FORTUNE OF THE REPUBLIC.
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and is
than the Englishman's, who, we
rig
much imprisoned 'T
is
certain that it
incomplete,
our civilization
is
yet
has not ended, nor given sign
ending, in a hero.
of
see,
in his backbone.
'Tis a wild democ-
racy; the riot of mediocrities and dishonesties
and fudges.
Ours
is
the age of the om-
nibus, of the third person plural, of
Tammany
Hall. Is it that nature has only so force,
and must
dilute
tiplied into millions ?
Then
it
if it is
The
much
vital
to be
mul-
beautiful
is
never
loins,
and Indiana, with must needs be ordi-
It is not a question
whether we shall be
plentiful.
their
spawning
Illinois
nary.
a multitude of people.
No, that has been,
conspicuously decided already
we
shall
;
but whether
be the new nation, the guide and
lawgiver of
all
nations,
as
having clearly
chosen and firmly held the simplest and best rule of political society.