Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

.AS 40 oNif my Fec0llecEI0n OF 49,
OF ms remarks, but | distinctly To- ol y )
expressing my contempt for the Meth. -
! conduct 1t suggested. and asked. ssho,
could such proposition be received hv ar
honest man." He smiled at nv simnlic.
Ity. but replied ''he should accent "A AZ
once II the plan should be the best" ssAnd
play the scoundrel in poeketing bribeg's /
asked. ''By no means,' he said: .Sturn II
over TO the benefit Of the parties in.
terestedw This icdS ny .frst lesson IN
practical architectural
But EVEN IF THE BONUS OFFERED
were to be accepted and so disposed of. /
see great wrong in it, when the con-
tractor employs labor drawn, mere than
is absolutely unavoidable, from abroad
The lab0ring men who do the work-mend
the roads, fight the battles. and in their
muscles and brains supply the productive
force of a country-are Justly entitled to
the support of the public against the c0m-
petition OF laborers brought in for a tenn
porary residence on the ground of sa-
perior cheapuess. They are aliens. and
not entitled to share in the ssrespublica. y
or fruits of the soil, physical and
moral, which they have had no share in
producing. Free trade in raw material
may be permitted and protection" eX-
tended to incipient corporate ENTERPRISES
invested in solid stock, but ecerq dollar ii
pu5Nc money spent should 40 to the local
tdb0fer, since it remains in the country in
some shape of benefit to the citizen.
License is not liberty, and wa
tered stock and accumulate and do
as you please with your money!
is not founded on true demo-
cratic principles, for no citizen has an
absolute right to anything but the use of
his share of the public wealth, as long as
he does not a buse it to the injury of the
state or interfere with the rights of its
people, collectively or indi giduaIly. Dfsre
gard to these dOgmas are Yisibly leading
to actions that viii result in a conflict be-
tween classes and end in anarchy. the
precursor OF monarchy, or strong oil
garchy like that of Venice, or a priestly
rule like that of medieval Rome. We
may count on the intelligence of the peo-
pie. and on the effect of popular
but if we look
at the effect of the common
school system of New England and of
Germany, have we any ground of hope of
repose If the people should become aware
OF their wrongs and attempt to redress
them? Agrarianism never will and
should not succeed. Communism, as
usually understood, never can by violence;
but, just in proportion as people become
will they revolt against the
substitution for the feudal system of by
gone ages of the tyranny of capital in the |
hands of rings, corporations and vulgar
private individuals.
BUT THERE is ANOTHER sEBONUs"
paid by the politician who fears to make |
dogs taxable for protection of sheer, which |
is exceedingly costly to the public, or as |
we may say, the cOmmonwealth-viz: in /
not moving more earnestly in the enforce I
Of "a I,
Of which tramps and idle negroes infest I
The country, and laborers are at liberty to |
lie down in likeness when and where they
please. Until some remedy is found for /
his, agriculture, the basis of all prosperi-
.y, cannot thrive, and luxury will send
he little money we make to supply its
wants from abroad And still another
bonus" is paid by our ignorance of art
% the chromOtyphists residing out of our
limits. Our people are naturally fond of
pictures and statues, and no one who has
lot examined into the subject knows the
amount of money spent for vile produc-
ions of the pictorial artisan. Better
of art among our people would
diminish this drain, and this is offered in
he establishment of the Telfair Academy.
With its present board Of directors and
heir active and efficient agent, Mr..
3randt, no idea of "bOnus" can be asso-
dated. So far the selection of sculpture
md photography of the best pictures in
europe seems to be excellent, and we
nay hope the same for the paintings
elected. But | have seen the plans for
he new annex to the old Telfair house,
md some remarks thereon may not be in
pertinent. The trustees will, doubtless,
Lccept them as well meant, and Mr..
Brandt is too much of a continental
rtist to object to any objections
made in good faith to his ideas,
ven should he consider my sug-
esti0n such. In the first place, then,
he old Telfair house is built in simple,
style, well suited to the
purposes for which it was erected, and
as been altered to a form the best that
ould be made of it for the purpose now
proposed; but it is scarcely suited for the
Exhibition of pictures or statues, except
Q the original passage way as altered and
Ighted from the roof. Mr.. Brandt sees
his, and very wisely recommends an an
eX of about sixty feet square III the rear.
'or this there is said to be about $27, 900
n hand. Now, if the annex is of the same
lyle of building as the original mansion,
Which it should be, and for which there is
% good reason it should not be, with
DIV basement and one floor on the plan
dopted in our factories-the upper being
ghted by skylights from abOYe-it seems
D me it might be built for less than half
be sum above mentioned under the direc-
ion OF resident architect and by home
Injured to the climate, and thus
considerable sum be reserved for the
urchase of other works of art of Ameri-
an origin.
HE PRESENT RAGE FOR HIGH-PRICED
PICTURES,
Introduced by the extravaganza of Ameri-
an millionaries, backed by English ambi-
on, not to be Outdone by the good |
}ste Of few who regard pictures as
,wels of price, is exercising a bad infiu- !
nee in America by the introduction Of
ne dec0Tdt5Ce or UphOiSter feature of art.
his may be fashionable for a while, as
Tas the Dusseldorf school, but it, must
n close imitation of objects yield to the
nLtiUdted taste, which rejects all that is
1perfuous to the proper rendering of the
esign. This object kept in view, made
.aphael, Michel Angelo, Titan, Correggio,
le Carrachi, Murillo, Rdbens, Rembrandt,
ionardi da Yinci and others, great
ainters, while in subordinating the ex-
'eme details Of their pieces to
he chief object gave high place to the
erald Bows, Teniers and the like Of
asst days, and to the Messoniers and
Iillets, the Rosa BOnheurs and Bon
Of the present. But if lCe at
.mpt to follow these, we must be as
rovincial in art as in other matters, and
e will never have school of our own,
: our workmen be else than poor imi-
ltors of others; whereas in the admirably
elected statues of Mr.. Brandt, with few
Tiers. yet to be obtained, the life school
II the human figure, and with the rich
lstruction of our skies, waters, woods
nd mountains in landscape, good in
,ruction in the technical part of art,
roperly directed, will probably give as
4 American school of art to be proud of.
1norable to its Originators, the Trustees
the Telfair Academy of Art, and profit
Die to the citizens of Savannah. !
r. w. II.
The Man-Frog and Man-GoOse.
Chambers Journal.
The man-frog was first exhibited in 1866,
French country fete. he had a stout