The daily gazette., 1878-02-05
Spirit Of the Peninsula Press.
DRIFT or EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DURING
THE PAST WEEK.

| DRIFT OF EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DURING
THE PAST WEEK.
Speaking of State Senator BanninQ's
Dill to have the Moffitt liquor punch in
troduced into Maryland, the Middletown
Transcript says 'f"I M n
/ III Mr.. Bannon's bill should become a
law the saloon keepers would probably
add the additional tax to the price Of
drinks, and It would come out of the
pocket OF the drinker. 1t Is an immuta-
Die law OF nature that the consumer must
pay all the taxes, though he pays them
indirectly and though his Moffitt punch
may Dc good thing to raise revenue flor
the State, Is no aid to the cause of tenn
perance.
| Profting by dear experience the Snow
| Hill Shield says
| Having lost so much the past year by
some fraudulent advertisers in the cities,
we have concluded not to insert any ad-
| vertlsement hereafter for any stranger,
no matter how well ellrecommended, unless
payment is made for quarter in ad-
vance on all advertisements sent us.
There will be no deviation from this rule.
The Salisbury Eastern Sorem~a favors
the Moffitt "whisky punch" 1t also
opposes the building of the proposed
Elkton, and Middlet0wn Railroad, say
ing that II will be nothing more or less
than feeding the Delaware Railroad, than
which no more extortionate corporation
| exists.
The Seaford Inde1 denounces the lot
terry swindlers, and the dealers in OBJ
scence literature and cards.
! Milford NeDs:-1f we had Congress
that properly represented the best aver
| age thought of the Nation, 1t would stop
at the reconciliation of silver and the
making of II legal-tender to q moderate
amount, without repeating the Resump-
tion act and without disturbing the Ma
tional banks in any radical manner
Under such legislation the country would
quietly and steadily go on to resumption
without any further fluctuations.
Ne,odrk Ledger 1T is the mission of
the independent press to avert such a
dire calamity from our own republic.
Regardless OF consequences, it must fear
lessly expose misdemeanors in high
places or in low. 1t must denounce the
blatant demagogue WHO, when one is dis
covered plundering the revenue, retorts
"You would do the same" The Repub-
fc will be saved by the divine blessing,
and an humble instrument in its saliva
ton will lbe the Independent press.
1 Ceca Democrat 1T may be that the
silver mania may so infect Congress that
1t viii command for its pet project two
third vote of both Houses over the prom
ised veto, but the law, true alike in the
Iphysical and moral words, that action
and reaction are equal and opposite, will
jstill hold good. The sorrows and suffer.
ipgs of the past five years will, be again
endured and the protean genius of dis
honesty win be forced to resort to new
tricks to catch the popular fancy. Pros.
perity or disaster, th- choice of wisdom
or the choice of folly--which it shall be
remains to be seen.
Il Getting terribly wild over the silver
bill, the Cecil Wing says "A deadly as
sault is being made upon the sacredness
of national obligation. The question Of
1851 was: Shall the Union be preserved?
The question in 1873 Is : Shall the honor
of the Union be preserved ? The hrst
lstep has been taken to annihilate that
honor The Matthews resolution Is the
first effective shot fired at Sumter. Do
the loyal people understand ? Do they
know that, unless they respond quickly,
the flag must come down? Do they
realize that this silver resolution is the
entering wedge ? Are they aware that
IL has already put blistering stain upon
our fair name 2 and that, If the Bland
bill becomes law, 1t will cover that fair
name all over with find deiible disgrace.
Speaking Of the freight rates on peach
es the Dela,oareda says d, 5e..i tL1 n !
We believe the officers of the railroad
| will look at the matter In the proper
light, and reduce the freight to a fair
price. AT any rate let the growers or
Iganize and see what can be accomplished.
It can do no harm and may be great
benefit. Begin in time this year and per-
feet your organization, and don't wait
until peaches are ripe before yoI do any
thing. fl aIs'1sN iIa
Cambridge Chronicle $50 let friends
who are apprehensive of danger to Eu-
ropean liberty from the Russian occupa-
ton of Constantinople take heart, and
| join with us in exulting in the triumph
of the Christian over the Turk, of civil
lied over semi-civilised man.
Snow Hill Messenger England, from
present appearances, will not have much
chance to participate in the settlement of
the terms of peace between Russia and
Turkey. Russia seems to be going in
the direction of fulfillment of Napolson's
prediction that Europeans, within GER
tain period, would either be all Repub-
lican or all Cossack.
| Dover Sentinel MIR. John w. Hall
don't scare worth cent he proposes to
be Governor even If it becomes necessary
to make corpse POLITICALLY, of course)
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