Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-16

and the loss ofoWu6Sa s5hIisuP .ai odII1
might proddcs IN Europe i~ncalcu4GA g
lamities ard distractions Of populations.
The grain fields are therei -h5 bnais fi
the third place, the Industries
which have become, in the last few years
Especially, by the salaries they assure toat
least forty millions of workmen in, cotton,
the veritable and indispensable stiPendiatnp
of wages and of lifess Cotton wool is
therelB ih5ysIq bigoW d5.dw JOS zEa aisr
badInl fine, commerce, which compels us to
maintain q navy and sailors, a floating
population, ~incalculable as a number of
men fed under sails, stilmore i~ncalculsbIe
as an element Of our national power, is
yAere.n5 5nsFsT LEm n7DEHL -s,l:a1L
badWhat an admission this Is of the power
and wealth which lies in the future of the
American continenti The money Of the
wor ID, the food Of the world, the industry
of the world, tie commerce of the world,
depend gponlu si The mastersrof the con-
tinent are heneeforth tOibs masters of the
globe, And it IS because, nnless Europe.
interKenes, the United States will became
The masters of the contiRent5 that Lamar
tine nyokes the aid ana the admiration of,
Europe for this agrand ideap of Napo-
4eon's.misiosi ed 10 noHEbuDal sdi Il aalam
The spleen IF the venerable novelist and
essayist against the american people,
iwhicRhass been increasing IN bitterness
ever since Eheisrefusa1 to respond heartily
to his grand scheme for having them pay
bis debts, Is vented IN a fierce attack upon
their traits physical mental and moral,
their institutions, their architecture, their
Rhetoric and their l~iteratdfR With this
.ddtBurst ofjealous rage and anger his es-
say closessd His logic, to his own oeoncep-
ton, is perfect, gAiherica IS the future
home Of all and power she is in
the handsof grace Observation-Disclosures re-
Ptblieans Who threaten, in theiF rude
Strength the systems and traditions, Of
Europe; the Struggle mus tsotnetimecom
between Old World abseiutism and this
New w eEld,dsm6cracy itqis1 better for
Old W 6rldabs0lutisntha itcome at once
.QHoF erGt dezp~enstrG4dEHL is3n. nr b5,-s 4
NV Dan Epprseiats the forceawhich this
logic VIII have upon an whose fears OF
whose erestssmake themith the champions
of absOlutsn IN thsr0 Old Norlas'nF False
as are tHg76lf ms1lgq s9mPathiss his per-
Of the future relations of the cons
tinehtsi7 re-proEhstiS 5Amsricsh is to be
the mFOfHasSek Of th6sF world e 4 hsf is the
seed Of ali that gives wealth4Rnd power
and success todn6tienss1 She jsiSoung; she
sFieh, Eheo q Sg6rous he is Democratic
She hasr inherited alb thatai ia good inutbe
institatSns ffhs Easl9and Will hence
f6tA be the center 0 civilization the
easketnf the arts. The c0ntesbtbetween1
and democracy is to be fought
between her. peopla and those Of Europe,
and its first blowsohazsI beenostrucb or
the paH1of aBsdutism, IN the contest be-
tween the Empire and the Republic Of
Me3ieoao4F hsI Up zeal by which the chaina
.pian Of sbs0fd8isimnh strives to Rouse the
bowers. of Europe against Il, should be
needed on this side of tho Atlantic. Let
'ushhdsrssand the magnitude of the con-
tes which the trqgglgpin Mexico inangu
rates-etRS, endeaFor to- comprehend the
immensityvuof the interests which it IN
volvfes4letd sfaiy rse0gni3sR Gle fact that
our destruction, not merely that of Mexico,
is aimed asl1, Sc understanding ws-may
pebceiEe what duty and interestsalike de-i
faanhE that our action A9ald BE-
Tot Maximilian who dis,o pitted against
Jns1ez-it is France against the United
GtSss-more, it is absolutism against
a.. nal ~fT-Er TafmsGaG -f~fHTl7rAr1
Ssa IL yaimf1o 5 7sz'ioufa3 10 @y7,usI5l
- no
Lndians iE'1hSHUHteed StAsesan .rrl
The race Of theD" noblefed man is rsp.i
idly becoming extinct. In 1858 the total
number Of Indians. within the limits of
The United States was 4Oes zs4s In 1855
ehs total namBer9iss estimated at s0T, 500
sou faliinggs Of. Of nearly 100, ooOlin
tMelEenys.sw Ats4thB rate Of idecrease
t the indian race $oaid9 disappear fronrthe
fontinehntbefo the sSamencementof the
next ceRtmySro Of these hundred
and oad'th9usAad people 81 war
Lfiofs and of46is number 400 are fhGa
Raveb eeu IN the Federal ~servlcednring'
1. -+o.a-oa9 9dt vd h~anGTgsih 81 no
sAhi ar; a. AasL&anIe-aM e ri vTe
Ths NATIONAL council Of Switzerland in
the course Of its revision of the Constltu-
tor, has proelsined Ibertyef conscience