20 Ii TIC s..
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This term. strictly speaking, means the
science OF government, but there is danger
of its degenerating into mere partizan
art for the accomplishment of selfish pur-
poses. Boldness and partizan eHroutery
not unfrequently outstrip the old fashioned
virtues of capacity and patriotism in the
race of preierment, and the mottn Of our
progressive, utilitarian times is, =" Devil
take the hindmos:."


To be truly politician requires great
deal Of reflection and study, but now every
one aims TO be politician-in Iced folks
seem to be born 2olii icians, and they give
the earliest evidence Of their political abili-
ties as soon as they are old enough TO talk,
by shouting hurrah for some big man,
who has made himself SO by shouting hur-
Tah for some big man before him. Even
religion, that heavenly solace, when pure,
under every earthly misfortune, is tinctured
with this political mania, and we read
lately of clergyman whose head was SO
bedzzened with politics, alias man nwor-
ship, that during his prayer he expressed
a desire that he and his congregation
nigh, initiate the ''holy examples of Abra-
ham, David and Polk" No doubt he
meant Paul, and great indeed must have
been the absorption and perversion of his
faculties to have made such mistake.


Our people are pushing ami energetic
and liable 10 rush ahead too eagerly.
They prefer action TO thought, and our
remarks have no other object than TO in
culcate the necessity of minsling higher
motives of action with our notions Of
utility, and of checking our progressive
strides just long enough 10 take breath and
ascertain certainly whittier we are going