Mr. RUSKIN on REPUBLICANISM.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 167, 17 May 1872, Page 6

Mr. RUSKIN on REPUBLICANISM.

'-Mr.*-John' BuskingELll):, in liis .thiritegntli letter, toJtlievvorknienaiid laborers i •of Great Britain, under-/the; title ofv" Pors ..piayigera," t has jtlie. fpliowing.'temai^^ii.l •reference t.o'' the agitation.- for f a Be publican. form' pf Government' ' 1 • X would wish you a happy : new year' ; if mjr; likely to be ,'of 'the- least uses- r Perhaps',*indeed, if .yojir"~ cap oF liberty werewKat .you always ta;ke~ it.for, a-, wishing? cap i; X -might borrQw ; it ofand i bfe' > sQ' ; iriu the chime ■of it's bells as|to. ( ;>\dsh; you a«i "happy whfetlier-you' 'deserved' -» « *' • a .£ " ' v I - I, ■ ' - ' tone -.or .no ( t,. which jvvould fl bj? \the -Vrorst ■ tMng?-]! 1 { r CQu}d^possibly -bring ?to^'pas for 51 :you.But; cap, beUeJl'or .silent, you'" can 1 r lend me 1 none/ < and 'my«iwikhes *, :« «> or ' a .ivr-ip-ff * 1: ■having .proved,,for the most for -myself, "except in -making-mei wretcheditill 11 gofnd, .of them; I ndt present; • which I havetiburid to fee - iOi s # Of4itfc|e worth.... But ifi-grou trust' more : to<anyionef else's than;mine; ietjme adVise* ' tliem tb f 'WisK%aT' , you i iipay, deserve, a happy new "you'get'one or not. 1 ' \ \° t c j. f."I ; -KlO yq 'lO " s £(li ! < " I choose, this, f .book,,a year "to |tel), |rou I : meant itfjfco become. * THis/ r f6r" w bnef^f i se?'

veral'things v I iheaiif tE&t' it u shkil put ty»< tore, muct pf. the past history b£ .the. worlds in,, an intelligible .manner, "as>"' may. enable you to see the laws of Fortune,P r Destiny, Clavigera, 1 ' nail-bearing ; 'in the full idea, nail-aiid-hammer-bearing; driving theironlipme with hammer stroke,so that nothing shall be moved;''and.."fas- si tening each of aistatt'last ito • the cross; '.we 1 , have chosen : to' carry. "N'or.dol ; doubt' able r to "show you ttiat/tlife ible power is' also -just; app ; qinting- i: mea-> sured return forTevery acfc and thought^;

such "as men'deserve. > ; And that, being sos' : ' foolish" inorar.-writers' wilFtelPyou that 1 ' whenever you' do wrong you' will' be' pun-, isliecl. i and.,,whenever . yo;u. "do. right,♦: re--warded ; which is trae,i-£ufc*>Bly; hajfvthei : truth: -And foolish immoral'writers Will' -^ll ; you^that'if HOgood'- 'and if you/fro wrong o deiterouily; "J no harm. Wluch, m their sep£e f pf, l .goo3 v aiid haranH in thatn sense, only'lialf' tlie 'truth. The joined and four-squaretruth is.othat'every is. ; exactly rewarded',* and' eiferj wrong ei- n but jtHa't, 8 m ; tlie = of , v ®s c ? sub£le a,url, ?to_ oiir impatience,' slow* thfire } iss-a startlingiyrseparate,)' tebunter- 'ordinance >o£i goodt and f 'of ;oux lives', aiid th&tfther sflfc %a ; t—anj ordnance' is ' entirely 15 ■ beyond our evidential)ilaw, hitherto; rdefies linvestip^ • a ti(M.*i t/ioia . f ; . **" > Lm That it has chanced to me, in the

cojarse of- ; 'ilie same' Vear/'/io' Have to ,'susi tain'3-tlie ; :-most tacute mental -paintyet injfliptftd on ; my,life'^-to^pass,!'through^'the; most f nearl\simfi>rital .■ illness-ptand 'ypur"'lGhn^mks4et:£Sr,'beside-;my-idead ? ;bo.dy,', are, appointments, merely^ s pfi the hidden Pors, or Destiny, 3 whosempower •X i mean, to trapes 'for, you in past Instory, being hitherto*," in'the reasons of' it ; inde■iCipherajbl t e, 4 yet, palpably r fbllbwihg' 'certain -laws 1 sfeornii »;which are in the last. d'e(greeVwonderfulJand majestic. J 1 ■ :it 'f "tS etting i ;this» destiny,! a over, .which T.you control the time roufch.bS yoiir.,thoughts, ..ther'e; li remainsr ;jsy^mmetricarr'destinyf r over which you have !.control .absolute—namely, >thSfcV you are ! ultim'at«ly to ! ' exactly^what«>you lalre • . \vorth. : r „..

