National Republican., 1875-11-24

A1ChAAS AhoCoy aAl4 u uUuuFtQ OtucI plc4o0l1c
which 90 to make up the happiness of boyhood
on Thanksgiving Day.
One million five hundred thousand dollars
are needed to make up the estimated cost OF
opening the Centennial. The liberal public
spirit which so readily and generously sub
scribed the s5, 900 already secured viii
certainly contribute the fund remaining which
is necessary to complete the opening arrange
ments. If the public fails, then Congress will
certainly support the committees in the execu-
tion of their plans. yszs
The Vicksburg Herald says: ave have long
since forgiven the North for licking US, but the
North has not forgiven US for being so infer
nally hard to lick" The North has forgiven
you with the broadest and deepest magnanimi-
ty ever shown by one nation to another; yet we
are quite liable to be compelled tomorrow
morning to publish the details of once your
CHASTITY negro massacres or some other exhibi.
tion of the sold spirit" which Northern gush-
ers pronounce as dead.
ave are troubled on every side, yet not dis
tressed; we are perplexed, but not In despair;
prosecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed. ."-Cineia,lai Enquirer.
Broken in spirit as this poor man seems, it
may appear little harsh to take exceptions
to what he says. But truth is so much bet
ter than fiction that 1t should always be
allowed to prevail. If there is anything in this
world that is distressed, full of despair, for
saken and destroyed, it is the spirit of the un-
fortunate man who slings ink into the blather-
skite adjectives which decorate the editorial
pages of the Enquirer.
What next, and then whatl Two years
ago the mellow voice of the lightning rod man
sounded gently on the tympanum from early
morn until dewy eve, urging precious, en-
dangered humanity to shield itself from the
uncertain bolts of Jove, which fell often alike
upon the Just and the sinner. One year ago
the book peddler, a ubiquitous piece Of NOR
tality, would philosophically take mankind by
the button-hole and talk him into library SO
quick that he would forget the fact that he
had not paid his last years pew rent. And
this year, aye, even as we verge upon our
nations centennial, comes another, q greater
caterer to the brains of man. The other day,
in England, Minister Schenck came in contact
with a Yankee tramp who was hording his
pelf by selling to the ambitious cockneys of
Britain degrees purporting to be conferred by
certain American colleges, and many others
which never existed. The mask was torn
from the rascal's business, but not until many
an English snob had fallen victim to the
imposition.
Americans, with that kindly feeling for the
sufferings of humanity which they have ever
exhibited, and actuated by heartfelt desire to
satisfy themselves in the matter, propose to
settle the Eastern question tomorrow by dis
membering Turkey, and setting aside Its sew
eral parts from the rest of the world for the
benefit of mankind in general and themselves
in particular. This proposition will be carried
out without consulting the pleasure of the
Great Powers. Ottomen, nor any other men, /,
except, perhaps, the abdomen, will be con-
suited in regard to the matter, and but little,
if any, opposition is expected from this
source. The dismemberment will be COM
plete in all its minor and general details, and
it is expected that with the beneficial results
of the enterprise the American people will be
enabled to Russia head with their business
engagements, and thus P Russia great many
enterprises to completion, which have hitherto
been lying dormant on account of the unset
tied condition of the country, and the Austria
cism of capital from the proper channels of
circulation. We may possibly be mistaken in
this last conclusion, but at the time of writing
IL certainly looks very much that way.