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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

"Prudence," said a cynic, sis the only
virtue left to old age" and, indeed, mature
years unaccompanied by moderate share
Of wisdom or good sense offer spectacle
that calls for the pity of the gods. This OBJ
yious reflection is suggested by the latest
lucubrations of John Ruskin.
Here is a man whose first appearance be-
fore the great public seemed TO usher in
new era rich with great hopes and lofty
aspirations. Having rescued Turner from
obscurity, II not oblivion, the art critic pro-
ceeded to delight us all with Venice which
he clothed anew in colors Of undying beauty.
Nineteenth century art owes a debt Of
deepest gratitude TO him who pointed out
the cobwebs on the ancient masters and
called attention to the promise and grace
and beauty Of the moderns. We cannot easily
forget the fine instinct which first organized
and then directed the forces OF the pre-Ra-
pbaelte brotherhood, whose members so
soon were scattered upon every shore. We
are thankful even, with minor gratitude, for
"Ethics OF the Dust,n "Queen Of the Air."
and "Sesame and Lilies,n but our gratitude,
until recently, was blended with the hope
that those smaller lRboTs were only meant
as stepping stones to a mdgnum Opus
which lovers Of art and wholesome culture
would joyfully accept as the final revela-
ton. The "great work" has at last APP
peared, In the form OF an autobiography,
and we lind that our idol is only doll,
and a very poor, cheap doll, stuffed with
sawdust.
Browning, writing of the fall away OF
an ideal hero whom he calls the "Lost Lead
err" says;
Shakespeare was of US, Milton was forus,
Burns, Shelley were with us, they speak from
their graves
He alone breaks from the van and the freemen,
lie alone sinks to the rear and the slaves.
Blot out his name, them record one lost soul
more,
One task more declined, one more footpath
untrod,
One more devils triumph and sorrow for angels,
One wrong more to man, one more insult 10
God.
LIES night begins, let him never come back
to us,
There would be doubt, hesitation, and pain.
Forced praise on our part, the glimmer Of twi.
light
never glau CONFIDENT morning again.
John Ruskin's night has appeared with
no promise of another twilight. 1t may be
that Ruskin never was a real leader, though
for time he was a very good imitation,
but the fact now remains that his artistic life
which commenced with brains ends misera-
bly, In bosh and bathos. We can understand
the chronic snarlng OF dyspepsia In Carlyle,
and the bitterness OF that stout heart which
'greatly loathing nobly broke" but the two
cent criticism of RuskIn, offered about meu
who have added so incidentally to the
glory OF the world, deserves to be placed,
Ike the scientific apparatus OF Jules Verne,
twenty thousand Leagues under the sea.
Tbackeray, Mil, Gibbon, Darwin, and Others
Of 'those immortal dead whose spirit
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

