Addresses And Papers By Andrew S Draper Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Addresses and Papers by Andrew S. Draper There are other people to whom it has never occurred that any American citizen needs any other qualification than that of getting enough votes for an office, or gathering enough in uence to secure an appointment, in order to prepare him for any office from the presidency to the constableship with which one of the presidents frequently boasted that he began his official life. They do not see why one has anything to do with politics if'it is not to secure a job. Their wrath runs high if offices are not the early fruits of their political victories; though their faith is shaken when it comes to the victories of the other people. They do not know, or if they do they are - for the time being - indifferent to the fact that any such theory is the sure forerunner of both personal and party humiliation. There are still other people, and many of them, who do not take the trouble to think about the matter, who care for little which does not promise advantage to themselves, and who lack the taste or the energy for political activity. They keep quiet, refrain from stirring opposition, and take advantage of any wind from any quarter. When they want something, they want it very badly. Then they can not understand why every interest should not turn aside for theirs. Seeking something, they think that the laws and rules are made only to fool the uninitiated, and when disappointed they are very skeptical about square and honest men in public life. Passing for most excellent people, professing rectitude, and possessing it so long as no selfish interest is in the way, they are singularly deaf to all reason and blind to all principle when a real test comes and conscience toys with temptation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."