The daily gazette., 1879-03-01

WE DO HOPE the General Assembly
will not depart from the we'll expressed
wishes Of The Democratic party in the
campaign last fall in which the members
were elected. Then nothing was palmer
expressed to our voters than that the
most rigid economy would be adhered to
in all matters of sta e policy. Ifall the
pledges ofourparty are dlsregardcd, Just as
the pledges of the party Of our opponents
are disregarded, what right have we to
expect that the people will believe us in
future. Our State is in no condition to
bear any superhuities. We take it for
granted that the people are able and will
ling to protect themselves. To deny this
is to deny their ability and fitness to GOV.
ern themselves. 1t would indeed be a
lack of wisdom for the State to Day foI
armories for promiscuous body OF
men who might feel disposed to favor
rioters or not, just as The military in seve
raj of the States did during the riots in
1877. In fact the military in Pennsylya-
MIA proved that they were unworthy of
trust, and did great injury in inducing
the people and the posse comitatus to
depend upon them instead of upon
themselves. Wherever the civil authori-
ties exercised the rights given to them by
law, the mob was put down. And this
was notably the case in Maryland. The
baton Of the police proved too much for
the pistols OF the mob, and they were
beaten off and dispersed. And it is only
TO the shame Of the Gube-natorial staff
OF that State that it was induced to call
on the general government for aid instead
OF demanding that the owners of pro-
perty in Baltimore and other parts of the
State should defend their own. And il
was no less disgraceful to the war Govern
or OF Pennsylvania that he should have
asked Tor troops from Washington when
he had thousands of them in all parts of
his State. If it is told us that they were
dangerous and could not be depended
upou, we ask how Will they be depended
upon in other cases ?
In fact it suited the Governor of that
State to look to centralized head at
Washington, and the people are now
made to pay for the loss of property,
which was mainly induced by the brag-
Glng threats of the military that marched
10 Pittsburgh, and when there were too
cowardly TO protect the property IN which
they took refuge. Had they not gone to
Pittsburgh it is doubtful whether The five
millions dollars of property that is now
TO be paid for by taxation upon the whole
people, would have been DESTROYED =
There ought to be ample remuneration
in the military drill aud manly exerci, a
OF arms, as in all former years, to keen
up sufficient military spirit. Where
there is not sufficient patriotism to war
rant this it is doubtful whether the peo-
pie should be taxed to furnish anvthiuo
more than the arms to military comma
mes, as has been done since the Govern
menJ was formed.
a sufficient answer to charity military
companies, and charity colleges should
now be found in the fact that the indus
trial classes are already too heavily taxed
and that any more such superHuties is
only to embark on doubtful policy that
bids fair to injure those it delusiyely
proposes to benefit.
There is no telling what kind of a
man "likely boy" will make, so far as