New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

rur FALL, OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC HsSSccyork
By SIR HENRY SrANDlsh Soxh"'
1893 Boston: Roberts Brothcrs'
rho,n 10 4, these days q marked tendency towsru
h;.countino the future in the form of literary pre-
a;ct;ons The Battle of Docking mas mao ions
line of successors of which The Fall OF INC Oie"V
Repubic is the latest and by no means one VI VIZ
xorst. In this instance it is Socialism 'h,outn
which the Republic is to be wrecked anu ,io
ANONYMOUS author has worked ou' LIE
conception so skilfully that lew rea"oio o
closing the book will feel disposed W "'a ~,
postiyely the Impossibility of such uiSas'ei.
growth of Socialism is supposed to DC s'iiiiu'a'eu
during several years by secret orgahi~a''on
FINALLY a riot occurs at Chicago. 1t is put Gown
;th difecD,tv after much damage has been DONE
few months later through the cooperation OF the
trades unions with the Socialists, another ohicaso
outbrcak occurs 1t is 50 serious that help Is caleo
for from all the principal cities in the Union Ihee
denude themselves of their militia in response W
the appeal and when they are On inc way ~
n given signal revolution breaks out IN every one
of the now defenceless centres The result scarcely
reouircs to he narrated The Socialists Overwhelm
the neaceful citizens Anarchy Of the most fright
full character prevails Massacre, pillage' arson
are everywhere. Society has no tlme 10 eohoo'
itself Its enemies are too thoroughly piepa'e'
Toev DESTROY the telegraphs, seize the railroads.
ran
sible. The little Federal army is on the frontier
lighting Indians when the revolution breaks out,
Int when it is brought back the Social
lists have already conquered the country. Inc
lawsbidInp citizens are fugltlves in the unsettled
regions The towns and cities are all IN the hahus
of the sworn foes of order The Irish. VINO nave
held back during the overthrow OF government
now through their leaders offer to the PRESIDENT u
restore order on condition that their chiefs are VIZ
tually gwen full control of the Administration
The President after frutless resistance consents.
but finding that the new Secretaries OF state ana
War ignore him, he rebels, only to be at once de-
posed.
The Irish, German and French leaders proceed to
seize and imprlson the diplomatic agents of Lon
don Paris and Berlin. War is at once declared
against the United States by those Powers VINO
enter into firm alliance for the punishment OF the
Socialist revoiutionares. A powerful English neet
is swiftly dispatched and Boston is seized before
the new Washington Government can do anything
Then half million European troops are landed on
the shores of Long Island Sound. and after stub
horn fight New-York is taken, though not until the
Socialists have burned half of II. The defeated
revolutionists retreat upon Washington, but are
oyertaken by the allies and a desperate two days
battle is fought on the field of Gettysburg. The
close of the second day the Socialist army not
merely beaten but annihiated, reduced to fugl'
five crowd without organization or capacity for
resistance A general occupation of the country
nv the allies concludes the narrative which is sup
posed to be written by the "lntendant for the
Board of European Administration in the Province
of New-York," and to be published g By permission
of the Bureau of Press Censorship"
II mnst he admitted that the idea has been ar
tistcally worked out and that the literary skill OF
the autbor which is considerable, lmparts TO III
yerisimilitude productive OF unpleasant feelings
Yet il is necessary to point out that the kind of
apprehension presumably sought to be reinforced
by such inventions is really good deal like that
from which Clever Grcthel suffered in Grimms
story when she saw the Ratchet on the
wall. and reflected that if she should marry Hans.
and they should have q son. and he should grow up.
and come day should go down into the cellar, and
the Ratchet should fall on him, how terrible 1t
would be Just so if the animalcules i'll drop OF
water we're really as large as they appear under
the microscope and if they should get loose what
havoc might they not cause!
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT A study Of Politics.
BY ALBERT suCKNEY. 16mo. PIP. l60' Harper
Brothers
Mr.. stickney is one of those excellent but some
what nnrea ,onable gentlemen who, beng strongly
imrressed by the evils AID imperfectlons of our
"pIactical politics. proceed to think out rene
dies which depend for their efficacy upon purely
ideal conditions of society and usually haveno app-
cablity to the conditions which actually prevail.
Theoretically their schemes are often interesting,
but at the basis of them lies some stupendous If, OF
which the authors fail to take account The latest
yacary of reform. embodied in this study, is the
most astonishing we have seen. Mr.. Stickneys nos
trum is the abolition of the ballot and the aboll-
ton of the tenure of office by election For the
source of popular power he would go back to the
town OF district meeting of all the citizens, with
the viva voce process of nominating aud voting
But he would not have the tomfoolery OF
periodical elections. The President and mem
bers of Congress should hold then
Offices for life Congress should consist of single
house; the President should appoint all heads OF
departments and they should appoint their subor
\ dinates: and there should be no more cleo
tions except to fill vacancies. Mr.. Stick
ney proposes TO begin with the present
incumbents He seems to BIO so honest
in his belief that this really scheme fer govern
ment by the people that one is tempted to call hi'
book curious Study of Political Decisions. How
proyidentlal that Mr.. Stickney was not born TWEEN
ty-fyc years earlier IL the Congress and Presi
dent of 1860 had boen in for life what would The
United States be now