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passed into a proverb�察�for you no sooner set up an idol firmly�察�than you are 

sure to pull it down and dash it into fragments�此               �and this�察�because directly 

you   reward   a   benefactor�察  �or   a   public´servant�察  �you   distrust   him�察  �merely 

because   he   IS   rewarded�察  �and   immediately   apply   yourselves   to   find   out�察�

either that   you have been too   bountiful   in your   acknowledgments�察�or   he 

remiss   in   his   deserts。    Any   man   who   attains   a   high   place   among   you�察�

from the President downwards�察�may date his downfall from that moment�察�

for   any   printed   lie   that   any   notorious   villain   pens�察  �although   it   militate 

directly against the character and conduct of a life�察�appeals at once to your 

distrust�察   �and    is  believed。     You      will  strain    at  a  gnat    in  the   way    of 

trustfulness   and   confidence�察  �however   fairly   won   and   well   deserved�察  �but 

you     will  swallow      a  whole     caravan    of   camels�察   �if  they   be   laden    with 



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unworthy doubts and mean suspicions。                 Is this well�察�think you�察�or likely 

to elevate the character of the governors or the governed�察�among you��' 

     ;The answer is invariably the same�此            �'There's freedom of opinion here�察�

you   know。      Every   man   thinks   for   himself�察  �and   we   are   not   to   be   easily 

overreached。       That's how our people come to be suspicious。' 

     ;Another prominent feature is the love of 'smart' dealing�此               �which gilds 

over many a swindle and gross breach of trust�察�many a defalcation�察�public 

and private�察�and enables many a knave to hold his head up with the best�察�

who well deserves a halter�此         �though it has not been without its retributive 

operation�察�for this smartness has done more in a few years to impair the 

public     credit�察 �and   to   cripple   the   public   resources�察   �than    dull  honesty�察�

however rash�察�could have effected in a century。                 The merits of a broken 

speculation�察�or a bankruptcy�察�or of a successful scoundrel�察�are not gauged 

by its or his observance of the golden rule�察�'Do as you would be done by'�察�

but are considered with reference to their smartness。                I recollect�察�on both 

occasions of our passing that ill´fated Cairo on the Mississippi�察�remarking 

on the   bad   effects   such  gross deceits   must have   when   they  exploded�察 �in 

generating      a   want    of   confidence      abroad�察   �and    discouraging       foreign 

investment�此      �but   I   was   given   to   understand   that   this   was   a   very   smart 

scheme by which a deal of money had been made�此                     �and that its smartest 

feature was�察�that they forgot these things abroad�察�in a very short time�察�and 

speculated again�察�as freely as ever。           The following dialogue I have held a 

hundred times�此       �'Is it not a very disgraceful circumstance that such a man 

as So´and´so should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous 

and   odious   means�察  �and   notwithstanding   all   the   crimes   of   which   he   has 

been   guilty�察  �should   be   tolerated   and   abetted   by   your   citizens�拭   �He   is   a 

public nuisance�察�is he not��'         'Yes�察�sir。'   'A convicted liar��' 'Yes�察�sir。'       'He 

has been   kicked�察  �and   cuffed�察  �and   caned��'      'Yes�察  �sir。'  'And   he   is   utterly 

dishonourable�察      �debased�察    �and    profligate��'    'Yes�察 �sir。'  'In    the  name     of 

wonder�察�then�察�what is his merit��' 'Well�察�sir�察�he is a smart man。' 

     ;But the foul growth of America has a more tangled root than this�察�and 

it strikes its fibres�察�deep in its licentious Press。 

     ;Schools   may   he   erected�察  �East�察  �West�察  �North�察  �and   South�察  �pupils   be 

taught�察�and masters reared�察�by scores upon scores of thousands�察�colleges 



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may thrive�察�churches may be crammed�察�temperance may be diffused�察�and 

advancing knowledge in all other forms walk through the land with giant 

strides�察�but while the newspaper press of America is in�察�or near�察�its present 

abject state�察�high moral improvement in that country is hopeless。                   Year by 

year�察 �it   must   and   will   go   back�察  �year   by   year�察  �the   tone   of   public   opinion 

must   sink   lower   down�察  �year   by   year�察  �the   Congress   and   the   Senate   must 

become   of   less   account   before   all   decent   men�察  �and   year   by   year�察  �the 

memory of the Great Fathers of the Revolution must be outraged more and 

more�察�in the bad life of their degenerate child。 

     ;Among the herd of journals which are published in the States�察�there 

are some�察�the reader scarcely need be told�察�of character and credit。 From 

personal      intercourse      with    accomplished       gentlemen       connected      with 

publications of this class�察�I have derived both pleasure and profit。 But the 

name of these is Few�察�and of the others Legion�察�and the influence of the 

good�察�is powerless to counteract the moral poison of the bad。 

     ;Among        the   gentry    of   America�察     �among     the   well´informed       and 

moderate�察�in the learned professions�察�at the bar and on the bench�察�there is�察�

as there can be�察�but one opinion�察�in reference to the vicious character of 

these    infamous      journals。    It   is  sometimes      contendedI      will   not   say 

strangely�察�for   it   is   natural to seek   excuses   for   such   a   disgracethat their 

influence is not so great as a visitor would suppose。                I must be pardoned 

for   saying   that   there   is  no   warrant   for   this plea�察  �and that   every  fact   and 

circumstance tends directly to the opposite conclusion。 

     ;When any  man�察�of any grade of desert in intellect or character�察  �can 

climb to any public distinction�察�no matter what�察�in America�察�without first 

grovelling down upon the earth�察�and bending the knee before this monster 

of depravity�察�when   any private   excellence is safe from  its attacks�察  �when 

any social confidence is left unbroken by it�察�or any tie of social decency 

and honour is held in the least regard�察�when any man in that Free Country 

has freedom of opinion�察�and presumes to think for himself�察�and speak for 

himself�察�without humble reference to a censorship which�察�for its rampant 

ignorance and base dishonesty�察�he utterly loaths and despises in his heart�察�

when   those   who   most   acutely   feel   its   infamy   and   the   reproach   it   casts 

upon the nation�察�and who most denounce it to each other�察�dare to set their 



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