The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-23

Every reformer of abuses who had GOT hold
of q thread of jobbery which was strangling
| the commonwealth was discouraged from
following up the clew by the certainty that
il would lead him sooner or later to the
door of the royal closet"
Thus venality and servili:y became in
grained in every branch of the public SER
vice and disiDterested patriotism was rele-
gated into obscurity. The names of com.
handing officers on sea and on shore, IN the
campaigns against America, have been
associated with transactions which prove
| that their abilities were directed against
the public exchequer rather than against
the forces Of the enemy. Says Trevyl-,
lian: Z
"The king knew the secret bistorv OF all
the hucks,ers of politics, the amount at
which they appraised themselves the form
in which they got their price and the ex-
tent to which they were earning their pay
by close attendance and blind subser-
vience. He was at home in the
darkest corners of the political workshop
and up to the elbows in those processes
which q high-minded statesman sternly
fOrbids, and which even q statesman who is
not high-minded leaves to be conducted by
others"
Contrast this revolving picture with the
conduct and career OF the men who led the
American colonists through the long and
arduous struggle for their liberties.
1t was q war on one side for diminion,
regardless o. justice, by rich and power
fui empire, whose forces were welded un-
der an administration weakened by COR
ruptiOn, immortality and prOfiigate expen-
ditnre; in which patriotic objects were but
little regarded and the qualification of pas.
sion stood in lieu of a conscientious pur.
suit OF public welfare. On the other side,
with forces numerically feeble and almost
wholly unsupplied with the sinews of war,
a scanty band of agricultural cOlonists
animated by pure and lofty love of lib
erty standing in defense of their birth
Fights of home and ireside, sustained by a
religious faith in the Justice of their
cause, and added to by the practice of hon.
esty and frugality in the administration of
their resources, emerged from the unequal
contest victorious and unstained.
Look to-day at the carefully kept ac-
counts of Washington's expenditures as
comm nder.in chief OF the forces, filed by
him at the close of the war in the depart.
ment of state; marvels of honest pre-
cisiOn and modest in character! Scan
closely the personal characters of the coun-
sellers he selected for his cabinet. The
first, Gen Henry Knox, secretary of var;
next, Alexander Hamilton, secretary of
the treasury; then Edmund Randolph,
attorney general: and Thomas Jefferson,
secretary OF state. For the supreme court,
he selected John Jay, as the chief Justice,
and Rutlege, Wilson, Gushing. Blair and
lredell as associate justices; every name is
lustrous with virtue and talents; upon the
character Of none rests the slightest cloud.
Each OF these upright and patriotic men
accepted the creed of Burke:
The principles Of true politics are those
OF morality enlarged land public conf
deuce naturally followed, ratifying and APP
proving his choice of counsellOrs. Such
men are the proper repositories of public
power at all times and under auy form of
government; and we'll is il for q people
when such men occupy their highest
stations.
By such nominations Washington was
putting in practice the precepts be had
given to the governor of ali the states in a
circular letter. written on June 9Th, 1888.
from these headquarters.
This Is the moment (ssid he) to give
will enable it to ans wer the ends of its in
sritution; or this may be the Inflated mo-
n,ent Tor relaxing the power of the union
and annihilating the cement of the con-
federation
And then he continues In such words of
patriotic counsel that you must permit me
to recall them and ask you to engrave
them on y0nr memories:
sol h., Ill
being sd existence of the United States as
an mo pendent power 80
FIs'. The indissoluble union of the
st les under one federal head.
Second.-A sacred regard to public JUS
tice.
Third. The adoption OF proper peace
-
Fourth.-The prevalence OF that pacific
and friendly disposition among the people
OF the United States which will induce
them TO forget their local prejuGices and
politics, to make those mutual concessions
which are requisite TO the general pros
Perify, ant, IN some instances, to sacrifice
their adWit'ed advantages fer the Interest
Of the community
These are pillars on which that
glorious fabric of our independence
and NATIONAL character must be supported.
Liberty Is the basis, and whoever would
dare to say that foundation or overthrow
tine structure, under watevvr spacious pre-
text he may attemp, it. will merit the Bit
ter,st execration and severest punishment
which can be inflicted by his injured
country.
Even then, standing on the threshold of
crest fairre, his p.trio'ic eye disrerned
,he ESSENTIALS upon ahich as court .y must
rely 'o- RS safety and progress. His coun-
self, wise and true then, are equally SO and 1,
as valuable to-day and it is we'll for us,
in considering the safety and we'll being of
the vast suPerstructure of the population,
wealth, and varied human interests which
has been built upon the foundations laid
by Washington and his associates, centu.
rY AGO. To rememher from What materials