The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

) what a onpItni ifkenessi Howis hefn The chr
; pentsr rsjolned Indignantly; why. sir. don
You remember. he's dead2" "Oh. yes cal,
, the curate feebly. or course. I know that
, mean hotc's the man toho took The hotoordphsg
, There is reason TO believe that the art o. put
, ting things in a graceful way Is carried neares
to perfection in the East, Here is an example
, When Lord DufTetin was Viceroy OF India hi
Ind n " sblkarry," or sporting .%eervant, who's,
special duty was TO attend ne gIslt eTeu =
shs ylceFFr Stgnni s0gG 6ns on n. she fron shS SSe 81 tSesc
expeditions, the. shikarry encountered ths
S SiiSos rScs Eso; e fgil S5 SeuT SsSed. sSSl WeII y6 hSi
Piled the scrIpul9usly, polite Hindu. =" the
S nsTofn sn % th sh Sir d,yBlne H we S turn G 20 nc. oeci-
dent, We npd that the art Of putting thi nnT
out rejoicing the mental picture. Of Archbishop
o MnS' %Svi IN s on q i PSSBIl ROP BeSsaa Pol With: Go
away: 90 away. /, never give to any one
neoa Ss0 rejoinder. "@@gTheS WRere. would your
Reverence have me wait on yoq2"' We really
volume to an end. but we cannot help repro
dSslnE che s sfSIlST sbnf kan Saa%P o 05 d nrfboT Tsa Se-
aSaiintane see Who SV WAS 4 a 'I prSoppietress OF County
Galway, is IN the habit o. receiving her own
pfssaod 2R FSns dS AND Sasacc g ssnrpf FOR ra an sba ase
PSnsy! ~ Vel. my lady. ali ! cam say is that i
farmer I'd be, I'd follow one OF the learned
professions" The proprietress replied that,
b ESsssff found as T PSof ss fioiaii' iiTsl R Ss pTsea n %sr as
t tSSFm'@pS ec,plie Ah The my SON la 81 q, fSErIS San Il ffS Seu sS;
q lawyeEE,Tyin or lose-yon're paid. Il you'rea
Priess-heayea. Or %RellNyon're' BALD Who can
Imagine. asks Mr.. Russell. an English farmer
happy mixture Of fun and satire. N. W. II.
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Paternalism on the Continent OF Europe.
It "a with the conviction that populism would
constitute. II successful. a fatal solvent OF our
institutions that Mr.. HENRY GAuLLIER has
written an account OF The Pdterndl State in
France and Germany (Harpersl Thu author.
an adopted citizen OF tho United States, who
has been educated In French-speaking and
German-speaking countries. has been made
acquainted. by experience. with the re-
suits Of paternalism. and he has under
taken to depict them in order that the
American advocates Of populistic meas
ures may see whittier their proposed
innovation would conduct them. he has OBJ
served the recent tendency In parts OF the
United States to attribute much curative power
to the Government in the treatment OF socinl
and political difficulties. He demonstrates in /
this volume that the suggested remedies forthe |
conflict between the interests Of individuals or
OA NAAS Az AAUhu olu ID0 Il
OF the community on the other are, in
reality, not new, but very old. They have
been tried and applied elsewhere in small
doses. at first. during past centuries. then
in increased and enormous quantities, |
till the European Continent has become |
more and more afflicted by their poison
GUS influence. The American populistic
nostrum may bear a different label. and be OF
a different color and have a different taste; |
hnf hnpavar nalatahla a. AZ. H. -oaL - /
national ingenuity. chemical analysis proves
1t to be simply a mild form OF an old French |
and German remedy. the same old narcotic. in |
a word. destined to produce. first. partial and |
then total Individual letharRy: a drug extern |
sively advertised and used by all the Continen- |
tai Governments Of Europe on the plea OF
national welfare" French and German civil
with their omens OF decay. are the
practical results Of the doctrine prescribing the
Of the State for the removal Of all
Objectionable features In rationale development. |
I.
In the introduction to this volume It Is point
ed out that the gulf which separates more and
more every day the civilization Of the English
speaking communities from the decayinR poll
ties OF the European Continent takes its oriein
in the difference of attributes conferred by the
people on the State; for. while the power trans
erred by the individuals to the State has been
restricted in all Anglo-Saxon commu-
mites. 1t has been continually increased on
he European Continent. In France, for In
If the manager Of the governmental
machine has been often dismissed and a new
me appointed the power conferred on him by
he owners. the people. has hardly ever been
ltereo. In facf. whenever an alteration has J
k place. it has been not a restriction but ,
N increase OF authority which has been eff !
ected by the change. as when the State was
to abolish voluntary enlistment in {
ne army and substitute for 1t universal and {
ompulsory service. The author has been !
rompted. he tells us. to the preparation of !
hose pages by a hope that a brief survey of the G
Official history OF the two principal nations of c
Europe. which. In direct contra I
ictioD to Anglo-Saxon principles, have oh t
continued to invest their Government J.
all times with omnipotent and ideal func- I
lons. may awaken in the minds of Americans C
lfected with populistic tendencies a suspicion a
after all. the State is not a divine entity a
aving direct access to the shrine Of wisdom 9
ut that the State must. in the end, always q
Urn out to be. practically. a number OF a
or less intelligent human beings 9
tting In public buildings. generally on up a
chairs. surrounded by a crowd of Il
leir own appointees. all working for wages. o
snerally from 8 or 10 O'Clock till sundown: all Il
able. like other men. to be wise or foolish. Il
onest or dishonest. conscientious or the
verse. The origin Of all paternal Govern u
ents. whether monarchical. rs In Prussia. CEN d.
republican. as In France, or fed st
republican. asin Switzerland. is the same: 10
icy were. and are. all established in order in
remove troubles arising from individual III
'uses. and to promote the welfare OF sc
o people" No people :" can get along with 81
1t delegating power to a certain number OF tn
en-. who then become the State. and, practi- SO
lily. wherever the delegated power is too eN
eat. wherever. under the pretence of protect is
9 the interests OF the people. the State is be
lowed free scope for Interference with IN de
affairs. political and moral disasters BE
sue. This is the invariable outcome Of the ltN
idence collected from all historical records. co
The conditions which regulate to-day all hui 70
an activity on the continent Of Europe need tn
1v IN ha ant Horth H. 80