, 1881-11-12

! tn acknowledge that T." American party gov
| prntneut. with its spolls system, Is a1l lille
| .eyitimate parasite that. is more destructive
OF legitimate public ii!t5s, IN H. ;,' aho eats up
| tyranny recorded iii history At. Eeemelill
| IS u candid critic. lie loves Vaterland and
| loyeS his adopted country: Betwetn these
p, two loyes he would not: II ne could, decide.
| Tia l,as always been, since voter, Demo-
cI1lt. Yer his views upon the finances, upn1l
| Statc-rielts, upon Communism, have been
| such as were constitntionaily patriotic
| meaning BY this that liberty, law, and order
| in ( free government should 20 hand In
hand, lie is a believer in ctvil-seryice rc-
farm, an advocate of honest money, opposed
| to thfrd-termislu aud other European in
noyations believes in the right Ni the people to
govern themselves. ana atlvocales adivorce be-
tween Church and State, SO rs to keen the
iniinences iI Of priestcraft. Taking the above
brief premises rs Il guide. the general reader
will find in Charles lteeliel'n'S 1tcvieW Of
American Politics ii twelve months Journey
through 4 rc:,l. not Ill ideal, land. The text
Of the volume is written in Tie purest Of En-
t:lisl,, though somewhat lll'trred by Il lavish
and often erroneous use or pltlctttatlon-
marks. The ft'llowllE extracls viii give a
better idea Of the value Of the work as text
book than auy extended criticism would
convey:
The true criterion by which a nation's press
must be Judged is not tho DEGREE ct liberty 1t
Thc rigb1rll motive Ut Interstate unions is
the impartsns Of II higher civic virtue, Just Us
tho true it1tt,4cemtlr Tor social NATURALIZATION
Is the genesis OF better morals
We had better have spent n'e aundrcu mill
ions for ore 70 the 'fta Meat; axfee & T,n one
riyvrtt.s NC obtained through that war were
fruits that coEltl rpcn for nobolY but ourselves:
Taose tosz in tho North 1e HOW, !. not beyond
While tho cp2ntr: may seem to have c0ne to-
gcthar by ch:lucc, The conjunction was an in.
hcrent necessity to have ose supreme political
that would hive been eteriia!~distresa.
The tueantst politicians have ever boen men
thut Knew nothing OF Tie cs1l!zut!on that has
commerce us its htndnahtd.=
Five Of every hundred mi lc adults are Grim
innis. Ten Ut every hundred arc paupers. Fit
Government employ. Furty-h ve OF every hum
ltN arc lsplrlnts fur sucvess III party politics.
Ninety-uis.t: ot every hundred are partlsans.
The hate.s- corpus writ uriSinntci III 1:19 to
prevent arbitrary executive nrrcsti ut politicnt-
iy obnoxious persons: we ,'sc 1t clle!ty in cr-
iru, pructlce- Rut what is uueerer still. wien
iu 1851 6tj there WIS necessity Tor IsuiE the
writ tor its origt1nt1 purpose IL WIS suspended.
We were rs calsous ~ real justice as We were
puHctflious about fechiical!ths-
The influence uf Holland upon politics ruust
not he forg;'ttcn. The very r:ttne United States
hai its origin in the maine unlted Nether!h''as
The tru1l, il. we unons.ic tendencies us
also Stareri"ht jealouses from the Netner~
1nnds.
give 1t us our opinion thur british ,'rceedents
have been fAtInweI oftcner 10 the harm Ut the
American people th:,il to their Eos'l. Even to-
day the less british We nre the better for Tho
Nation.
O,r parties are outside Of tho Constitution,
and, u:cunscio:lsIy themselves. they have
ever been slidN,3; towarf! .sisorc corrupt and
ulso more violent use of force Aftermath tons
of partIes are but alterations in absolutely
wrong urt}ac'lllre5.
Another serious AFFECTION to our ballot-boy
system, s: ti.nt it fnnItipiics candidates for Of
flee. that II the Old Human rult. thn1 every as
pru1!t to s}ice shall wear the white ;D.n were In
force Among us the wEple s:t.,lf1try would took
perpet .1al!y like Snuw-tseld. No regal >
pEiestly, M, ,rlstocratic method Of filling
public stations WIS halt SD expensive us
ours. and none ever placed 50 .unuy wrong men
lit power this. our b:,ilDt-bbx.
TIL. fuct il;1t man can hAre In the United
States Il successful Ipoliticull caseer unless he
joins forces With los. mcrcenary paE1istns. and
III the same time cul,lcidcs With SOME raw and
crude public opinion. is the gHll1ng StrvItude
which honesty, cuptec:,yr and Intelligence have
IL undergo
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