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ambition, persistent energy, and respectable
capacity. The questions E!,iicl, at.icl us With
ieutts arc What sufficient reason WIS there
for sending him to CcAgreas? and, What good
guishe4l, and vassls greater humber Of M
ycAra in poyeitv: and, but for lautlat.e hank
cring after knowledge and singular pc.scver-
ancc 10 striving. to ae1,tiro It, ho would have
rsFscd item In iS:oranee: 81. 70 much ha, bssa
s,i,dcr'r career sl,at ne feel driven to ~, 81,
little Of our own tliction uron II,
It is not positive what species OF light Wiz
fhet, nlFon his lonely childish studies Some
of ILL., eslog'sts have contcnlcd for pinc-kuots; !;
1t It quite certain that he had no gas nor kero-
po'nt Is important; nituess tho enthusiasm Of
!aneoln Ntpualicans for llShtwood; witness
Goals OF hickory. Eut Ar. Slider himself,
neses hsvins claimed the halo Of iynited tur-
rehsiie i'll tue natural stick, NO will not iusist
ief hlm upon that lating. distinction. One
th'ng lH sure he was secondc]e in country
E,ocerE store; calumny cannot rob him Of that
little to The peoples Confidence. further
demonstration Of bis early promise exists
H. the fact that Le slept On The counter,
Win no extra covering in cold weather bat 4
horse-f iankcs. What would not his standard
tcaress have given for that square Of scarlet
wooien during the Lite elcctionss Carried at
the head Of procession, it would hayo dou-
hled his minority. A man who, at the ago OF
II: s!elt under !torse-blauket, mast snrc-
r. l.. bo capable, at AZ, Of presiding over tho
FINANCE Committee. and giving, sage counsel
procfa he may have furnished to the contrary.
10 ono wonla question this inference excerpt
thnsc equally GINNING and imbsci!e mscroants,
unqucttionably Ccpperhcada at heart, who. in
let's;; asserted this. the fact that ArJrcv john
Eon bad hcen taught to read By his wife, did
rot entitle hin, to "every office within tho gilt
boree-Elanket, and illuminated by bis talIow-
dip. Young Slider st',ffiesi English grammar and
1fsacticed writing compositions.~ There il
no, doubt that ha possessed linguistic
ara other feelings which would hsva
nsde him IN excellent scl,oolmaater; for,
country town, he collected small library Of
foreign books, and, as r1n,or phrases it,
''maHteTed various t7nguaees." Indeed. his
fane az To'yglot scholar il high, except
n!nong TIC people who speak the tongues
Which no 1s reputed to know. Earring the
thst.ttc tesearcal, the record Of Sir. Sliilers
esflier manhood ia Al dry as sawdust can mako
IT, Uniting his clerkehip, 1e became a
loutneyman carpenter, then master carprn-
'er, then builder. Here-at point whiel,
We now zee to have lcen ctitieal-lis business
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TIC quite Of the krnw Nothing agitation. Had
Ee once called himself All architcct, he would
hare remained ia tnetitcd oblivion but being
sti'l carpenter, still worker with his i,auds,
lie was Ut to represent tile masses th,. il, ho
Was CAPABLE OF guiding. the naticn III morals
and finance, in peace and war.
We must not forget another p"taril which
hclpcd 70 hoist lisu. He had acquired rc-
lcEnent knack At pu.tir speaking, iul ess, ill.,
dccd, the faculty must Ie classtL among hie
lnscit'ons:: This Gitt prospa1cJ. .As frat hs
was described a. tongaey mau;' lbeu at
carrenteti" then as s',Aat truly cluaucut
ei:amI leu Of the right, Mr. Pubiins Lyman
Slider. For the natter OF his ''ei1ort4 hu
Grew lEnn the DcNs:1arcrs. Which up to that
t,I.c had been his Only political rca.liny. For
re manner, ac formed himself Upon col1cc.
vnce Iotesiaus Wing and Locototo stumpers.
M:tter and manner suited lis auditors they
had read the Grst. ap.t knew it WAS sound
"l.ller."