% x,« And ■ your ■ icontroL - sourer;' ithis * vdestiny ■ consists, therefore',' simply in being" worth, -mores or ile'ss, 1 iandtnotjat, iliat you'are or 'less; l ' Nayjithough - ■you should; tb.figliting, >vhTch I see is n'ext proposed;-you will' not,, even >, that way, y arrive . any nearer to ; jrour : object—admitting/ that-, you Jiave = an , object,..which is] muqh' to ' b'e : doub"{ecll ' I hear, indeed," that you-mean to fitjht acon seq'u&n'ce ofhavinig-%'ejen ? informed by Mr" John Stuart iW ill', and others' J "that' a' number' of l utilities are' em- , , ~ f V *.j V-»-f • t f j* . j 4 . 'v f f 4 s n in thatiobjeeLxr n ,jWill 'inquire, into Ij the Mature of'this. -object ' presently,' i g°lfig pyer,tjie'ground of my Vstf January's' : letter agaifi/; but *first,\ may* -I suggest >to y e ssii ]?£, 1 uiore "priid entj ini • stead -of?fi>ghting:to, make.';us-all EeplibUcan's a gain fc't 'our' •will^" to make 1 the 'most of , epublican'^you h aye go fc... .Thei?e ar&; maiiyy-' y^u'tell'ine; -in' -England,- in, , Erapce, ,a sprmkling ih Italy, Jand nobc'dy.' ' else .in -the Fmte,d : States.. should* &eipg, such pre-. vyalenee: is. .unpleasant --noTR-a,-"? ",%ys! v v«*ii \.jni ;,' v . j }'■. 7 p ' A .g, • *\ t leuses, torpedoes, and mismanaged cqm.-j j: Md"^wlat« ; I tepeafc; hghk'foclJJ "j£ll rthe f 'figiititig I; ,m;ihe ' WoM-caiin make nis s -Tori(fs <'%an£e'-'our' J "W'j (8 3 v; S )-l J f "•> T O'! tj* l ft V* ff '* * ' v *" •<?f4 opinions^_ jany .more iharirit^wiir'make ; ~ '' U- S' - - liviJO j *- ;/ou'> ones, h- - 'lt carintt j 1 ipfe nk'me s if' - we : JikefWLord? this,- 'ancbthe IDuke. bf lor•not. : [;-After ja.f great-.deal -.of pni ;both' J si'd'e.'sf J "ifl ifii^htf 5 -leiid v ih' -.' rs-.'jrj ['li Mvi en c.h P i'H, : f. 5 n~; : is .hing pour f ?p?operty ; /. but., without /'any, 'troubl ebn ?e f itlier : : sidei why i cannot^yoifl? f jfiie^ids,begin; b.y abolishing-a tithe of; their? own.'? ~4;Sk( it h^ma j as much as I, an 'objectionable-old done for you. . ■M'&ke; ? them .send , you' in an' account |of 'their little properties, 3 and; strike,, you off whafpurpqses you 1 see good ;- j§P.d { fpr e,maining njne-tenths yoji 'find" clue to' what' done -in -tlfe' > >• Qtj wherein.' Mrr|Wv[Riddle; . C:E.j r fearlessly! sta ! tes3 5 -" ,44' • under control, which -indeedy rprecisely: wliab rM" .you 'these; last thirty <iyears,,oniy f - J he<-seems impression/ 'jwhich-'^cbr^ ' . v» * i r , J ./1 ~Jt)\ l, ( r•? i • vl £j[ i x"* 11 1 rj f i if'" "t tainly fi shaiied ''With

