New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-23
4 Tory IN A TANTRUM.

A TORY IN A TANTRUM.
,nong tho vanishing gIories of England we
naturally give first place TO inanimate things, 10
the stately castles that are crumblng into rum
70 the great art collections that the decay OF
historic families is dispensing into the hahdS Oh
wealthy foreigners. Some travellers claim 10
have met Sam Weller outside of "Pickwlck' 10
have discovered off the beaten track, quaint
relics of the days when taverns, stage coaches
and footpads were as picturesque as the land
scape in which they appeared. Travellers
though are imaginative Despite their tales,
England seems peOped by modern types alone
with one exception. There remains, deafness
and undaunted, the fine old crusted Tory, sole
survivor of halcyon Georgian days.
The soul of him now inhabits the stalwart
frame of fox hunting squire, now the body OF
a city magnate or that of pillar of the Church.
But the frail tenement of clay which it most
frequently affects is that of your London jour
nalist. oxford or Cambridge bred. well dressed,
imperturbable, omnscient, wise rs Solomon,
and superb. \ recent article in "BlackwOods
Magazine" reminds us anew Of the Tory's
"bloOdthlrsty desire to live; it proves to us
once more how far he is from sharing, as some
people have thought, the oblivion of the Dodo-
though we may add, in the light of this article,
that he is undoubtedly "a bird"
He comes out strong, of course. on the sub
ject of America. To him these United States
are still the revolted colonies of His Most Sacred
Majesty the King, and with the mingled CON
tempt and wrath so characteristic of his ances
tors he freely unmasks us to the world In the
first place. we have erected a statue of Lafay-
cite in Paris, and the French have been pleased
InQulring as to what Lafayette might mean to
either country, however, Sir Oracle soon encOUn-
tiers 1.-The clOven foot of hypocrisy" France re
joiced over the gift and paid renewed homage
to Lafayette, he thinks only in order TO annoy
the English. "Of course she fails. he CON
tinues though his own evaporation is but n
poor index to the equanlmity of his fellow cOun-
trymen. Our own feeling in the matter is dis
missed with drol disingenuOusness The statue
is taken as the symbol of a gratitude which VIC
may well feel. because, forsooth, Lafayette and
Rochambeau gave independence TO America"
the aid of the French being stated in manner
from which it might be inferred that American
statesmen and soldiers were insignificant factors
in the expulsion of the British.
Passing to the Washington monument in
Paris, this delightful commentator is still rim
itably dogmatic. washington had nothing TO
do with France" he explalns-ignoring the rela-
lions with Lafayette and the French Govern
ment which have just been assumed as sole
source of our libertes-'except that the great
Houdon modelled his bust" Therefore, how is
1t possible that there should be anything be
hind these interchanges of brass or marble bet
ter than vapid sentiment?' How, indeed.
The only explanation that would seem TO satisfy
our candid friend is what he calls the astOund-
ing aduatiOn of the Terror which he proves,
by rule Of thumb. was in full force in America
at the time. History cannot match he de
exhibited by the Americans in the months that
followed the death of the King" Dear, dear.
Manifestly we are still capable of anything.
even of bestowing statue Of Washington upon
the French who Will see in it, of course, a con
slant reminder of our ghoulish sympathy for the
worst aspects of their own revolution. But even
a Tory tires of Staying the slain. This one
turns to Yellow Journalism which he castigates
as a purely American institution The trdine
fact that one of the worst exploits of Yellow
Journalism ever known the false news" of ter
rble massacres in Picking and the consequent
plunging of the world into dire sorrow, was
achieved by n London newspaper is cOnven-
iently ignored. Besides, our friend is working
up the climax of his tantrum, and that means
that he must not lose sight of our truly internal
wickedness.
When eXtradition of Anarchists is demanded,
we are informed, America is content to muir
muir the words political crime" 1t is admitted
that England bears the same demeanor in the
same circumstances, but are assured that az
least the watchfulness of her police paralyZes
the brain OF the celebrated MalateSta, who lis
free Of our capital" And anyway, "of America
we have little hope" The Anarchists of Pat
"terson, y. j., will still plot in security and as
1.-The telegraph unites Patterson to Rome and
Berlin orders can be transmitted in n moment
land with small risk of detection" How sad,
We wonder how long the wires have been down
between London, Rome and Berlin. But we
| forget the paralyzing powers of the London
| police And then it is useless to argue. Trans
! atlantic notions Of crime" by which this Scion
means our own, are indeed threatening the equl-
| librlum of the globe. Yet we must not despair.
| We may be far gone III villany, but we still
! have with us model of courtesy and truth, an
| exponent of international amity TO whom. ap-
! parently, the pages of "Blackwood" are always
| open. While that sagacious Tory exists TO teach
us lessons in virtue and breeding we are safe
there need be no fear that the gayety of nations
will suffer premature eclipse.
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! MINISTERIAL TRAINING.