National Republican., 1877-04-30

tasspapers irrespective of party. Oar rsufssv
rm fhss Be tspt inforyasd Of fhs te'pu qf bon
ne RepStlicdn and the Democratic prsss sspon
political and other suejscfs. We psiblish fh.w
purely for Information. Ovr ovH optsioss
and vkps pin, az uulal, BE- epresssd onlg On
our editorial columsns. II
Religious vitupsssssoa. II
From the New YORK Evening Post;
We regret 10 discover signs Of q vsry humzn
and unregensrats sort Of hostility bsewsm twp /
Of the religious Journals Of this sity. Tim 1uss-
peNde~f which has boon printing . sufiss of
articles BY one Of IT'S editors upon I'm question 81
making changes In the Msthodist EpiscupNl sys- 4
ten for the sake Of adapting q % the conditisus
that grcst cities present, has insuxsd fhe dis-
pleasure Of the Chrtaisa Advocate, ana IN Tim
course Of . little war OF words which fo1lUwsd
tho Indspesdesf twittsd the Chrtsftns Aapouafr
with Its want Of journalistic SKIN IN csrtsin mnt
ters-particuiarly In printing oight sdisurial srfi
cies on one subjsot IN emo number. This Hppszu
to have boon tho requisite last foafhsr whlrh
broke the back Of the Chrisfdan Asspcsfss tsm-
per. Two brief articles prinssd IN rsriy, uns
Of them calling the sditor Of tho 1~dcpemdswf'a
htrsd man, tho nephew Of his uncle," whils I'm
other, entitled "Ths Dog that Lioksd mn surss,r
reads - follows, italics included:
"The editor Of the Indspendssf having run
point, Is !. sore distrsss Paint ssd mn O ss1ss.
he hss on the highway slcng whlcn rsliEiuus
papers pass uP 70 power, and nc.ns m .nlun,h
Methodists and to Oo1grsga ationaiisIs, both OF
whom he misreprescnts, TO say thst tho dirty
tionalist, but BY nominal Msthcdist, living IN
Brooklyn, BY the name Of Osrrow, who slundsls
~ a.u mother Tor hire The angels msy gick agfns
hope that tho dog will be fed whsn tho bsesur E
1t is, perhaps, not our business to inquirs, nut
We cannot hsip asking n this IL the sort Of thing
which religious journal should sntsrtah In
readers with. To our thought, TIM lsast whole
some OF secular Newspaper litsrRture Do hsttar
Sunday reading mattor than this.
The Rights Of Nsutrs,s NJ s.a.
From the Louisville Courier Journal;
The three articles OF the treaty bstwesn fhs
United States and Russia, ratihed ouidbcr H.
1854, and relating to tho rights Of psutrsh st
sec, are - follows.
"rhe two high contracting parties recognize -
perm.nent and immutabie the following prinui-
First That free ships make irss goods fn.i
subjects or citisens Of Power or state at Wnr
sTs snd ss from Sos,a cspsSrs and s,s., ws.a
tion Of articles contraband Of war
"seoond. That the properly Of nsutrAis On
tion lnlsss the same be contrsbsna Of wsr. Whey
and nsvigation Of ali such fowsn md siatss ne
mancnt and immutable.
ARTICLE 2. The two high contracting parties 10
| standing as oircumstsnoes may rsquire, with 10.
gard TO the application and oxtension 10 bc givsn
y there be any cause for H. 10 the principals lnid
this time that they win taks TIN stpulatinns ron
tained In said article first rs rule whenever n
shall become question to judge Of TN rights pi
Article 4 II Is agreed by tho high contracting
parties that all nations which shall or msy oun
this convention, hy formal deciaratiun stipuisf
ing 70 observe them shall enjoy tho rights rusult
lag from such acesssion as fhsy ahRll he szjoyst
yention. They shall mutually Communicated u
each other tho results Of the stSps whinh msy bs
taken en- the subject"
As "contrabsnd Of war; msaus war matssis
carried BY nsutrals to belligsruuts To bs ussd h
actual warfare, II Is clear thst the Russi.n f,ss
now In our waters can overhaul vcsssls lssvins
our ports, amor they hsve proossdsd TO suA. sni
condemn tho ammunition found In fhsir usruss
on route for Turkey. Tho shiprAss Of suoh sssnl
therefore run the risk q their soizurs ind sunns
cation according to the terms Of TIM trssty d
1854.
