FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 19 1 



counsel or countenance the illegal and 

 violent acts referred to, but that that which 

 they advocate or approve or suggest will 

 lead to such results, just as surely as night 

 follows the day. And all the while we 

 remember that this is a &quot;popular&quot; govern 

 ment, and that in these times a popular 

 government usually means in practice not 

 a competition for the suffrages and support 

 of the intelligent and thoughtful, but bids 

 by the machinists of both the leading par 

 ties, and often of the outlying factions, 

 for the votes of all the crack-brained, the 

 turbulent, the dissatisfied, and the lazy. 



So we do not look upon the field of the 

 immediate future, either here or abroad, as 

 a bed of roses. It seems much more likely 

 to be the paradise of the demagogue and 

 the visionary, and the inferno of the quiet 

 citizen who wishes to &quot;live in the spirit.&quot; 



Nevertheless, we desire to keep our heads 

 level. We remember that somebody wrote 

 recently &quot;Don t fret,&quot; and we intend to 

 remember the charge. We recall that dur 

 ing the July riots in New York, in 18(53, 

 there came a heavy shower, and the mob 

 scattered like sheep. And we hope for some 

 cooling baptism that will send people back 

 to their homes where they can collect their 



