The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-01-11
Career in England and America.
From til. London Spectator.

.,a.,,;o, 10 such degree that their histories,
- characters and their faces have been as
s',,;linr in this country as those of any cabi-
-, rninist.rs. Enclishmen know Mr. Lincoln,
carernl Grant and General Garfield os they
t,o,v Sir Robert Peel, Lord Clyde or Mr..
Forster. Not ono Of the three has been
~ fortune, or has, indeed, possessed anything
Ike a competence, while two have died poor
mon Mr.. Lincoln, until his election, lived
,,n,,n his earnings as lawyer; and when be
dieA. after six years Of the presidency, lie ieit
Ii, widow so little that subscription was
r,i.ed for her by bis friends, and an appica-
,;on was made 10 Congress for pension.
General Grant, when he WIS called TO active
service. was far from prosperous-had. indeed,
scarcely ANYTHING except his income from
small busincss--and though he has received
l,r,-e gifts and has enjoyed the highest salary
,,iven in the Union for eight years, he has still
10 supplement bis pension by work as ch1ir-
man n CORPORATIONS. General fairfield when
10 died was found to be possessed of $4,000,
CONSISTING chiefly of a farm, probably over
,,,I,ad. II 100 acres, which he cultivated
I,i,o.clf. out Of his salary President he had
Effected an insurance for $4,000 more, but even
with that addition the whole property LETT be-
hind him was only 100000. The facts are IN
,eresfiny. for two reasons. They show that
the pursuit. Of politics IN America, even when
the n,Iitician is successful, is not, for an
honest man, paying profession; anu
that careers are really open in the United
STATES. NOT only to the lowly born, but TO the
,,,or They arc not, it is true, quite open To
sIl citizens, though that is the boast OF the
,.opntrv- rcpeated on every Fourth oil July,
with Tie entire assent Of all who hear 1t. Ii
would be quite impossible for mulatto to reach
,l,e presidency, II his descent were known, and
,rressiyely difficult either for Catholic or a
man o( avowed atheistic opinions. We will
n,, 90 the length Of saying that neither OF the
I,tter coald be elected, for the Catholic might
he successful soldier, and the Free-ihinker
an Admiral Farragut; but no convention not
carried away, as in the case OF Mr.. Lincoin's
second elecii5i, by an irresistible popular de-
mapd, would ever dream OF proposing either
nj them for the popular vote. The Cathollc
would be suspected, and the atheist disIked'
nearly four-fiths OF all American Protestanis
being. if not orthodox in theology, at least cun-
WINGED supernaturalists, so convinced as to re-
lain a distinct dislike for me; of negative
opinious. SILL, the obstacles to rising offered
bv low birth and want of means have, IN the
limited States, been very thoroughly swept
away. Il is hardly possible to 90 below a log
cabin in a swamp. and out Of such a log cabin.
without education, CT money, or anything but
himself, came General Garfield, who, as lad
ri sixteen, could not write, aud ms a mature
man beruiled the iedium Of camp-liie by auno-
,atiops on a pocket "a Hora.e." That a man so
situated could, without the favor OF any patron
aud without accommodating wealth, rise TO the
very top is a sufficient proof that any man
without negro blood and not a convinced Cath
oIic can attain any political position IN the Uni
ted States. 1t is not quite so In EuroPr, out
I In.. ~ f,sL r.r,1a II
The tendency is toward that perfect equality
II NAV be attained in France, where tie charm
az birth as a political factor is entirely dead,
and the only possible dictator is the son Of a
small grocer at Cahors, and the actual presi-
dent was a peasant, where Protestant, jew,
ar Catholic has an equal Chance Of the MIN
;.try. and where candidates affect poverty al q
recommendation.
In England, however, the equality is still fal
% seek. A trace OF color probably would moi
hinder a man much, or low birth, If lie were
,,ot ashamed of it-though the latter weights
him heavily, the popular feeling and the popu-
lar reason not being quite IN accord; but ht
unst not lie 4 Catholic; and III politics he needs
money AT every step OF lIis career. lie cahnoi
10 begin with, either dispense with education
or gel good one without much outlay. To enlei
~ pr,,fessiun will cost lad $500, and If the
rTuteSslnn Is NaAlNN'NNaf
III sum, the result OF " throwing open ap-
,,oiutnenis having been to give practical mo.
por,oly Of them 10 Irishmen, Scoichmen, anS
such few Enslishmen as are trained by yer,
skillful and extremely expensive methods. Ih'
Fu,lishman is 30 slow aud, as a lad, so HOSTILE
:, instruction that, but for very costly system
of education, the public service would oe hliet
Exclusively with Irishmen. To enter politics
a.ain, in this country is to give up any gainiu
,,T,lessiorl, except the bar, which Others canno
practice for YOU, and 10 pay heavy direct hne'
g. entrance into Parliament. Statesmen have
tried for good many years TO keep down cleo
non expenses, but they have either not beef
,,srv sit,cere, or have been baified, and the out
lsyis very much what il was. A coniestis &C
oasionally cheap, but the man who stands ior
county without 10000 to waste-L"rd Cliitol
- Inc agents snecred at e, 500 or for bur
,.,',b Il he cannot readily lind El 900, mus
i.ye n great deal of self-cUnfdence, and b
ahJe. besides, to put down applicants 70
s,1scriptions with some deiermin. tion. !
n;..euter from Quskcrism, says Judg
p.Iihurton somewhere, must have i siiffisl
,,,,er lin" but his obs:inacy is weakness
ri,,,n.red with that required of candidate
VIZ rcfnses to pay the bills incurred 10y hi
Zen. AGAINST his orders. No plea but bank
-S7,,,rv will shield him. The grand difference
bo,,ey.r-for, after all, a popular man or
,,e,e,sary man would be seated by subscrip
tion-is the necessity Of living III London aite
election. very large section OF America
nlilicians live on their salaries There Is M
,,,,e urcssure on them IN Washington To NV
extensively than there is on Irish members II
I,i,,a,,, their salaries are not illiberal, mile
- IN. taken into account in that countrl
.s p,n,.uihcieut distances; and they have, W.
,,,csuH,e. that fearl-ssness of the Pecuniarl
tnt,,. which. more than any other peculiarly
d;Fer.ntiates Americans from Europeans. IL
F,.land- the member cannot live wllhou
,,,,,,,ev ofhis own at all, there is DO salsrie
far linn 10 receive, and practically, If a ven
,,,,,r man and married, finds the position near
/, ;,tnl-rable. More or less, in spite OF char
a-,cr and ability, and even success, II he hat
moi 81 200 year FROM some source or other
lie riuh dissrust him, the poor desplse HIM
and no is hampcred AT every turn. Nlth OIL!
c15o a wear aud house To keep mp, his heiN
wind break down under tue cab dIihculiy
and the wurry Of knowing that dissolution
which even well-to-do members ieei kee"iy
,',;..It lie fatal TO him. His popularity ]
I;st,,t,, less the subscriptions have fallen eft
mi the agents begin to suggest that he nigh
H. ,,,,re successful il another borough. w
IA NOT care TO quote names, bat an excellei'
,n,.,nbcr. Mr., Naldegrave Leslie, man
Incl, b;rth. fair means, and great persona
n,,nl,r;tv published 10 the world that ne re
- from Parliament for that reason, and n
o,her. and every election dismisses less con
snicnou, persons, with nothing but want o
means AGAINST them, 20 obliviun. There Ia u
other road in England 10 political success
Than Parliament and when, therefore, En-
clishmen boast ihat careers are as open mere
As in America, they should add the qualiica