Government, then, is an _Agent_, and nothing more. Even nationalists will not contend for the divine right of kings. And the duties of every decent government on earth are _political_ in their character. The agents are chosen and dismissed with a direct reference to that kind of action. Politics has a sphere wholly distinct from Economics. The true and only end of politics is the greatest good of the greatest number, so far as that end can be mediated by governmental agents of the people. Individualism as such does indeed sink out of sight under a true Politics, and the inalienable rights of one are maintained for the sake of and in consistency with the greater rights of all. But Economics is all individuals from beginning to end. "_It takes two to make a bargain._" Only two. Each of the two has his own motive, estimates for himself, gives and takes for himself, and enjoys alone his own gain. All this is involved in the very idea of _Property_, which is derived from _proprius_, and which means _one's own_. How illogical, then, and incongruous, to suppose, that a set of limited human agents briefly trained to purely _political_ action, and liable to be turned out of office by every change in party administration, can be competent at the same time and in addition to perform _economical_ functions for the people! Notice, too, that governmental agents in all good countries are already _overburdened_ with their mere political duties. Work is behindhand in every portfolio, on every court calendar, and in every legislative body, in Christendom. How absurd it is, therefore, to talk about throwing upon shoulders, already overburdened, additional loads of a different kind, for which shoulders and heads are wholly unfitted! Why not, then, inquires our nationalist innovator, organize new bureaus to undertake in their behalf the buying and selling of the people? Ah! Who pays the taxes needful for the support of the present _political_ bureaus? And who would have to pay the taxes needful for the support of the new _economical_ bureaus? Besides not having any substantive existence of its own Government has not one cent of money, except what the people voluntarily pay in taxes out of their own personal gains, in order to maintain their own agents to do certain political things for them, which they cannot do as well for themselves directly; and when it comes to the cold question for the people themselves to answer, whether they will organize a new set of hired men to do their trading for them, and pay them for doing this out of aggregate gains certainly to be vastly diminished by the process, our nationalistic leaders will perhaps find out that the people have common sense, whether the said leaders have it or not.