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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
c. S. PRATT, M. D.,
DR.. GEO. r. ANDERSON,

IS North Main ST, Bra
Office hours: l to 2.30,
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

government dependent on the people. and were
to be considered as an authoritative demand for
the repeal of an unpopular law.
Jefferson did not long govern on this theory
when he himself had taken office. He quickly
adopted the instruments of federalism, and,
though the Virginia school still talked about
their devotion to State Rights Republicanism.
they prepared the way for the new leaders of
their party, who from the end of the War of
lSl2 were really not Republicans in the old
sense, but Democrats. representing the enthusi-
astic American spirit which putting the
government more and more into the hands of the
porulace If the slavery question had not soor
after come to the front to keep the Matchmaking
force from operating naturally for the next
forty years, federalism might then have had its
triumph and the implications of general sover-
eighty might have become accepted realities.
Professor Gordy's chapters on the Missouri
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

the administrative policy of Hamilton and the
judicial decisions OF Marshall. But long before
the adoption of the constitution the American
people We're more of a nation than they them
selves realized, just in the uncertain days OF
1861 they were more of a nation than many OF
the most ardent friends OF the Union dared to
believe the constitution warranted. The gov
ernment under the articles of confederation was
one of strictly delegated powers. Every power
not definitely granted was reserved to the
States In theory Congress could do absolutely
no act of inherent sovereignty. Yet, as the
author notes, Congress, without, in strict legal
ity the shadow of power, proceeded to eXer-
else ultimate sovereignty over the Western ter
ritory The articles were framed as treaty OF
alliance, on the theory that all the territory Oh
the United States was included in the States'
but facts outran theory and before they were
adopted Congress had on its hands territory
which no State ruled, and it was forced to
choose between usurpation and anarchy. And
SO we have the remarkable spectacle of a BODY
driven ANONYMOUSLY from the seat of govern
ment by a mere handful of soldiers, a body
humbly suing its masters for the means Of pro-
longing its miserable existence, and suing II
vain-passing laws and making regulations in
respect to our territories that one ever
thought Of questioning" IN many other ways
the Confederation went beyond its charter. IL
planned to exercise sovereignty over @ederal
capital; it assumed authority over Vermont;
finally it raised troops to suppress Shays Re
bellion something with which. under the written
law it had not the least concern.
The constitution once put in operation, the
question arose whether a real government or a
paper pretence of one had been set up. Profess
sor Gordy rightly dwells upon the Importance
of the Whiskey InsurrectiOn in giving the first
decisive answer on that point. Hamilton eagerly
seized it, as he did every other circumstance at
that time, to bring the government into direct
relation with the citizen. AS he wished TO tax
the people directly to teach them that they had
a government WI n could tax, so he FASTENED
to make a show of force at the first opportunity
to teach them that they had at last govern
ment that must be obeyed. This was one of his
greatest services. After that the affectation of
voluntary obedience to federal laws ceased to
prevail either in Congress or among the people.
In sharp contrast with this wise course was
Jefferson's dsapproval of attempts to suppress
disorder and his view that instructions now
and then were rather a good thing. They kept
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

Compromise Illuminating, and so is his
review of the country's insane financial system,
which converted the bankruptcy of 1911 into ar
absolutely hollow appearance of prosperity. only
to culminate in the crash Of 1919 The passion
for cheap money prevailed in the Revolutionary
period and it has continued to affiict the coun-
try at every time of trial when taxes were TO
be laid or the reckoning due for period of
eXtravagant speculation. How widespread the
delusiOn that something can be made out of
nothing by popular will and the prejudice
against sound finance an engine of tyranny
have been is not often made clear in politi-
for emphasizing the importan: part which
finance played in shaping-and marring-the de-
veIopment OF American institutions in the Mid
die Period
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
WYORk TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

existence Of the Union in 1920 1888 and 1SoO,
while in 1861 they plunged the country INTO one
OF the most terrible civil wars known to history
That civil the price which the Amerl-
can people paid for the lack of national patriot
ism in 1ISl. With national patriotism enough
to have had at heart the highest ultimate good
or the whole American people, the convention
would have framed and the States would nave
adopted a constitution without these co1npro-
misses. But the actual alternatives were con-
sutution with these denationalizing elements or
anarchy. The work which national patriotism
might have done peacefully and without loss IN
1877 was done at terrible cost in the civil
War. All men now admit that pract1-
cdlly, if not theoretically, when the people OF
the thirteen States adopted the constitution OF
lISl they acknowledged the unity and SOW
ereignty of the ore American people.
That acknowledgment, however, the author
holds, was largely unconscious There were i'm
plications of sovereignty in the constitution
which were accepted rather blndly and were
only realized clearly they were unfolded in
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

