, 1873-02-23
Robert Dale Owens Autobi0g-
raphy---Lucca, Nilsson,
and Kellogg.
Professional and Literary Incomes
Professor Morse---A Napoleonic
Pretender.
Thurlow Weeds Recollections Of Horace
Gree1ey---Cardinal Antonelli...
Among the Indians.
THE ATLANTIC.

THE ATLANTIC.
In these days Of disheartening disclosures of
official dishonesty, it is delightful to read the
account which Parton gives Tin the Atlantic for
Narch) Of Hamilson's infe1ible integrity, al
though pressed By actual want, while admlnls-
tering the Treasury Department. At that time,
-l7e1 70 17o4,-while lo was handling millions
upon millions OF the public money, he was
pinched severely in the effort to live upon his
little salary. "H you can conveniently lend
me twenty dollars for few days." he wrote to g
friend, in September, 1891, he SO good rs to
send it by the bearer" The friend sent check
for fifty dollars. And Talleyrend said in 1794,
after coming from Hamilton's house, II have
behe1d one OF the wonders of the world.-a man
who has made the fortune of T. nation laboring
all night to support family
Tha present chapter is entitled
'THr QUARREL or JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON, "
end relatos the successive stcrs OF the divert:-
ence which, in tho end, carried them 30 far
apart Much Of their estrangoment was due, Of
courso, to the infrmities of their temper aud
the collision Of their ambitions but, had there
been none Of these, their radical difference OF
opinions and habits Of thought would have
prevented any permanent union.
The mere difference Of opinion between them WIS
extreme. One day in april, 11el, when the vice
PEe:iden. and the Cabinet dined together a. Jensr
conversation turned, as it often did IN those days.
upon forms Ct government Purge the British Con-
sdtuton Of lis corruption" said Mr. Adams, "and
give its popular branch equality OF representation,
and it would be the most perfect constitution ever
moment and ihen said "Purge it Of its corruption,
and give to its popular branch equality Of
tion, and it would become IN itnpractcs;b1e Coy
ernInent. As it stands at present, with all its
list sTer ezised What intelligent American citizen,
H.o and
~ho had access to the pigeonholes Of the State De-
psrnen could be expected to listen to such an Gia-
ion without something like irdicnation2
But in trutl when Hamilton pronounced tho word
qcrerf'ment, he meant something radically different
from Jefserson's idea Of government. What is gov
eru1ue1t7 Jeferson's answer would have been: An
agency for the execution Of the peoples will. Hamil
ton must have answered: means Of eurhing and
frustrating the peoples will The British Govern
had proved itself practicable By being able IN tho
teeth Of the peoples will to alienate and repel the
buying voters at the polls and IN House Of
Commons. Hence IN u Ha1niltonian sense, it "ns >
p1aettesben There wsre - members Of
gitinatc and desirable while good republicans could
in Judgment on 4 cause in which their fortune WAS
embarked.
a1r. Parton takes great pains to show that
Hamilton was Monarchist. Jefferson asserted
that he was such:
On his way to phiiadepbis, Jefferson stopped, as
.Ae subject in conversation, and urged him 10 recon-
slider hls intention to resign for he Thought it in
Administration to keep things in the proper channel
End prevent them from going too far" The check!
The check to what The President said he did not be-
lieee there were ten men, worth consideration,
In the country, who had SO much as thought OF
transforming the nepublc into monarchy. Mr.
Jefferson replied that there was "a numerous
fecs who had monarchy In contemplation, OF
whom the Secretary Of the Treasury was one." The
most intimate friend Eamon ever had was GouTer-
This exquisite writer stated Haniltons opinions, at
much length, in 1911 in letter to Robert Walsh, Of
Pnfndelpha. The following a7e come Of Norris ex-
rressions: General Hsmilton dlslked the Constitu
tion, believing all republican government radically de-
fectiye. He hated the republican government.
:. He trusted that, in the changes and chances Of
time, should be involved IN war which might
Il to
goyernmeat.r
at would almost seem,' says Mr.. George l.
Shore" in his entertaining article.
"L1FE UNDER GLASS"
"as If the old geographers wero using language
in PicLwckian eenss when they marked this
region Of the globe as being in temperate zone.
Probably many youth has wondered, as he has
eat sl1ivering on the back seat of En- old-fash-
ioned New England school-house. during 'wintry
Northwestern, what sort Of E zone an fntemperate
one must be, Il the one in which his lot was
cast could be called temperate. climate can
hardly be considered remarkable for temperate
ness which swings round the circle, from ult1a-
tropical heat in July almost to the intense cold
Of the planetary spaces in January,-a range. |
In some years, OF more than 120 degrees Of
Fahrenheit's scale. Nearly sixty people have
been sun-struck in New York City during single |
nldsummer's day, while, few months later, the |
6sily journals would, perhaps. contain accounts |
1ac%E %Eu1 fuo- rt{1. 1oSf
beard Of vessels of the coast. Except during q
part Of the autumn, and few days or weeks at /
other seasons, extremes would seem to be the
no1usl condition Of our capricious clmate.-ex-
temes, not only Of Temperature but of the
hygrometric state of tho atmosphere. As
general rule, tho crops Of the much-enduring
farmer or gardener are either drowned in Alaskan
Hoods Of rain, or withered under Coloradan
Gronth"
Az; Shove proposes most unexpected but
delightful, escape from these yicissitudes OF the |
seasons. His plan is simply that people live the
ssa ssar round m under glass; that they drive walk
nsse their being, in vast glass arcades. He be-
neses that what is now done. on small scale,
e individuals, to foster few tender plants
nom the tropics, or few vines OF the luscious
.1rge scale by-corporations or BY the State, to
= enleld from the ngors of q Northern winter
ksho9sands s Of tender human plants, whose organ-
Unions are too weak to bear exposure to cold
1aa Storm Mr. Shove develops hls plan for
portable tropic with great fulness Of detail:
hhat tie 4drondacks md other high regions are to
s ~ Pulmonary invalid in summer, the proposcd win
1tg gssaens would be during the cold season, though
aa nach greater advantages for the restoration OF
rs Those great agents in the 7nafe,1a nediea Of
t4Tfe-pure air, sunshine, and e1ercise-coud thare
~ our. without hndi1nee. their beucfcent cfects
ae1nauence Of mental conditions upon bodily health
w 1noUu. As the depressed iuvalids entered the
realm Of glass, their sln,ost e1tiugushed hope
~ rpaa rise with the temperature. With the shutting
r aoos they would leave behind the cold cheerless
usa outside, and find themselves in paradise OF
~ verdure, and bloom. They would almost for
~ s, aeaf disease anid the ine1haushble attractions
~ rsondlag them. Cheerfulness would take the place
. aespondency, and thus the 1nedicaruent OF the
aa mother would have fair field for its hcalth-gy-
!. 1!he reader is, no doubt, curious to know how
:. =. Proposed to board and lodge the crowd OF /
IIsetsl Thousand people which would be col
*.ssea at one Of these establishments: