The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-05-22
Written for the Standard
Governments, Governors and the Gov
erned.

Governments, Governors and the Gov
erned.
| Governments are imperfect but always take
| their degree from the complexion of the organ-
strata, as in the elements the earth and air, the
| lower strata of air being baser more mlasmatlc,
| the higher more healthful and life preserving.
The history of governments forms an Isother-
NAL line cut in relief and intagl1o; persons OF
as brute force, subtitle art and cunning. design
will displace, for time the healthiui element. NJ
We open history and look througn l.s cScreS Si,S
come to believe that at the out set ana during
| some of the epochs, like the ancient roman
| these formations to be eternal; but the 1ndent-
| ed line of their history tells too plainly :hat
| they were alternately in the hands of friend
| of their destruction which came according to
| fixed laws. The disparity between the strata
| between those of the most favored land. Scion
| and Lycurgus had equal sagaclty with our
highest grade of statesmen of this latter haif OF
| the nineteenth century but man is inclined
| to take off his hat and bow to himself ana say
tstrfdes in Art and Science" The code OF Ethics
| would be an honor to those of the most favored
land of the present day.
earnest orations for the safety of the Republic
contendng hand to hand with common enc
my, carrying his AUDITORS up ana hoIding 1nGi1
| the people till victory perched upon the roman
banner, fell nothing short in soul st1rrlng elo-
quence of the efforts of Conkling and Edmunds
| a few days since in the Senate OF the United
States, the theme of their earnest being 1dent-
| ical, common foe. When the front rank men
of IVA and 5 decided to pull solid to the right
| for freedom, the lower strata pulled with thelr
| struction, making liberty more precious be-
cause more expensive and throwing the line OF
the front m rank men in high relief as pillars up
on which rests the Republic. 1t took Rome
| twelve centuries to die; in other words it took
the enemies of well formed society, twelve
hundred years to destroy it. The American
Republjc is in its infancy but it has no less been
founded on the eternal principles of truth and
therefore in honor and wisdom ana as tne trlal
by jury is the palladium OF our clvli rghts SO Is
the Constitution the palladium OF our liberty.
History repeats itself; nations have hourlshed
| where now the desert reigns; Republics have
ruled the world where now the shepherd ten
| his flock but the name of the patriot and phi
| lanthropist who stood out through the wrecks
| of years for the safety of the Republic and the
welfare of his fellows will be engraved on the
| adamant of time and be a sacred souvenir Of
valorous deeds familiar to the world thousand
years hence as to the present day.
The sentiment of the American people has
caused the standard of justice to be held at a
discount; in other words crime of any grade is
winked at. For instance-During the war a
| cion of the Austrian throne came over TO TINS
continent to engraft himself on the Mexican
stock, brought filibustering army with MIN
and depended on the tories OF the state 10 nelp
| him out and set him on throne, but the front
rank men of Mexico, uncovered themselves,
| stood together and pulled the same way ana
after few skirmishes they captured this Maxi,
milan and in a very busine like way, cleared
| the ground, held q drum head court mart1al,
| found him guilty of Treason, condemned him
| to be shot to death with musketry and thereup-
| on shot him and went home 10 their farms and
| merchandise.
we still went on with our big job protecting
the property of rebels in arms and after pro-
| longation of four years, through the wisdom OF
| the great and good Lincoln and the valor OF
| arms wound up the unpleasantness. captured
with a table loaded with the viands of the
| country and then the attention of the whole
nation was turned to the trial of one little IN,
| significant pigmy Capt. Wirtz who was tried
and found guilty of a portion Of the rebellion
| in executing the orders of said Davis; now this
| is the only execution of felons and traitors We
had.
| ing well and citizen of these United States.
| blush too when consider am a brother to the
It has been sa1d "Give man place and power
and there is no crime but he will be guilty OF,
The term man is generic and applies to the race
| This is true in many senses but he must be edu-
Gated up to 1t must go up the stepping stones
| of fame, must float on the surface of popularity
must rise to the acme of Ienown and then he Is
ready to pluck the forbidden fruit. History
litical acrobats beside an army of living actors
has he of to
and Nation but the politician out OF business
how true this is, the people know when they
cast about to consider but generally speaking
they have not time to look back and examine
the machinery that causes the panorama to re-
Iation of interest when you sleep and when you
wake when it rains and when it shines so the
|
driving a stake, stepping off his grounds and
pooling his corporals, all this as profession OIL
patriot, leader of the people, representative
man, statesman. The majority of these pro
lower strata of society and in an emergency
might not appear in the front rank to The
on closer Inspection, they are only agate o.
common mud glazed over. Do we want an un
leaders, a man to be balancing water on boil
shoulders and to be playing pig and puppy dt
we want mans stand point OF right m ant
health for the Republic, to be based on his pro
motion or reelection; do we want man t
represent US at Court with his heart in hi
mouth and making speeches as follows:
az am for the war but not in favor of any ap
preparation for clothes or food (; yes gentleman
but opposed to any depletion OF the treasury tt
carry it on; L am for the war but against it bu
especially for it,
And again a man at court representing u
to introduce a bill commanding all stores Il
sell goods at one price bill imperative, un
constitutional and one that fell stilI-born ol
its passage; again a man to represent us ant
Introduce a bill for the Protection of the Del
ty"; again man at court to declare agains
"cheap labor" a last hope for approval o
his entire course or seeking to moor his barqu
in the safe waters of a socialistic harbor II
all the above cases there is either lack o
Judgment what course to pursue for the healtl
of the State or their own defence before the peo
pie, or else it is aWkwardneSS or down righ
perfidy. The balance of power to-day in fht
Ohio Legislature is of the pop-gun sort, i'm
practicable i'll their new position and littlt
aware of the constituent elements of ali GOO
governments; the proposition advanced tt
"Wear the ColorS in the habiliments of mourn
| ing,'' for the loss to the nation of one of tht
| brightest stars, is of the highest honor to tn.
representative man who advanced it ; but wha
can be meted out to that rank of charlatan
who quickly saw the danger and sim ultane
ousy rose to their feet to repel the insult offer
ed to the dignity of the great State of Ohio
here the wayering line of well organized sOcie
| ty has changed intaglio to relief displacins
merit and causing the people to be heavy o
heart.
And yet the people are the power and arr
constituted in a Democratic, Catholic Republic
but the professional comes in here between the
people and the court, constituting our forms
almost an AriStocTacy, appointing, putting VI
and taking down till on the verge when the
| people rise and command again, hence the
',off'' and 'near" years.
Mr.. Editor, will you publish the name OF the
representative man who made the proposition
to "Hold the Colors at Half-mast,' &c, 1t and
the active business in Congress carries US back
nation constitute the arteries through which
ebbs and flows its vital current each acting as a
check upon the other; but satisfied the
| State is only safe when in the hands of its
friends the Republican Wing In 1862 after the
second "Bul Run" the boys from Baltimore
hawked the daily papers through the ranks,
with the cry, baltimore Clipper rebels in
not know now but they could sell more copies
with the cry "Rebels in Washington crossed
through Republican Camp" There has been
on the part of the North disposition to coun-
| terfeit Southern chivalTy so-called, but it has
| always endedsin defeat and as now the Repub-
lican wing is gathering up the debris and pre-
| pairing for renewed attack and CO IQueSt only
| to receive more CALLING chastisements in the
next Off year. The question is whether the
Republican party is loOSing the control of the