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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

III is really about time for another
grand European war, the custom being
to indulge in one about every rive or six
years. The Crimean war occurred in
1854, the Italian war in 1859, the Aus
tro-Prussian in 1866, the Fran )-Prus-
sian in 1870, and now it is clearly about
time for the final settlement of the long
harped-on Eastern question.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

OREsTEs A. BROwNsON, the great Ro-
man Catholic controversialist, died last
week Mon'lay. in Detroit, at the residence
of his son. His age was 70 years. Born
in Vermont. passing his childhood in a
lonely locality among old people. he was
prematurely serious, dipped deeply into
theology, became Il Presbyterian church
member at 10 years of age, changed to Il
Universalist at p. was afterwards Uni.
tartan. then Deist, and finally settled
down in the Roman church.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

THE Senate has passed a bill allowing
the diamond necklace, which the Khe
dive gave 10 Gen. Sherman's daughter,
now and for many months in the New
York custom house, to be admitted free
of duty. 1t will be sold at auction. it. is
said, in month or two, if it is not freed.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

SUBSIDIES to railroads are getting
that was made i'm some places in our
own state. The business men Of Helena.
Montana territory, are strongly opposed
to voting aid to the Northern Pacific
railroad, and call on the newspapers to
oppose.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS
FREE DEN GARRETSON SMITH
IA l ST. b.ssn 1rooa1ay Superintendent for and
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

Mr.. KNOTT, Of Kentucky, last week
introduced in the House bill to regulate
the privileges of the writ Of habeas cor
pus in certain cases. 1t provides that the
Supreme Court of the United States, or
any judge thereof, shall alone be empOw-
cred to issue writs of hdbcds corpus in
cases Of persons detained by either
House or Congress.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

The instructions OF the Secretary OF
the Treasury for the redemption of frac-
tional currency in silver have been pub
lished. They are intended mainly f,r
those who will have the duty of making
the exchange. As the public is not Iii
rectly and personally interested in effect
ing it, the substitution of coin tor paper
money may be gradual. Some prefer
the scrip, as matter of convenience, to
the coin.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

TIE Bay City Tribu ne has the follow
ing: The Tribune learns through direct
sources, that the Hon. n. B. Bradley, the
present Representative in Congress from
this district, does not desire another
term. Such being the case, it is only
natural that the counties outside the Sag
inaw Valley put in claim to furnish
Mr.. Bradley's successor; and it would be
only just for the valley, which has so
long had the Representative, to g We way
in behalf of q competent outsider.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-29

selections and
that could
in Of erscton completed a shOr
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02
ZvlaStnOSti.

Ovoce kvet ma edno M
strome. We Vencicich Milesova ma
leza Sc v jedne zahrade nekolik jabloni,
jeiiz vrsky posety jsou novym kvetem,
kdezto ma doleisich vetvich jest ovoce.
Dite dvema Havana. a. Made
nici E. 2. ma fisskem pfedmesti Plzni
narodilo Sc dne l t. m. dite muzsk6ho DO
hlavi dvema hla wanna. Melo ctyry o6i,
diva nosy, dvoie usta. dve usi jednu bra
du. Dite pfiso po tezkem porodu mrtve
ma svet.
Zenske volnice. Dive
sestry jmenem Lukjanovy, rodem kozat-
ky, pustily Sc Petrohradn do Srbska
ably vstoupily do srbske armady. Stars
Jest %, mladsi 20 let stara. Jsou meier
slicne, ale velmi slime neohrozene. Mlae
ii proslula pfi honbach ma medvedy.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

