The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-18


sometimes unmasks to foreigner while 20 fellow
countrymen II keeps en- the mask Commercial men
from England gong around among commercial men
here report doubt as 10 tho even your
most fundamental institutions which pr otound ana
gins 10 DO ike theological orthodoxy-openly pro
essed and privately derdod Loss are tue
whispers OF d'saiiectlon which Americans OF the
weather. class soJo1rning Tor their pleasure IN
Europe sometimes breathe into tho pleased OF
European aristocracy. AMI which lead aristocracy
conceive, ana 10 show that 1t has conceived
hope OF rcdseming this country alter all from
equality and freedom. But more important ngain,
iur more Important are the sud uttcranccs OF some
or your loading writers aud thtnkers VINO with tho
accents, net OF social sycopnancy but oil waiting
pairotsn, openly proclaim tho failure universal
suffrage In approaching this subject lot US put far
away from US all demagogisn und demigodic cant
and rant Gone, forever gone, are those alius,ous
about wisdom aud vftuc OF tho sovereign people,
which beguisd tue pioneers Of democracy, anu per-
haps were OF service 10 them as stimuants without
which they might have shrunk from the effort OF
0verturning the thrones OF The past Sad experience
has II clear that inst utions wisely are
neelad TO MAINTAIN The ascendancy OF that which is
politically good over that which Is politically ev IN
ali OF US alike. say in all OF alike, both high and
low, in every CONDITION aud III every walk Ia Lille,
there arc objections and tendencies al variance with
public duty and adverse to the common veal But
0garchy intellectual as we'll social Ono OF Ouida's
heroes, officer IN the British guards having Usen
brought into contact with tho popuiacc. who guard
Ing the Queens carriage, aves MS gcnttty from pol
luton soon as he gets homo, Ia warm bath, well
dashed with osuds-Coiosne. Ouida might fnd AN ir-
tcllectual hero akin 30 our guardsman III R6uan,
Tame and some EuRlish writer's whom might name.
These distinguished mon talk AS II the mass OF our
fellow creatures wero nothing but mob 10 be kept
In ohains lest It's brutal,,y should interfere with
culture Cultured Who're would culture be tf the
masses dia not daiiy .oii 20 support ~ the
globe, In the dark mine on the stormy sea,
IN tho dismal wilderness, and the thought
OF what tue wives and mothers OF che poor 70
through ought TO Danish all iastidiousnsss and
Drotneriy feeling from our breasts Myriads OF
Romans and Taines are devoted 10 and
Toll that ono may write and win lame.
JUST CONCEPTION OF GOVERNMENT
have worthy CONCEPTION uy Of aiso
gother. II government ~ mere machine Tor
So coon - S saa ..p %. N 'ssrs
But We hold that government 10 me organizu-
ton OF tho community, not merely Tor the preserva-
ton Of lilo and prOpcrty--thouga these, no doubt,
primary objects-but for the prom Of
Jects wnicn we can Oest promote by common action.
We mold WIN the great English statesmen that
bost form OF government ID tnat which doth most
actuate and dispose all members OF The Common
wealth toward the common good. Tho excel
sist In mere ordor and security. such rs
oayonst iii The bayoast broke. 10 great end
s2mothiny must DC risksd-much must DO riskcd To
attain an end 30 great as The brotherhood OF nan.
systems must DO tcsted BY broad results. Lot
BY broad results thc American government WITH
gard 70 It's strength anu It's integrity A good
gong through great crisis, such civil war,
having to resort to extra OF repression
The arstocratic government vi England had
70 extreme measures OF repression during the war
with the Ffcncn Republic, though that was foreign
war, ana the party IN England which sympashized
with the French revoutOnists was small TIE gov.
eminent OF tho United States placed imminent
peril by war on It's own soil sympathy with tue
enemy abounded. yst the governments was not CON-
psiled to the ordinary OF law in-
tcrfsrs with personal liberty general exercise
o. war; war history can hardy surn,su ''1.
parallel TO this cain reliance of tho its
Its citizens. Tue secoud election OF Lincoln tho
momont OF The highest excitement conducted
with perfect order and with mutual respect for every
f.fuA md dnxxp Nussl.
gard to integrity need avoid the weak ponts,
but hold TO the pruoipe Of Judging by broad
results. The reduction OF the debt tue financial stats
The country and nrmness OF the national credit
provo that tho whote honesty must prevail Ia
public service. Aud again, the conduct 0f tho Ropub
lie toward foreign nations marked sho wnole ny
scf.conlroi, justics and nOderation especially whom
compared with any nation OF the Ola World winch has
equal means and opportunities OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
IL worm whiie then, to examine this government,
TO trace ITS detects TO their sources and 10 try TO
form II before you overturn II in despair.
us' only tho 1 Move s1 Eord Known no 10
IS maie Inc more complete Is the expression OF toe
national wilt aud tho broader 10 the foundation
vhicn government rosts: rne sanssge on TINS nc
VIII permit Public sacty aud Tho public good are
the moasure; they arc Tho measure OF right we'll
expodiency Every man has right TO institutions
which shall the public good fucludsug own,
end IN civlizod society q man has no other right,
be failure u given to those who read. because
they cannot possibly inform themselves ON The quos-
slOnS ABOUT Wntcn tncy are 70 vOtr.
NO WITHOUT READ.
man who cannot rsad, instead Of having right
TO the suffrage has sacred rsnt 10 De exempted from
H. He has ~ good right to De exempted from itus
bind nun has 10 be excused from public SER
vice requiring oyos. An education test or a Sc
ponsable part or public INSTITUTIONS Again, ais
nser IL suro TO result from universa surrago. evcn
With an education tost " distinction Is not drawn
between tue case OF national and that Of municipal
govefpment. municipal government has 10 deal
ma,ny with tho collection and expenditure OF local
In ii so
sono measure ought tho suffrage 70 ba A munich
paiity more akin TO JOINT company than
10 nation. Tho poor have not gained, though the
rich have lest by municipal waste and corruption.
What 10 tho principal evil compaiosd of II Is not
That corruption exists great und lamentablo
ali citizens and TRENDS OF Republic with
people the United States all their dirty linen
IN pubic. Every Presidential election Is match
game OF slander between inc two parties. and
foreigners believe what 10 said by both.
OF the corrupt politicians wo hcar enough; their
names and uesds MI the journals, but not all
tho public men OF this United states are oorrupt;
thcro 10 reason to believe that not lev
rupt aud inoorruptible. Thcro 10 beliovo
that net lew serve the public through their whole
lives upriRhty zesiously anu die poor. Fairly
estimate the effects oi q system 70 must set aside
special influences OF an extraneous kind. rno dis
iurbance OF omn,oroai morality, arising from com
mcrcial causes. dsturbs political morality also. IL H.,
indeed, In commercial rather than Ia general iogsa
tion that tho evil prevails. Another influence for
which the political systen Is not responsible IS the
breakup OF old religious beliefs, and the effect which
moraty 10 IN oil countries alike. In pulling down 70.
gous cresds let NOT forget the necessity OF buiid-
Ing up In an old country tho social frame Is neid
toseIDsr Independently OF religious beliefs ny tmms-
mortal authority, rank, habit and tradit,sn but IN
.nis democracy cach man must to rrsa.
individual belief In the great sanctions OF morality
were TO tai social VOL as moral anarchy would be
likely to ensuc. Universal suffrage must be dcOited
with special advantages In the expanding wealth. oi a
now country aud the general POSSESSION OF properly
by tho people Bu, tho other side OF tho account
must BE- pIaosd tho dilcultiea With which the sys