PARTY POLITICS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2129, 2 March 1886, Page 4

PARTY POLITICS.

In the course of a recent lecture on Goethe, Professor Black ie made some excellent and racy remarks on party politics. He detailed the circumstances winch led up to his translation of " Faust," observing that as the le&uit of his frtudy of Goethe, he discoveied that " John Bull" was no philosopher, and th.it his opinion of Goethe was not worth a stiaw. Sandy, he added, wa3 not much better— that was, himself and thorn— he (Sandy) was apt to bo narrow and bigottcd. — (Applause.) Going on with hia discourse, Piofessor Blackie touched on Goethe's study of law, and said that Jaw was a respectable j^'ofession, and that he was a lawyer himself— (laughter) — but that if a man was not a good man befoie lie vent to the law, he would never learn to be a good man aftei it. — (Loud laughter and applause.) He was glad to see that tlu»y apptoved of that sentiment.— (Renewed laughter ) Goethe, he continued, was a Toi>. — (Applause and hisses.) Well, he would explain that by-and-bye. —(Laughter and applause.) Theie wore two kinds of Tones and two kinds of Libeials.— (Great laughter.) Speaking of Goethe's power as a poet, he obseived that Burns was* a satracious man of the world, but he was no philosopher ; Walter Scott, next to Shakspere, was our biggest man, but he was no philosopher either, and theiefore did not come up to Goethe. Goethe's goddess was nature— not without God. Hf was none of their atheists — he was too big for that; it was only small, conceited men who became atheists. (Applause.) Goethe, he said, was a Toiy. Now, he said, some of the greatest men, perhaps the \eiy biggest, weic Tones. He was a Tory himseH — (Laughter and '"Oh, oh.') If Chamberlain came theie on the moirow he (I'iofcfesor Jilackie) would go on the platform with him — (hear, ht-ar, and loud applause) — but ioi the people to blame a man because he was a Toiy was of all intolerances the most intoleiable. Who weie the greatest Toiies? Plato Mas the piuatcbt of all Tones. Who next? Walter Scott. Who next? Goethe, and a whole lot of them ; and Cailylo himself was half a Tor}'. (Laughter and applause.) God governed the world by the antagonism of opposite' parties. Both pai ties did his work and were his tools The Toi'es repiesented authoi'ty and older ; the Libeials repiesrnted hheity and piogiess — (applause) — and good government consisted in the balance uftht.se two according to tune and occasion Ifc was MJiiietimes the duty ot «i w ite uiaii to hu a Tory — that is to stay, when the coach was> going too fjst, when the drag requited to be put on : sometimes as in the land laws and crofter questions, to be a ladical — (hear, hear, and loud applause) — as he was and always had been. ' r hey were all going round and following in the footsteps of Chamberlain. — (Loud applause.) "Great is the truth, and it will prevail "—(Renewed applause.) On the motion of Bailie M'lutoah, Pioftssor Blackie was heartily thanked for his lecture. The Chairman was also cordially thanked for presiding.

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