The Epidemic Of Liberty

The idea embodied in American institutions is the most radical that ever took the concrete shape of legislation. We may say, without being charged with a boastful spirit, that we have on the whole the bestgovernment on theplanet. That is to' Bay, the government which offers the largest opportunities and produces the greatest amountof contentment and prosperity. Itisagood thing for 100,000 of our citizens to visit Europe every summer in order to compare the condition of affairs abroad with that enjoyed at home. And it is safe to assert that no man can travel in England or Germany or Bussia or Italy without reachingthe proud conclusión that the American flag representa more popular rights and a moreadvanced political economy than any other strip of bunting that floats in the breeze. The tourist who reaches Sandy Hook af ter a three or six months' journey in foreign lands without havinghis pulse jumpinto the nineties ought to have been bom in