The daily gazette., 1878-02-25
Spirit of the penIn.uIa Press.
DRIFT OF EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DUR
ING THE WEEK

NelCdrk Ledgr.-But when a man saw,
he cannot dance any more, laugh an,
more, fiddle any more, joke any more
because he has been converted, although
his heart may be in good repair, his
mind Is out of gear, and needs half sol.
ing. He may have some correct idea OF
the saving doctrines Of revelation but
he has only remote conception Of the
unwritten laws Of human nature.
Speaking of the efforts TO procure par.
dous for Collins and Chambers, on ac-
count of the bad character of the woman
they are charged with outraging, the
Middletown Transcript says:
We don't see why the crime is any the
less henious on that account, neither do
we think the hands of justice should be
stayed without some more powerful
reason than any we have yet seen as
signed. These atrocicus crimes are be-
coming more common in this country
every day; and nothing but punishment
swift, sure and terrible will suffice in
such eases. Only this week most re-
volting crime of similar character was
committed in Chester county, Pa. A
young and beautiful girl was brutally
outraged by a negro fiend while on her
way from her home to a neighboring viii
lage. There should be no dilly-dallying
ers, and the sooner they dangle at the
end ola rope the better it will be for the
community.
DeidwWem-We as a nation cannot
afford to exclude f rom our circulating
medium silver coin, and thereby seal up
very important vacuum into which the
productions of our silver mines will very
naturally flow rs an important and use
ful agent of commerce and trade. The
people have vital interest in this matter
which cannot be disguised to their un-
derstanding; for, in pro)ortion as our
own productions are employed in the
transactions of life, the demand for labor
increases. How to employ the idle labor
OF the country is the grand problem, the
solution of which is perplexing and agi-
tating the public mind. 1t would there
fore, be monstrous blunder at this day
TO put the public ban upon silver, and
thereby diminish the demand for labor
The highest act of craftsmanship is to
utilize and employ the gifts which nature
has dealt out to us with a bounteous and
liberal hand, and by that means help to
relieve the distress in the land.
Dover Sentmel:-Formerly the thrift,
enterprise and prudence which accum-
ulated a handsome property were accoun-
ted comInendable virtues, and those who
exercised them were deemed the main
stay of the commonwealth. But times
have changed. To have earned COM
petence by life's industry is to have
n political sin. To have
become conspicuous in the "debtor class
is political virtue.
Milford Ne,os:-N othing would be so
beneficial to the public service as the in
dependent nomination of a strong State
ticket, such as Tybout and Williams. or
and Williams, or any other
good, true and suitable men. Then fol-
low this with county tickets for reform
a reductian Of taxation and expenses of
all kinds, and especially of official salar-
les. Such movement inangurated by
the people for their own and the public
benefit, would be both patriotic and pop
ular. The people are tired of being the
tools of designing politicians.