New-York tribune., 1879-03-28

wealth. and business men, he prociaims the supie"0'
Of the moral law the rights Of conscience and the value
y, tho rel,g,ous santiment Bouchard has Of the
traits of the subtle consprator. He Ia not fierce rev.
olutionist, nor yet is he purely missionary. lie is
witty amisble and social sober and moderate ih MS
manner Of living; but inclined TO mrth ana goooIeho"
ship. He has quilted his provincial home' MS
vineyards and his children, and 10 living IN garret III
Paris praeticing the strctest economy and endea'onR
TO collect sufficient fund to establish ajourna as the
organ of his movement Still there is dark side 10 the
hopeful picture thus presented by the writer Usupers
both political and spiritual lurking on every manu-
ready TO seize first occasion to restore despoc rue
Some Of the Republican leaders, who are most IN IaVor
with the people, avowed atheists deeply rooteu
sccpticsm prevail. among the OF the people, ana
immoral habits have eaten into the heart OF donesuc
life Nothing less the awakened conscience OF the
people can extirpate the cancer, responding 10 inc
Divine influence unlocking the sources OF sp'uai me
and duckening the of responsibility toWdru TIC
moral law. However we may try TO explain H. says
Reveilaud there comes in the history Of nations as
In the lives Of men, solemn hour when the hand OF the
Lord seems stretched out TO deliver when the DIVINE
breath like the wind which bloweth where II hstetn
specially visrts the hearts OF men, This hour says the
writer may be at hand for France and we can Du'
gaze with hope for the coming dawn"
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
The number is largely devoted to questions
of philosophical interest including The Place oi VIII
in Evolution by the Ref T. ~. FOwle; Psychome-
tricts Facts" by Francis Galton; "The Meaning Of
Life" by Professor ST. George Miyart, and Philosophy
of the Pure Sciences" by Professor W. X. Clifford OF
more immediate application TO the business, notthe
bosoms OF the majority Of readers are the articles on
The Drink Difficulty by Sir Wilnid Lawson; " The
Bankruptcy ofInda." by II. NJ. Hyndman; Banking
and Commercial legislation" by HeDery r. Greenfe'l
The Evils of PeceworE," by W. Lattimer, and " The
Causes of the Zulu War" by Lord BlackfOrd. THO
writer on the Drink Difficulty" alleges that Si4O
100000 per is far too much TO he spent oE Tue
people of the United Kingdom brain poison Ike
alcohol. If drink merely harmless injury thls
would be startling national expenditure nut 1t
becomes truly alarnsns when II is considered thaI ac
corllng the almost unanimous testimony OF Judges
police and poor-lsw authorities. it is the main cause o
crime and paupersm Sir Wfrid Lawson maintains that
all attempts make the trade in alcoholic crks Dene-
fetal the community must from the nature OF things
be a failure, cannot regulate irrogular1ty'
The upshot OF his argument IN favor Of total proO
ton for which he refers TO the experience Of British
legislation the subject the practical workings OF the
Maine law in the United States, and the recent meas
urcs Of the Canadian Parliament.
THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.
Mr.. John MOrley's opening article entitled
The Plain Story the Zulu War" give dispasslon-
ate but vigorous account Of the causes and progress OF
that Omened conflict. He takes the ground that IL is
a war which England knew and stl knows very little
about which the Government OF England never sane
toned; which OF the most competent people on
the spot believed to be ry and winch now
shown to have been the work of Que high-handed
official, avOwedy acting on maxims that have never
been accepted by public opinion and that not more
grossly immoral than they grossly impolitic The
ability wisdom, and eloQuence which make this paper
admirable study are well illustrated in the closing
paragraph -" The present writer is of those
who think that is never necessary. or that war
against AborigDes is justiGable But war is
tremendous process, hdeous while 1t lasts. and
after 1t has to end, fsrreaohing, so subtle.
and often deadly both In Its material consequences
and in its moral the character alike OF con-
Querors and conquered, that 1t is process which
are bound TO guard with moro religious watchful-
ness more jealous scrupuosy, sharper anxiety Of
conscience, than any other fact incident in our
whole national life. 1t has been absurdly con-
tended that the hour of is fitting time for
Judging policy. 1t is tho only time at which
hope that the public will seriously think OF the matter
at all and what is important is that when the
struggle is going between the lines OF every ele
gram that tells them Of the fine practice Of their guns
the vaor of their soldiers and the brilliant successes OF
their generals people should written letters
OF fame that this is Of the worst crimes that
has been perpetrated in history. We shall be told
that this is not patriotism. There has been enough
within the last three years of that cantng and insoent
nonsense. We are good patriots as they are. We
have much pride they in the greatness OF England
1t has been in the main the greatness OF human
iy and right We exult ardently they do in the
immense realm which, they boast the never
SETS exut in it only because insist that
the length and breadth Of that realm there snail be per-
petusly shed the beams of the far more radiant and
glorious OF human Justice and sovereign benea-
cence" Mr. Frederic Harrison in hts (" First impress
of the New Republic paints the colors
OF rose NJ d. Conway presents a sottened version OF
the personal character Of Thomas Paine; Mr. Edward
Atkinson furnishes an elaborate paper on American
Competition" and Sir G. Campbell discusses at length
the question Of Black and White in the Southern
States" The number, on the whole lie one OF unusual
interest treating variety OF grave topics in
that the less lively. because it profound
OF several readable papers IN this number
Of BIdcIooOd perhaps the most attractive those
A Scots Bishop" Contemporary NOvelsts," " The
Climate of the Levant" and Mr. Seniors unpublished
account OF his conversation with Odllon Bsrrot in
164S.
Macmillan continues Mr. Edward Freeman's
learned sketches from Eastern Sicily, describing this
time the old volcanic city OF Catana, smiling the
verge Of ruin and still beautiful after repeated desoa
tiOns there are " Five New Anecdotes" Of Charles
Lamb extracts from Burns's Unpublished Common
place Book; and Notes sheey's Brt form
ing interesting number OF this sound aud attractive
Magazine.
The new number of the series of american
Authors, by sheldon Co.. by Professor
DAVID j. Hill, the life Of william Cullen Bryant
giving condensed account OF the OF late H.
usrious poet with original and selected criticisms Of
his writings in and prose without aiming at the
character Of complete biography presents popular
sketch Of value and interest
Among the recent issues of Economic Mono
graphs by g. p. Putnam's Honest Money and
Labor" address delivered in Boston by the Hon. Carl
Schurz; IImdrances 10 Prosperity" discussion Of
the which retard financial and political reform
in the United States, by Simon sterne National Bank
ing" by NJ L. scudder, discussing tho merits OF the
present system, describing the history of its establish