The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14

ton authorities to invite Sitting Bull to
return, give up his arms and horses,
and go upon reservation, where he
will be supported by the United States.
Should he decline this liberal offer, it is
proposed, if possible, to enter into an
agreement with the Canadian Govern
ment whereby the intractable savage
may be turned over, with his gun, toma-
hawk, scalp-locks and all his other para
phernalia to his Cousin John.
THE death of Theirs has caused extra
ordinary excitement, not only in France,
but throughout Europe. A cable dis
patch says that Berlin newspapers are
unanimous in their eulogies, and they
merely give expression to the conviction
of universal Germany that he was one of
the main guarantees of European peace.
1t is we'll known that Bismarck distrusts
the Bonapartist and Orleanist parties,
fearing the military passions of the for
mer and the clerical inclinations of the
latter, but he has little confidence in the
Republican party, now that the moder-
ating influence of Theirs is removed.
ONE need not be fanciful to find in the
latest aspects of this European war re-
semblances to our own. AS in the latter
the North at first expected to crush
things and finish up the job in short
order, so the Russians set out, almost as
if upon holiday excursion, son to
Constantinople. In each case an I'M
expectedly strong resistance was soon
encountered, and the tide for time set
the other way. But the reserves, "the
strongest battalions," were on the side
of the North, as now on that of Russia,
and the war in the present instance, as
in the earlier one, become question of
time. Finally, as in our case, the post
ponement of the end only made the VIC
tory more complete, so it is likely to be
with Russia and Turkey.
THE sleek-faced fugitive swindler,
Spencer, President of the State Savings
Bank, of Chicago, which he has ruined,
to the grief of a multitude of poverty
stricken depositors, belongs to that class
of chartered criminals against whom the
law is powerless as administered in this
country. The facts that have been
brought to light in Chicago since Spen-
Ger absconded show that he carried on
his wholesale cheating in fashion that
betokens his skill in the work at which
he previously had experience. He OPP
Grated not only for his own profit, but
for the benefit of his family and all his
relations; and the plumber he has carried
off with him is the proof of his success.
Whether the fugitive will be caught in
Europe and taken back to Chicago is
doubtful; and whether, if brought to
| trial in Chicago he wOuld he Subjected
to any punishment, or even compelled
to restore his plumber, is just as doubt
full.
The recent speech of the French Re
publican leader, Gambetta, at Lille has
arrived in America, and the extreme
sensitiveness of the MacMahonites is
shown in the fact that throughout the
address there was calm, judicious, and
apparently honest tone of patriotic senti-
ment, instead of teeming with violent
or insulting utterances against Mac
Mahon and the Ministry, as the general
public has been led to suppose. The
paragraph which was construed into an
excuse for Gambetta's arrest and trial is
given as follows:
We must not depart from strict observance OF
the law. We must watch our opponents TO see
that they do not depart from it, as do not be-
! lieve they will. But that is not point TO be
examined here. We will do no one the injury
of believing that he intends illegal acts. sB
These are indeed moderate words
upon which to indict public speaker in
republic, and prosecution for their
utterance cannot result in popular favor
to the prosecutors. IT.