St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-17

criminal the more securely he should
he held.-J"dJe Brady.
..How long before the war OF revenge
begins ?" is question anXlou>lN asked
on both sides by the tw" nations :"
lately engaged in deadly STRIFE. MoSI
certainly, Germany abhors the Thought
of il new war with France, and the mass
of the French people would probably
he quite willing to let things remain us
they are. But whichever party sue
cecdS in getting the upper hand IN the
approaching struggle will almost GER
tainIv endcavor to consolidate its Sll-
prcmacv hv rcgaining the lost proVln-
ccs. and the eXcitable French nature,
but too probably will then he reused 10y
thirst for glory and revenge" Ger
many is fully alive to the danger winch
threatens her. and is quietly making
the most elaborate preparations; In il
short time the new empire VIII nave
consolidated all its means of defence,
will have accumulated enormous stores,
and will have completed arrangements
enabling it to bring into the field, III
! the course of IL few weeks. I.bOO,oW
| thoroughly disciplined troopS.-Cor.
Montreal Herald.
Ex-Governor Palmer of Illinois has
written letter on personal liberty and
personal morals. in which he says he
! has no faith i'll the ministry of the po-
| lice office as an agency for the promo
! ton of morals. and pcrtinently adds:
.Tndcr our Municipal Government. the
authority of the local magiStracy and of
the police is practically absolute. and
/ Il, ntt
| thousands are made criminals 10y being
first treated as criminals
Let every man that has a dollar to
spare put il to some Use that 1t may ald
in making business lively 10y adding to
the rather stinted volume of currency
atioat ut present. If you owe anybody
| liquidatc the debt. If you don't owe
anybody. then buy something and pay
for it. If you don't want anything.
throw your money into the conti1hu-
ton box of some church or benevolent
society: or, if You are not charitahlN
inclined. give it to the street gdminS.
and let them exchange it for peanuts
and candy. GaIeSbWg Hcp"biicd".
The example of federation set by the
Evangelical Alliance ought to he uni
versaIly followed. Let the various
Christian bodies learn more of each
other let them cultivate the acqualnt-
ancc of all Christian people: let there
Ice Il general tolrrati0u.-a complete
abandonment of strife and dcnuncia-
ton. and the world will soon contain
more and better Christians. humag
charity will he enlarged. and mankind
will bless the day when Catholics and
Protc>tant> joined hands as brothers III
the same Christian family thicdgo
, IiibHHC.
Let the appropriations i'll every de
paItmcnt hc cut down to the lowest
possible figure. and every >upclnumrr-
AIRY clerk and employee OF I'll" Govern
mcmt lac discharged. Let Congress set
lis face like flint against every scheme
that comes from the lobby. every thing
that >macks of i"hhcIN OF that opens
the WAY To the national Treasury. Let
every dollar of the peoples money bc
guarded from the Subsidy thieves and
Land grant cuIm"IHmt> " swarm about
the capital. and carefully appropriated
only Ia the necessary and legitimate
cNpcir>c> of the Government. The pro-
pie expect this from the Republican
party. and this il must do. oI it will lose
and deserve to lose lis prestige and
power. hdjdUdpoii> JoH,ndi.
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