Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-18
a PRnsIDENTfAL QUALHFICA-
TION.

E4UBNA AAh
TION.
The New York Tribune, in summing uT
the qualifications demanded Of Presidential
candidates in 1880, says the chief one will
b "the ability to keep the South in check
The ability to support the Constitution,
and to enforce the laws made in pursuance
thereof, should be required Of any candi-
date for the Presidency. The Constitution
and laws were not made for sections, but
for all the people Of all the States and
Territories. 1t is o gratuitous insult, cal
culated to evoke bitter feeling, to speak OF
any section as requiring to be especially
kept in check" The equality of the
States is guaranteed by the Constitution
South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi
have precisely the same rights, and demand
precisely the same duties from the Presi-
dent, % Massachusetts,, Vermont and New
York. II there is any one piece OF politi-
cal w~ickedness snd folly OF which the
American people are heartily sick, and
which they are determined shall be re-
tired, it is the spirit Of sectional hate and
malice that crops out il such expressions
u We nave quoted from the Tribune.
The South demands that each Of the States
shall have the same rights as every other
State. and there is no party that can elect
. President on q platform that denies or
abridges this demand. There is no inter-
ct Of the country that is not damaged by
the fDsintenance Of sectional luminosity.
There is no possible good. and only I'M
mixed evil, that can result from this per-
petual stirring up Of strife, this continual
Aurling Of coarse insult upon the people OF
q portion of the Union. The Democratic
party could not ask for q more favorable
issue ON which to prosecute the next cam
paign than that Of the '.bloody shirt" As
the party Of peace and tranquility, of fra
ternal feeling between all sections, the De-
mocracy would antagonize the party of
hatred and strife with an absolute certain
" Of success. But it is due to the COM
mon welfare, to the business and social
interests of the people. to our national
self-respect, and to a decent regard for the
opinions OF mankind, that the campaign
Of 1880 shall be on other issues than such
- will array the North and South in bitter
hostility against each other.
Mr.. SHARON. says the Washington Post,
will miss the sceptre and Mr.. Edmunds
will continue to WELD il, unless the Senator
from Nevada assumes a more aggressive
attitude. II he were capable of rising to
the height of the occasion, and grasping
the grand proportions of the situation. he
would offer, with q sufficient acreage Of
PREDATORY whereases, a resolution, "That
the Senate re-afirm and declare, without
any attempt at evasion or denial, that the
square described on the hypothenuse Of a
right-angled triangle is equivalent to the
sum Of the squares Of the other two sides,
and that this must be enforced by appro-
pirate legislation"
THERE is a growing opposition in both
branches OF Congress to the Army bill, as
reported by the committee. 1t is notice.
able, however. that this opposition, in a
large degree, is directed to the extraordin-
ary power which the bill vests in the com
manding General. The men who are pro-
nounced against this feature are the strong
est men in the Senate and House. They
assert that unconstitutional power is con-
ferred upon the commanding General, and
that it would be exceedingly dangerous to
intrust such power to any man, much less
such . man as General Sherman. The bill,
however, will be pressed with vigor in both
houses, but the understanding is that rad
ical amendments will be made in the
House.
A QUESTION Of interest to the sellers OF
bitters has just been decided by the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue. He has
for some time been examining the question
Of whether the thousand Of different kinds
Of bitters sold in hotels and bar-rooms as
appetizers, contain enough alcohol to make
the manufacturers and dealers liable to
special tax as liquor dealers, and he decides
shat they do not. This reverses his opinion
recently expressed, and for some time en-
tertained.
The paper trade Of the United States for
The pust few years is an indication Of the
growth in almost every department Of
American manufactures. In 1878 there
were S12 mills in operation; now there are
94S. In 1869 we imported s527. 465 worth
Of paper and stationery, and exported only
$S,777 worth Of the same article. Last
year, however, we imported but S195. 4S7