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Show Tin: nniioi'MMi or Aitis TOLIIACI. Tiieiir waa In thu Jferald of yeater day (Sunday) morning, an excellent article uuder the head of " The vice of Arlatocracy." Itwaaauggeile I by the Ijirl Ituaaell dlvone ault lately con eluded III Iwndon. Unoof the oluta made I y It waa that wealth and the It laure and epeclca of refinement which lmtmhinv II. ten t ui aocial demornll r it Ion. Thla haa Ueuj roved by revela lloua during the latt few yearaof uu merouelutlancoaof the moatdlaguatlng Immorality In arlatocratlo elicits lu I.ngland. Hut tlmllar reaultv have accrued ac-crued from the aatnu cauaea all along tho line of lllatory. The exlateuce of I pwfHrpml ..lavjina. aa f. mittep nf rnuritt.. la an Inaurmouotablo barrier to the proper unity of a commonwealth as a whole. In theory there are no arUtocrattc dUllnctlous within a republic. Practically Prac-tically thla la an ahiurdlty, becaure the people repudlatu thla fart of the hemo of of ular government, aud, na a natural remilt of what they long for, eatablllll alrongly marked claaa dla ttnitlona on tho baala of w ealth. There la uo titular arlatocracy In tho United BtaUa txcejl It be oiuuioaed of tboiu whorade tefore the uhllo bogus military, Judicial and other profeaalonal ireflxea to their names but thiro are ) referred ilaapt a on the batla of dt grece ot wealth. One of the grealeat aUurd-Itlea aUurd-Itlea connected wllh thla social alius tlonlathefact that aome of the moat clamorouaajvocatee for iopular Inetl tutlona aud the reservation of the natlou from ttlaru tlon are the moat Migrant supporters of social aecllonal-lim. aecllonal-lim. (lulJirallli hits this defi-ctlvo spot In clvlllMllon atmarely when, In lila lueatliuable style, he depicts the care and anxiety with which the allghleatpaln or mlatorlunoof the rich la made n matter of ubllo notu and wldeaprcad condoliure, while the worthy Knreudiiro the palna of alcL-ueaa, alcL-ueaa, (veuury, Ureaviment and thu agony of overwhelming inletortune without their woea being deemed worthy of thuallghteatnotlci Why not bring the quiatlon nearer home, and aalc whether or notour own comuiuuU are aaalng through one of the moat dangeroua condltlouaT eallh haa Increaaod of late yvara amung a iiumeruua clau ot our leoph. Aru they not In danger of lilting iiK)n the rook upon which othera have leen atranded and brobeu? l)o the priaent condltloua Indicate the vaa. blllty of brtaVera aluad? When nialth, honistly ol tallied, la Joined by wide human tyniathy and a due du. grt-o of humility In Its poiaeaaora, It becomes a poll ut factor fur good. When It la united with pride, vanity and tho couaequt nt lo,e of dlaplay, the ellrcta are dlaaatroua to thu community nt large, becuute thla spirit la autbClula ttau an I dlvl lua the people In aentl ment aa will ua material condition, roiiderlugacimmoui)mlhy out of theiiietloii. When roclal gatherings In whLli frlipda ineit to ewud afew hourato getherart nmde.liithomopt mluutuotid elaliorate detail, mattira of publlilty, thununoula )Uln the wealth ofthe lartlclpanta. The effect of such ar tUtlcally drawn Icturea of tho advan tat,iaof rhhua hia Ita due edict upon uthir ilapbisof thu feofle, hading them to bo dliaatlafltd wllh their lot, and i-uliaja envious of their moru favored fa-vored fellow-bclnga. If thu jmpresaors of weatlh were liaa lain aud oaleutu II lua there would le fuwer converts to aoclallani aud anarchy lu our goodl) laud than thire art. rhe rac;e f r ahow and notoriety hade In rlvaliv which Is ificn ru own1. W op fui la Iho fate of the man of llnilttd means whose family calclus the prevailing pre-vailing spirit In this direction We do not with for a moment to dispute with the person who eaya "My money la my own and I can do what I pleaae with It." That la not therolnt. It la the ortenlatloua dlrplay ol v. hat la done with It that to n great extent works Iho wrong. And It ought not tobedtnled that every cracinowts It aandulyto tho community In which he Uvea, to lakeacourau In life that will conduce to the general weal. There Is In one of the revelatlona given through Joseph Ihe Beer a i clal warning to the Church agalnit ertcr Ingtho worldly drift which mattira a.nnlo lai taking In thla atagnofour hl.lcrj l "Ileware of pride, teat ye be-como be-como like unto the Nehllea ot old." Thla admonition lm His a prwlblllty of Ihe growth of rlde among the Haliita. If thero la evidence of lis de voloiruent, lofar aa Itrxl-lalt ahowa that the warning haa been unhcedtd. |