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not 70 the solid vital substance on which
the nons-the People feed. but to the
scraps and leavines which have fallen to
the vultures and the jackals.
For, # we consider 1t, there Is no one
OF tho great objects for which govern
ment exists which has not for the last
hundred mars been abundantly provided
for and ~safeeuarded by the Federal Con-
s~iltution-life, liberty. the pursuit OF hap
plness. security of person n property,
freedom Of religious opinion and worship,
and, above all, an open arena. with equal
rights, equal opportunities and equal access
to positions Of honor OF trust for land
that. too. In n degree unknown elsewhere
In the world, with the exception. perhaps, OF
some OF the colonies still attached to the
British Crown" Very little real organic
change Is needed In order TO At the United
States for taking their place in the advanced
civilization Of the twentieth century. No
reconstructions arc here required such
as are imperatively called for In the case
OF England or In that Of France. In u
republic the broad equality necessary
20 progress reposed securely on it's millions
of hundred-and -siSty-acre holdings, on Its
universal education. on Its freedom OF
tthkhous WoISuip ait ODlnioh. dit oh tho
equal opportunity given to all to rise In
every department Of life; and 30, In place
Of the handicapping Of Intelligence as an
IDEAL by a system Of modified caste las
Intelligence Is handicapped In England).
a. much room Is provided for natural and
proper inequality as either progress would
demand or political philosophy prescribe.
With tn Ne standing desiderdfd Of human
life attained, the multiplied scandals n
oorruptions OF its four country'sl political
life. to which tho prevailing publicity OF
the & has given a worldwide advertise
ment, are but as dust in the sunbeam; or
like those superficial skin eruptions which
starve In the anemio, but riot and luxuriate
In those OF the richest blood Yet these
scandals and corruptions indicate malad-
justment or excess somewhere. and, al
though they distinctly belong to what MIR.
Crozler calls the scraps n leavings OF
politics, he holds that the task OF American
craftsmanship In the twentieth century
Is, as far as possible, to remove them.
v.
The author believes that In his seventh
chapter, to which We have cursorily re-
ferred, he has succeeded In proving that the
true causes Of the corruption Of American
politics may all, for purposes OF recon-
struction, be summed up in two-the n
mental, the other material; the n a
falslty In sentiment, the other a defect In
machinery, The first is the substitution Of
the abstract and utopian Equality OF Rous-
seau for the natural Equality proper TO
men born and bred under a practical equal
ity OF material and social conditions. The
s~econd-a double defects. on the n
hand, the unsu,tdbiity Of the original po-
litical machinery Of Equality for the new age
OF Industrial Development and Centraliza-
ton; and on the other. the forcing ofthe pace
OF that machinery to keep up with the de-
mands OF the Utopian Equality just mem
toned. All the other indirect c~ontributory
causes. such as the new industrial dsvel-
opment. the rise Of great cities and the
necessity for party vigilance n discipline
In a government conducted by the People
themselves-a these are pronounced either
natural and inevitable or are recognized
a. part OF the organic structure Of Amer
lean political life itself, and as, conse-
u~uently. to be handled with the utmost
care and caution by practical statesmen.
These indirect contributory causes are
touched on but lightly In the volume be-
fore US; in his proposed reconstruction
Mr.. Crozier confines himself to the two
direct and immediate causes of corrup-
ton, namely. the Utopian Equality and
the defective or unsuitable machinery.
A. for the first cause dhe sentiment OF
Ctopian Equality. considered as a basis
Tor the political machinery Of the State
Mr.. Crozier holds hat this can be only
altered in the United States, as in France.
by the substitution 81 the history Of the
Evolution Of Civilization in general as the
political Bible ~ the nation. for the Bible
OF jefferson and Rousseau. and this sub
stitution, again, can b. gradually enected
only by making the historical and phil
osophical study ~ this Evolution ths key
stone Of secular education in America,
rs IN all other advanced countIi. The
msin results which our author would eI-
pct 20 now from this substitution in the
United State would i@ he convincing Of
the people that no political abstraction
81 any kind. much l'-s IA. abstraction Of
ideal or utoyihu Eq4ahty. las ever been
aldo 70 maintain it".f. except for moments
and during period. II transition, Ia any
civilization the world haS yet seen. that
thee abstract id-an have always bsssn
temporary msdHS, neNef reali0nd srds
anu AiNANH tN tHf lux ~ 'fiilSfl'' hui
iHtsrcouneci'd "1nploI Of many parts.
they. aliLough good ~ idsals o. lead men
on. are. hike Platpuic hove, peace al -any-
pno.. aud th' r,.t. unruund mAtenas with
xhlch a. bulld a soIid and enduring struct-
ARE, political or other
We come 10 tho rro1nd oause Of tho
corruption ~ Amsraan uoli'iv namely,
tho dofsCts b. %ISIhtl0al machinery 1heS
dri~cts arr ouu,E faHly a. -. have sAld,
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