Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-18
School for Statecraft.

working of machinery, but many year
of applied industry has to pass before
the expert mechanic becomes force IN
the productive world. The philosopher
NAV have been mental prodigy IN
childhood. but it requires lifetime oil
research and development to fit him to
command the attention OF students OF
the plans and purposes Of life. \ child
NAV be born with natural gift OF ora
tory, but he waits for the maturity OF
wears, with much of earnest study and
application before he can command the
applause of the multitudes. The little
girl in the old red school house can
sing with peculiar sweetness the morn
ing song of praise but years OF almost
health destroying struggle must be ex-
perienced ere she can stand before |
crowded houses, and the seats of royalty, |
and be honored by the plaudits of praise
In most fields of human activity nature,
bv her laws. forces preparation for the
work in hand. Admission to the so
called professions is hedged about by
due study and reading, and experiment
tai work. Laws for the protection OF
the great public have to be administered
in relation to professional and educa-
tional avocations, notwithstanding ma
ture, unsurpassed in her wisdom, has
ever put into etfectual operation the
great unchanging law of adaptation.
Compliance with this law is the grand
secret of success.
Much is being said and written in
these days about special schools for in
structon in the line of statecraft. Our
very learned ex-ambassador White has
written very forcibly on this subject land
his thoughtful analysis OF the situation,
and his suggestions, are timely. We
have scattered all over the country bust
ness colleges in which young men and
women are taught the science of bust
ness schools devoted to the science of
law, and theology, and medicine, and
dentistry, and agriculture. Our higher
schools and colleges give general instruc-
ton in political economy, but the broad
science Of craftsmanship, in all the in.
tricacies of its possible combinations, in
the detail of cause and effect conditions
is an enigma to the great ma jority OF
the people. and far too much an I'M
known quantity to many men who, to
the extent of helping to make or EN-
force the law, are so called statesmen
Very many of our state and nationa
legislators know not the simple A {
of craftsmanship when by the votes o.
their friends under our system of gov
eminent they are called to places o
trust and great responsibility; but the!
hope to soon "catch on" rs the grea
majority Of the predecessors have dom
before. Pity It's, It's so.
Some statemen are born, but the mos
of them are made by continuous
moulding and shaping process of actor
by right desire, earnest application, AM
high motives and lofty ideals. States
men and politicians possess some com
mon attributes and qualities, but the,
are commonly recognized by differen
features. A politician is a master O
the science of politics; so in the highes
sense the terms statesman and politician
are Synonymous, but we commonly Civ
far different meaning and measure
ment to the two terms. We think o
the politician as principally actuated b
selfish purposes he plans to get tn
most possible for himself, his relative
and henchmen, out of the situation
while we think of the statesman a
thinking, planning and laboring onl
for the highest interests of the grea
mass of the people in all their relation
to one another, and, by reason of thei
citizenship, their relation with all pre-
gressive influence the wide world ovel
The politician is usually sharp and nal
row; the statesman alert and broad.
When we consider that the science Q
government, u.s. in the broadcast thought
the greatest of the sciences, because
has most to do with every man, woman
and child in the principal of their varie
interests, we must conclude that tn
highest degree of human strength, an
energy, and nobility, should be employs
to the end that the best condition
which can be vouchsafed through tn
PRONUNCIATION and enforcement of wis
laws shall be the boon of all and til
product of statecraft. In all other field
special training is the promise of sue
cessful career if the law of adaptation
has been respected. In our form O
government in which policies ma,
change every one, two, or four years
amid wrangling contentious of com
mendation and condemnation, it is i'm
portant for the preservation of our in
situations and underlying structure, tina
the key to the science of craftsmanship
should not be lost, but that statesmen o
high order should ever be subject to call
To insure such a condition would il no