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 sembly, that this expenditures for library will benef, few only, not the mass; that ii is exclusive, and of the nature ef monopoly. It Is 10 be remembered that this fund Is d gift; that we take 1t just as 1t is given, and that by its terms 1t might be disbursed here. Any possible administration of it. therefore Is exposed to the cavl that all cannot direct ly, and literally, and equally, partake of it, How many and of what classes of youth from Louisiana, of Illinois, or New England, for example can attend the lectures of your pro- lessor ol astronomyi But say it is d posi- tive and important argument for the mode of application which urge, that u IS so di8u- sjre. Think of the largest absolute numbers of those who, in the succession of years, will come and parlake directly of these stores of truth and knowledge Think of the num- bers without number who, through them, who by them indirectly will partakc of the same stores! Studious men will come to learn, to speak and write to and for the grow ing millions of generally educated eommu- nity. They will learn that they may com muncae They cannot hoard if they would, and they would not it if they could. They take in trust to distribute, and every motive of amb ton, of interest, of duty, will compel them to distribute. They buy in gross, to sell by retail. The lights which they kindle here will not be set under a bushel, but will burn on a thousand hills No, sir; rich and public library is no ant-republican mo- nopoly. Who was the old Egyptian king that indiscribed on his library the words, the dspensary of the soul P You might quite as well inscribe on it 'armory, and | light, and fountain of llbertyi'
 We repeat our hope that this plan, at leas in it's essential features, will he adopted, Ii will put to rest long and complicated dis pute, and render of actual and wide utility a vast fund which has already been too long withheld from it's proper uses, MT. Choate concludes his earnest and eloquent plea, with this forcible appeal =
 1 l do not think, Mir. President, that l am more inclined than another to covet envious- ly anything which the elder civilization of Europe possesses which we do not. l do not suppose that desire, any more than you, or than any of you, to introduce here those vast in equalit;es of fortune, that elaborate luxury that fantastic and extreme refinement But acknowledge a pang of envy and grief that there should be one drop or one morsel more of the bread or water of intellectual life tasted by the European than by the American mind. Why should not the soul of this country eat as good food and as much Of il as the soul of Europe? Why should Ger man or and Englishman sit down to repast of five hundred thousand books, and all A merican scholar who loves truth as well as he, be put on something less than half allow ancel Can we not trust ourselves with so much of so good a thing Will our digestion be impaired by it. Are we afraid that the stimulated aud fervid faculties of this young nation will be oppressed and overlaid Be- cause we have liberty which other nations have not, shall we reject the knowledge whcl they have and we have not? Or will you not rather say, that, because we are free therefore will we add to our freedom tha deep learning and that difIused culture which are its grace and its defence
 MAHoMEDAN VIEWS or AMERICAN PoLl
 rios.--A learned friend, who speaks of get ting up polyglot upon the principle O Ericsson's propeller, has furnished us wiif a free translation, from our Constantnopl' files, of an article upon the subject of the lai'
 Presidential election. The followers of Allal and the Prophet have taken some interest il
 American affairs since Bedford, the ship con
 structor, visited their country and built ship for the Sultan. The progress made in th
 knowledge of our concerns may be gathered ;, from the following extract. The barbarian
 have not quite got the hang of things yet but all due allowances considered, they ar as well informed as some Christian folk wh descant upon Uncle Sam's business with grea freedom and sell-satistaction.
 : s.Of the three candidates says the Con slantinople editor, snow seeking to be Galip of America, two arc men of remarkable en dowments and the other Is naturally popula in the Southern States, h the North, wher there are fewer people of color, the struggl will be a close one between Mr. klai and Nh : PuIk: but in the South, Mir Binee, he beinI black man, will, of course, carry ever, ;. thing before him. Should either of the for mer be chosen, it is understood that the friend of the other will hang thenlselves in order escape proscription---a species of gullioiln | very much dreaded by politicians and said be an improvement upon the bow-string. . case Mr. B. should triumph, there appears u be no doubt that the whole white populatlo will be put to the sword. Of course tn ! success of either of the first named gentieme will ensure the decapltalion of the negroes ! and produce a foreign war, as Great Brltai has sworn to protect race of people irol Il which she gathers so much wool to pull ovt : peoples eyes P1cdynns. :, TIE GROWTH OF THE SoRTHwEsT.-Th If Territory of Wisconsin was set oil from M e chigan and organized ihto Territorial G' . yernment in 1896. It's whole surface is est 2 maled at 47.000,000 acres, of which lit
 more than l0,O00,000 has been surveye The first sales of public lands took place = 1855; the amount sold from that time |
 January, 1912, was 2.909,ilS acres, for u :, sum of S2,76l,762. The lead mines ' lhe Territory will be an incxhaus,ible sour' :; :, of wealth. According to the census oi ls4 - - the whole amount of lead produced ln II United States and Territories was i,25s, I.