STATES, With Special Gf Reference to the the
Ph Pho"1h IN Of PrdPSlnda Political Parties BY GSrdy
nT aorka 1aS In -Four Volumes. l2mo Volume 1,
PIP 'sS' Volume H. PIP 5Sl Henry Holt Co.
The first volume of this work was originally
issued under the title "A History of Political
/ Parties in the United States The author con-
cIuded that this did not accurately indicate his
purpose, and changed it. Also, he tells US he
mas changed his point of view subjects,
after beginning to write. He has since the pub
hcaton OF the first edition of his first volume,
come 10 the conclusion that the political phil
oscphy of Hamilton was held only by small
minority of the Federalists though they ruled
the country up to the election of John Adams
and led TO the party's overthrow in 1900; and
that there was little difference between the ma
Jorlty of the Federalists of that time and the
Republican leaders of 1910 Furthermore he
believes that the dangerous condition of the
country at the end OF the War of 1912 was due
10 unWise financial legislation and that prior
TO 1850 opinions about the negro differed little
in the North and South To bring out these
Views, reached in the process of writing, the
author says he has practically rewritten many
chapters and recast both volumes. This course
might be thought 10 indicate openmindedness of
a high order essay at writing history be-
fore ripe and trustworthy judgment had been
secured. At any rate, Professor Gordy deserves
creCit for taking his readers into his confidence,
and his review of American politics. which is so
far brought down TO the election of Jackson, is
fun of freshness and interest.
He is the persuasive advocate of a theory of
American history, of considerable recent popu
larity which. since he wrote, has been brought
TO general attention by Mr. Charles Francis
Adams in his speech at Charleston declaring
that both sides in the Civil War We're right,
ON ing TO the impossibility of the constitution
being what it supposed to be, a grant of
sovereignty without q surrender of sovereignty.
The constitution created a government with
power TO enforce ITS laws and tended to make
the idea OF patriotism reach beyond the bounda-
ries Of the State. Yet at the time of its forma-
tion the sense of nationality weak and
local jealousies were so strong that compromises
were forced which left the question of ultimate
authority in confusion, perhaps purposely SO.
Professor Gordy says:
These compromises tended to perpetuate that
feeling of SeparatenesS and isolation. that state
of selfishness or lack of patriotism the preva-
lence of which made the period between 1873
and 11S1 dangerously critical period in Amer |
lean hictory. Separately, these compromises |
would have been comparatively harmless, but, |
working together. they seriously threatened the |
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

of some scores is the beautiful engraving by
Beauvarlet of the portrait Of the Countess du
Rarry by Drouais. A plate less magnificent
hut hardly less fascinating, which Lady Dixie
-errcduces. is the "Derniere HeUre de Madame
de RebecQue," Of Augustin de Saint-Aubin. But
while there is every temptation 10 dwell upon
.be ,lortraiture Of the time notable at once
for lis stateliness and its delicacy. we must
corfsss that there is nothing in the eighteenth
oe--urv cutie so enchanting the work of
+ba zfeuettisys whose plates in the little books
Of chose 8. .ys are miracles Of refined decoration,
aud .f -ra men like Moreau le Jeune. whose
rir-ures Of Coutemporary manners are incom-
raranle foI truth. Nivacity and artistic charm
Ha-htnc in the way Of formal establishment
co7,l5 he more exquisite than Gautiers engraV-
ING of The portrait Of Marie Leczinska painted
~, Harrfer and set in a garland of lilies and
-os.s 5.ssgred 10y Choffard. Nothing IN The
ror-rs1aI of Partisan life in lis most fashion
~ social ASPECT could surpass for delicacy,
distinction and charm Of style the famous series
81 71a.es lv MoIeau le Jeune. which that ac-
co,1,Ifsh.5 artists fa1her-in-law published to
fiji The modern collector with delight and IN
si,.- him TO his most jealous efforts.
,r-+-f.a ,.sfsed TO The nth power is the pre-
5,-,frz..- trait Of eighteenth century art in
r,-sr,re Yet The Little Girl Asleep" of Moreau
shows Than the school was sometimes capable
Of great tenderness and sweetness and If there
is more ,tau one unedifyins souvenir OF the
-i,rs ~ la -urued up in the national collec-
,;5r m Paris The bulk Of the prints treated by
- T=-,s. APE as engaging in design they
are in srvIe This book: like its predecessors
is lazi-hlv supplied With good reproductions
,oar,- NJ -berr printed on vellum paper. Lady
mix is III te congratulated on the successful
completion of a heavy task, She has no rival
+, F7rsri-r and she has done her work with
sT,,b rh,r.aehneSs and such judgment that she
cannot De superseded.
W max appropriately add here note on
Mr. Sra1az-e -Warr-au and His school and
Nr Arrrrf-a-e-- -Greuze.'' The former appears
IN -ba admiral. series - popular monographs
edited fy Ir -. o.. Williamson II gives
lively account ~ Vatican. With useful chap
-.r erlr7ll..r5.a- The men of his school such as
Isnere- and Patsr Tn animation Of the au-
1bor-s s-rI. Us carried. perhaps shade TOO far,
but Nj Staley can lee forgiven. inasmuch as
he has not allowed his feryor TO destroy his
critical balance There j. the usual list Of pct
llres al tha hack of The hook. with chronology
C. Vatican. "a hiH.to2raIhy for the entire group
and an index. The numerous illustrations are
good haff tones save for The frontispiece. which
IS a Ihgro2-avg~- after one OF the fine Wat
teaus iii the Wallace Collection We are glad
10 see that q number OF Illustrations have been
drawn from that source. Mr.. Armitage says
the best H. can. in mis- very brief essay on
GIeuze, for man whose wide fame must al
ways be something of a puzzle to the critic
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
CHARLES LEVERS CHARACTERS.
From The London Outlook.


