spO sy STEM Ono might almost ~ wei try
bv such means TO stop the spread Of sInaii-poX,0r
cholera the poison is in the political atm0spbcre-hu
is weIcA MS dinicult task stop tine contagOn by
mere legal cxppdcnts. Those who profit ny the abuse
spare cnort by bribery, the pary-Eh ana sin-
lar means. prevent the passage of stringent laws on
the subject; If such laws passed TO eVade thcr
VII the prize is great, nothing will be allowed to
stand in the way Of scIZng H. there are yarlOu: heti-
DDS OF dcfcain. the popular Will a expressed ID lh WI
OF tIe majority and any one, or all or these mcthons
will, possible bc used WITH equal unscluphlouShcSs
by false naturalization, Illegal reGlslinn u" Ltsis
bribery, intimidation. deceptive tricks upon the igno
rance or cTcduy OF voters, ana dishonest count In
our great cities especially, where the voting population
is massed in large numbers where the Votels 90 hot
who haunt the dramshop the gambling nell ana the
den in.any not only in fu force, nut many polls
cast the majority of ballots and where are to be found
thg @ h'I & M i @ " f ar il is evident ihat the fac-
ties for corrupng the ballohoX by all these methods
are abundant Ard their special autclty is here
cases the Of the great city may overcome the vote
of the country and so determine not only the local
thc nation II is enough to refer in the way Of ustra
ton the vote OF NewIork City and Brooklyn III lS0S
IL seems TO me- therefore, extremely difcn, II not
impossible 10 maintain the purity OF the hal0box Ill
large portions OF country 10y any mere legislative
safeguards 50 long the spoils system continues 10
operate. But, once abolish that system ny %lsG ana M
same foundation Of honesty capacity ana hhchy upon
which stood all the carter Presidents on SUD
stantialy the foundation our admirable military
and naval service; eliminate from or eecohs the
and IL
patronage a. now welded once blow off in this the
steam boiling passion winch RACES SO mady III 9 the
midst Of Presidential canvass threacnng TO nrst ana
shattcr into "a thousand fragments tile constitutional
rlachincry Of the Government; once, say withdraw
and the effect would he instantaneous thke magcl III
divesilnS them of large part OF their VIOLENCE ana III
making Them what they ought and were intended to be-
calm deliberate expression OF the VIII or the people
Gould the disturbing influence which the fears of the
great rmy Of ohceholders and the hopes OF Ihe sun sun
greater army OF oceseekGs mnDe srsi s \" su
denly removed from either scale, the difficulty IN the
wny Of peacefu and satisfactory settlement of the
more than anything else lntcns!les ana cnNcuos an "
mass Of puTry srsh ami partisan involved IN
the issue TO overwhelming majority OF the Alner-
one OF law and good government and TINS Is hted to
calm the public mind not to excite IL 10 violence ana
wrath. -
Ihave shown how the spoils system tends to produce
and increase political abuses. being itself monsr"us
abuse Let speak OF its tendency TO asgfaVate
all the bad effects of spirit of party The influence OF
pares forms Of the most interesting as wen Us III
tuctiye chapters in the philosophy OF society Alike In
the civil the religious and the literary spheres it Is a
controlling force No organization however despCIlc
o,, entirv rcprcss H. At first there opposing
marty in the Vatican Council aud the whole sLfenglh
and resolution OF the papa power was required 10 siie
a. vnC m fhe final vote The existence OF parties Is In
ft necessary condition social freedom and progress
All glca questions of human thought ana action nave
more than one side and where opinion is untramheled
a