Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11
Dying.

1 uiOahciS Hdo uoue SIcat WOIh lOT HIS genera tion, and his words of truth and earnestness are to be treasured up for all time. A thorough believer in despotsm, he cries out unceasingly for real and not a sham despot. He points the heads which wear the crowns, the selfish ness of the hearts which monopolize the bless ings, and the weakness of the hands which ad- minister the governments, of modern civiliZa- tion. Most terrific and admirable is the right eous wrath in which he sweeps down the player kings who crowd the stage of histo- ry. It is Carlyle the destructive, however not Carlyle the constructive, who is worthy of esteem. His plan of government would mere ly substitute King Stork for King Log. He bows down before no stock or stone, but, in- stead, he worships some veritable Moloch who consumes the children of men, as did his hero | Cromwell or hls hero Frederick.
 | Worse than all, this prophet of Cesarism can nowhere tell the millions of his brethren, mostly fools, how they are to get their real Cesar, supposing the real Caesar when found to be their natural king! Plainly Caesars do not beget Cesars-of which, what greater cessor, Richard. And how are we despicable sons of Adam who, as our prophet is so fond of telling us, oftenest mistake mere furnished platters for the sun, to discriminate between Webster and a Conkling, Lincoln and 8 Blaine?
 But, supposing there really were strawberry mark on the arm of your real Cesar by which, we might Surely know him, do we want any such ruler? Granting him more able than the others who administer, more or less stupidly, high offices of trust, IS he safer? Have not the ambition and the selfishness of the Alex anders, the Caesars, the Cromwells, the Fred ericks and the Napoleons of history, proved in the long run hindrance rather than help to the people they have despotically governed? The triumphs of Caesar led to the dry rot of the Empire the rule of Cromwell paved the way for the two worst of the Stuarts Freder- icks ambition scourged Prussia as no modern country has ever suffered, except France, through the more colossal ambition of Napo-
 
 ability of the ruler is oftener a curse than blessing to the ruled. Even the brief history of our own country teaches this. The most despotic of all our political administrations was that of Andrew Jackson and it was the stern will of that autocratic ruler of repub- lie which inaugurated our spells system-the chief source of demoralization to modern poli- tics. The long administration of the heroic Grant has given additional strength to the policy of selishness which so generally char acterizes the proceedings of the prominent ' politician of the present. It is becoming more and more evident that the hero- worship of the Carlyle school would lead, among us, simply to the domination of harsh, selfish cunning, rather than to that real ability, integrity and modesty which is to be found in the trust worthy ruler of men. Hero-worshlp is, in short, false religion-a mere man worship. No doubt it will exist, with other vices, as long as the world lasts; but, as principle of human government, it is utterly wrong, and leads demonstrably to the worst evils the gov- erned have ever suffered at the hands of their governors.
 In spite, however, of what we must consd- CT his grand error of judgment, the world will sadly miss Thomas Carlyle, as it always misses any earnest, able, courageous man who dares publish the rugged convictions of his heart, no matter how severe and ill-timed they seem to the shams they shatter. If his time for do- l inr io 1act moments will at least be comforted by the re- membrance of the honest and earnest work he has already done among us.
 TIE GOLDEN RULE, of Boston, comes to us in it's old form d handsome eight page weekly paper, conducted by Rev. II. A. SHOREY. Ty- geographically it is almost counterpart of it's old self, the change being to larger type for the body of the paper, making it even hand somcr than before. As literary and religious household journal THE GOLDEN RULE was a general favorte, and the new proprietors, in nodesty wor,led greeting propose to maintain its wel-earned reputation. The old depart ments are all retained, and two or three new ones added. An entire page is given to Sun- day Schools--to be edited by Rev. k. R. Mer- edith and Rev. X. F. Schautfler. A story is promised for each week, the one in the present number being an admirable temperance story by w. M. F. Round. The price has been re- duced to $2 CO., with special rates to clubs.
 The Fall elections open favorably for the Republicans In California they elect their Governor four Congressmen, and plurality l of the Legislature. Kalloch was chosen May or of San Francisco, and the workingmen elect nearly their whole ticket of local officers in that city, and two of the three railroad con- missioners, the most important of the state | officers. .& In Maine, Monday, the Republicans made | large gains but not enough to elect their can- didate for Governor The House is strongly Republican, but the Senate, which elects the Governor, in case there is no majority on the popular vote, is in doubt.
 Admiral Ammen, who took prominent part in the Paris Darien Canal Congress, has returned to this country, and takes very strong ground against the plan adopted. He says the whole result had been arranged in advance, and that the pretended survey of Lieut.. Wyse was complete sham. The majority, swayed by the urgent appeals of M Lesseps, was overbalanced in everything but numbers by the opposition. He is strenuous for the Nicar- auguan route, and thinks that with capital of $70, 000, 900 and Gen. Grant as president of the company, the enterprise might be success fully accomplished.
 It seems that the iron factories of the coun- try are specially busy. A short time ago the government, being in need of material for the completion of the Navy Department Building, sent out circulars to the large iron manufac-