Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1883 — Treasures of Classic Loro. [ARTICLE]

Treasures of Classic Loro.

Theodore Martin. whom the Q, K,eu of England kniguted iu liouor of uis excellent literary work, has written a t e-nark-a ,ly brilliant un i euteitainiog v-jlume o.i *?Horace,” in the wtli-knawu seii..-s of ‘Ancient Glassies for Eigli-h Readers.” No writer o Antiquity Ims taktu a stronger hold upon the modern m nd than Horace. The scholar, tlesta’esmau, tne soldier, the man of the wot Id, ti e* t jwn- bred m in, the lover of the country, the thoughtful and the careless, he who reads much, and he who reads little, all find in his pages more or less to amuse their fancy, to touch their feelings, to quicken their observation, to nerve their Convictions, to put into happy ihrase the deductions of their experience, ftis wisdom is deeper than it seems, so simple, practical and direct as it is in its applies tior . Over and above the mere lit. erary charm of his works, the warm heart aod thoroughly urbane nature of the man are felt instinctively by his readers Pante <rapks him next after Homer. knows him by heart, Feue* lon aud/fcossuet pever \yeary <>( quoting Him. LaFontaine polishes nis owu exquisite style upon his model. Voltaire calls him "the best of preachers.’.’ fjord Chesterfield tslls us. “When I talked my best I quoted Horace.’’ To Wordsworth he was equally dear. In Gibbon’s militia days “on every march.” ne says, “in every journey, Horace was always in my pocket, and often in mv hand.” And so tt is; in many a pocket, where it might least be expected, lies a well thumbed Horace; and in many a devout Olmstian heart t e maxims of the gentle, genial pigan find a pi use near the higher teachings of a greater mastei. This entire series ot “Classics” is most worthy to be a ided to tbe attractions of every home, T iere are 27 volumes heretofore publtsh- • i at $1 ea:h, n< W .educed to a mere | hr ctiou of tlist com. Tim)' are published oy John B. A d n, 1> Vi aey st„ N w Y» k,who will send descriptive catalogue free, on re pipst.

The Indianapolis New?, a “Tariff foY Revenue Only* Republican journal thus alludes to the stand or Sena fr< McDonald apd Bayard on theft. *ue: “The letter of ex Senator MoDonald and Senaor Bnyardto tbeNew York W< rid concerning th« tariff, hit t e key uot« of what is certain, soon* or later, to be the policy of this oouotty. Mr McDonald puts it: “As public mind comes to bt enlightened it will not be satisfied *ith any tariff that lias not for its leading purpose the raising of t ie revenue for tie government, nor with the details of any tariff law in which the duties laid

upon foreign merchandise shall be aiove.'the revenue point.” This,.Mrj Bayari in bis letter, which is the longer of the two, elaborates in a striking w -y. Laying aside the question of e onomy t-> the treasury, and the -Incidental benefit t<f American producers ami consumers Involved, he touches the philosophy which lies be* hind Mr. McDonald’s statement by profcfoundlng It as a question “of politiealright and powerto lay any public burden upon the entire people for thebeneflt, profit or “protection” of private individuals.” And to this he says with indisputable truth, that “if this olaira be admitted as one of right, then privileged classes do exist in this country; and although titlestuay not be allowed by the constitution, yet all the advantages and privileges of rank will be obtained without the name.” And be adds: “I know cf no position more impregnable, and upon which it is more important for the democratic parly to form its lines than that public property oan not be taken for private nse under any pretext." A tariff for protection, as a menus o. forming and maintaining a privileged class can not be defined or exnlain«U away. Finesse may

change the color, not the substance oft is trtfth. It may be said that tne protected class is not privileged, oau not become a caste because its benefits aro open to all who may wish to avail therasolves or them. This does not explain away the existance of the privileged class, itmereiy de- 1 fines its boundaries, In the same way it can be alleged that the privil egud class in England is open to all. Any man by services to the state, or to his day and generation, in the walks of literature, statesmanship, invention or of military prowess, speaks the “open sesame "that lets him into the privileged class. AIJ .ilia achievement is no more difficult, if indeed it is as mnch so, as the amassing of the necessary capital which is required to jet a man mto the cast which has the privileges of “protection” in this country. Men have tried to share the privileges of the quinine monopolists, and toe match monopolists, and the steel rail monopolists, and they have had their fruitless efforts and broken fortunes for their pains. The protective tariff has fostered these privileged classes by conferring upon them the monopoly of supplying the wants of 50,000,000 people, and once in the field they hold this mono >oly against all comers. The alleged freedom to share it is a delusion and snare. How long will the American people main* tain these privileged classes?