At a public session held In the Fifth
Avenue Temple, New York, few days
ago, the Rev. DR.. Kohut delivered an ad.
dress in German on judaism and Science"
In reviewing the opinions Of Gladstone and
Huxley about the creation, the learned
doctor said that the Jewish Bible does not
attempt TO explain the duration OF chaos
or the process OF development by which the
world was enabled to swim into space. lilo
then used phrase, which, by fair-mlnded
men will be acknowledged rs almost
universally true "Common sense" he
said, twas never contradicted in or
outside the synagogue by the Jewish
people," History teens with records
Of Jewish greatness. From Moses TO
Solomon, from Solomon TO Christ and the
Maccabees, from the destruction OF Jeru-
salem to the death Of Spinoza, and from
spincza to the poets and musicians Of Eu-
rope who, in our time, have added so much
to the imperishable wealth Of the human
race, we find that the Jews have always hal
among them an amount OF lofty and pro-
found intellect and character quite out Of
proportion to the numbers Of the Jewish
people. This depth of nature has not
been monopolized by the leaders. 1t has
flltrated through the different strata anl
saturated the race until now one cannot
meet in conversation a poor jew pcddlcr,
with a bundle on hls back, tramping the
turnpikes of this country, without feeling
in the presence Of a superior man. Granted
that he is grasping, that he makes hard
bargain, and that he INDUCES In the luxury
Of "two prices;" but he is honest, bright
companionable, law.ablding, ingenious, and,
for his class, well educated. lie is the
slave Of no superstition. He is self-con-
trolled, self-reliant, and always open to
conviction. II he is q husband he is al
ways good, II not generous, to his wife, and
he is loyal to all his civic, social, and domes.
tic obligations. We rarely hear Of him in the
police court, and scarcely ever hear Of him
in the jail He has very few cobwebs on
his brain, and does not make much fuss
about the emotions Of his heart, but as he
thinks clearly he feels deeply, and as aprac-
teal man in a practical age he uncon.
sciously carries out the precept OF Matthew
Arnold and "bears fruit we'll"
The jew, then, is model OF good sense.
He wears too many rings and is fond OF
60 per cent, but men have not yet been
transformed into angels. His race has
been trained In the school Of adversely for
over five thousand years, and we find him
to-day, on an average, the most solid speci-
men Of manhood to be found in the uni
verse. His success is truly the triumph of
good sense.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08
"After You. Pilot %

These are the last words spoken by the
"Sidney' OF the American navy as the rush
ing water hushed him In eternal silence
When the monitor Tecumseh went down,
while leading FaTagut's fleet at Mobile, In
1854, caused by an explosion OF q sunken
torpedo, Commander Tunis Augustus N.
Craven, one OF the most thorough gentle
men and skillful seamen who ever sailed
under our flag. went down with her. AS
Mahan, In his graphic way, relates the In
cident sit was then that Craven did one
of those deeds that should always be
linked with the doer's name, as Sldney's is
with the cup OF cold water.n At the time
Of the explosion the pilot and he Instinct
lively made for the same opening leading
below, Craven drew back. "After you,
pilot" he said. There was no afterward
FOR him; the pilot was saved, but Craven
went down with his ship.
His widow, who is poor and IN delicate
health, Is now asking Congress to increase
the pension for the support OF herself and
daughter from the sum OF $50 to $50 per
month. The bill has passed the Senate,
and now, unfortunately, hangs in the
House committee on invalid pensions.
This increase In the peusion hangs there
because Commander Craven did not rank
high enough TO entitle his family TO this
pension of $50 per month. Would not
Congress greatly honor itself and the ma
ton, not only by granting this increase,
but In ordering monumental statue In
bronze, placed IN some conspicuous place
In the city of Washington, commemorat-
ing these ever memorable words OF Chris
tian courtesy and heroisn, "After you,
pilotf" j. A. G.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08
breakfast Table Letter to the Prosidou

