Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-23
: n.sA sssa.a reformation.

We confess that there are some
respects In which the United States
appear to US to be away below the
people Of Eu rope. In those pro-
fessedIy monarchical countries, as
general thing, the wealthy pay
the poor the compliment of being
honest. II they fail to carry out
this unwritten but tacIt contract
between the rich and the poor, the
laws are go administered as to
punish them severely. No rank or
station avails to save powerful
and aristocratic swindler In Eu-
rope. Should an English Earl
murder yeoman in cold blood it
IL quite certain that he would be
hanged, while 1t is by no means
certain that if a ward politician
murders q wealthy citizen in the
United States he will get his just
hempen deserts.
There II one respect in which the
laxity which characterizes SO many
phases Of American life and NOR.
als impresses us very painfullMcked
IA the pecuIiar brightness.
-s..ast the lessons OF the past should be
constantly kept before the people, THE
SUN does not propose to make itself in
1879 magazine Of ancient history. 1t is
printed for the men and women Of to-day,
whose concern is chiefly with the affairs OF
to-day. 1t has both the disposition and
the ability to afford its readers the prompt
eat, fullest and most accurate intelligence
Of whatever in the wide world is worth at
tention. To this end the resources belong
ing to well-established prosperity will be
literally employed.
The present disjointed condition Of par
ties in this country and the uncertainty OF
the future lend an extraordinary signlh-
cauce to the events OF the coming year.
The discussions OF the press, the debates
and acts Of Congress, and the movements
Of the leaders iu every section OF the Re-
public, will have direct bearing on the
Presidential election of 1880-an event
which must be regarded with the most
anxious interest by every patriotic Amer
lean, whatever his political ideas or slle-
glance. To these elements Of interest may
Be added the probability that the Demo-
crats Will control both houses Of Congress,
the increasing feebleness of the fraudulent
Administration, and the spread and
STRENGTHENING everywhere of a healthy all
horrence OF fraud in any form. To pre-
sent with accuracy and clearness the exac.
situation in each Of its varying phases, and
to expound, according TO its well-known
methods, the principles that should guide
us through the labyrinth, will be an i'm
portant part of THE SUMS work for 1879.
We have the means OF making THE
SUN, as literary, political and gen.
eYal newspaper, more entertaining and
more useful than ever before; and we
mean to apply them freely.
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