, 1879-01-04

IN bc ucnc, bht that~E EnhFe1ttcnuY tnaup pfoS-
wnoSns no t.oNaBn CAN nE PERrETRATEp
With imnuntty, which nr,nlscd ma rc.fstnncn hne
little tin,r since. This Is truo al !kc " local,
State. and National Affairs. Put buck into vowsr
the men who p!nndcrcl The Citr Of New York,
rive them ali the advantages Of tho laws, or:
ERnzations, aud alliances they then had. and
thcy could not hold their ero,lt'tl for single
Lay. NO one would nov venture npo1 thc
plumber Of the National Treasury BY Credit
{obtlIer or kindred tcfemes, or would dare, 70
destroy our great channels OF commerce III ne"
York by fraudulent contracls.
We do not now ask what should b0 done by
State OF Ncneral Governments. We reverse the
where tho control Ut 1na]orfties is restrained
and the rights Of iniuorttcs and initv!dunts
guarded, where tIcll of duty Is marked out fur
cvcry ma,, sod Thelo t'G sps,t ana genus q
gcnce OF catil citizen shall be used TO- pronotc
the general welfare. We must look TO this
groundwork whenever we seek to correct public
aouses Or 70 re5orn ths o. s.a1s
some temple of religion swaya from the
truo line, VIC do not uitcuss the Influence which
Its plnnncles exert IN throwing It from ia proper
position, bat VIC look to tue condition q ils
to restore its ups'9htness, fur we know that
there VIC shall find tho causes Of thrcatencd
danger. Bad government is the logical result
Of bud morals or neglect of duty by the con.
otltuEuEys ts1Ef III ulllCC W Gullups %uu
lcuplc 50 often as the peoplG corrupt ot}ctals.
The men who plundprcl the Guy VI Now York
Of mnuY millions could nut have duHe so II
there Ind not been stato Of public morals. OF
wild speculative excitement, Rrseu loE Enia no
all .llcEr schemes. They ucru made bold hy
seeing transactions in atl the wniks Of HE. In
personal and business circles, nnd u nll depart
msnts Of State aud National Government,
whlcl, were akin to thctr own. They hal no
business skill. sagacity, or experience. Thcy
did not mako corruption;
connurTioN MADE THEM.
The same causrs existing all oYnr o1tr coun-
Try produced tho like results. Cttzens hera
fhcy did not use their special intcltiGenoe to
check wrong In their own nciChborhood. We
were al swept away Dr. the spirit Of speculation.
exsravnnauee, aud Indulgence. Bad Govcrn-
sncnts arc tho results. thu pnntshmente, and, VIC
ilopr, tho remedies, for this widespread tttmor-
attzaiton. They impose tile penalties for neg
lect. God IN His goodness docs not permit ma
t'ons to be l,appy anl prosperous when Govern-
lrenh uru corrupt ind ritiEcns arc Indifferent.
Indifference on the part ol the public makes
corruption In oiTictats. Slight charges In public
morals act With Intensified torec at political
capitalE, AZ slight contrart'ons or expansions In
IN tho rise and fall Of the slender column of
mercury which marks the temperature. For
like rcason, nt,y loss or gain in the morals Of
people Is poten. for good or evil In tic conduct
Qt t0BkiC 4U1lTts
80 completely does tho state. Of the puo!c
mind s.,apc legislation and oleiul action, TINT L.
is moro correct to say that laws nru passed
through Congress or State Legislatures tlian It
Is to say they stc passed bY them. They nre
con,iuIts rather thun enacitn9 agencies. Tho
opinions which suggest, tho minis which shapc,
tie wills wl,!cl, demand their passage.
ARE nCrslpE or LEGISLATIVE HALLS.
The great busnees-fntercsts ot Tho country,
tl,s sentiments Of the people, the tone Of public
morality, give form and hue to political action.
Iicec all acts Of official corruption urc Justly
looked upon BY thc world rs etatns upon the
American ctarpcter, every comuittal OF ertno
an indictment OF tho American people. 1fnrd
times mud general 0istruss nrc tho ror1cdfcb
which cure pub1te Ills. They teach that neglect
Of duties and disregard ot obligations to society
arc expensive, and thHart our vury schemes Tor
rn!n or sclt-.nlulgcnrc. The intIucnccso Of such
distribution, nnu Of tho uso Of SPECIAL tntclIi-
ug,ce lu tho performance 1t ui1'cln1 work,
rcach beyond tho lines marked uut by stutuic-
books. They educate us to DO many things
WLlyh elsewhere arc thought to bc tile work 0f
coycrn.,,cnt, To 90. clear views ut tbs genius
Of uir political Institutions, VIC must look not
only at written constitutions and laws. but nlso
at tie unwritten Laws ollnsago which grow out
OF them,
Mara IL done to protnote tho public wei.
farp outsite Of tho domain ot laws than by
foe,c Of their cnactmcnta. ChlirelIea,
colleges 'aca0cns!es, hospitals, and a thousand
charities, are organized and upheld i,y tue funds
largely Of u,,3atd influences. Their positions,
furtl,s, religious. or cducational aspects, arc ali
determined by tho spceIa! INTELLIGENCE OF the
particular communities in which they exist.
systp,n. Ioyoull MI other Influences they eov-
crn and bayv society frum disorder and corrlp.
ton, The restraInts IN our Constitution against
any tyranny by muJoritcs, tho safeguard thrown
Tho frcedon uf conscscncc and worship, tJas
eM-rrtt,1rss Of nprao,ls tile saurtIty oil homes,