Whence did Charles Lever get his rOllickins
Irishman? Professor Oman i'll his preface to the
reissue of William GTattan's adventures with
the Connaught Rangers dsclOSes the secret. II
was clearly, he aVOWs. from the domestic annals
of the old Eighty-eighth Foot in Peninsular days
that Lever drew the greater part of the good
stories which made the fortune of Charles
OMaley.' Many of the characters i'll that ro-
nance appear the flesh i'll Grattan's reminis-
cences. Notably:
The eccentric surgeon, Maurice Quill whose
fame was so great throughout the British army
that the novelist did not even take the trouble
to change his name. His colleague. Dr.. O'Reily,
was almost great an original. Many of the
humOrS of MiCky Free seem to be drawn from
the doings of Grattan'S servant, Dan Carsons.
Comparing the real thing . Mr.. Oman goes
on, with the work of fiction, one is driven to
conclude that much of what was regarded as
rOIlicking invention on Levers TART was Jnly
Photographic reproduction of anecdotes that he
had heard from old soldiers of the COnnaught
Rangers"
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
A STORY or KITCHENER.
From BlackWOOd.

From BlackWOOd.
once a general officer was inspecting a post on
the line OF communications. and duly arriv at
the little hut which represented the headquar-
ters of the majesty of the army in some wind
sN ept hole. Enter Y, and looking round espies
office table and two trays, one full of papers.
Interested. he reads the label attached to each.
The empty one was tcketed Business and
the other "Bosh'' Excellent officer purrs y,
thor, ughly Understands his work ald kitch-
enerS methods But when he went further, and
proceeded TO examine the papers in the "Bosh
tray his feelings may be better imagined than
described on finding that the documents con
sisted exclusively OF his own yoluminous orders
and memoranda
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
AMERICAN POLITICS.
The FIRST VOLUMES OF PROFESSOR
GORDY'S HISTORY.
POLITICAL

Poi oiTrLGAL IL ,,TIAI HISTORY OF THE UNITED
Growth of Political Parties BY J. r Gordy
Yn;r Tn; D. Professor 4 in the University of New
1ork IN -Four Volumes l2mo Volume l.
PIP 5SS; Volume II, PIP. 5Sl. Henry Holt & Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06

A Fuller Life.-There are days Of
finding a fuller life. In these days
there are three that are pre-eminent.
These are wealth. culture, power They
bring tremendous things-the very
stuff and fiber of civilization. They
bring untold possibilities and open to
us vast gates of life. And yet they
are as candles to the sun.-Rev. DR..
West, Congregatlonal!st, Winona.
Mimi.
Damnable Heresy.-Save us from
this new and damnable heresy That
this is white mans government, in
which the black man has no place.
Save the black race from hatred and
the white from supercilious contempt
Save the white man from degradation,
SO that he can recognize the divine
in all humanity and see no difference
In the common flesh over which the
angel has dropped yellow. red and
black mantles.-Rev. Dr. Hills, Con-
gregationalist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06
THE MINISTER'S "SHAY."
Caused the Puritan Clergyman Long
Debate with His Coincidence.

