The national Republican., 1869-03-04
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THE PROFESSION OF JoURsALIsh.
The selection Of the Hon. J. O. Blaine, OF
Maine, for Speaker Of tho Congrcss vhich
,omes into exiSlsncc to1nortow, is - en-
phatic a recognIsioA of the importance 70
he wcll.being Of The State Of the prcfcssicn |
II which he 4 q ausefnl and intelligent mem |
Der as was the translation Of his Journalistic
predecessor, Mr.. Colfa1, from the Speaker
hip to the Vice Presidency.
cosaRHss AND IHs PRxss.
In thls connection II may not be amiss to
tate that year by year the newspaper Of the
United States are Improving since the com
ncncement OF the war, as no other American
Institution has, so far, improved. The
character and Intellectual quality Of their
sditorials and correspondence are far more
elevated and better informed and more free
nom the trammels Of political caucusses or
political dlctations than before the war.
Previous 10 1890, II was hard for an indepen-
dent newspaper 70 live. Now, Il Is even
harder for q paper known to be devoted to
lhe interest Of political party TO keep its
head above water. Tho writer Of these let
teri, though rs earnest party man as any one
living, rejoices In this growing Independence
Of the American press; as II is emlnently re-
quisite to check or balance the evils to the
State growing out OF the extremes to which
the causus system IA now carried.
THs PowrR OF TIE oRoo-suoPs.
The grog shops make too many Of our con-
vontlons Of all parties. They arc the foun-
dation upon which numerous nominations,
great or small, are made. l care not wb.'
a mans talents, character and capeclr may
be, In too many cases, II he is ~ ~ ~ ~,
with the small wiro-pullsss:,n am,s @ ,'ur W.
IIve. NOVA and have - peins aniu s'os
nNe, mo,e aaa NIX ~ stands little chance in
shop associesifh men utterly without char
oonpeE capacity for civil service who arc
avored by such Constitutions" The key TO
'uch power Is simply devotion to the interests
If grog-shop haunters and those who use
hem to compass sinister ends In connection
With public afiairs-municipal, State and na-
ional. Few men In the interest Of the grog-
hops are at for public office. Yet It is hard
indeed to elect any man anywhere, to any
place, who Is known to be an implacable foe
10 the corruption and the ignorance Of the
real requirements Of public affairs which
peryade these lowest foundations on which
too many public functlonaries are to often
axed In the public service.
THB CROWD.
Such whlrl and turmoil OF excitement as
We have just now upon US In Washington
never was seen before. The avalanche pre-
clpltated upon us in the last twenty-four
hours only resembles the crowd that rushed
into Baltimore for day or two previous to
the meeting Of the never-to-be-forgotten
Wing Convention Of 1910.
ITS ASPECT.
may truthfully say Of the crowd assem-
bling here now, that II wears an air OF per-
sonal respectablllty and emphatic industrial
attributes rarely to be seen In an ordinary
inaugural attendance In Washington.
ITS roRrnsr.
Ijoyfully draw from this fact the conclu-
oAOh Nhah hhc wotlu-OuI "o'No
swiftly in the right direction. This crowd
does not wear On ofice-seeking aspect.
There are more men among them coming
only through devotion to Republican party
principles-through love for progress, which
is the sum and substance Of Republican
partyism-than ever before came together.
They are the steady men of the times and the
country. I appeal to all your thoughtful
readers to look into the faces and upon the
persons Of the strangers they may see to-
day for confirmation Of this opinion. While
not few Of them doubtless have axes to
grind, the majority by long odds are here
only to see the sight, and through the ex-
uberancc Of their devotion to the spirit OF
progress, which Is at the bottom Of the
principles Of the Republican party.
CUBA.
Reports have reached here to the effect
that tho Captain General of Cuba has ordered
that no quarter be hereafter accorded to the
Insurgents Of that Island. II these rumors
be true, he has surely scaled the doom Of
Spain's hold on the Island.
He could have fallen on no surer plan by
which to induce Americans to inject into
Cuba efficient aid TO those In arms against
spaln's authority. Even our Conservatives
are conservative upon the Cuban question to
q very limited extent, indeed. Hardly man
In the United States fails to wish Cuban an
nexatlon, and all now know that II is COM
ing through voluntary action Of the Cubans
themselves. All Americans pant for 1t, and
welcome any Spanish Government Jdur pas
likely to render more unpopular In this coun-
try spain's efforts to keep Cuba as her own.
1t is only q question Of brief time whom the
barriers will be overleaped which, so far, pre-.
vent American assistance from reaching the
islanders.
THB PRoBABLB BYPRcT OF THE ANCIENT
SPANISH POLICY.
If the Spanish authorities resort 10 pro
verbal Spanish practices to put down tn,
revolution this Government will not be abl,
to restrain Its people from rlsklng their lives
and property in aid Of the Cubans. Spain
may treat them as pirates, If international
law justifes her In so doing; but the chance
are that when they commence to move tc
the assistance OF Cuba they will manage tc
get away from the United States In such
force as to gobble up all things Spanish oil
the Island at mouthful, as 1t were. Iwil
not occupy your space to tell your readeri
how such things were done In olden times
centuries on centuries--ten II not twenty con
turies-ago.
THE DESTINY OF AMERICAN INFLUENCES.
But may say that as q nation We are just
now In condition for territorial acquisition
in the interest Of humanity. Wherever undeI
the providence Of God destiny may lead ou
people their presence, power and general In
auences will surely benefit the human race
sPAIs's COLONIAL POLICY.
To this hour there has been the slightes
possible amelIoration of the policy of thu
Government Of Spain towards Cuba from
what that was when Cortez stole away from
that island upon his grand expedition, re
sultlng in the conquest of Mexico. Cortez
by-the-by, though necessarily cruel as a
conqueror, was one Of the most enlightened
statesmen and benefcent rulers that the
world ever saw. Could he and his Casas
have declared the policy of Spain In the New
Y II - Lao