breakfast Table Letter to the President.
Mr. PRESIDENT: The planet tho people. ana
political parties are in disturbed condition.
Amid this disorder, disruption, aud revolution
in thought and action among the people, you
have sought to preserve peace by arbitration.
This is wise and well as between honest
labor and organized capital, but anarchy dc.
mands different treatment. proclamation by
the President that the rights of the citizen
will be protected by the employment of the
power of the federal government in aid OF mu-
nicipal and state authorities to maintain law
and order is what the situation requires
10 do this successfully organized capital and
organized labor would cheerfully favor such
legislation as may be necessary to increase the
organized force of the federal government
from twenty-five to thirty or thirty-hve thou
sand men. The line is now clearly drawn In
the popular mind between patriotic labor
Leagues and knights of Labor aud the demons
recently at Chicago not only fired a bullet at
the heart Of labor, but at the heart of the
best government upon earth.
Gen. Logan's bill should now promptly be-
come law in aid of the enforcement of order
and the protection of labor.
Some of the causes which have led to these
disturbances may be traced to a lack Of practi-
cal statesman hip in the Democratic leaders
of the legislative and executive departments
of tho government. Their vicious acts are:
First. Contraction of the currency and the
hoarding& government money when popula-
ton is increasing.
Second. The reduction Of values by their
efforts to destroy the protective system in the
adjustment ofthe schedule of our custom dues.
Third. The violation of law in refusing TO
distribute the appropriation in aid of tho ocean
mails
Fourth. The destruction of American ship
building as illustrated in the treatment of
John Roach.
Fifth. The impairment Of the confidence OF
the people in the good faith of the government
in making contracts with American ship
builders, as illustrated in the now despised
opinion of Attorney General Garland in the
Dolphin case.
Sixth. A President who solemnly declares
for civil service reform, yet whose party defeats
his declarations by conspiracy to abrogate the
practical operation OF the law,
Seventh. The administration of the Treasury
Department in the interest of the bondholders
and tho bankers as class, aud not of the pao-
PIE as a whole.
Eighth. A lack Of comprehension off proper
foreign policy to maintain the honor of the fag
on this hemisphere, by tho abandonment OF
the Monroe doctrine, as we'll MS grand opportu-
mites for the expansion OF our trade and com
merce by wise reciprocity treaties.
These are some Of the causes which have
brought about the demoralIzed fiscal condition
OF affairs and the disruption OF the party in
power.
is II to be won iered at that the people are
clamorlns for a change OF representation This
change will DO inaugurated In the congress
sional elections this fall.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

lives again in minds made better by their
presence" are fltratod through Rusiin's
blaze consciousness until giants are made to
look like plgmies.
In our youth we learned TO speak moth
ing but good about the dead It remains
for a graceful entence-manufacture to
inyert the honored maxim and teach us
that no respect is due TO those who are in
their graves.
The old Scottish minister was right
"That man Ruskin,n he said, "talks more
arrant rubbish in splendid English than all
the other men and women combined who
have sparlilcd or driveled in the English
tongue.n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE New York Herald correspondent,
describing theprocession at the Colonial Ex-
hibition, writes about Victoria: "Not to be
ungallant, the queen-in face, walk, aud
manner-looked like an ordinary middle.
class matron weighted with the cares Of maoY
grandchildren, and not few Detits Soins dc
Ia rie; but her progress was certainly hailed
with spontaneous enthusiasm as being not
only due to the sovereign, but to the loyal
widow and thorough embodiment OF per-
feet woman. Her features almost grlishly
expressed her delight at the ovations she re-
celved. Her voice had decided tremolo
when, in reading her reply, she said Il
heartily concur in the belief you have eX.
pressed that the Prince Consort, my beloved
husband, had he been spared, would have
witnessed with intense interest the develop
ment Of his ideas, and would, l may add,
have seen with pleasure our son taking the
lead in a movement of which he was the
originator Many fancied and some were
sure they saw the queens eyes moistened
when Nine. Albani, her colonial-born sub
ject, sang mid pleasures and palaces tho
We may Toam.'"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