Caused the Puritan Clergyman Long
Debate with His Conscience.
The diary of a Puritan minister who
was settled in Maiden, Massachusetts,
nearly two hundred years ago, shows
a scrupulous regard for his sacred call
ing. TO his view it was all right for
person to keep horse, but he had
his doubts about the keeping of a car
riage. 1t might argue worldliness.
The following entries show how he
debated the question with himself, and
how his point of view shifted:
January 31.-BOught a shay for f27
los. The Lord grant it may be COM
fort and a blessing to my family.
March 17.-Had a safe and comfort
able journey to York.
April 24.-Shay overturned, with my
wife and me in it; yet neither of us
much hurt. Blessed be our generous
Preserver Part of the shay, as it lay
upon one side, went over my wife,
and yet she was scarcely anything
hurt. How wonderful the preserva-
ton!
May 5.-Went to the Beach with
three of the children. The beast be-
ing frightened, when we were all out
of the shay, overturned and broke it..
l desire it Il hope l desire it, that the
Lord would teach me suitably to re-
pent this Providence and make suit
able remarks on it, and to be suitably
affected with it. Have l done well to
get me shay? Have not been proud
or too fond of this convenience? Do
l exercise the faith in the divine care
and protection which l ought to do?
Should l not be more in my study and
less fond of diversion? Do l not with
hold more than is meet from pious and
charitable uses?
May 15.-Shay brought home; mend
ing cots 80 shillings. Favored in this
beyond expectation.
May 16-My wife and l rode to
Rumney Marsh. The beast frightened
sc Seral times.
June 4.-Disposed of my shay to Rev.
Mr. White.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06
JUDICIAL DECISIONS

\ Judgment or decree in enforcement
of pre-existing lien is not the judg-
ment denounced by the provisions of
section 61b of the bankrupt act, which
is plainly confined to judgments Great
ing liens. Metcalf VS.. Barker (Sup. CT,
L. 81. 8 Am. Il. Il. SO.
The exemption of persons who go
from house to house or place to place
vending their own products from the
payment of license tax imposed by
statute on peddlcrs. is held, in Rosen-
bloom VS.. State (Neb.). 81 l. II. A. 922,
not to render the act invalid as in vio-
lation of the uniformity clause of the
constitution.
While the lien created by a judgment
creditors bill is contingent in the
sense that ii may possibly be defeated
by the event of the suit, yet in itself
and so long as it exists, it is charge,
a specific lien OH the equitable assets
of the judgment debtor, and is not sub,
ject to being Invested save by payment
of the Judgment sought to be collected.
Metcalf VS.. Barker Sup CT, U. s.,
Am. Il. II. SO.
a statute making contract for the
construction of building in which the
contract price is payable with some
thing besides money so far invalid as
to furnish the owner no protection from
the claims Of sub-c0ntIct and ma
terialism, Is held in Stmson Mill Com
pany VS.. Braun Cali, 81 l.. II. A. 726,
to be an unconstitutional infringement
Of the owners right to the possession
and enjoyment of his property.
Whether or not loan by foreign
building and loan association to a resi-
dent of the State, secured by mortgage
OH land within the State, is usurious,
is held in National Mutual Life Build
ing and Loan Association VS.. Braham
OIiss.). 81 l.. X. \. 1913, to be deter
mined by the local laws, notwithstand-
ing the notes are payable at the dOmi.
ellie of the corporation. if it has local
lied its business by establishing boards
throughout the State, to which pay
ment of loans are to be made.
The construction to be drawn from
the language Of section 67b of the bank
rupt act is that it is the lien created by
levy or a Judgment or an attachment
or otherwise that Is invalidated and
that where the lien Is obtained more
than four months prior to filing of the
petition In bankruptcy, it is not only
not to be deemed null and void on adj
Indication, but its validity is recog-
nized; when the lien is obtained within
the four months period. the property
Of the BANKRUPT is discharged there.
from. but not otherwise. Metcalf VS..
Barker Sup. CT, U. s., 8 Am. b. r. So
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06
Washington officials say young WON

