Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

! The terrible tragedy which has darkened the last three months has united this people as they were never united before. There are no sectional divisions, and the voice of dis cord is hushed We'll will it be for us if the spirit which prevails today continues to in fuence the thought and action of the people. In another column MT. John c. Collins, General Superintendent of the Gospel Union, presents the outlines of plan for helping some of those who come before the City Court for drunkenness. The plan appears to be practical and well calculated to do good Something of the kind suggested needs to be done here Our columns are open for dis cussion of the matter.
 During the last year the English treasury received about $31, ,OOo conscience money." It is sad, however, to be informed that the bulk of the money is sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on account of gentle suggestions from the Commissioners of the Income Tax, who have discovered misstatements of in- come and given the delinquents this oppor- tunity of avoiding exposure and prosecution. Special Judge Hill, of Indiana, has deliv- cred an opinion on what has been known as s'the Quaker case'' This was suit, in ef- feet, to decide which body-the Orthodox or 1 the Progressionists, to speak popularly-was ! the one to be recognized as the regularly constituted church, and entitled to the use of l bequests made by Catharine Molloy- Judge \ Hill holds that the Progressionists constitute ! the body of Quakers entitled to be recog- nized by the civil court.
 The general passenger and ticket agents at | their national convention, which has just been held at St. Louis, decided to allow 150 l pounds of baggage to be carried free on ev- | cry ticket and 75 pounds on every half tick ct; all over that will be charged for at the freight rate of 15 per cent on first class, unlimited rate per 100 pounds, and this rate
 shall apply only to the shipment of less than ! ,OOo pounds and to packages of less than 300 pounds weight. For packages in excess of this weight the rate shall be 9 per cent l The Marquis de Catania has just written a { work on 'tSocia1 Disorder" which has been I eagerly caught at by the political economists ! of Europe, end has been the talk of the clubs and principal subject of discussion among the serious men of all countries, to whom it | is addressed. He declares that, after long study and unrem1tting attention, he has
 rived at the solution of the enigma which the Old World is ceaselessly endeavoring to solve. He defines the question as 8 purely religious one ssThe Church of Rome," he says,
 salone holds the key to the secret door l which leads to the open country. She alone can render the tolls and sorrows of the poor man supportable by her promise of compen.
 sation in another life.'
 The following resolutions, adopted at 2
 mass meeting attended by members of all DO
 litical parties, religious scots and social fac tions in the city of Charleston, South Caro- lima, are noteworthy:
 Resolved, That, as American citizens, we
 deplore in the death of President Garfield l the loss to the country of one who loved re-
 publican institutions with his whole hear 1 and soul and strength, and whose policy al
 chief magistrate, therefore, like that of his
 eminent predecessor, followed the safe anG broad paths marked out by the fathers of tn. 1 republic, in founding personal freedom upor
 the bedrock of public liberty. Those whom
 national afdiction has joined together, let ne | political differences put asunder.
 Resolved, That, as South Carolinians. liy
 ing in the so-called Cradle of the Rebel : Hon." we honor the memory of Jame A. Garfield, because as President, his pur
 poses and his policy passed beyond the line
 of party and of section, and knew no othe
 limit than the boundaries of the republic ant
 l the welfare of the whole people. Uncom
 promising always in his devotion to the Un ], ion and to the Republican party, he remem
 bered as President only the grandeur of al