= Pekelny stroi byl nalozen sobo.
tu ma vlak jedouci z Noyeho Yorku do
Filadeltie bcdn6 cestou vybuchl, cimz
otfasl Sc cely vlak. Nestalo Sc zadne me-
s,esti, nebot nahodou bedna SO stroiem tim
nebyla mezi iinymi bednami ale na vr-
chu pouze sama Sc rozbila. z tfisek Sc
branych bylo poznano, ze to byl hodino.
Wy stroj nabitou bambitkou, ktera spu-
stila, kdyz rucicka pfisla na IL stfelila
do nejake tfaskav6 latky. Skoda spaso-
bena obnasi jen asi s 500. Vysetfovani
zavedeno.
- Edward j. Stokes, ktery zavrazdil
Novem Yorku Col. James Fiska Cd
sed6l 81 "a to rokI kaznici, byl dne
%. fijna propulsion kaznice statni v
Auburn a odjel hned Sc svym bratrem
Horacem n6kolka pfateli do Noveho
Yorku. Vypravuje d6sne veci tajnosti
veznickych, jak tamni dfadnici a strazci
isou ukrutni, jak vydiraj' ne 7eznich, kite
Fl jsou zamozni, peuize o.upuji je bez
milosrdenstvi, jak kletba 400 veznd
lpi ma statu, zakonech ufadnicich pro
nelidske, nespravedlive zlodejske nakla
dani mimi.
! Stokes, kdyz vsazen byl 10 vezeni, by
mladY statny muz, plny bujareho zivota
nyni jest vsak sila jeho zlomena 6ernJ
leskly vlas jest zbe,ely.
Generalove Sherman Sheridan :
ministr. valky Cameron byli pied mini
storskou poradou presidenta Grantu as
dve hodiny navstevou. Pctom nell ob,
svrchu jmenovani generalove dlouhou p,
radu. o cem SO asi radili9 Demokra
ticke listy mini, ze nepochybhe novycl
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

AMERICANKA prosi pomoc pro
Srby. Hrabenka Mary Joanini, rozena
Harrington, zena vlaskeho vyslance BE
lehrade, zaslala do novoyorskeho listu
THE World" dopis zadost sbirani pod
pory Americe pro nebohe Jihoslovany.
Vypisuje utrpeni rodin srbskych a uprch
lik1 zivYmi barvami, iak to uz vsichni
zname dopisd iinych, dodava, ze pro
ranene nemocne jest na zimu asi posta.
rano, ale pro ty tisice zen, deti a stared,
ktefi nelson We valce nedostavaii vyzi-
Wy, ze nastava ia netrp6i zkouska, nebot
nebudou NIT z echo vyziti pres zimu
Osob bez pomoci pfistfesi 20 Jest die Il :
fadniho scitani ma 25O.O00. Dovolava sc
milosrdenstvi AmerikanI pro ty neboht
ably pomohli jim. Pise tez Tribune" '
Novem Yorku doufa, &c pomoci tech
dvou vsikych listd docili SO vydamycf
SHREK, ktere ably il byly zaslany zada
Slibuje zaroveh, ze posle k uvefejnen
vsecko, co Sc "a sebrane podpory dosa-
hlo. ,,SC0rn0sf'
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

Kdyby nebylo pfiiato, mel nafizeno,
ably neodkladn6 Cafihrad celym perso-
halem opustil.
Sultan pry ultimatum pfiial a povolil
dvoumesicni pfimefi. Tim neni nikterak
valka odvracena. Jest otazka, zda& Mo-
hamedane timto skutkem sultanovym
budou spokojeni.
z Cafihradu Sc telegrafuie, ze tureck6
vojsko vtrhlo po nekolikadennim boii do
Alexinace.
Turci postupuii Ike Krusevaci, jejz Ger
hajev hodla kryti.
Dzunis padl jiste do rukou Turki. Zpra
va o tom spGsobila Belehrade veliky
poplach; avsak zdeseni, jez Sc ma Okla
milk mysle lidu zmocnilo, ustoupilo odho-
dlanosti. Lid 81 pfeje, ably We valce co
neiddrazn6ii bylo pokra racovano. Ministr
Ristic vyjadfil Sc vjedn6 rozmluv6, re
Dzunis neni Srbsko ze Srbove povedou
valku az bud zvit6zi bud vykrvaci.
Politicka Korespondence, organ hr.
Andrasyho, pise, ze sam car rusky dne
80. fijna Livadie Ignat6vovi TELEGRAPH
val, ably podal trreck6 vlad6 ultimatum.
Cara pohnuly posledni pora&ky Srbd k
tomuto kroku.
Knize Milan odiel po poslednich poraz
kach srbskJch K armade pfibyl do Pa
racina.
Posledni porazka SrbG zavinena byla
delostfelectvem, kterez re vzteku ma Ger
naieva Sc zdrahalo stfileti boiovati.
Rusky pluk utrpel v posledni bitve
hroznych ztrat Zvtstuie sc, ze Rusove
musel polovice tahnouti tele dru-
he polovice re museli Srby stfelbou bo-
dakem mutt do boie.
Ease dochazi zpravy svevolnem sebe-
zmrzacovani Srbd.
Voisko Dervise pasy, kterez proti Ger
nohorcdm niteho svesti nemohlo, pfitrhlo
do Srbska, kde SO armadou Abdul Ke-
rimovou spojilo. Prot takov6 pfesile Sc
Srbov6 nikterak udrzeti nemohou.
Die StaNdardn vyzvala vlada srbska
vsecky slime zdrave muze, aby sc dosta
viii k voisku.
Tondynsk6 Times" neivice dopaluie,
ze pfatelstvi spolek N6mecka Ruska
neni roztrzeni ba ami otfeseni.
Mocnosti pozadaly ddrazn6 reckon via
du, ably valecnym povvkem situaci ieste
vice ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
CerGajev pokouSi Sc spojeni Horva-
tovi6em, jez ma Stolace byti provede-
no.
Trunni rec n6meckeho cisafe vzbudila
We Vidni pocit nepfijemnosti.
Knize Milan hodla Sc pry podekovati.
Cernaiev, az SO Horvatovicenl spoii,
ustoupi k Cuprini, poslednimu to opevns-
nj ma cest9 do Belebradu.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02
OvZ ID III Ze nj