A carpenter, who co,f!d spout college man
ont of tight, and who bad in lis youth slent
f'ttdcr tho rediest Of horse-tfatkoI+, must, of
eoursc, lc rent to Congress, or mo1,archists
might repeat their sheer about tho i:,gsatituds
ut Iel,ubics. Notwithstanding the tuurnura
Of q few old foeics, who deemed that some
knowledge Of tariffs and international law WAS
nece.tn to f.gislator. S[r. Slider received a
regular nomination and triuMphautly led lis
ticket into the House Of Representatives.
What might well confo,,nd and alarm tho des-
rotH Of l:,lropc IL that the republic +ilrvived
.he thock. What il more, the miracle con
Times Mr. Slider is still there, and We still
exist; Hc entered pnhllc life viii. three guid-
ing IDEAS; fret, to s'ana by M hia party !;
inEnen; third, to sdvance hih own in
:etestr. Sot another no:in, not a
cory with regard to trade or finance, not a
trustworthy hErothe-is hs 10 the difference
between National Eank md a Sub.1reaz,lry,
hot suspicion that there could be sacl, things
ts raturai laws OF commerce Au.l exch1nSe,
trsmmellel the infantile grace a,rl simplicity
Of this aborisinal stnre-nian. To rec linn Is
i1'g down III tue Capitol alnon5 these pythu-
Hian qrcstion- feuiids one Of the cratilesi Her
cn!ts among the ae:pents, although wo arc
obliged to admit That tho parallel is more fiat
his concession. however, is not made by the
admirers Of s. the learned carpenter" who az
set that, il he could have had lis way. he
Would have stsang!ed his setpcnts Az we'll AZ
another; from which We mag infer that trade,
auaEcc, etc, were lucky in coming oG as we'll
20, radical change has taken place
in Alr. Slider view, except that his third guild
ing ldea TO look out for hiu1seif} has become
hle hrrt. Even lis tncE.ies must conce4ie that.
although Ike necessity he knows no law, l,o
stHi puts an s1nwaycring trnst in statutes OF
Congress, Al lrast in rcgart! to their action nr-
On other reor1e. lie maintains that rho Legal
iel.der act mskes rcvcntv-cent grcenhack
no'tll one liHnaFefi cents, ulifls It ilIe same
tine he votes to increase his own salary on
the grnuil Of aspretiateai currency, Ha
hollis that ill fixing eight hours as a days
Work VIII ca''se eight hours to paes for ten
h"uIs viii. capitalists and employers, nroy:i-
ing il is not q question Of saving at hsa own
Wtosipise. 1t han not yet occurred 10
Inn 10 propose law to tho effect that forty
mihntes shall constitute an honr. and
twenty daya month. When he comes to this.
What lterationn will be required in tho calen-
gar, not to mention confnsinns III the national
Industry! perhAps we should have lad fewer
II eae ures from him had he known tina. lis dir
coverles, in truth, sre the exploded bubbles Of
hcary antiquity. A etuly into the decline Of
tho IMHki-ll 1iaetre from a dollar to tive cents.
night have taught him that legsl-tendor finn
ai'e cannot make nominal value p1sa for a
rea' one. Familiarity with tho history Of
French assignat- and Of our Continental cur
rericy might have led lin to suspect thAt re-
dnndancy Of raPer-Eoner naturally converts
cum from circulating medium into q COM
modify, anl so rcrde1r il a. much All object
81 sIeeulation NJ any other merchandise. We
should have teen spared statute or two
against The busins Of gold FOR what
II was WORTH. We shonld have missed othes
financial intuitient. and managed our affairs
none The worse for it, No faneying what sort
Of ecde We might now bc nntler lad Nj. Slider
hcen able to carry out all lis successive views.
Following his moro and more enlightened
guidance, We might have passed through q
varied couree Of 1egir1atiot,, ranging from tho
t7rlNrous 10 the semi-ciyilizel. For tho
rrcN,l Of the individual recms to resemble
Lat Of society: and tho learned carpenter
w. n'arvelousls conducted through tho l,oli,i-
wiede1n Of naked eannibals aud coming down
10 the iteaa current under the Tudors. For