Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-08

supervision. Only the ineffcisncy of state
laws or she unfair or partisan admins.
trstion OF them eoRld suggest a departure
from this policy. 1t was clesrly howeyer
IN the contemplation of the trainers of
the constitution that such an exicspev
might sriSe and a provision was wisely
made for 1t. Freedom of ballot is a
CONDITION OF our NATIONAL LIFE.
Aud no power vested in congress or in
the executive to secure or pernetuste il
should remain unused upon occasion.
The people of all the cong ressiousl dis
tr'cts have equal interest that the cleo
tlon IN esch shSll truly press the views
Snd wishes of majority of the qualified
electors residing within il. The results
of snch elections are not local and in
slstence of electors residing in other dis
tricts that they shall be pure and free
doers, does not SAVIOR at all of imperti-
nence.
II in any of the states the public securi.
ty Is thought to be Threatened by isnor.
snce among the electors, the obvious
remedy is education. The sympathy and
help of our people will not be withheld
from any community struggling with
special emhsrrassments OF difficulties
dies proposed proceed upon lawful lines
and are promoted by just and honorable
methods, how shall those who prsctise
election frauds recover that respect for
the sspctity of the ballot, which is the
drst condition of good citiaenshipS The
man who has come to the ballot box as a
lugSler, has renounced hisalleSisnce. Let
us eXalt patriotism and
MODERATE OUR rARrY CONTENTIOUS
Let those who would die for the fas on
the field Of battle give better proof of
their Patriotism, and a higher glory to
their country, by promoting fraternity
and Justice. The party success that is
schleVed by unfair methods, or by prsc-
tees that partakes of revolution, is hurt
ful and evanesceut, even from a party
standpoint. We SHOULD hold our differ
ing opinions in mutual respect, and hay
ing submitted them TO the arbitrament of
the ballot, should accept ADVERSE judg-
ment with the same respect that
we would have commanded of our op-
ponents, II the decision had been in our
favor. No other people have "a govern
ment more worthy of their respect and
love or land SO magnihceut IN extent,
SO pleasant 70 look upon, and so full of
generous suggestions to enterprise and
labor. God has placed upon or head
dladem and has land at our tees power
and
WEALTH BEYOND DEFINITION OR oAlouLA.
TON,
but We must not forget that we take these
gifts upon condition that justice and
mercy shall hold the reins of power, ana
that the upward avenues of hope shall be
free 10 all people.
| dc not mistrust the future. Dangers
have been of frequent ambush along our
path, but we have uncovered and van
qulshed them all. Passion has svept
some OF our communities, but only to
give us new demonstrations that the great
body of oar people are stable, patriotic
and law abiding. No political party
can long pursue advantage 1T the ex.
pense of the public honor, or by rude
and Indecent methods, without protest. and
fatal dlsatfsc ion in It's own body. Peace
tCl agencies of commerce are more fully
revealing the necessary unity of all oar
communities, and the increasing inter
course of our people is promoting mutual
resIect. We shall find unalloyed pleasure
IN the revelation which our next census
will make of the swifs development of
the great resources of some of
the states. Each state will
bring the generous contribution to the
great aggregate of the nations increase,
and when the harvests from field, cattle
from the hills and the ores of earth shall
have been weighed counted and valued,
We will turn from them all to crown with
highest honor the state, that has most
promoted education, virtue, justice and
patriotism among its peUpIe
A. l:3O President Harrison finished his
inaugural, and the marching OF the pro
casslOu began. He took the oath of
office before he began the address
The Poets Whittier and Holmes
The poet John Il. Whittier, who was
visiting friends IN Boston last week, wears
his old age easily, and of late years seems
less averse TO mixing in general society
than he formerly was. | suppose, says
writer in the Boston Post, that his sum
mer solitude among the mountains and
the quiet life which he leads at Oak Knoll,
his home in D9nvers, make the change 10
the city weiCOme by way of variety.
lhOugh not fond of society in the ordin-
ary scccptation of the phrase, he has
large social likings and takes a deep in
terest IN social progress. In large com
pahles he does not appear at his best, be-
cause he Is not accustomed to the conyen-
tious of society and has not the faculty
OF passing lightly from one topic to an
u her after the manner of our brilliant
conversational butterflies. He is more
or less absorbed in the serious thong hts
to which he gives utterancs in his poems,
and his finest fancies cannot take meet
ing form which would adapt them for
the require msnts of the drawing room.
In these respects he is unlike the great
Scotch poet, whom he resembles in his
love of nature and attachment TO it's hum
blest object. | have often thought that
1t would have been well for Burns had he
possessed the reserved strength of char
acter which belongs to Whittier, which
would have saved him from yielding to
the TEN ptstiOns which luxurious Ejin-
burg society offered TO his susceptible
nature.
For a man of his age Mr.. Whittier en-
joys good health, and with him scrupu-
lOus attention to hygienin laws has been
the means of his attaining an exceptional
longevity for poet. He will be 81 years
old this month, being nearly two years
older then DR.. Holmes. IL does not seem
to me that Mr.. Whittier has shown of late
years the cumulative evidence of old age
which might BE- expected; he has held his
| own, so to speak, with remarkable ten
acity, and the same may be said of the
"Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" who,
| barring slight deafness, Is as well pre-
| served as most men ten years his junior.
| | have sCmetimes thought that deafness
| was not an altogether undesirable acqui-
sItion for man like DR.. Holmes, who is
| pestered with all sorts of talk, and as he
| is not reduced to tho necessity of using
| an ear trumpet he can the more easily y
| turn q deaf ear" to unwelcome visitors.
1t is not what people say to suJh q man,
but what he says to them which measuI es
| the extent of his use fulDess, and as long
as his tongue and pen fash forth wise
| thoughts and brilliant fancies the fact
that he cannot hear so easily as formerly
| the voice of admiration aud com plimebts
! is not so serious a drawback as il appears
| at first sight. At his time OF life the
| mind natu rally dwPlls more upon inward
| than outward satisfactions, and with his
wealth of pleasant memories he can new
er be at a loss for contemplatiye enjoy
| ment.
As between Whittier and Holmes il ID
| noticeable that the former has not col
! ored his later poetry with the pensive
| tjnge which marks the more recent verse
| of his brilliant contemporary. Though
the fire which glowed in the passionate