Meanwhile the proposed Democratic re-
movGl Of protection from American woods
arOuses the wrath and opposition OF the
wool growers, manufacturers, washers,
spinners, weayers, and mutton eaters, and
pleases nobody but parasitical non-pro-
ducers, greedy spectators, aud few feeble
fumblers in political economy "who think
they thlnk.n The propositions to put tim
Der, lumber, and other forest products on
the free list touch sensitive pocket nerves
and slap the face Of labor from Maine to
Texas, The same may be said OF the wide
spread, injurious, and irritating effect Of
the general scope Of the Morrison Ii ewitt
scheme, whose direct tendency and ulti-
mate aim is to place all our material inter
ests--all the meritorious capital and labor
devoted to home production and develop
mental the mercy OF mere speculation,
and that freebooting capital, which gam
bles in everything ana which blights
every honest industry whose results 1t can
control. Everywhere, too, the defeat of the
Senate Blair free.school bill and the substitu-
tlon of the House Grain bill for 1t are recog-
nized truly as but manifestations OF the set
tied hostility OF Bourbonlsm to all popular
education, and particularly to the education
and elevation of the illiterate colored peo-
pie Of the southern states. knowledge is
power" and the Bourbons who rule the
south and the Democratic party intend that
the people shall have as little of II as posi-
bic, The very substitute put up as pre-
text for not passing any bill that will
eifectually enlighten the southern masses,
although called the Grain hill, was framed
by that Daniel, Of Virginia, who ia notorious
IN his state as 'school-house torch Daniel"
and who once openly declared that he did
not believe In free education ut all through
public taxation, aud only as volunteer
and charitable dole to pauperIsm.
In all directions, and on every public con-
slderation, as well as on every private aud
personal interest identified with tho general
welfare, the people are already sick of
Democratic rule. The Democrats them
selves are sick OF an administration which,
instead OF being their tower Of strength, is
their tower Of Babel. The Democratic fol-
lowers are In sullen aud dissatisfied mood
that forebodes dispersion and revolt. Even
the emascuated Mugwumps, whose polltI-
cal status Senator Ingalls, has so wlttily
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE Buffalo Courier states, in effect,
that whisky is regularly aud openly
sold in the United States capitol that the
disguise Of "cold tea" is no longer EN-
ployed, but the beverage is called for In
plain terms and promptly delivered. Well,
this is not q nice story, but 1t can't be denied
that liquor selling In that ediace is less Of q
nuisance than the continual frying Of strong
and healthy onions.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE English tory papers blunder with
even more than their accustomed blindness
and folly when they refer to the Chicago
dynamiters as Irish malcontents. The
Irsh-Americans are on tho side OF law and
order. They are real, not pretended work.
ers. When they fight they are supporting
the authorities not breaking down social
restraints. They are invisible in the haunts
OF anarchists and equally so among the
polygamous "saints."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE new eight-hour law of Ohio which
is now in force provides, In plain terms,
that in all engagements to labor in any
mechanical, manufacturing, or mining
business days work, when the contract
is silent upon the subject, or where there is
no express contract, shall consist of eight
hours, and all agreements, contracts, or
engagements in reference to such labor
shall be SO construed
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08
The Fishing Laws.

EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN: 1t is
simply outrageous that the parties who
make living at the Great Falls by catch
ing black bass with the dip net should 20
unpublished. The law of Maryland is very
plain, and everybody who can read should
help bring the guilty parties to justice. II
the authorities will only send deputy up
there he will find no difficulty in getting
his game by making inquiry OF any OF the
citizens Of that place. ANGLER.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE line between the aristocrats aud the
democrats in England is becoming more
and more clearly defined, aud democracy
is growing wonderfully. The Irish home
rule struggle is weakening the hold of mo-
narchical ideas on the popular mind. The
crown and the common people are getting
further apart. The house Of peers is falling
into contempt, There will be a series of
storms before there comes period Of calm.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS is not very
hopeful about the present prospects of civil
service reform. He says the President
"must compromise between his party on the
one hand and the interests Of the reform on
the other and the inevitable result of such
o course viii be disaster.n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

DEPoRfATIoN Of the anarchists is the
remedy suggested by the New York
Tribune. SIT is enough" says that paper,
"to compel the anarchists to leave the
country" To the question, What consti-
tutes IN anarchist the answer is that
'when any person in this land of liberty
and law proclaims himself an anarchist,
and foe OF society, whether by act or
word, there ought hereafter to be in force
law under which, without waiting for
other overt acts Of crime against society,
he could be removed from country whose
hospitality he abuses, and 10 whose very
existence he Is an enemy.n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

The Hon. RICHARD b. HUBBARD, United
States minister to Japan, writes to the Gal
WESTON Ne,CS denying, specifically and en-
phatcOlly, the charges and insinuatlons
cOrcerning his personal and official char
aeter that have been made by certain news
papersin this country, from time to time,
during DIE past few months. Evidently u
good deGp lying has been done by two or
three agile correspondents.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