ohromnym prodejem "a minul6ho tydne.
ehoz jsme snizenim cen byli docilili, bu-
deme pocinaje
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02
PUBLISHED BY THE Str CEVEIANDO
kOcnik X. CtVrtek dine 3 liOpadul CfslO
CfslO SO.

valecnfch najezdech k 1celdm volebnim,
B9hem minuleho tydne (do 81
fiina) navstivilo vystavu 566,023 phi,
ialo Sc s 2s2,054 Celkem byla vystavs
1S4 dni otevfena navstivilo il 6,925, ,465
platicich osob, cd nichz Sc pfiialo S3,279
9S3. Vsech navstevnikd jest 8,453,923
DIE dosavadnich pfiimd mohou 81 akcio-
nafi ciniti nadeji nejmen6 ma Is procent
splaceneho akcioveho kapitalu.
Pies vsechno dychtive cekani ne
pfistala LODI Franklin bossem Tweedem
dosud v Nov6m Yorku. Opozdeni spd-
sobily nepochybne posledni boufe.
= General John Dix pfiial cd repu-
blikan1 nominaci "a mayOra.
V Akron shofela operni budova
Sumnerova, Sumner6v hotel nekolik
stord. Skoda paei Sc ma 8 $4,000. Po-
iisteni S 1900.
20 mil cd Scranton, Pa, ma draze
Delaware, Lackawanna a Western, srazil
Sc opozd6ny osobni vlak, sestavajici re II
vozd parovozd 1900 pasaziry, ma
kladnim vlakem. Diva vozy byly vraze.
ny do sebe. Ma stesti zabity jen 2 osoby
ale 25 jich poran6no. Zd6seni zmatek
iaky po srazce We vozech nastal, nelze po
psati. Vlak jel Filadelfe veil same
navst6vniky vystavy.
Padelatel zeleznicnich dluhopisI
Chas. Williams Nov6m Yorku odsou-
zen ma Is let do kaznice.
General Miles Indiany pod Sitting
Bullem ma Cedar Creek porazil GO mil
ie pronasledoval. Znacny pocet IndianI
byl zabit poranen. Ma jeho strane 3
vojaci poran6ni jsou. Sitting Bull pre-
pravil Sc dne "a. pies feku, nacez postal
NO iahnatelnu posla Sc vzkAzanim, ze pfi-
chazi pfatelskem imyslu, ale zada site.
1.-Two.
Demokrate Baltimore slavi vitez
stvi We volbach mistnich. Dne 25. odby-
vala SO volba a vladni strana vybirala Ma
dfednicich pfivrzencich svych velik6 po
platky, ably pouzila jich k volbe. Mic ma
plat Bylo odevzdano 42,S1s blasI, z kite
rych delnokrat6 NELL 24,354, a zvolili is
&c 20 radnich.
= Sc soboty ma ned6li vloupali Sc lu.
picove do klenotnickeho kramu Bratfi
Slima ulici Nassau Novem Yorku,
vylomili ohnivzdornou kasu vybrali z
nj "a S 10000 klenotd.
V zapadni tasti St. Louisu spacha
na velmi chladnokrevna vrazda. Asi O
osme hodine vecer stale n6kolik mladika
vyrostkd Ia rohu Jefferson-avenue a
ulice Pacific. Tou dobou jelo tudy bug
gy. KIN do voziku zapfa5eny mnsel Wy
hlizeti n6iak podivne, nebot vyrostko 7e
dali sc do chechtu, vfesku a hvizdotu.
Muzi v buggy sedici vystoupili a pustili
SO do nezvedene mladeze. Jifiho Will
amse, kteryz Jim byl co plvodce posm6 :
chu naznacen, zastfelili. Williams zemfel
We tfech minutach. Byl asi 81 let star,
otec leho Jest mistrem zelezniGnich dill
mach Pacific. Mladik byl prY spofadany
a zadnemu neublizil. = Po spachane
vrazde skocli muzi do buggy ujel. O
pdl noci byli diva muzi, ma Mich lp6lo po
dezfeni. zateeni. Tfeti w Wehar na-
byl dosud $50. rijna) zatcen.
William Hawthorn v Marylandu
72 leta star, byl cd zete sveho Thorn
Stevense zavrazden. Stalo Sc tax ha ice
Pani Lille Sover, Columbus, O
jiz muz opustil dit6 il umfela, Sc otra
| uila
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