Washington officials say young WON
en- handle money more rapidly than
older ones, and there can be no doubt
about it. The amount of money that
can pass through the hands of young
woman has frequently paralyzed a
young husband who thought he was
something of spendthrift himself
st. Louis Post Dispatch
Fiendish revenge: The burglar soft.
AZ opened the door of the suburbanites
sleeping apartment, slipped Inside, bun
found nothing worth stealing. Darn
MIN" he soliloquized: TT set some
satisfaction out of him, unyway!'
Thereupon he set the alarm clock ON
the bureau for the hour of three. and
softly departed.-Chicago Tribune.
Could recommend them: Il would ad.
wise you," he said to the friend he was
taking home to dinner ito try some OF
my wife's branded peaches. OF course
know you don't care for them ordiu-
arily, but these are worth trying" "EX.
ira good, are they?" well, bought
the brandy myself and dumped an eX.
ira bottle Of 1t in when she wasn't
looking. "-Chicago Post.
The bnby's cries outclassed: Mr
Finnegarl-Shure. Mrs. Murphy d. IS
ycz baby crOy much wild cuttin' his
lathe? Mrs. Murphy-Indade, Mrs.
Finnegan, he twists up his mouth a
bit, but whether its croyin or laughin
it's meself that don't know. Mrs. Fin.
negan-lt's kiddin me, yez are, Mrs
Murphy. Mrs. Murphy-Indade Dim
not, Mrs. Fil.ncgen; it's boiler foun.
dry that we live next dure to.-Phil.i.
delrAia Telegraph.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06
RETORT TO THEATER TALKER,
Showing How Little Wit Suppressed
an 1ntO1erable Nuisance.

Showing How IA Little Wit Suppressed
an Intolerable Nuisance.
They had been reading Kolfe an
notated edition of the play, and there
was nothing in Julius Caesar" that
they were not perfectly familiar with.
Before the performance was half
through there was nothing that they
knew which everybody within half a
dozen rows did not lear about; for
among the three Of them-a man and
two women-there We're such capaci.
ties for conversation as are met with
nowhere except in q thearer.
In tones that alternately Kissed and
brayed and rasped till spinal columns
all around them ached they told one
another that Anthony was much bet
ter done than Brutus; that Portis
would come on in minute in the gar
den scene; that Casca was supposed
to be gruff old Roman: that Caesar
actually did have fits-think Of 1t! that
it was pity this in whisper that
shivered far down the aisle and spln-
tered at least score of vertebrae)
Roman ladies didn't wear corsets. So
on. ad nauseam.
At last the ghost and the distraught
Brutus met and there was a thrilled
silence in all the crowded house save
In row Q, where q strident voice COM
planned:
Il can't hear a word the ghost says.
Why doesn't he speak louder?"
A man behind the Querulous dis
turber, quite beside himself with rage,
leaned forward and said, In tones as
courteously sweet Is the sting Of f.
honey bee:
Perhaps the ghost is gentleman
and does not like to annoy people,"
Which, Of course. was very rude,
says the New York Mail and Express,
though it did fill many hearts with an
unholy joy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06

Whence Comes Religion ?-Religion
Is not something brought to man from
without, but 1t is response from with
in.-Rev. s. S. Ames, Methodist, HYDE
Park, Ill.
National haracter.-What is true
Of an individual is true of a nation;
Its character depends on what is back
Of it.-Rev. Thos. Van Ness, Congrega.
tional. Boston, Mass.
Society.-The whole cast of society
to-day makes 1t we'll nigh impossible
for the church to exist OH strictly spir.
itual lines.-Rev. w. A. Bartlett, Con-
gregational, Chicago, Ill.
Courtesy.-We are living in time
and IN place where all of us should
show the utmost consideration for our
fellow-men.-Rev. G. II. Van De Wat
err. Episcopal. New York City.
Heart-Stirring GOal.-This world is q
place for activity. effort-progressive
continuous-toward an inspiring, heart
stirring goal.-Rev. DR.. Adams. Re-
formed, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Religious Work-It is the knowledge
that we are doing true Christian work
that brings with it religious ecstasy and
a love Of Almighty thought.-Rev. DR..
Robbins, Epicopalian, Albany, N. Y.
1ndwelling Chrlst-Every Christian,
by virtue Of the indwelling Christ, pro.
fesses to have power that makes him
superior to the winds and tides of life.
Rev. DR.. Goodell, Baptist, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Motive for Loyalty.-God does not
threaten to blast disobedient people.
but he appeals to their memory of his
goodness and makes this the motive for
their loyalty.-Rev. II. Haddow Pres
byterlan, Toronto, Canada