The Milwaukee Wisconsin, thinks It Is
worthy of note that, although more than
1900 Milwaukee workingmen are now
known to be idle from strikes aud other
causes, less than 500 men actually partici-
pated In the riotous demonstrations at Bay
View on Tuesday. "Those 500 almost
without exception were Polish laborers aud
the like, few Of whom arc citizens aud
most OF whom are unable 10 speak or
understand the English language. Asked
what they were HotIng about, nine out Of
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

As WE supposed, there was not an iota of
truth In the rumor that the Democratic
senators had instructed Capt Bassett to
hire band and go out with the messengers
and pages TO meet Jones at HyOttsville on
his return from Detroit
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

states can DO in their behalf is to protest
ms emphatically as possible" We suspect
the protesting will have to be assumed, like
the denunciations of Messrs. Lamar,
George, Walthall 81 Co. In the matter Of
the Carrollton festival.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

every ten would have been unable to tell"
It is a pity that such ignorant creatufes
have to be killed, but that is what is gbing
to happen to them whenever they ir.sist on
forclble resistance Of the laws,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE Montgomery, Ala, Advertiser pa.
thetically pleads with jefferson d. that
he win order his remains to be buried IN
that city. Considering the old mans
fidelity to the lost cause, an appropriate
cpitaph would be
"His heart tods true to PoH"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

WHILE no one can doubt the thorough
reconstruction and earnest loyalty of Gen.
Longstreet, his taste, as shown by his APP
pearlng In his old confederate uniform at
Montgomery, must be condemned.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

IN his anxiety for the passage OF party
measures through the House the President
should not forget that, according to his
own declaration, the duties of his Office are
essentially executive.n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

ONE who ought to know says that there
are more wealthy men in the House than in
the Senate, though it is more difficult to
find them
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

Tine Louisiana delegation will please
take notice that the masses Of the people
in thirty.soven states and eight territories,
exclusive Of Alaska, are smacking their
lips In hopeful anticipation Of free sugar.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

Ex.PREsIDENT HAYES has good article
in the Brooklyn Magazine on "National
Aid to Popular Educatlon." Why is tex
President'' Tilden silent on this great
theme2
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

II the present civil service commissioners
were a little more, instead of q good deal
less, faithful than their predecessors, Gen.
Blacks contemptuous defiance of law might
he checked.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

"THE dram shops must CO." says the
governor of Iowa. Other governors have
said that, and meant 1t, too, but the exodus
has never yet happened.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

Gov. RUsK, of Wisconsin, deserves com
mendation for his prompt and efficient ac-
ton in relation to the disturbance at Nil
waukee. He probably took hint from the
tardluess of Gov. Oglesby In the East st.
| onis troubles
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

In several of the departments at this time
the civil service law is contemptuousy
evaded every day. The most outrageous
cases occur In the Department Of the In
tprinr
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE Galveston News seuslbly suggests that
"If Jefferson Davis intends his remarks to
have bearing upon the present and future
the least That sensible men In the southern
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

TENSYsoN's blast is not the only proof
he has given that even great poet, writing
TO order, eau perpetrate poor stun.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

Low-NEcK dressing in Baltimore has been
carried so far that there is only bare pos
sibility Of greater achievements in that
direction.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

PROBABLY the reason why Sam Jones
does not set his stakes in Philadelphia may
be found In the true goodness Of that city.
His mission is to the sinful only.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

If Col. Morrison would have his name go
booming along through the ages with a
sweet SAVIOR he will do his best to get sugar
Oh the free list.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE oyster is multiplying the unwritten
law of the republic by refusing to retire at
the end Of the "r'' months.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

THE New Jersey prohibitionists cheer
fully propose to rule or ruin the Republican
party In their state.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08

HEwITT's hard hit at southern dema-
gogues makes the victims howl.