, 1873-11-21
NOTES AND OPINION.

The most lucrative offices In the State the county
Offices and these lotd by 5caninAyians eeced by
how COMPARATIVELY iow hsvo acquired anfcient Know
edge Of the English language to 10 qualified for official
cmploylncpts.
The foregoing, from tho St. paul Press Of the
18th inst, in reply to = temperate and we'll
founded complaint by the Scandinavian og amer
lea, of this city, will strike the majority Of
renders az olear case OF adding insult to injury.
The scandinavianB. through their most widely
circulated newspaper, showed that, with tho ex-
coption Of fow minor Offices, tho great body
of Scandinavian Republican voters had been
wholly ignored IN tho distribution Of Offices,
not only during Grants first term, but since his
second Inauguration; also, that, in party
conventions In different 8tatos, whi1o their sup
port has baon earnestly sought, thoy have been
carefully ignored in making tho nominations.
neforonco WAS made to the caso Of Nr. Grina-
ger, who, though receiving the nomination in
Minnesota for State Treasurer, waH the only one
on tho Republican ticket not elected. The opin-
ion was further expressed that it became ia
worry grave question whether the scandinavians
can act with that party hereafter" Tho above
extract, from ono Of the party organs in Minno-
sofa, virtually tells tho scandinayians, now that
tho elections arc over that the Republican party
does not much caro- whethor they net with it or
not-until next year, that is. ="
Several of our contemporaries appear to DO
mortified at tho Globes declaration that tho
Unitod States would bo justified in going to war
merely to find employment for lts pcoplo, and
to make money moro plainly. Wp have not said
that, excepttp couple it with othor and stronger
grounds. But we arc perfectly willing to advance
that R'nglo reason and Btald upon it. II wo
can give prosperity to tho American people ut
t1a ri Gi1e31 manila 1l hnvn hanf f1r1tt.
ing oaol, other for four ysara in Oube, It would
bo nethor just nor patriotic not to do it, and
wo do not know Of a moro uBoful occupation in
which American oitizenB could be engaged than
aud crew Of tho Yrglnius IN cold blood.-A.
| 1T Is . happy circumstance Tint Congress-
| meets within two weeks. Even our 11otspura
will not conaidcr 1t auite impossible to wait 10
long and the tmo III just long enough 70 lot
calnneaa gain the upper hand III our public Do
batoB on the subject. Whom that shall have
| taken place, tho proceedings of Congrcss will
| doubtless bo what thoy ought to be: tho digni-
fed expression Of the public opinion OF d coun-
| try which IL fur too great to lowor ttsolt by IN
| interruptions policy Of annoxation. AL acqut.
eition Of territory IN tho tropics endangora tic
groatuols Of this co,lrtry, gltosn mission ia, eug
ramtips, northern |'e.! o|1'e.!-ss'' -Lonis fostGaer'
tho Government osnnnt lcolsro war against
6paiu-bnt 1t ean aud must defend lta lug a1iJ
ita citizens, mud this work it is roatly to DO. Do
not lot us prosont to Spain THO appearance OF a
wranglinG, crowd. Abuse Of Secretary Fish, OF
Of tic Cabinet, in alaurlly unjust, and can only
do harm. Lot tho n Cuban patriots" restrain
thonssolyes-wo arc not going to war to ploase
thon. Wo shall defend tue honor Of the nation,
aud protect our citizons from outragov worthy
| ouly OF BayageH. Our present means
arc belng worked up to their tul!ent oxtont, and
with q rapility and energy which retcct the
prpateBt credit Oh tue Government. Hut--if tho
uoyornlnont declared war against Spain, how
hr 8. s. Cox would howl, aud how tho Demo-
cratic party would cry out against tue usurpation
st our" cmsar;!' and demand his mpeachments
Let liz hayo something like fair p!ey II we ore
angry, We need not try to hound tho q noyernMsnt
into measures which would make 1t tho rldionle
Of tle whole country IN loss tlan anonth, Tho
yery men who ahuao It now, for instance, would
bo kho first to condemn It II 1t went atop be-
yond tho point to which it has already advanced.
| Our iron-clads will soon be OH Cuba, aud tho
Spanish authorities thcro will understand that
tho noxt outrage they commit will sub]eot them
aud their blood-stained clt,aa to purishment
which will be remembered In history.-Neto
York 1Ymes., ;.