National Republican., 1877-04-24
The Advantages Of Private Charity.

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The Advantages Of Private Charity.
From the New York Sun;
OF course, there are some works Of charity
which can best bs performed BY cooperation.
Hospitals are wanted for persons sick with CON
Iagious diseases, or whose cases demand special
the insane must be treated In asyiums,
md temporary shelter 10 needed at times for the
homeless. But the sxtent Of the requirements
or such purposes 10 usually greatly oversstimated
hsme 70 tho best appointed hospital, pine and
Iret Win anxiety about their fswiiies and tnsir
,upportiDG its disaSisd sailors IN the afssnvich
hospital, and makes then, instead. monsySallow.
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taken care Of In . similar way. But, however
hat, II society l. to bs prsssrvsd and psrf.ctsd
Il must be BY tho cultivation Of o sense Of >
common humanity among all its dihsrsnt
kindly oihoes performed By the prosperous
toward their less fortunate brethren.
Louisiaaa and South Carolina.
From the New York Tribune,
II Is gratifying that the settlement has boon
obtained without any direct action on tho part Of
the Federal Government. The Prs.idents de.
termination not to act brought the conhiot to .
close. He has not decided between the claims Of
Nichols and Packard. He has refused 10 set
htnseif up as tribunal Of appeal from state au.
tion OF the statue In relation to the suppression
Of domestic violence shall no lon ger make Of the
fsIs x. II. oSustry EIss
danger and restored peace TO the long harassed
South. II rests now with Msssrs. Nichols, Hamp.
na Sy uS. o e.: susScrsy tho
has fallen into theif hands. They must remsm.
Der that the adjustment Of the rotations Of Lousi
ment is not . triumph for them personally, and
II 10 far from being verdict Of approval upon the
m. means b which they ootsnsd power; 4 g simply
the Limitation Of the Federal power to lts proper
functions. It depends upon the Southern De-
probation Of the Oonititution shall continue TO
prevail. disorder and injustice impel the people
% demand sncs more the dangerous policy of the
esyonst.
TIE California; Iaosndhriss.
Prom the New York Times;
~ The conviction Of one Of the anticoolie
assassins In California was emphasized, % TO
speak, by inoendiary nres on the premises OF per.
sons who yet employ Chinese laborsrs. The In
fatuated men who are engaged In the monstrous
businsss Of terrifying their fellov.oitiIens BY
mayed BY the arrest and eOnviotion Of any Of
their number. 1t should be- undsrstood that
these miscrsants havs enlisted In what thsy con.
They propose to make the foreigners unpopu.
lar BY striking at those who employ them. This
sl.s ,hs I. Of the
people In behalf Of 'fhe muoh-abused Cauoas.
lan." IL II is ever to be corrected, the courts
Offenders. Otherwise We may as well admit that
'eiviliiation is played out" In the United States
Lawyer and Secretary Of STATE.
From the New York Herald;
When high officer 10 the public servics
deviatss from lsng established usa 70 he should
either Rive, or enable his friends TO give for him
valid reasons to justify his course. Ressonl
suface. They must rest on grounds Of public
utility or the country will not listen to them
The Sr...sr peri Of our long line me- Of illS..fiou'
profsslional capacity while charged With the re-
sse.dsns S.s ndssS 81. 0H ilt,lS t force .s.in: %
reason; but an unbroken limo Of preeedents, ex
tending through nearly ninety years, Greater 9
Uniformity. Mr: Eyssts q not the arSt ssers
dered him, that hs could mot maintain i.s dignity
% practteing lawyer as eminent as MT. Evarts
Bat Il never occurred to Mr.. Webster that h,
a out q: :; x
sccspt his Boston friends raised By subsorptioI
On that sisgular and quesuossbIs tralssctiol
| . clear proof that Mr.. Webster and his generous
proper him sSnns. ss ess ~
law while nlling the once OF Secretary Of State
While ,,,!a M; Webster was = Senate, 9
income as lawyer. Congress is Ii
session, on aniaverago not more than half Of tn
.na sns X, %
Mr. Webster never hssitstod while he Was Sen
Vas IN seon IL da not near
whole OF the Hayne debate, In which he took !
distinguishsd part. because an engagement
no had NO scrupie about practIcipg law WIN
serving In tho Senate. he never entertained tn
idea that he could reconcile his profession vii
large ooatripution nsds sy his Boston % adm sd%irsl a
to enable him TO take the once. Tho incon
s' e ..d d.: n. 70 :T, r.,
the once is inadequats; that M Fish spent 10.
thousand dollars year In excess Of his salary
is a false Standard ef eonparisOs. Nj: Fish,
gentleman Of great wealth, merely continued |
Washington the same Style Of living 70 which
the once Of Secretary which cost him so muc
but his own pre- pssvioI. naeit. as . private gentl
why his successors should not, like him, ri,
their whole time to tho duties or their efnoe.
the dignity oi the government must suffer It hi
sS :snss sps: as% q s.ssss Oh
into tho courts ss . practitioner OF law.
The Plague In the East.
From the PhilsdelphiA Press;
, The plague has broken. out In Bagds
I This is unpleasant nows on the opening Of W
| that threatens the development Of camp d
eases, and which necessarily must lead to o.
1 demc maladiss more or less malignant. Meth
{ the Turks nor Russians pay much attention
l personal clsAniness, the former not laying
! | their outer garments whom retiring to sleep,
the latter being very economical In the use Of sol
A | Military operations Aro conducted under gre
| difhoulties In Turkey. Many Of the fortressss
l which siege must be laid are situated In eleyat
, regions, where snow and frost cover the grou
| six months In tho year. Others, and particular
Q those on the Danubian frontier, iie In swan
v tracts, whore fever and pestilence find tn,
! | choicest breeding places. The losses by bat
+ in campaigns in Turkey are much less than
Q | malarious complaints, Thousands being sws
away by pestilential fevers who have oscar
tho perils Of pitched battle and the cannonade
4 bsleagured oitadels. Unnumbsred woes will
A Indicted on the people OF Turkey by the war n
" actually begun, but 10 to be hoped that they,
y | we'll a. tho outside world, will not be subject
q | TO the epidemic 'scourges against which all
resources Of medical science seem to be pow
g less.
"A THE UFFIzI GALLERY, FLORENCl
!, What can one say Of the treasures OF art In
a Uhlli gallery that has not already been bet
l aalt .