The Japsnoss 1nsurrscti1a.
From the Daily Alta CALIFORNIA;:
Revolutions In japan do mot prove 10 SUCCESS
| tui 90 IN ouI tlsbSI StAto ol mGxIco. D0Nu yun
der, few horses and saddles, and riaurs win
olanking spurs somewhat In slse spproschin,
that Of nart wheei, with q loader who KNOW
how to put his surrepdsred antagonists 10 dsath
can generally suocsed In tuKrinp The 6ovurn
ment upside down In abort order. But TIM 1sp
somehow do not succeed In their cforts 10 upss
the ruling dynasty, or ensoting whatsvu als
they have In view In their uprisings. Rsusutl,
they hayo been trying It on, with Isthrr III sun
fha 49,
forces were, at last accounts, having sbout thsf
own way with the Satsuma rebellinn. Uhsn
had been gEast bsttle, and the royal fmsss hai
won great victory. Bpt the reports are vur,
meagre, and one docs not know sxnutly what q
meant by great victory. The iorcss of TIM Gov
ernment probably possess decided advantages, h
the fact that .thsir troops have besn fur SOM
years under the driil and discipline OF Eurupss,
officers; ind thsir arms, Of modern invention, I'm
, ported in large amounts, siye than . dscidsd nd
vantage over the rsvolptionists. Brobsbty ~
this time 'sll Is quiet on the Potnmac''-,whiui
In this instance, means In Japan.
North and South.
From the Boston Post;
For the first time since 1881 ths Unipn a
practically whole. Each State Ia IN ITS nurmn
! relation to the Federal 0syernmsnt, ind It NV
remains for the people OF al SECTIONS 10 ppltivHt
fraternal spirit whereby our Industrial iutsrsat
may reap the boneht Of restoration. Pulftiun
agitation can and will do much to lfndur TN
growth Of proper nstional sentiment, hun In.
common people. Whose votes determine nr shuull
determine, Presidential controversies, have IT n
their power to dissipato seotionalism whsrcvs,
its poisonous malaria shows itssiL The mus
hsalthful force TO be employed isA frse tntsr
change among the people of different ssctionl
and reopening old and establishing now businsu
relations for common bsnett. In other worn,
self-intsrest points out tho obvious pathway q
general prosperity. We NJ thu north hsye lun
! felt this; and new that tho pressure of Psaurs
power has boon eiiootuAlly and finAlly rnmovu
p. at the South, the same feoling is Developing 81
I self there rapidly.
: Whatever may bo said or felt as to tlie wulsl
ness Of tho war, genuine patriotism will not pal
init mon to ignore the fact that tho South hs
! claims upon Northern sympathy. whan sluvnr
/ fell, Southern property largely won't down wit
. II. Nobody contemplntes compensation 10 a,
old slaye-holders from the Govornmeut, and vi
President Lincoln, with whom the sense ufjustiu
was strong sentiment, and who undarstnou n,
actual condition Of tho labor and capital uun,
tions At the South, at ono time strsnuossly urge
I emancipation by purchase. But that is an paHl
Nevertheless, such the interlacings Of itarsa
and patriotism between the two sections to.tiss
that no right-minded citisen oan iAii to sso thu
i every well-directed effort to help improve IN
condition Of things at tho South should rsoeiv
enc0urn Ksmout and oo-operstioD uh. ,,.f.. !,