control of v any'descrip? ; t|bn. .j/pA^herpas,' if: you, let put ■ 'yo^^propei'fc^%n 4 der 'control, you will-find' iuolf. O. Tt'J-jI-,- , , ,' ' .£|actipaHy .he VKold upon. you ? ' ' 5150.f» l '• • >?'., ''l 'i ■i:,i l i , i<. j * • perliaps'f/ ! q ;Bufc jyoja-ifare .all-.agreed -/that j is. -a rich)i 8 'Jiajviii 'Jers e\l' • literally u face J ttf 1 be'coirfe M : }jiU ' (XT ,f.ii } (,jf , r ,> l"j s *J' ■ v-');, r *< ( , ) w&4jJ¥Js fiStt® o 'Kg,epnar-'Queen-any "l6nger—is J d!oubtiukeven!whe-' « ' 4 " --see consternation that • wit. hue ».-• in\ tli&iffidfe'i? ; -*f u-Huir »«u K»-io 0t«oqf» Usw mi*. mg, declares that, though he is not in

iayopjjbf cstny^immediate ghang§ )7 yet,; we , merifr was 1 the" m ost reasonable, ,in harmony with ideas; of'self-goVemmeiTt sud self T <pna • what'gQypriv*" <ment! was most likely to save us from ijiifriecessary divisions ofu party, and to; weld US itito one compact mass,-'hie liad noOfesi(t.aiion. tliaweight 1 ' was, in*favor, of a Republic.'- ' *\ ? 7.' * tit" si r - >-yu!j«nj j»rr. yj-.v.i: J ' "Well,, suppose we were all,gelded into® a c'om'pact mass. ; Might. it not- still.be ' questionable 5 what sort of -a mass we were? After any'quantify of puddling iron is still not^mg^bettei%«^haiwico'n—in any •'rarity 'crfhlispersion- gold< dus.tr <is; ;stillngold. «jf* f Aiiberon Herbert if "defeirable •that you 'should : be 'Stuck itp,g€ther.,.J3 'B J e;it

so; but wßat'is'tliefe'tb stick'-? "~ r At : this -time--of the , ; y <?ar, ■>»doubtie£s~ o som§ r .of , yotir^ 1 children; "' interested the production of 'themselves,'' to'•'your- 'greats.'annoyance, with-speculative pudding'Jin' : 'lhe tf gutter, ■and enclose, 3 between .unctuous tops *,_ and t bottoms, imaginary \ mince'/ - * But' "none oft them, I .suppose, (deliberately, come in mothers'at Vdokihg tinfe'with materials'for a treat on, Republican principles. 'M'u'd'fdr sufet—gravel for/plums ! — dropping ,of, what , heaven may ; send/'for flavbr^-p'Pl'ca"sej another, a towel joto knot dtjtight—(or, to use Mr. Herbert's 'expres- ' : sionvn '\weld=oifr;into .a, .compacts ''mass/') | oid saucepan,'' mother'.; * i: and lay,the cloth-!' , ' "..;"-My"friends, I quoted toyoii last' y£ar the fooli'sh'est .thin'g : yet .said,, according!to ' extant history,'' r By' lips 'of >nianki?nd—- , 'namely,-.thai;.the" .caus'fe.Vf'''scanya^ion r , is * .. "Jt>7 ; .quantity, of meat. r But one canJyetqsee rwh'at the? course o£„ foolilli' \-jras ! whiclv^acHieved'-y-that 4 saying,-;; ijwh'ereas, , plough .-it is not absard' ! to r quitfe' r tlle' sline v»* fV " ; --2 .;,j ' s exterit. to'^beli&ye '.thatj'iar pation* x d<3pjmds for happiness and virtue on'the'^form''of 1 " - l i tJ -u T A .-its govefriment, it i_s ? more difficgJtYp.jym~<l^r'stand!'iiow sV large a Tpse National 'persons ,-ha^e ? been beguiled 1 into thiiikin , g'|"o:"i ! JThe v stuff < ofiwhich Ifche and the *fate'?o£ages j ;to„ctliat , .matjerial Aucli ans. } stiSli^'gov^inmefif^ei comesr possible. toiitji'or, lmp.t) s gible .f ,^iQiat other.formio|'-go^ i ■itathanlth'e jonje is^fit.vjfo^jaiftcessarily . : 'ctfm f es j: to v .noT:l4n , g; Wholly .w,orj>hile§s,j.^ 1 ? ' J ri -Welded* shave been ere now, Jut they ask 'fisst.for trdnze, -then r for*'a' ham'mereT, • and mainly^for patience on-the anvil./ Have'you any of -the "three at' above all "things, the': most needed; yet not one 6f;your ; promnent/yiftues : ?' . And- finally, "for '. cost. of that point bf' view, to keep, your Q.ueien."

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