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Show a u-von i roil ncs IN tha preface to the Von Mollku roemolrre which are attracting much attention through lha press at thb moment lha Prussian general obecrvei that, "generally ipcnklng It is no longer lha ambition of ruouarcba whkli endangtra lha iacc. It b tba pasalona oltheMplr, the alrlfo or ttleaand the Intrigues ot their leaden which causa a declaration or war." Ai an apology rorlhaanclentfashlon ofaettlng up a hereditary title for tba fountain bead ut political aulhorlly Ihb may or may not I aceei table argument. Ibloglcortha wactot It on Ibat joint la not relctaiittolho condlllona ot thb continent. Whether a hereditary monarch might or might not be mora dreadful than paillsau passion and Inttlguu as h remoter re-moter of war does not affect the iroblemi Ibat rlu up In tha ath of ictVeri after llt-erty, because they have passed upon Ibe question of li'lltlcal authority by right of birth, and tho decision Is final ao far as they ara concerned. There It notwithstanding a prlnclle of truth In tha citation which freemen bavaaa great occasion to rttlett Usm aa the nitjecb cf tha Kmpcror. HtTausa at every step which the friends nf liberty have taken in tha establUhlng of a peole'a government they have encountered thrsu veryob-Jecti veryob-Jecti of terror tbo lAsslons of lha jo-pleand jo-pleand tbalutrlguea of their partisan leaden. It la a melancholy fact that tho people or this great republic re-public who ara undoubtedly farthtr advanced In the principle! if freedom than any la-ople living, ara itlll far from comprehending the danger of puptilar (stiilou ami tha lulrlguta ol rtlsanahlp. They da not ytt Iwgln toroallie that theasjortof tha jairtl-au jairtl-au Intriguer Into lha plat t,sof authority authori-ty which ha cravca only for eraoual e-iiJilshb jiowerover tho passions of the unthinking masses. And so ate tboy continually training at the Iici-b of chroulo candidates fur ofllfc-, who ara tha last mon In lha nation that ought lo ba entrusted Kith aiwer. I'eopla In a i-asston are not, as a rule, thu very bet JuJgn of atrlottsm. They mlstako too often Uia candidate's lung wcr and audacity for jatrlotlsm. It la lha machinations of this sort clean HJatea that Von Mollko alludes to as tho "Intrigues or party leaden which cauau a declaration or war," Through tha power or (ersonil calumny, cal-umny, ridicule aud tha low wit-thlsmscf wit-thlsmscf tollllcal campaigns which ara pirtlcitlarly taking with crowds, a class ot men aro working their way Into tho hlgheit office of the country who have not an atom ot patriotism In their hearts. Their purpose! are thoroughly tho-roughly lelflah and their method! thoroughly corrupt aud degrading la tha public, trust tint Ii given them. At n rule Ibey would not hesitate to sacrifice the doircst rights and Interest! Inter-est! of ft commuulty, or the most ucrud Institutions of their country, coun-try, for tha promotion of their J rl-vate rl-vate ambitions. Huch men would net hesitate, If their was a private gain In the Inunction to Involve the country In auy calamity, and all In tha name of thu people and their country. Ai a rule, therefore, the best blond of lha nation b not In olllce. It spurns tha degrading ordeal ol slander and 1 w vituperation to which lha gauntlet or "running fcr ufllca" tiiljrcb them. II tho ttiopla should thrust uirrairlly aside every man that ralsualib solce In tha pursuit ol olllce, they might deprlvu thermt-lvca or (ha n r vices of some Rood men, aud In seeking out front thounas Irlng throng thu uieu to whom Ihry shall eintrust the tans of Htale, they might make somu ethui mistakes; , but mistakes mis-takes woull not bu near an common or so grav v, and Hlatu autl national disaster! ui frequent If the latter were the absolute rule. It Is rarely that a man will thrust himself Into tha face of tha ivoplo as a candidate unless he has etna selfish motive In doing ao, uulirlllshnusi lu ulllca Is the judson of rn-u gownjtucut, |