POKLONA tECHUM NEBRASKY.
S nemal Sun potesenim Sc dozvidame, ze
pfitel mas p. A. V. Herman okresu Sa-
line Nebrasce cd strany pokroku o.
pravy navrzen "a statniho pokladnika.
Ufad ten jest mnohem dtlezitejsi nezli
dfad guvernera a jest to tudiz nemale
vyznamenani byti don navrzenu. Wy
znamenani toto jest ddkazem velike vaz.
nosti a obliby, iiz SO Kodak mas mladem
bun6 rozkvetajicim state tom test ne.
meme i politicke vahy, jiz Cechove tam
mali. Pan Hefman jest jiz ma osmy
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

Pfateldm zakaznikim svym pfeiu 81
pov6deti, ze ma zasoba podzimniho zim-
niho obuvi pfezuvek jest nyni Gplna a
ze prodayam "a levneisi ceuy nsz pred
rokem. ia vam neprodam hovezi stfevi-
ce "a teleci. Obchodim lidmi poctiye.
Mensi spravku ma obuW ode mne zhoto-
vene vykonam zadarmo. Navstivte mne.
S veskerou iictou
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02
Valka ma v!ChOdt.

q Cafihradu SO re dne 81. fijna telegra
fuje,
Se rusky vyslamec Ig,s0-
t6C dOrMCU turecEe UldtlG
alLtiz2lUtatNl.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02
pOndGJEem, II. CerUence
.jeste levneji

zboz sve prodavati, sice cern6 hedbavi.
barevne hedbavi, fancy hedbavi; jennie,
prostfedni lacine latky na saty, cerne
alpaky, kasmiry, cerne hernadiny gre
nadiny, platene latky, kambriky, perka-
ly, organtiny, bile lawns Qatky na saty
do zahrad) prubovan6 atlasove viktorias,
pruhovane kraikov6 kambriky lawns,
plat6n6 obleky, ulsters, kabaty II saty
proti prachu (dustors), moh6ry, krajkove
Ecru svrchni obleky, kraikovG points Il
saky, Sally, zbozi pro domacnoSt, slunec-
Milky, hlazen6 rukavicky, fancy punco-
chafsk6 vyrobky pro danny, dlvky pa
ny, fancy zbozi vseho druhu.
A. SALCER, prOdavaC u
Flower a Higbee.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

A PREDCE SNAD VALKA. Jestt
dne 2S. fiina napsaly londynsk6 Times
toto: We vsech kruzich Sc vzmaha vira,
ze valka aspon pro tuto zimu jest odloze
I'd. | bursa zda so vefi tonu jest kid.
ma"
Avsak tfi dni ma to pfinasi telegrai
zpravu, ze Rusko podalo Turecku sv6 ul
timatum t..i. posledni slovo; kdyby toto
nem6lo byti pfiiato, ma rusky vyslaneC
lgnatev nafizeno, neodkladne celyn
personalem vyslaneckym opustiti Car; :
brad.
Tedy az ultimatu dosp6ly vec. Ma
kolik zname deiny, nepamatuieme Sc, ze
by n6kdy po takovem kroku mezinarodni
spor mirn6 Sc vyrovnal. Vzdycky ma
sledovala po nltimatun valka. OGeka.
vame tentokrate valku, to thu spi-
Sc, ano Turecko do vGereiSka odpoledne
po5ledni slovo Ruska nepriialo. O6eka-
valot SC die telegramG berlinskych lon
dynskych, ze do 6tyfiadvaceti hodin tax
ucini. Ma miste toho zvestuie Sc Carl
hradu, 20 sultan hodla dokazati svobodo-
myslnost opravymilovnost svoji jmeno-
vanim Mithad pasy velikym vezirem. Co
to by znamenalo, vi kazdy ctenaf novin.
Mithad pasa Jest znamy hrdlofez. u
krutne pronasledovani Bulhard, jez "a
ieho vlady Bulharsku pred n6kolika
lety pod korouhvickou ,,retormovanp
provozovano, Jest dosud v live pameti.
Mimo to znamo jest, ze statnik ten jest
nepfitelem Ruska, n6mz Ghlavniho
skadce Turecka spatfuie. Jmenovaui je
ho velkovezirem znamenalo by nejspise
odmitnuti ruskeho ultimatum valku, ma
niz ostatn6 celia fada iinych znamek u
kazuje.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

rok pokladnikem okresu Saline. Az
mlady ieste muz - pred ctyfmi roxy
kdyz jsme SO MIN prvne sesli, nem6l
pod nosom ami chmyfi iest6 - osv6dcil
Sc obtizn6m lfad6 nejen velmi spdsobi-
lynn alebrz COZ u pokladniki americkych
dosti vzdcne, poctivym.
Jsme pfesvedceni, ze kazd5 verny a
uvedom6ly Czech Nebrasky pro vyborne-
no rodaka toho bude hlasovali; Jest vfe-
lynn pfanim nasim, ably byl zvolen.
Nejpfedneisi organ dernokracie Ne
brasky, Omaha Herald" vyslovuje Sc o
p. A. V. Hefmanovi nasledovnG: Pan
Herman jest celnJ obcan okresu Saline,
n6mz po osm roki ufad pokladnika "a
staval. Je rodem Czech nejlepsch a
nejspolehlivejsich muzd naseho statu.
Nejpatrn6jsi ddkaz ieho ob.ib6 a osob
nj povaze Jest, ze okresu slime republi-
kanskem opet op6t povolan byl zasta-
vati ten nejlepsi ufad, jejz lid ma k zada-
nj" atd.
K zav6rku podotykame, ze pan Hef.
man pochazi 2 osvicene rodiny, kteraz
p6vodn6 We Wiskonsin6 usedla byla. Sta
fiGky otec jeho jest ze ,Siavie" znam
delsimi rozpravami o vlastenectvi a wy
chovdni. ze Jest dobry Czech a muz We
skz svobodomyslny rozumi Sc vlastn6
samo sebou. Ma zdar iemu!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-12

sides being pumped out before one-half tne
obstacles are passed over. And the purpose
Oh all this is to announce high rate of speed
on the olackboards and have the spectators
believe that they have witnessed the fastest
race on record The jumping in a steeple-
chase should cease about half mile from
the finish, giving the horses a good chance
for sharp run home. instead of having q
hurdle to trip them up, as is now the case,
when near the goal For instance. at Jeroms
Park, when the horses have passed over thu
stone wall in the north field. thew
should then be allowed to run under
the bluff without impeachment and make
their way from there home, which ia
far enough to determine the fastest horse in
the race but in all cases prize should lbs
given to the best jumper. whether he is first
or not.
The American Jockey Club have six stakes
open for fiat races, which will close on the 1st
day of March next and, as we said above, wa
would suggest that they add by way of ex-
pertinent, few for steeplechases, to close at
the same time some at weight for age, tina
others as handicaps.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-12

