The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-25


A curious instance OF this fondness for classical
citation occurred in the great reform debates of
has been, perhaps, the ablest opponent OF tho bill
banded, on several OCCASIONS, tho passages in
tho second book of tho Eneld, relating to the
wooden horse by which the Greeks deceived tho
Trojans. Mr. Gladstone started the game one
evening in March, when he denying that the
increased political power of the working classes
is fraught with danger:
preaching tho walls of tho sacred city, and filled with
armed men bent upon ruin, plunder and coRascation.
We cannot join In comparing 1t with that monstrnm in
fe{iI-we cannot say
"-Scandit fatals machina muros
FGta armis: mediWque minans illabitur urb.'
Or as Dryden has it,
"At length the fatal fabric mounts tho walls,
Big with destrncton......
1t enters Ger our heads, and threats the town."
Mr.. Love- speaking on the following evening,
way to turn this to account. "The Chancellor OF
the Exchequsr" he said has found quota ton
describing something, and then says, that is not
'sWell that was very apt quotation, but there
wasa curious felicity about it which he little
dreamt Of The House remembers that among
other proofs of the degree in which public opinion
is ensted in tho cause of reform was this, that
this is now the fifth Reform Bill that has been
brought in since 1851. Now, just attend to tho
sequel Of the passage quoted by the right honora-
BILE gentleman. az, 70 hcliovec " snrt.e H,ga
ians, and the House will see why in moment:
go Divum donius nIum. ct inclyta bcllo
Mpnia Dardani duml quater fpso In limine portp
r,,.,
mucn cheorhg anu laughter. But that ls not
"'Instamus tamen immemores. cpcique furore,
Et monstram infelix sacrata sistmuB aree.'"
"GCheers.l Well, abominate tho presage con-
taned int, in the last two lines, but mix my conf
.sTo follow Dryden's translation again
m.o s,ored city. bnyt bv bands div,nsr
O valiant heroes of tho Trojan limo!
Wss inward pconns rsbomnS
Yet. mad with zeal, and blinded % with our '' fate
W. n"ui aons 'no not'' IL e0i'inn S'a'e'
Mr.. Gladstone apparently did not think it worth
naTt evan;nr howaver cbaro;ne Mr Iouo T 1v;th
denouneine the workinemen' hs rocnrred 20 "hi his
hiss nnes Htss fuoteu, lh u tone ot e1pianato9 more
grave than that which he might have used with
I said this Is no monsr,n in5sria no horse obarge5
with armed mep who to carry fire and desolatfon
N St ito re ny d g gi;, aaena rashed
nIoiranS ~ ~ p' -- "A poh'en'ooS eiipnasis e4-
'iAnheu 49,
"' 'InstamuS tamen immemores, c@ciqae furore,
=. 1's.,nas arcs
ontand tHe i ~ Tb gneyda S,e a she persons
contained In Ht Inc 1-poundersi' Loud cheers.1 .
Finally, IN the great closing debate Of the ses-
sion Mr. Lowe re5oined and ended the affair, by a
hnal recurrence to the qnotatioh in strain which
combined; We confess that we are uncertain
whether the "insuting Simon OF this closing quo
tatlon was intended Ior Mr. Gladstone, whom MIR.
Lowe hau aocusea OF great lnaecorum toward the
11ouse, VI ni; pisIV, wno 10 esserteu py the
Sonsoi TotIes W 70 stIe ieet ieauer, WHO, at tne
ti,s ,rinistry. '' Va ''"nae peninu
.a,., -. 10
the asons Whoh bs m @ 70 IN
laid before ua in support Of this bill bnt there "a ban
y Sne y So,naon Jul gfTShe leIs 10 u.s. ana that is the
nnSb SvH NJ r,sht sne hon ssonS OF xae lAear and
s Ylngs ID tne candie has returned again to- the
pooI 1id Trojan a. morse Ia iaugn and ahnll with tho
Per-, sse haar 81 e - use give mem one more excerpt
that shal thsn turn m him out TO- grass at events
passage which am about to quote is one which
tdssefpSn not only Of
ot We peye hear SO nuch but slight sketch
VI ila seneiaL i Ia iaug9I; -.....
Fnnait sonna S,nron incubus adstans
insutans cheers and laughter: pors ali
100 tibus sdsunt :. '. '-pA ''A
Mniin quot magnis nunquam venere Mycenls."
toheers1 In other words: '...'' ~ 80
"The fatal horse pours forth the human tide,
!G Insulting Simon filings his firebrsnds wide.
And swarmng millions climb it's crumbing walls. .
After all however these nuotat;ons I.ol, tho
fina flavor which some OF thosa lonS, o a 1le
ad darive from avidantIv aStannnrs s,noe iecora
gu e,,S i,stort nc citation
anu mstan! use.
OongreSsionai misquotations from the poets are
ProVerpiai MI Clay rarely had occasion to de-
part Iom tns realm OF nls atnuent imagination;
DuG we nave poem informed Dy q former honored
editor OF the mteligencer, that on one occas sion
he essayed TO quote from Shakespeare the familiar
passage rr.
-. ... "Let the CALLED jade wince, -