New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-21


voice for freedom waa that Of lie most earhei expert
enced and courageous OF Anericon Statesmen. the ynice
Adams. winter hTrniHg word' pcartered the sacred
fire; Lougfeow and Lpwell mingled their VITA
heart III the Union Aud wnile faracrs and Becchcts
fired words IKE halls the highest pulpit OF
America, foremost among the chanpopa OF liberty,
stood the sHg and radiant figure OF the scolary s6n
Of Rhode Island. upon whom tban upon o. her
children the mantle 81 Roger Williams has worthily
alen william EIlory Charming
When the national debate was angrieet IL the
scholar Of the Senate of tic United states who held
highest bis undauntcd hands the nlg OF humanity aud
his country. While others bowed ana bent and br re
around him. tie form OF Charles sumner lowered erect
Commerce and trade aud the mob Of the clubs and OF
the street hissed aud sucercd at him a. Il pedantc
dreamer and fanatic No kind Of Insult and defiance Was
spared. But the unloading scholar revealed 10 the
h9ugAty foe an antagonist pTOud and resOl1te as
itseif lie supp led what the hour demanded sublime
faith in oerty, he unccnprJmisiTg spirit winch inter
pre- ted TIE Constitution aud statutes FOR freedom ana
not for slavery. The Hey agitation became bloody Dat
behind you said Abraham Lincoln, the Western from
u'islGsn 70 the New Eiani teaollri and along VIZ f
CIVIL war, tie path II emancipation and the conati-
.l'SI cldabty Vi az oltI"ehs h' count ioADnti ~
70 CHShi peace ana prosperity, me phhho tcIN
ths schol|r was not less than ihot OF any o. MS heu
any OF his contemporaries Crttcise LIN rs
you viii mark every shadow you can hnd:-
Though round his base the rolling clouds spread
Eternal sunshtne settles on his head
Itwcud indeed be sorrowfu confession for this day
and l. assembly to that experience proves Tic
ar OF the college 10 be su1CcatDc q generous thOug.t
and heros action Here II wOu'o be especially unjust
for what OF this college doas not proudly remember
thai when II the Revolution Rhode Island wac the scat
OF war; the college boys left the recitation room lor th
field aud the college became soldiers barrack and
educated A1ne rca does not recall vita graz pride
that legion OF college youth in our own DAY lnteeer
v HcoIcris ue purus who were mo- covaris or Syba
they scholars bu whose conservation
To the OF country and man indicated tt words 81
John Milton: "a colpiete and generous education u
ILas Tlch hS mn to perform Justly. sd4Iy yu sie
N peace and var" That l. the prifc or Tue Aneican
scbol TIC glory o. TINS day ana OF tI5 coLmenfe
uct season is that tie pioneers the courageous ana III
dependent leaders in public Affairs he great apostle OF
r"6iouf ana eFl liberty, nave Dcc IN iarge pun, cuu
cal, sustained BY the sympathy OF the educated
THE TRUE CONSERVATIVE FORCE.
But this is not true OF the pas alone. As educated
America the constructive power, SO it is stn the
conservative force Of the republic 1t cecrcd "a
priggish and theoretical But Richard Henry Leo
condemned the Constitution the work OF visonarcs
They arc always called Missionaries who hold that
rally is stronger Than majority Goodwin Smith says
that Golden clt tha at heart Eng and was gentleman
ana ho' uulH. ~ I,iIhhS tno ~
appeal :heul against thenrclves FOR he knows that
ability of The people 10 see and 70 corrcct their own err
In q republic the majority must control nc
opin.on LIS decree is accepted ~ the stan
dsId Of right and wrong 10 differ is grotesque
AID eccentric. To protest - cy0serOua. To DEFY
IL iuceudary AMI vciutionary. Iut iu.t here inter
poses oducgtcd Intelligence, aud the worth OF
solf-rclancc aud the power Of lcindi idual Gathering
the wisdom or into shea Of suDbcas. II shows
That proce.s springs from Le minority ad that II IL
viii In, .tsad will give victory. AZ bat
tie Of LloE0ut Mountain. when the reserves DID not
arrive tie impatient officer ciied TO Thomas that no
day was ost " me, gentlemen, gave item time re-
pied the steadi2st commander; and the brave boys
came III tine and won the victory.
il is the educated voice OF the country which teaches
patience in poidcs and sueHEthcns M conscience oil
the individual ciuzcn bt SHOWING thht 7ctfliy 10
majority is a. degrading az SefViHy 10 a SHi', or
uOnCred none more tian qlci oil" quaker Ihdy VINO II
she SAID yea and the wno.e world SAID nay,
OF Garfield Is that Of his speech to his
constituents when they refused 10 scnd him back to
Congress hal voted alone against hiF party,
He said frankly that he would lke Ia retgin TO Nc seat
aud that nc WAS PANIED 20 rose IL confidence Hnd sup
your regard" Lc said, "but there j. whose
good opinion must above all, and without wroac
ec mp every morning and "a 20 btd eycsy nj INT, "hOe
thoughts are my Thoughts, whose prayers are my
~, nv -, rstyiot.,fy an Nperi,au aud his convinced
delighted CONSTITUENTS rot fntd MN , accaIation
The SPIRIT WHICH COMMANDS VICTORY.
