Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-12
BOB INGERsoLL.
Parting ,cith Politics and Pictv--He Goes
to scotland to Study Bmrns and German.
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Parting tcith Politics aud Pirtu--He Goes
to Scottand to Study Burns and German.
New York Sun, Aug. 4.
Bob Ingersoil leaned against the rail of
the quarter deck of the steamship Rhein
yesterday afternoon, placidly smoking and
contemplating the hurly-burly of prepare
ton for sailing. He wore m easy fitting
suit of blue flannel, and white beaver was
carelessly pushed back from his forehead.
Mrs. lngersoll and the Misses Ingersoll.
blooming maidens-the youngest being an
exact softened and colored likeness of her
father-sat on bench near by.
II shall not lecture he said, Gin Europe.
Most of our time will be spent in Scotland,
for go to Europe principally to inquire
into the life of Robert Burns. l regard him
as second only to Shakespeare in poetry.
Shakespeare was the palace, but he was the
| cottage of poetry, and the
houses between were not worth
much. Then Burns was probably the stout
est enemy that Calvinism ever had. His
Holy Willie's Prayer is the best argument
against Calvanism. don't like Calyinism;
| it is hide bound and deal less attractive
| than Catholicism, which it was designed to
supersede. Catholicism il willing to let
you have good time here below If you pay
for it; but Calvanisn is not, whether you
pay or not. The pithiest opinion that was
| ever expressed of Puritanism is attributed to
Macaulay, when he said that the Puritans
objected to bull-baiting, not because it was
cruelty to the bulls, but because the spec
tators liked it. Now, l believe in enjoying
this life reasonably, according to the
means at my disposal, and / don't
take stock in any creed that keeps
us worrying about what is beyond.
| No one can know what is to come afterward.
| Why, it would be just as reasonable for me
to worry myself about the future state as it
would be for me to rush ashore, lay in a
heavy stock of tales about appal ing ship
wrecks and the suffering of shipwrecked men
while clinging for their lives to spars and
heucoops, aud lose all the enjoyment that
expect to derive from the voyage in reading
them. This is sound and trim ship, and
there's plenty of beer aboard-though, by
the way, the only beverages that l enjoy are
champagne and claret-and don't propose
to make myself miserable. intend to learn
German, aud to be able to ask for whatever
I want when land. Oh! yes, we intend to
visit the Exposition.
'.From Paris we will probably go direct &c
Ayr, Burns birthplace. l shall endeavor te
find as many of the Oldest inhabitants a.
possible. may not be able to find out {
great deal about him that is new, yet may
obtain new light upon parts Of his history
that will double their interest. Yes. in
tend to lecture on Burns next winter.
think that he is in some quarters moderated
because he did not have what is called
CHER education. Now, my estimation of ,
higher education is, that, excepting in rar
cases, it crowds out whatever natural genius
man may be born with
''Will you make any more speeches in tn
political field. Colonel, when you return?'
81 cannot say positively now whether Wi
or not. The party that is to carry the coun
! try in the future must do something for tn
: workingmen. Their need is the vital dc
E mand of the hour. think that govern
ment of the United States that cannot assur
; every Industrious man q house of three {
four rooms, wife and three or four Chi
dren, and plenty of food, clothing and fue
!: when we have millions upon millions {
s fuel. when we have millions upon millions {
9 acres of land to yield food and articles ,
q exchange with Europe, has no right to exist
"Would you stump for Grant,
y t.I don't believe that Grant will be tt
:, nominee of the Republican party for 1873
y Hayes has made some people think of Graz
I favorably as compared with himself. Graz
) is '.the man on horseback, who rode befo
the man on crutches." Hayes. through b
e weakness, has been Grants best friend.
think that Blaine will be the strongest r
l. publican candidate for the Presidency
i 1880. He is a man who can talk to frlen
ia and enemies and send them away with
!, clear understanding of how he stands
), wards them.''