The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-03-08

perhaps. than the Americans wouli neSed
10 set rid of Troublesome president.
FoT four years the Americans arc at
the mercy of their chief representative.
Scarcely have the latter gune through
their apprenticeship in the science Of
politics and government when ;hey have
20 80 home. The consequence il thai
they are but novicea--politicians bat no
statesmen. These small politicians es-
cite the interest Of the public 50 little
that the American ne~~srapcrs furnish
their readers with many moro dctails
about what j. going ON az Westminster.
al the Palais Bourbon and a, the reiens-
tag than about what Is being done at the
Capitol in Washington.
Reforms are talked Of in America, hut
how obtain thems Public opinion has
but secondary influence uran the gov
ernment. The English would obtain a
great constitutional reform far more
easily than the Americans. In England
all officials are the servants Of the puolic
and are treated as such; in America thcS
are their masters. The English parlia-
ment is constantly influenced bv public
opinion; the American Congress is not 20
Influenced at ALL
During four years the president has
almost carte blanche. lie can declare
war and stop legislation. An authurisa-
tive democracy like this seens 10 present
all the dangers Of an absolute monarchy
without possessing. as compensation,
tho advantages Of iixity.
Yet Is there a man. enjoying the use
of his mental faculties. who would thiak
of substituting a monarchy for the re-
public in American
The position Of this president Of the
United States is very curious. Imagine
to yourself king who, after four years
service, disappears into the obscurity OF
private life, Is no more heard of unless
he Is assassinated, and whose very fess-
lures are forgotten unless they have been
perpetuated upon dollar bills and postage
stamps.
The United States well deserve their
name. The Union is Il true and firm one.
The American states, all managing
their own local government as they see
fit, live in perfect harmony one with
another. That which makes the strength
Of America is that every one seems salts
fed with the form of government.
said that | considered tho people OF
England freer than the people of Amer
lea. This demands an explanation. In
advancing such an opinion, | mean to
say that the English exercise more infiu-
ence over the government than do the
Americans, and that they invest the
agents of authority with much smaller
powers. An American policeman, for
instance, is endowed with an authority
which he can with impunity use In
tyrannous fashion. The English police
man is the servant of the public, is re-
sponsible before the public for his acts,
may be given in charge on the spot If he
insults or roughly handles you, and may
be prosecuted for making "a false accusa-
zion against you.
Bureaucracy is much more tyrannical
in America than in England. You meet
at every turn a man who lets you know
that "he has certain instructions 10 carry
out"
The English have the habit of making
themselves at home everywhere, but
above all in places where they pay.
Nothing is 50 repugnant to them as those
thousand and one little tyrannics that go
by the names of regulations, restrictions,
rules, bylaws, etc. If you would be un-
hampered by such, if you would enjoy
perfect freedom, live in England.
No one doubts that England is the
freest country on earth, not even our
stanchest French republicans.