New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-16

the minds of many of the more intelligent OF
his hearers, modern civilization Is understood
to nave begun with General Jackson.
But when he began to talk about the y ne
"vival of Learning" and to tell when 1t took
place-to wit: when England. weary OF the
" long Wars of the Roses, reposed under the
Z" firm hand of Henry VII, when France was
"ruled by the constructive genius OF LOUIS
"XI., when the Spaniard had overcome the
"MoOr, aud the Turk had captured Constan-
"tinople; when science began to read the
"heavens Alright; when the art OF painting
"burst into full flower upon the easels OF
"Titian and Leonardo; when Calico in
vented the compass and the pendulum !;
"when the ancient writer's, long immured In
"the cloistcr, came forth and spoke again
"to living men ut scarcely needs to
be pointed out that he was carrying
it too far. Is it any wonder that, at TINS
juncturc, many persons, who had always sup
posed the compass was invented by the late
Mr.. Blunt and had now heard for the first
time of the capture of ConstantinOple, rushed
out incontinently to verify the Intelligence at
the nearest bar. while "WiskiukieD Newman
thrust his liberty pole into the paunch OF an
invited guest and audibly chucklCd, Tally T.
Nothing daunted. however, the orator seems
TO have proceeded in the same high strain.
owe speak, said he, "Of tie age of Pcricles,
"of the age os Augustus, and of the age OF
Elizabeth" Now, why should a man talk
that way on the Fourth of July And IN
Tammany Hall 2 Doubtless a momentary IN
terest was excited by his pronunciation OF
L.. ms N
calls "Perikels," but nobody cares anything
about his age. "Ihe age OF Augustus -
meaning thereby Augustus Schell-wOuld have,
perhaps, more interest for them; bur not very
much, since it has been found within few
years that his running days are over AS to
"thc age of Elizabeth" it was well-remarkcd
Ivy Sachem, as he bOwed the foam of a
schooner that it was n mistake to lug III
Brooklyn matters on such an occasion. 1t was
also n mistake to say that "nO IeriOd III our
"history bears the name of any man." Tam
many Hall is the last place for that averment.
Witness the "Tweed period"
But he crowned all when, in answer to
"those who seem to fear that many of our
"people will be educated beyond their
Station, and thus be made Disconnected
"life,n he said "These economists need have
"no apprehension. The differences of con-
dition, every day becoming wider and deeper.
give ample security He might as well
have said Captains daughters don't marry
foremost jacks" For though this arrogant
and aristocratlc sentiment had 10 immediate
efIect-Mr. Schel and many of the Sachems,
Wisbinkies and Sagamores being asleep, and
many more having retired temporarily to as
suage thirst--it reused the indignation OF the
masses when it was printed the next day, and
they all rose up and said: William Dor
" shcmer, them sentiments o. yOurn are a
disgrace 10 our common natur." " For"
they said, ga man is but Il man, whether be
hoists his dag ut the main truck or his slacks
on the main deck" And when he had at
tempted to wriggle out Of it, they con-
tinued to rebuke him in the regular Rack
straw vein with, eve have no desire to
press hardly on you, but such revolutionary
sentiment IS enough to make genuine
"Democrat shudder.D Of course, 1t Is too
late now to save William DOrsheimer, or per-
haps even to recover his remains. We be-
lieye he meant well. But any man who
goes into Tammany Hall on the Fourth of
July, or, for that matter, on any other day,
and undertakes to "rOam with old ROmulus
:" soak with old Socrates, rip with old
"Euripides, and cant with old Cantharides,"
nav as well understand that he takes his
political life in his hand. That's a place
where the ignOtum does not pass pro mag
nifco. We feel sorry tor William DOrsheimer.
He has always seemed so willing to run for
Governor that we have often felt like hold
ing him up as a rebul1e to Horatio Seymour
and an encouragement to Spriggs. But We
must give him up. He fades away with the
Fourth of July. The masses complain that
" he don't talk United States" and that his
sentiments care disgrace to our common