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Show Mr. Ingiills it all Right. New York Sun. Hon, Jolin James Infills, who deserilios himself as "iistiilesninn out of a job," lectured before tho Xationnl ('h.-nilail'iuiuit Gli'ii licho last Tue-day upon '-Tho Problems of Our Second Century." In n iiotnblo passage ho eoiidoii'iiied paterniilisiii, mid characterized character-ized tho Farmers' Alliance: "Thero is a ifrowinsf imminent in f?To- of pst.irn'vllBiii In tilts .ouulry; of ihfl Govon-uii-nt doimr everythiiiu' aud the jie--pin down nothing. This is dlametricillv o;jiosi1 to i ho idea of iiiilivlduailsm, up . n hi' h tl.l" l.'overn-nn'Ut l.'overn-nn'Ut hnd hen uill. and tUnKood Aiv'o-Saxon Aiv'o-Saxon dO'-trint? of ri ot, hoir or ttio. It hus ai-w:iys ai-w:iys Uapjien'Ml in every community hut ii-ft weak w;ift nune iiuiiiiToHs thttn th srtonK, that the number ol those who fail, d outmiuiberedof thon who sthveeih'it. ft'id t !t th wise, the InttflllifKUt. a..d tti. thoughtful were in the niluoritv. We have now a new school of political philosophy ili.it Is riu(lUt-ii)tho riu(lUt-ii)tho n-jelarat! in of rti.lcpc;hicin' titnl Is eiidcavorio to oNenhrow Ihenrnxoti ol lcm ooiacy, and to insist that the r.v c sha'l not ho for the swift nor the haul" to i troti: that ttio distinct oil or.iaiucd bv .oil amontr incn sbtll brlntj the sumo reward as i.iu.i try and thrift: that the ignorant r-callbe, as wise, us the learned; thutihct' shall in paid by a:t of con arena: that money vhall ti made as the aututaa leaves of the forest : that tav.ition shall be ahtjilwhed bystA'e ckT.-iut urcs. and that pr)Hjx-rit shali be lorcii'ly liisttibutcd equally anionic all men." It is possible that Mr. Ingiills in the senate was not its llrmly opposed to paternalism as Mr. Incalls out of the senate is; bill, be speaks tho words of truth end soberness, lli.w long will it take tho Farmers' A'iiance, the people's parry, mitl tho nalionisls to learn that, as Mr. lngalls sav-, "tbo attempt to euro the ills of society by stain!: would bo as futile as t.h j elVoi t to lual.'" tiie" mercury si ami at .cm in July, anil at boiling point in Jaii'iarv? " So uiiich job lot pessimism is oifered ;o tho country every year by I)i,mo pretentious pre-tentious l'el'oniii i s wle iook li)ioti a dowiii'l'bt. politician ami ppoilstnat: li!e Mr. Inoalls with lu.iT.ir, that it is refreshing re-freshing to find him hopeful and eon-lident eon-lident of tho future of tho country which they think is llyi.i'i along I In; down grade. "I have . no iboilii." h.' says, "t hut tho prturvrss of tbo nation will be. constantly upward. In every crisis of history, 'in all tho bi'.tcr sini'fgles of humanity through t'n; desolate tract, of wretched less and po. oilr. still tho progress pro-gress of l ho race !:,is been onv ard and upward. Out of every struggle, out of every contest, has come? hpiuderliberty, greater opportunities for happiness, and greater prophecies of the ilcvclop-ment ilcvclop-ment of the race hereafter; and so out of this contest upon which we have entered en-tered will come :i!i"hito:v at last u ; triumph of liberty ami social fraternity of the American people nil I the continued con-tinued progress in the. wealth, industry, and llilolllireiioo of tho entire American republic."' Tho political reverses of M"r. Ito.'nlls h.tv;"! not .settled upon Ins mora! and intellectual in-tellectual liver, lntrabs is ail right: |