POLITICAL AND MENTAL ABERRATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 3

POLITICAL AND MENTAL ABERRATION.

Sir.—fn these days of poliiiral anil industrial unrest, a ttniid. :pjv:s'oii is more or lc>s apt to "takp 'cover of gilcilqe." Tlic ffinilter.inr 'a'lirl iiidlis'trijil, ''M'.i'pns"' ■a:fe .■'ans.jvpfed only ,by ■.tlie ti.dlitical -ffiid:. i.ii'diisifia.i "jackals"' ready ..to feast .upon tlio. ieavings. From mv lonely eavi;, I can Hear tliem. tl.i.'reatflil.in'g;, fb pick ipy lioiies; iii the. interval acclaiming 'Only "tho. king, "of b.easts;'' reiiring tlu'oimh the land seeking whom they in ay (politically and intiush'ially) devor.r.

After peiiusing "Who .iraoril'a'riil l life. ''Sj).ecUVtbr, ,! ■an&. lh'6- sayings' (if "Wifty. SPistbr'' f Kni :jire'-' pared tp eat dirt—i>av, oven. ' tifke; u:y pdlitjcal instruotioil fvgm Profcsscr Mills! Wlien one eompares such authorities witii the r v ii(l w'grris—pf- -Tplni BAllpWcoj 'Kicliai'd Redtlchi. and. the. deeds of f "\\ ? ilr fovsl. tiip SilpivK". pffp. i's, pyemp ;tp forget ■tile wisdom of'. Sir William ' 'IlalWohos. Sir .lolui l'ind'ay, and Sir .Jb'sop'Ji. Ward. Bait. Since ■ the retreat, my political, •lu'inarv is a blank. For the. nonce I' ehoosa' to imagine I am, or . was, _ a I.ibenii. jfackpnzip, that great 'roaring lion,, was oiice j (Tory) I.iberal, and why shpiilp he not bo a. Libera! Premier? "ivickety" Ejusse.U. waS. once n'. .lpft. (winger) I/iberal .(I mnemher Scddo'ii . winging him')... ' was ori'c'a a joke. . and .wily" shouldn't ho. bo 'a

"a Joker" if he chooses, ifyers was once li'ii liidcperidbnt, iuid' /'■i.'nde'pcndenc.p''' pays., KU was. .'once 'a bannaid (no;, a bar.anyfli'ing).. .Golyir...was' a :good :Sbrt, d'onal'd was a Slsephpril., JJajian Wi.lford), and Buxton's a friend o.f Jlr. Bflok'si and "wb'yo.sj.i a ;ha.pp>: familyi"

. Then,. I will read you. merry ge'n.ti.cv nieii, ,a few lines ftoffi Waltst B.aSe.hdtis "English Constitution," -aiid yon will. a~rie with "him aixl reo" that,, "o.thpr things l>;>ir,g equal, yesterday's institutions aro by far' the best for' to-day; they ai:o the nifl'str ready, tlio riiost influential, the. ino.st easj'. tci' feci obeyed, ..the mast, likely to. 'retain tli.e reverence which thc.v alone inherit,,, anil which every other must win,. The Iripst;..iiuposirig mstiiu..tioiis o.f mankind arc the..oldest; and yet ;£'o eii.VnginK .is tlio world, sn fVuct.]ißfing am if? .needs, .so apt to- !c?o inward fore<>, 'though retaining eutwn.rd .sfre.hgtli,. a'.ro. its best insfrnniplitj, .that' >ve ijinsi -no.tl expect Iho oldest. in-!itufions to bo npw the most efficient. We mu4 expect what: is: vciierablota acqsiivc influence bec.fmsS ■of its Inherent; dignity ; bnt-we must .{not 'cx'picF it to u'se that influence so well n« new creations' apt '.for the modern World, . instinct witli its spirit;, svad 'fitting, closely .to. its life." He -wrote mprp, .ami /t'yp agreed with him, 'biii, as my old friend Colvin is. asleep, .Laurenson studying "Tho Liberties' of. tlio, Press,,.tKc I'nlpit nn<l Public Worship," and "Harry" is;, busy on.'tho. "A.b-nlitipn of —- Telephone' Girls," I must desist, or call .down ■tlio: wrath of tho "whole .United'..Ministry,.", tho lieardons, the Hiclievs, the Scrapie*, tho 'Mills's, the Witlivs, the New Ewm- . go] i sis, thd o';R<?ftbns. tli€> ' /-tlio. •Hogis, the ];owdalls, and—tho whole bang lot of fli'eaiv! .• , ■ ■ Sir.,. I .feel siiro my political fears.have unhinged me, its they .did.. Mr. also, lest, I. am Tenlly not .a.' "ColpMal.; Born," I will,, therefore, subscribe mygelf INTELLIGENT FOBEIGNBR, : J uno 22, 1912'.