II is the voice winch eNpOscs the sOpiisS who
Inscad the mob and pIlcssy scourges he demaSOgues
VINO iatter it, AL men know more than any mar"
baughty shout the larger and lesser Taeyands Ii
Frcuch epigram, replies the scholar, but general
truth \ crowd Is l.an the wiscet in it,
more than the master Of the shY. Tie boston Town
Meeting not more sagac.Uus than sam Adams.
VOX pOyuh Dt," says tEe fohnuS r:ctOTIc OF
the suIp; tAe voice OF the people Is !Ho voice Of God
The voice Of the .eople IN London, says history, de-
against street amps, and denounced Ejaculation
dem nd,d be mead OF Charlotte Coday The OF
10 q
city MIN. eruclly linn God - on Tie slGe Of The
ef0nse,. DattaOus" cries the parry swiudcr who buys
a msiOnl, win money place Oh the contrary,
the cool crltic, reading history ana interpreting ia
lcsaos God Wa VITA IcOnoa-, ana not WIN ArT1cs.
lie We wIth the exile John Robinson at Ley den, not
with Lau1 and the hierarchy at Ncstuiuster
Despite Napoleon, even battle are not sums IN arith
que 90 a sentiment, the glory OF France, winch welded
his army thundorbolt, AID stiI burns Tor III
lac song ErrlnSer, hnOIid have supposed tnat
vim. ne ma yiciry Inc career Of no man IA our line
Was he symbol Of the sentiment wncI the CavOur
moulded INTO = nation aud re ii. be always cauonizcd
more universally tam any i.n patriot, becaute
no otEcr rcpicScnts - pu'ely ana simply TO
The NationG Imagination Ire Italian Ideal u
patriotic devotion. lis enthusiasm OF CONVICTION
maze calculation OF Gg4odt' because "niie
hc could b. u4r.rc he could not b, beaten. IL was
a stream hoNIns iroIn tc mountain ntght which might
be delayed or dvert.d, 29t Knew insncd'eiy that 1t
must Iedcn tie sea 'It1d JdFd "H g. G~rlbsdi was
al ucgrutc ANA tue prophecy is tuul,d. Italy,
more proud srckon, beam hs Dust 70 tine CAPITOL!
dures, j2t man WIKI God, "i.h country, WIN Guty
AID coincidence, * 81 IA, the m.yUrlty.
THE ZOE OF POLITICAL PEDLERs AND PARASITES
But .iil luz. ner educated citizenship which, while
defining the rishtul Limitation of the power OF the ina
ority Is loyal TO IT, legitimate authority and fore
most always rcsoung II from the IreacheTy OF pol
cal pcdicrs and parasites The rural statesmen VINO
founded the Republic in vision homogeneous ana
trl!seucc OF the rctoo Ted IN the ana wisdom
VI Tie Government. but is this our acIa America
glimpse u Arcadia? l. Tins tie United ,ta.es PlaO's
I,,pabc HarruIs'0ns DC al. or Sir Thomas MOie'J
utopia what art itt p''itiNdi ma nus W ic muir
Ia Rome DO as The Romans 90. Flsnt IRE with
Beal the devil his weapons. Iakc men tucy
are anu DOME Affect superior goOunc-s Beware OF tno
politics SunIai school sta,
Ins Is cuIroAt poll,.ci VISION and the results
are familiar ihis h nasty state c1ce Tie eager
partisan, aud nope have done nasty work enough
H. carry IT," "IIc cOnduc OF the opostiou, oay
other, infamous 1ncy rcsUftd 10 every klud Of
cOnteiup db-e means, anu thank COD We nave
eaten them tcIr own game" Inc majority IL over
thrown d. poll cal machinery intenCeI to is
will The IudcIao! Is oncd Dt corfdi tOn ahd sIinds
honest majority to powder And d. - educated Citi-
zeuAhip, he wisdom ana energy men who Cassed
as prigs It.ialts and practicabes, Whc. - rst and
eIcent Ia D-C9hhg Lo nonlnc ara releasing the
unalorty. a. Was tlle which rescued Aea-lOrk from
Tweed when every challenges and deInOlshes