The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-12
DIR, KINGBURY'S LETTERS.

i John Henry Newman, Pussy and
Whateley. the latter afterwards Arch
bishop, and Newman a Roman Catholic
Cardinal. Christ Church College was be-
gun by the very celebrated Cardinal
WoIsey, immortalized in Shakespeare
mastery Henry the Eighth" 1t began
on a great scale, but had to be completed
by King Henry. Wolsey intended that ii
should be called cardinals College,
but Henry gave it the name it bears. He
united the college with the ancient ca
thedral. The dining hall is the grandest
in England, outside of Westminster TIC
this day the great University is far be-
hind in the matter of science, and special
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES behind the foremost
American universities. Among its very
eminent students in the past were the
two famous and admirable scholars, John
and Charles Weslay. John Locke, Lord
~Bolingbroke, Ben Jonson, Sir Philip Sid
ney, John Penn, Sir Robert Peel, George
C~anning-all of the past and among the
living Earl Salisbury and Lord Rosebery.
| believe Mr.. Gladstone also belonged to
it, but / am not sure at this writing.
The late Hon. j. L. NJ. Curry, LII. D.,
ueIIteIeO d very capital address, DeIOTe
the great University of Chicago a few
years since. 1 referred to it recently in
a brief tribute to the eminent statesman
and educator of the South. His theme
was John G. Calhoun. In the April num-
Der of the New York Book-Lovers' Maya
zine there is a brief article on "Calhoun's
Triumph" 1t is from a Northern pen.
The pith of the discussion is that Cal
hn,Yp io fnr~oftnn u-hilo hi. +bo@rx - 49,
eminent survives, and now rules the
country. The writer of the paper no
tees the gradual undermining and chang
ing of our form of government, to which
I AVE referred more han once in these
articles. He thinks that while every
where else in the world privilege is de-
caying and popular authority is increas-
ing, in this country privilege has OBJ
tanned extreme development. and by a
process of development so gradual as to
escape notice, the character Of our gov
eminent has been altered" He thinks
that notification is to the front. and
Calhoun's ideas have triumphed.' He
appears to think that the great South
Carolinian was for "oligarchical rule"
but this is not perhaps correct. Mr.. Cal
houn was a statesman of great honor, in
oHA Ii It
saw and foretold some important events
that have come to pass. The writer re-
ferred to says that "a few sagacious and
experienced men, without assuming re-
sponsibility for results, decide actual
legislation by conference among them |
selves This may be true, and it is pre- |
cisely in accord with the acts and ag- |
gressive principles of Tom Reed. his sue |
ceSSor in the Speakers chair, and their |
indorsers and followers in the corrupt,
dangerous Republican party. But do
not understand Mr.. Calhoun to be in any |
sense the author Of such violations Of the
spirit of organic law, or of the insidious,
grasping, destructive doctrine now SO
popular with the Roosevelt Republican
party. Mr.. Calhoun was a firm, earnest
advocate and defender of the reserved |
rights of the States. and not favorable to |
oligarchical rule. DR.. Curry's admirable |
address interprets correctly and richly |
merits wide reading.
In the March number Of the National
Review tEnglish) there is a view Of the
Emperor of Germany that is caliedoe-
scopic and very unfavorable. 1t treats
of William of Germany in his many
sided personality-as not two men as in
Stevenson's we'll known and. most origin
al and curious story, but as several men.
"protean and extraordinary" 1t is a
calm attempt at ridicule, and makes the
a man of man. shapes, and con-
antagOniZing principles. 1t
exposes his duplicity in the war against
the Beers, showing how he sympathized
with both sides, and fought for neither
side. l can not follow the rather anus
ing exposure, in a career of intense in
consistency and contradiction The vaga-
ries of the Kaiser are great and aston
ishing according to the writer who APP
pears to have made a diIigent study of
his manifold record and blunders. He
the German is "omniscient and ON
he is theatre-critic,
artist, crusader, absolutist, one while
brazen and then crouching, professedly
and yet bloody-minded, and so
on. The portrait is drawn in bold out
line, and reveals a most puzzling char
acter. In some particulars the picture
suggests Roosevelt, who flops often, and
is bully and blusterer, with no fixed con
and consistent Judgments, who
blows hot and cold with gusto, and
loves the South and hates it. Both
these big bosses have high standards
but they never measure up to
them.
The able English Contemporary Re
view gives a forcefm account of the aw-
full barbarities and atrocities perpetrated
the Christians in Macedonia by 1.-The
u~nspeakable Turk as the great Glad
called him. DR.. E. J. Dillon writes !
the painful article Win it's terrible
based upon the best e4vi-
dence and true no doubt throughout.
These outrages are being lone right now,
in this year Of grace. 1t is a story of
shame Of terrible human suffering ard
extreme brutality. DR.. Dillon states that
in one of the best-behaYed districts ono