Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-28

AGDAG1II.
1lncs the bessnniag OF the Christian
era. sudseisy h2s been . marked factor
n the succsss or defeat OF any inven-
ticn. advanced mslhod. new idea, OF Of
the individual. When We turn TO hiz-
tory We fnd innaaseyADis instances II
suppors OF this statement. Alexander
ths Great. with an sud4eity born Of
high aspirations. sabdued tho world
yes ieft his name synonym Of ungrat-
16ot ambition Peter the Great OF Rus
-. enuious Of A exandsr, wAgsd un-
necessary war. brought misery to thou
osnds, ami ~ intensely hated ~ feared
By hrs subjects. died surrounded by MS
doGs- Napoleon. by advanced methods
In tns art of killing, Dy the rspsdlty
with which he moved large bodies OF
troops and BY the sudacity displayed in
attack. won the admiration o. his coun-
trymen, the envy of bis colleagues and
the hatred Of other nations. His sue
cosses were the result of an andacity
which raised him 10 . dictatorship.
William T. sherman planned . cana
palGn requiring months for its accom-
phshment, through a section of coun-
~ bitterly hostile; the audacity OF the
undertaking fairly dazed tho word.
end brought forth volumes OF pro-
tests against . move which it was.
predicted could end only IN failure.
A. Ia war 50 in invention. The appli-
cation of steam as . motive power was
ridieuled - an audacity. and Isaac
Watts denounced as . visionary. Rob-
ert FuIton's steamboat was thought to
Be foolish experiment, doomed to
failure before tried, and worthy Of AT
tsntion only because Of the audacity
Of the contrivsnce. Ben Franklin had
che audaasy to experiment with elec-
trieity and leaden jars, and was knocked
down for his temerity. Sxm'l +. B.
Morss's telegraph was an audscity con-
ssdered impractical and Of doubtful
utility; ss best : scientific toy, which
might interest scientists, but could not
~ put 70 practical use. Edison's tele-
phone, cars propelled by steam power,
Houe's sewing machine, Mccormack
harvester. Erricson's revolving turrets
On war ships. and indeed all useful
Inventions have had to run the gaunt-
let q adverse criticism, and were
cIaned - audacities- The magma
: ehoxla vs. The result Of the audacious
ond elsmorous demands OF English
eommopers. and in itself was an auda-
city against monarchial government.
The abolition ideas of Wendell
phiIliDs, Mira Harriet Beecher
Stove, Horace Greeley and many
ethers scarcely less well known, were
too audacious - merit serious consider
stson- and il was more the graceful,
forceful and audacious manner used,
IN presenting their ideas than the sub
iect itself which interested. The policy
outlined BY the republican party in
1854, reiterated IN 1860 and adhered to
during the past thirty years. with only
such notifications If the exigeucies of
tho times demanded, was an audacity.
'L,ncoln's denunciation Of the doctrine
of states rights, ~ defined BY John
Randolph and ably maintained by
stephen A. Douglass was an audaclty,
permissible IN debate, but never to be
endorsed.
The same quality which demanded
and received the attention Of the world
% these things has been ever kept
uppsrmost in TAmsny nall--if il be not
. descent from the sublime to the re-
diculous 70 mention Tamsny. The
sudacity Of schemes and methods
which sparkle with briIiisncy of con-
cepsios and boldness of execution have
ever marked the Tamany way. DAVID
b. Hill - now posing - shs most fear
les and The sbless democrat Of them
al. Audscisy hss ever been his watch
vesds his guiding principle. By the
- Of il power ne dazes his brother
democrats and dares when they hest
1o1o. What shall be his enc7
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