New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY DECEMBER g. 1879

NE
raises the question whether q small initiation
fee might not be charged hereafter for nd-
mission to this Union. This Is customary In
most associations, and is generally SUI posed 10
conduce to loftier appreciation Of the PRIV
leges If membership.
An important stage in the French crisis
will be reached to-day when Nj. de Freyclnc'
submits the names Of his new Ministers TO
President CT6vy. II will be difficuit 10
find men so well adapted for their respective
positions rs H. Washington and NJ. Say who
both decline to retain Office, but the inter
ests of the Nation, as well as of the Republican
arty will not admit Of longer delay. Any Re
publican Cabinet would be better than general
election with the national ralty divided and
the monarchsts eager 10 profit 10y their ds'en-
sions
The man who steals bread for starving
family il an old story in the books None OF
us knew that, on Christmas morning. 1t wa
AGAIN in rehearsal in the streets OF this CITY,
The case which is reported ON another page
seems 10 be a genuine one. Inc man AT
tempted burglary which professional ope-
rator would have known was idiotic, and says
be did il in the hope of being able 10 sell
what he stole to buy food for his wife ana
child His statements respecting them seem
90 be confirmed by "A VISIT made to his home
Iaasmuch as their immediate necessities nave
been relieved by gentlemen " connected wi'n
"the court in which be was ar
raignrd, it is plain that Justice has
soft heart in that neighborhOOd. and II IS not
mt all unlikely that the case viii be lenient'y
dealt with. The testimony OF the wife Il that
the husband, in the time of their greatest
distress. "never drank or scclded " them,
and all the circumstances seem to show that
the unfortunate family deserve the sympathy
they will doubtless receive. The first thought
on reading the story of the mans frmtiess
efforts to get work is one of wonder whether
no means will ever be devised OF bringing
together the worthy poor who only ask the
chance to make 4 living and those who can
easily furnish that opportunity. If this mans
case is what it seems to be-and the point is
the same whether it is OR motif only needed
70 he known in order to be relieved. Il
bureau which should seek to provide work
for those who are in absolute need OF 1t
might diminish the drain upon tue charitable
societies.
In the present state of public feeling in
Maine, every good citizen will deplore any
act winch tends t. increase the general
bitterness and provoke conflict. Perhaps it
would have been better for the peace
tut solution of the controversy If the
ammunition wagons had been able to leave
,tf.-,. lint
was natural and juStliable that the cit
lzens of that place should be indignant
upon finding that the extraordinary measure
of moving munitions of war through the
streets OF a city in time of peace was
being executed at the mere verbal re-
quest of q State Government clerk who
could show no written authority. An
other act OF the FusiOnists, reported ia
the dispatches to-day. viii add to the
irritation already existing, and is likely to
arouse dangerous feeling. The rfies of one
of the State militia companies, which has its
almory in tho town where the Fusionist
candidate for Governor resides, were re-
moved by the Fusionists at midnight
from their proper place TO the private
residence Of the commander of the com
pany. 1t is not strange that the people
of Maine should grow appiehensive,
with these clandestine trainers of arms
and ammunition in progress and should sus?ec
that their rights may I've in still greater
jeopardy than they have yet encountered. At the
same time, they should remember that the man
who keeps his temper always has the best of
the quarrel. This is country Of law and
order, and law will rule even in Name, eventu-
ally if not Immediately. Everything goes to show
that Governor Garcelon is losing the support
of the best Democrats Two wrongs do not
make right; bnt one wrong left to itself,
will work upon the public mind until right
is reached.
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