, 1870-07-10

Fortunately, Congress has HAIRY 1ntuitlro
statesmen. and their vsgaries have llcssed
tendency to ncNtr3lizo ezcI, other. Tins Tho
eeli-sanght Slider, cherishing the welfare Of
caT,entctK, proposes dinainution of tuties
on Canadian lumber; whercuPon the ec|f-
bn,lders, urges that said duties be increased;
the happy result being an unruffIed tranuuili-
IS in the tnriff. II is the realization OF ths
dream OF plalansterian philosopher. who
held that, II ) hutsared babies we're nut in ono
nursery, they would s4uall escl, other into
silence. There has hccn one remarkable
movement in Ar: s!iders mind. By the end
Of his firet term he appeass to havo .,een Al
lacked i!y suspicion that eome kuoulcs1ce
cf tho last woui not injuriously alul.eFafa
bis iutuisious. lio decided to tegin At tho
heg,hninE; mounted upon Ro'lin. or eomo
to the dawn of history, aud, as
might be e1peesst, hc presently fell in with
the Greeks and Iennans.. ttutlinus. perse.
vefsnE man. capable Of much rnissiircctsd eY-
iosf- he toon Eara new character to his orn-
tory II became lees like the editoria1sspf i
cru6ltc Passages OF tho authoress Of ..Dcu-
iah. It etonc with the lprc and the pnesy
Mllch can be cleaned from tho Congressional
Library he r.rc{y mentioned Washington
without making It clear that he hM read Of
cami!lus and fabius Ma>imus. Dehst.ne
byeonc tariff, 10 e1humrl the fact that -tbs
mariners Of 1Ere traded for tin with the tat.
t'oed sasaEcs Of AIhsop." Dcnoupcing thu
iasarson OF Kansas BY Missou11Ans, he t9re an
.ntire branch from tho tree Of classic elo-
aucnce, and described that muel..sugerin1
Territory AZ sdet}owerei,' Eulo,riTt
inE The memory OF !. murdered Il,yeiov :,
and "ma1tyrel John 1iro~n,' '' be pa5o+,,cd lie
oEtt'urst OF Dcmcsthtncs Concerning th. dead
Il sAismis ard Marathon. "uv Those WIN
reg Oh Bunker Hill and those WHO conquered
a. a.n:ogA! cssed the deeply Affected orator.
such like, thus far, has boon tho fruit OF LIS
rcseatcllrs. 1t ia, nevertheless, pitv that hs,
has oufr heari Of Hastiat. and that he il uufa-
ruifisr with Mills .t Political Economy" some
f!Iend should have informed him that these
e,mliar authors wouid not he less useful to
nm ~ ihe Ways and Aeans Committee than
!lnta7rh d Smiths Classical Dic,lo1,ary
Fer lack Of snch an adviser, Alr. Slider has
Continued to plstter the mAxims of \ psiri-
csan AND marital sutiluity over tho needs Of
democratic and commercial present.
soldering .s;,, up the ehints in his fogi:
from antique rhetoric. Result: glory,
F1tfet fhan power. Mr. Slider carries no more
measures than before; but he became noted
.monE bis brother legislators as puntlit,"
II lie eoal! not prevent the purchase Of Ala~-
Ia. lie could chow two f.loes' columns Of ex-
tie effect that sail Territory produces tees
and does not produce cereals. II he could not
contiscate half the Southern States, he could
bring to light the fact uiat Bsutus nut iie own
SOILS to death Nothing found q cllapc, to
happen in our politics, bus ho rrodnccd nar-
allel case from the archives cf history"
Supported iy piutasch Ard t!aukcl bv NerivAle
and Grpte, he ransacked Latin and HeIIeuir
themes ~ AlAtc and Auila ravaGed Latin aud
Hellenic lAntls- 1n stsndan1 editorial phr.se,
he exhausted antiquity.
VIC must not forget his stylo- He has fine
esF. Of extraordinary 1angth. for the music Of
periods. A friend Of Lis, we'll known Ii "a
seholastS man" ass,lres Us that Some OF Sl-
acre sentences sound exactly As II they were
y Translated from lrocr&tee. We will moi quote
tue famous e*sas which he read this session
on tne feman i1nhrogiio, lost We should weAry
fsaasss ,s @ Who DO not enjoy Melmoth's version
81 o. L'eeso. re ..lmft the factious charge thas
our estim..a ~ ~.!hout ~! feeling bound 70 alter
W. s7.A1iAee Oh 4's merits. Ha plagiarism il