The Portland daily press., 1871-08-02
An Easy Way 10 Earn seveniy-fve Thou
saud Dollars a Year

mutton-chop whiskers and amiable manners
has been voted fifteen thousand pounds per
dnnum in consideration of the tact that nc
has been graciously pleased to hVe' nv
Lords, who exist by sufferance themselves
voted the allowance without DIVISION, oeiii5
consistently tolerant of other things and
other nractices that are also obsolete and ex-
fst by sufferance. BUTT is Significant that in
the House of Commons there was a very thin
attendance. and that there were eleven mega
tive votes The last time proposition OF
this kind was made in the House, when the
Princess Louise was to be provided for there
was some discomfort expressed, but we be-
lieve that no member ventured to record his
vote in the negative. So that there is little
progress when as many as eleven Common
ers venture to express the opinion that Eng
land with its three million paupers cannot
ailord TO pay to an insignificant young gentle
man, whose royal parent has private fortune
OF almost incredible extent, an annuity equa
10 three times the sum paid to the Chic
Magistrate of this Republic.
To the American reader the brief abstract
ofthe debate in the House of Lords, trans
emitted by telegraph, is replete with humor'
Earl Granville, Secretary for Foreign Affairs in
the Gladstone ministry, speaking in behalf o.
the government, gave as reason for granting
the allowance the fact that "the visit of tn,
Prince to Canada had secured the affections
OF the coonistsw Our recollection is tina
the result of the young mans visit was tn,
excitement of feelings among the Canadian
that were decidedly the reverse of "affection
ate." Ii we are not mistaken, Prince Ar
thur, though every motive for good conduct
was presented to him, outrageously msbe
haved himself. Indeed his conduct was sc
extremely reprehepsible that one gentleman
who had entertained the Prince and his party
took the extraordinary step, for Briton, OF
writing to the newspapers and describing ths
discourtesy and even violence with which his
hospitality had been abused. He represented
that the royal Arthur and his Tutor, Col
Elphinstone, made a complete wreck of hi
house, smashing the furniture, running tn,
carpets, and treating their host and his family
with the grossest incivlity. This is wha
they call in the House of Lords Securing tn
affections of the colonists." This is what tn
Gladstone government, supported by an al
most unanimous parliament, proposes to pa
$4,000 year for.
But out of doors there is an unreasonable
Mr.. Odger and few score thousand othe
malcontents who are so disloyal as to assem-
bic in Trafalgar Square to protest against thi:
wickedness. 1t seems that the demonstra
ton was so formidable that the government
was forced to forego its efforts to suppress it
The people who even now are represented il
the House of Commons by their enemies, tn
sons and relatives of peers and their depend
ents, took occasion to express their opinion
in their own way. We have no doubt tina
any revolutionary movements will be speedil
suppressed as usual, but at the next Parlia
mentary election the Radicals will perhap
make some handsome gains as the result O
this criminal prodigality toward the roya
family. Meanwhile the affections of the col
onists" are so marked that they talk NOR
than ever of independence and annexation
GEN. BUTLER's "views" ar, given else
where at great length in an account of an in
terview by newspaper corspondant. Ou
excuse for publishing this manifesto is that
Butler is phenomenon, like earthquakes
herricanes aud other extraordinary natural
manifestations, and his dongs and sayings
are consequently matters of public interest
Besides, his Eruption into Massachuset
local politics this year is creating great inter
est. He will undoubtedly be rejected by th
Republican State Convention and will thel
accept an independent nomination for Gov
the political odds and ends tina
ly conciliating. 1t will be seeI
o his extraordinary confession Y
ed defense of the proceedings o
Tue new DIRK rioters. There are few Nor
mons and several Jews in the Old Bay State
and we wonder that he does not talk of ignor
ing pork, as well as wine, and taking an extr;
wife or two.
THE PUBLIC DEBT was reduced during tn
month of July, S,7OO,976, which to common
people will be most satisfactory showing
The opposition press has usually made goo
oeaa Of thick, foggy talk to show that so man
bonds bought and burned is not a reduction
OF the public indebtedness. But just aoy
these faiteful servants of Mayor Abraham
Hall and Controller Connolly are having al
that they can do to apologize for the Tam
many frauds just exposed. When they Aave
mystified this matter, let them at once 90 tt
the support of their Southern allies, the Ku
Klux, who have been a little indiscreet il
showing their purpose too early.
EVERY season of the year has its wonders
and we are prepared for them. Accordingly, We
express no surprise at the annual announce.
ment OF the sea-serpent, the only one ex
tant, in the dozen different ports on both sides
OF the continent simultaneously; or at the
regular appearance of the revolutionary hero
who has voted for every President from Wash
ingtop to Grant both inclusive, and who saw:
couple of cords of wood every morning iust
to keep his boyishness in check, or the Bos
ton Travellers lady of lis years who knit.
socks in four languages, Or the tigers that a
this season lunch off of circus bands, or The
rope performer or reckless rider of the trav
cling show that always break their necks in
the next large town. These are simple won.
ders OF the season, and we should be sur
prised if they did not appear in August. But
when we received special despatch announc-
ing that the Trustees of Colby University, or
as we know it, Waterville College, unani.
mously voted to admit females on the same
footing as males, we were as much surprised
as if it had been announced that the Kenne.
bee had begun to run back into Moosehead
Lake, or its dark rolling waters had turned
to vile lager beer or buttermik.
The friends of progressive ideas will hail
this as one of the most important "new de-
rtnres, Of the season, and the most import
ever made by the venerable trustees of
at institution. If the same progressive
rit-that which characterizes the age-is
extended to the course of study, conforming it
to the urgent demand of tie time. it requires
no prophet ia foretell the prosperity of Colby
University.
THIS is the cavalier fashion in which the
metropolitan papers treat our great "trans-
continental affairs:
Gov. Perham and Senator Hamlin showed
Ihelr appreciation of New England clam
pake, Dy Joining company of $50 or more,
tAst thursday, and making pleasant speeches
to the assembly.
IHE editor of Happy Hours, Chicago re-
hgious weekly, is undoubtedly muscular
Christian and enjoys bodily exercise. He saws