hibit its members as curiosities. But Ameri-
can actors have long ceased TO be curiosities.
The English stage and the American are
almost homogeneous They have the same
language, the same literature, the same ira
ditions and the same origin. There is moth
ing radically different in their nature, and
every year their resemblance increases.
Toole finds English humor appreciated in
America, and Clarke revives old English
comedies in London. These facts make it
impossible to defend the organization of ex-
clusively English or American companies on
the ground that we support exclusively
French, German or Italian companies. The
conditions are altogether unlike. French
acting, for example, is something so different
from English acting that we receive it as
novelty. 1t instructs us in new school.
We welcome it not as an attempt to prove
the inferiority of our stage, but as an illus
tration of the great differences of style that
exist upon the stage of the world.
We would therefore advise Mr.. Henry D.
Palmer, who contemplates this plausible
scheme, to hesitate, pause, reflect. The ex-
pertinent is a doubtful one. There is no
more reason why he should take an exclu-
sively American company to London than
an exclusively New York company to Wash
ington. Yet, if the enterprise is to be carried
out, we trust the actors will all be worthy of
the occasion. If it be not a great company
IN the true sense Of the word then it would
be better to have none at all. The failure to
establish distinctively American theatre in
England would do much to injure the high
reputation for our dramatic art which has
been won by the individual efforts of our
distinguished actors
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-12
An American Theatre in London.

A dramatic company composed exclusively
of Americans is a novelty which an enter
prising American manager proposes to estab-
lsh in London. The originality of this idea
must be admitted; but its merits are open to
discussion. The ability of American actors
to acquire and maintain the highest posi-
tons on the English stage has been re-
peatedly shown. John S. Clarke Joseph
jefferson, John E. Owens, Charlotte Cush-
man, the Batemans, Z. A. Sothern (for
"Dundreary" was educated in our Amer
lean school, though born in England),
the Florences, the Williamses, have made
brilliant records, and some of them
enjoy popularity in London not ex-
celled by any English artist. If there
ever was any prejudice in England against
American actors-and we doubt tit has GER
tainly no force now. But such eminent
artists as Clarke and Jefferson and Sothern
did not invite the criticism of the English
people as Americans, but as artists They
fought their battles single handed on the
stage of the worlds metropolis, and the APP
proval of the public is a tribute to their
genius, not compliment to their nation
atty.
The organization of an entirely American
company in London would be very diff
ferent thing from individual American
enterprises 1t would be exposed to the
suspicion, whether just or unjust, Of being
an effort to obtain success by appealing to
national rivalries, like the late foolish war
between the partisans Of Mr.. E. L. Daven-
port and Mr.. Barry Sullivan. An exclu-
sively English company in New York would
not meet with encouragement not from any
jealousy of English actors-for, on the con-
trary, some of our greatest favortes are from
London-but because we could not recognize
its artistic usefulness. The Londoners would
feel much in the same way. Ifan exclusively
American company should be taken to London
it probably would be to prove that We have
as good actors as the English. But the ques-
ton of merit could not be fairly tried. One
reason among many why just decision could
not be reached is this Our best actors
would probably remain at home. But it may
be said that there is no wish TO force the
question Of the comparative merits of Eng
lish and American actors upon the jury of
the London public. Why, then, take an
American company to London? There can
be but one other reason. and that is. TO ex-
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by them politically. Crowned with fresh
laurels the winner Of victories would be
the popular idol, and with the tendency of
our people to reward military success with
political promotion, it would be Sherman or
Sheridan, or a successful naval commander
that would be borne to the Presidency by
the enthusiasm of grateful and admiring
people. But all the probabilities are against
such a turn Of affairs, because the perfect
preparation of Spain would enable her to
fight to advantage while we were getting
ready, and to win early success, which would
raise storm against the administration,
making President Grants reelection as i'm
possible as President Lincoln's would have
been in the next autumn after the battle of
Bull Run.
war with Spain would also play into the
hands of the democratic party by enabling it
to bridge over the chasm which separates
the Eastern and the Western democracy.
new war would tend to expand the currency
At the very least it would put an end to
efforts for contraction. The logic of events
would give the Western democrats all they
have ever asked for. With the currency
question taken out of politics during the
war the divided democracy would become
harmonious while the naval and military
disasters likely to attend the beginning of a
war with Spain would furnish them with
topics of denunciation and invective of
overwhelming force against the administra-
ton. We submit these obvious probabilities
to the reflection of President Grant, asking
him to consider whether war with Spain in
the interest of third term would not be
blunderbuss whose first discharge would
''kick the owner over.