New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-06

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scientifically AMI At any price, for the cn' l"S''-
lcs tie means.
From :hc :1kine Of ~inica"la 20 hi' death on '''
eve of the sicsc Of Florence. Twenty-Five years 'V''
Machiaycllis lie - man OF action IL "''N '"''
cratcly interesting. compared with HIS ne d. " '
Of letters He served his city faithfully ana Htal-
ou@ly until the return Of the Mcdici, IN i"I-. ne
WIS in In. thick Of all the p0il'lcaI a'"l"N
caused by the war with Pisa IL" Gc''h u AVN
ander VI. the rrsticssuc.S Of JulinS H. wv ann
ton Of the Emperor, fic League oil '"ih"''N' a."
the exploits OF CASTOR dc Folk; ana before INV ""
nositi n Of Sodcrini and his own retirement lie 'u
gone on various legations 10 France IN" WV "'""'
Rome. Pcrugia, Scna Mantus and Pisa III "h''"
he had proved himself a skilful ana "S''"i "'p'
matisr. While in Office he had been pr'ni',e' 10
re,I;ya his drc,ro of n Florcntinc militia drawn
fro,n tive territories OF the Republic, h"hi"il"'
IN his ine>tirenishablc contempt for free captains
a,d rocrcenorics Yet over all these years ol mar"
worl, performcd with patriotic ardor. the Nao'r
willingly passes 10 the period OF Ahchi'N'" -"
forced leisure az bis villa near san Ca@ciaho' ''"'
seven miles from Florence. vi what his NV Wv 80
was like. a vcry clear idea is TO ~ guinea i'o'"
letter written 20 his friend, fiihc'S" '''".,'
TIOrentine Ambassador 10 Rome. l'Sc "'.'
the sun in the morning. he SAYS, ana ~ INV
o,o of ,he woods for couple Of hours TO inspect
the Yesterdays work. and TO pass some '''hr WIN
,he voodcuttcrs who have always some """"7'
70 tell me- either of their own or oil l"e'r "''e"
bor. On leaving the wood 90 10 spring
with n book under my ARM ei'"cr D'''
po,rorch or one Of the minor poets, such as
nv, ill.,, o.i1 read their amoron-
t,orsn rts and the history of their loves recall
;n my avn "a my mind and time passes pleas
artI,, in those meditations. Then | bctaNc NY
cal, On tho inn bv the roadside chat win paS"iS
NV osl, NOVA Of the places whence they c""''
,ar ,orous things and note the Varied 'aSt's III"
| diverse f,pcics of mankind This carries u" U"
% +be dinner hour, when, in the company vi NV
broad 7 swallow whatever fare TINS poor h'''
n,oco Of mine and Iny slender patrimony can tl'o'"
mo Dinner over. | 90 back 10 the mn '"'''
| generally find tile host, butcher mil'''' an"
connie Of brckmakers. | mix with 'hfSe ooo'9
thc whole day. playing at cricca ana NJ "'o''',
initial, a.,nes Give rise 10 thousand quarrels and
nuch exchange of lad language and we seneralN
,,rorolc over fa-things and our shouting can oe
Gan Coscono At nighfall /
return home and seek my writng-roorn' anu VIZ
vcsting myself on it, threshold OF ny rus'l' gar
ments stained with mud and mli", as>'"'
courtv attire. and thus suitably cI"tn'" '"'
within tho anccTt courts OF ancIoh' men, ~
whom being cordially wclcomcr, am I'u "'"
tbc food that alone is mine. lana Tor VINO" was
horn and nm not ashamed 10 hold discourse win
them and inquire the motives oil theIr a"o'''
and these men in their humanity reply t" me- anu
Co. ,ho snoce of four hours feel no wearlueSs, re-
r,oroha, M tronhlc. no longer fear poverty, no
,o,,,or dread death nv whole being is absorbed III
.hr, And since Dante SAYS that there cohd pr
M science without retaining that which - he'f''
I have recorded that which have acquired from
tho conversation ot these worthless, ana c"hpo~'"
a namphet De PrincipatibuS. III WIli'n P''"9'
a. deeply as can into cogltatlons upon ''0 "p
cct discussing the nature OF prih'ruoi"' VI "'"
many species il consists how these are u w
oujred. how they are maintained why '"' a..
,.. il should be especially welcome
20 . now prince: for the which reason "'1i'''
il 10 His Magniicence Giullano'
The atttn1e toward the classics eXpresN'' i" WIS
lottcr strikes the keynote oil Ma'hlaN'''l I'M
of statccraft. In the history u ah'iq1IN' ""'
o.nao;anv in the history of the Roman Republic
lie found the STATE elevated ~ the eXi'hse OF ''e ~
h,;lral and that is the idea which i deVeIoFu
in tho Disconrses on the History OF II'"s Ivy
and The Prince the former having regard 10 IT.
,,,ics ,hc latter IL principalitics. and both com
nosod =, ahout the same time. In MachlaN'ils
Glow r.public quite ms much as princpaii'S'
on, only be the creation Of one master mih" INC
ronuhlic must be dominated by Wis" I'Ssia'"I'
the prpcipalty by wise ruler, II bec'S'o'S' ~
tvrant but in both cases the preSluIhB e"'''
mus, M animated solely by interest In inc poi'''"
integrity Of his State. To that integrity every
thing must be subsidiary. Incidentally, P'V-
soroI interests may be advanced, but pcrsona' in
terests he holds, could never hold Sia'" 10
nether In perpetuity and prosperity. For PROOF OF
thi, he has only 10 turn 10 tie princpali'i"7 OF
Italv 10 the smaller strongholds, OF which IcrHgi
torn and wasted by the conflicting factions Of Inc
Baglioni and the Oddi. il d perfect type; Y" we
large domains Of which the Duchy OF Milan IL one
Of the most instructive examples: or even 10 Roue
itself which experienced dire commissions every
time the papacy was changed. The ideal ruler
mug, Ia FL. fine flower of disntcrcscdncSs he
must be- in short, perfect patriot. The popularity
of NIachiayeIs patriotism is TINT il is based on
love of country that does not involve warm
human love Of conntrymcn. Added 10 natural
cvnicsm he had profound conviction that human
nature was changcess that men acted IN IN" same
way under the same circumstances through all ages
and seeing the disposition OF mankind III 'he past
10 mischievous acts which had 10 Dc correc''u pN
one man power and having BELIEF that general
rules should be sought for the guidance OF rllerS
lie argued that popula ton must BE- taken as 80
much material, and shaped according TO the pres
cience Of the ruler He appreciated the power
for good az well as for evil residing IN the Fop',
he was forever advising the employment OF TINS
power--hs institution Of the Fhrenlnc millua
is one substantial evidence Of his faith in popular
movements In one passage 10 the Discourses
he SAYS A prince who would seize the Govern
ment in his hands must build upon the
people, without Whose favor he will not be able to
stand :" but his point is always that the ruler Is
the potter and the people the clay. His system
reouireJ a man 70 mould the octiGrs Of the people
f. never occurred 70 him that the people should
mould the actions Of the man, that the legislator
must be the natural outcome OF bis time, that the
development Of a nation means growth roo'rd
deep in the physical moral and intellectual in
stircts Of the neople Finn in the belief thst The