The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-05

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| cramp and paraly2o his mental development.
| We have one complaint. to makc-il is almost
| the only onc-of Mr., Johnston. via. that in his
| article on " Disputed Elections" ne docs not SO
| much ~ mention the grave doubt attaching 10
! the conetiutionulity of the Electoral Commits
| sion Of 1916 In another interesting and in
| etructyc article Mr. Johnston quotes the whole
| OF our Federal Constitution, and we should
! have been glad to SEQ him designate the article
and section in which he finds ground for the
! action of Congress on that occasion. In tn"
| paper bearing the title of Diplomacy" the
reader will naturally expect to find some in
| formation regarding the diplomatic posts
| maintained by foreign Governments, and the
methods of procedure followed in their dplO-
| mutir relations. But about all he gets in the
| translation of an article by NJ. Block is Il def
| milton OF the word and u discussion of the in
| !lurnrc OF diplomacy in modern times. In the ar
| tlclc ON Diets, the sketch Of the Swiss Federal
! Constitution i, brought down no further than
| 1915 not ono Of the important changes which
| have since taken place being specifically men
! TONED. -Four and half columns are devoted
| to definition OF Dc7potism, H. distinguished
! from absOluti-m. discussion which might
| have been made attractive ami useful by his
| tpr'al examples. II is however a moro re-
| ~um' of opinions. including lh" WRITER'S which
"" quot" because it munifrstly covers such
| arrested on suspicion and kept in prison with |
out trial. Dc-potj-u." say- the writer j.
the violation of the liberty OF the citizen,
/ his condemnation and punishment without
| trial, in Il word that which characters
/ Ives all the crimes Of dcsrotism Is the violation
| Of justice and the substitution OF brute force
| for right such definitions would bee fortified
and commended by concrete instances.
mthc p&pcron Denmark q" the constitutional
I IL 6 q. -.
! down no later than lSG6 not word being said
! about the Ministerial CRISES and mumcntuuS
parliamentary questions which have arisen
| since that epoch. In the article On Democracy"
| by Prof. }. C. Blunt-rhi we have II very valu-
! able discussion which begins with concrete in
! stances and gradually cduccs. not from alb
| stract theories but from historical facts. the
| principal ana characteristic" institutions of rep
| rcscntatiyc democracy. The writer arrives at IL
! pregnant conclusion understood and approved
/ 10y English and American thinkers, but which,
! furohviouS reasons. Is not acceptable To- French
! mon. A republican character in the people"
| says Bluntechli. is Indispensable to the main
| tcnanco Of II republic. But this character he
| continues, is lacking in all the great Euro
/ pcan he means Continental. nations" Even if
Il few individuals Of republican character are To
| be found among the German and Latin
/ peoples the enormous majority would not in
| Widely different in method. and relatively use
| less in it, results. is another cs-ayon Dcmoc-
/ ru.y" hy VI. Henri Buud1llat which j. printed
in this volume The Definitions in Political
/ Economy presents an Hrrurut" and sufficient
lyr\hal,lIyo survey OF the formula. sanctioned
/ by prthudpN economists Th"artirI.- IN "Cru-
trtli1aupu and Decentralization " are partiru-
! lariy disappointing because what the reader
rtu-' nonl- on these heads is abundant iuror-
Al
/ trud,ncc. i, best exhibited 10y narkiu. INST
| what degree of ,rif-soN,rnmrut l. exercised by
the individual citizen in different countries. Vet
/ IL" reader vii, turn in vain 10 those pages To-
discover the vast difference, which r\i,t- i'm
tbs respect between the puIItir,I ,y-truI, IF
! France auItho United states. Under the head
If National Debts" no definite figures are
/ given i'm regard to the indebtedness Of Ru--ia
! Of Spain of Turkey of ErumnI,ia. of Srr,il If
/ brazil If Nr\f,o .r If rhr S,5th Amer.
| innn republics. ON the other hand there
! l. a remarkably romurrncr. i've. and careful
/ Investigation If thut branch If ia" -t,rj,c,
! which j. concerned with tu"i ult.d states ly Mr.
/ L. T. Porter who has collected "A lnlg, amount
| of data III regard not only tp our national in
! d"ht"du"-- bat Ia our State city county ana
| town debt. Coming next to the article ON tho
! Death rcnalty' We are again forced 10 the con-
| cuSion that the publishers haN" copied from
| French cyrlorwdin for the only modern lnais-
| lation on tn" subject which is discussed is that
| OF France. not II word being said about the cx-
| pcrimentS in the matter Of suppress sing TIA" cap
! ital punishment which have been made in Swift
| 2crand and in some Of the United States. OF
course, statistics showing the actual effect Of
! such legislation on the frequency Of tn" crime
Of homicide are worth all the theories in the
| ,v,rlI and ,L, ,,nI.r Co,l,ir,, r.r .,,.,h ne;
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u'h'' Is ha'uraiIy indignant AZ being put OH
! h4ifn t,,p. ,t,,f. g
social philn.nphcr
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In" 'frdlt fohclor anu the Credit A"hill"r
of France have each an article assigned to
them but we cannot we'll avoid th,. i,,f,ron,.,
u, NV '"' W. - avn WV '''''''i'''
that inc material" were drawn from some for
cGn cycopTdia Of old date when We find that
t'u "'7'|'S 81 '''7p Nv" I"lil""7 corporations
Is Drought COW" no l"r'h"r IMAM lSol' In con-
ncctOn with one or other OF these COMPANIES
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