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Show pntiks or fin: iiiiLiinc. IlLLls II. HonrRTi, AnlitantTrrai-urer AnlitantTrrai-urer of the United Statu, has written an article on that sutject- He inys that theireclresofdliaiter whlcli ap-(eared ap-(eared before Waiblngton in his farewell fare-well address have entirely fadeil from view at the r resent time. Then the dread of a military dictator was natural, nat-ural, but In our day there Is no man big enough "to stand astride this continent." Ctoear, Cromwell and Napoleon, with our environment, es ould alnk Into a mere I-etty Jack the giant-killer. The "rot-it against a third tenu for General Urant rested on thoi-oiular reluctanco to change national na-tional tradltloul, and not on a fear of his sword aud military prowoaj. Danger from excess of arly strife was a; re bended even in Washington' time, but Mr. Robert osierta that "our generation haa Utile to fear from that source." Btrlfe we have, hit not the flvrco jiqlltical warfare of tho Federalists Federal-ists and their o onciite. Blavcry, whlcli at the Incrptlou of the Union displayed Its malignant front, ha been burle-d in carnage aud desolatlou. Bectlonallsm, the ally of slavery, though disappearing In name, exist In race prejudice, and "make fraud Ha weapon against constitution, laws, I allot, manhood, Justice." This too will dlsaii-ear m did tho fear of nillltarylam In the beginning, as did the fear of results from the bitter recriminations re-criminations of Adams and JefTertou, aa did alavery and the fear of a Grant dicta torchlp. Mr. Robert state that Ihe Imimidl-ale Imimidl-ale peril of the republic I "militarism In politic." He die Richard Croker' article In the -Vorfi .tmerioan Uniew, In which It I sUt.il that aity organlritlon should rest on military dladilluv, with absolutes district dis-trict leaders sul Jcct to an unquestioned central authority, nud with reward to good and faithful workors. This Is simply an argument for arbitrary government lu general, and should the systum obtain In (Kllltlcal parties, evhere each would Ucoineadlselpllncdarmy, our nation as a whole woul I be restlug on Insecure foundations. Tho existing conlltlou In Germany I the ultlm-ite fruition of the Croker argument. The Kaiser says: "There I only one ruler lu the country; I am he, and thero Is no other," Mr, Robert says: 'Tho alternative Is self-goiornmenl In party aa well a In Itate. Parlla like tho htale need leaders, uot dictators, tho leaders chosen for a eleflultu purposa by equals, whose right lo think and odvlso reita on tho aamo ground and extend to Ihe sumo lhulla. Utiles tho equality of man 1 recognized lu tho management of parties, how can we expect It lo be aai rod and enduring In tbu Institutions and government gov-ernment which they oontrolf" Among the other evllscr r erlU mentioned men-tioned are Immigration, rlutocracy, labor and capital agllatlonr, and thy of the people. Plutocracy, were It not that It ha lu It the elements of self-destruction, self-destruction, wauld Leone of the great p-erllatoiur reulllc. Amlaaltstand with unlaw of primogeniture for protection, pro-tection, HI vulgar, degrading and ft source of corruption In soclstand political polit-ical spheres. "(or the power of wealth and tha lore of money com near being the root of all evil. Vast forluno put dingerou weapon weap-on In tho hand cf baso men, aud the haste to get rich ofien override honor-able honor-able ombtUoti and rarrlos down noble purpose. The poison I far-reaching, In Hie revolt In ll rallsel "Mammon led Item on-MsmrnoN, on-MsmrnoN, thl least erect 4 s ml tbst fill From lisavin ' Among the many perils which threaten Ihe rvpubllo noue U greater than apathy of the people. This I govsrnmeut of the t-eop'e, and when they sleep, or become negligent lu directing election, In Inspiring legislation, legisla-tion, In auperv'ilng administrations, then the popular conscience becomes seared, thug capture the city hall, bandit Ihe Btste c-pltol, ami finally corruption ami rottencis become the presiding; genii cf the nation. A healthy public opinion and an Lonett sensitive ubllc coruclunce are the safeguard of a democratlo republic, and wlisn Ihey are gone, the republic will toon follow. |
