Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-07

had Fourth Anniversary Review" The
commander in chief of the British forces, Gen.
Booth, Invent overfrom England, on the occasion
and his daughter, Miss Booth, who has COM
mand of the Gallo department, conducted the
exercises. The Salvation Army is, to some
extent, Woman's Rights organization. The
sisters wear uniform, and bear such titles as
"Captain,' Lieutenant" and Sergeant"
Like the Quakers and early Methodists, its
originators recognized from the first woman's
religious equality, and her peculiar gifts of
religious faith and feryor, self-sacrifce and
courage under persecution, and in the face of
deadly peril. 1t is the opinion of many, prob
ably more or less well founded, that the ma
chinery brought into exercise by this army
tends to vulgarize Christianity.
MORMON propagandism was never more ac-
tive, determined and defiant than at the present
time. No ban placed upon the wretched
delusion by national legislature, or the
opinions of mankind, seems to dash or deter
its leaders. The Mormon effort is not con-
fined to Utah and the territories, but is eX-
tending into the States, as well as
into foreign parts. A late Sioux City
Iowa, telegram says: "rhree Mormon
missionaries passed through this city last
evening on their way to Minnesota. They are
a part of a contingent of thirty-three mission
aries sent out by the conference recently held
in Ogden City, Utah. twenty-five mission
aries are going to Europe to labor in Great
Britain, Denmark, and Switzerland, and the
remainder will go to points in the south and
east of the United States. These thirty three
are the advance guard of about 200 who are
soon to start on a similar mission So Min
nesota, also, is to be made the field of
its propagandism. There is nothing in
the history Of any church in the
world that shows q more resolute
determination to extend its sway than the
spirit of propagandism displayed by the
Mormons. There is no way to meet it but
for the church of Christ to redouble its efforts
to promote the advance and secure the
>triumphs of the principles of the gospel.
Error must not be left to pursue its career
without opposition, and the only effectual
barrier that can be raised against its progress
is that which is revealed in the gospel of
Christ. When error and evil are thus ramp
ant it becomes the friends of truth to strive
with greater earnestness for its success.
GEN. BENJAMIN z. BUTLER has recently
written letter advocating the exclusion of
Cinnamon from this country, and yet, he is
constrained to bear the following. testimony
to their character; "Two years since I went
to the Pacific coast, and one of my errands
was to examine for myself the condition of
the Chinese, and whether it was desirable that
they should or should not come here. After
careful investigation, found that Cinnamon
were among the very best laboring men on the
coast in all branches of industry, whether
manufacturing, mining, domestic, or agricul-
tural; that, to a remarkable degree, as a whole,
they were honest, and in their vocations exceed
ingly Intelligent; that they were'temperate. and
as rule, peaceful; and that they were not un-
derbiddlDg labor so soon as they found what
their labor was worth. l also found that
they were thrifty, economical in their habits,
and clearly in their persons as rule, and be-
cause of these traits were rapidly absorbing
the employment in all laboring and
mechanical work." This is what the
sharp-eyed general saw with his own eyes.
And yet, with characteristic consistency, or
Inconsistency, he would exclude the Chinese
from the country, because they are economi-
cal, industrious and thrifty, and save very
considerable surplus of their earnings, be-
yond their expenses, which they transmit to
China to help their friends. Admirable logic,
A. b,
euson of the Chinese from the country. Do
not other foreigners, who have like saving
thrift and economy, transmit their earnings
to the old country to aid their friends
left behind? Why not then, by the
same token exclude other foreigners? If
Cinnamon, as a class, were drunken bummers,
wasting all their earnings in dissipation,
objections to this emigration are based upon
their industry, temperance and thrift!
MANY years ago the Rev. Irsenus Prime.
chief editor of the New York Observer,
crossed the Atlantic ocean with A. T. Stew
art. He walked the deck more than any 9th
err passenger, and generally alone. Mr.. Prime
suggested to him one day that his vast bust
ness must create an anxiety that would drive
sleep from his pillow. Mr.. Stewart replied
that it did not. Having decided
upon an enterprise he let it
take its course and did not think of it again.
But, said Mr.. Prime, if your whole fortune
depended on the result, would 1t not make
you uneasy? No, said Mr.. Stewart, it would
not; it never did at any period of my life. 1
always exercise the best judgment l have, and
then let the thing take care of itself. He said
his two leading principles of doing business
were these: l require every sales
man to tell customers the exact
truth; nothing less, nothing more,
IN regard to every article offered for sale. My
second principle is to sell goods for just as
small a profit as possible. Mr.. Prime says,
speaking of money-making, Mr.. Stewart
added:
81 suppose you and Others, perhaps the pub
lie generally, think that 1 do business for the
sake OF the money make. But that is great
mistake. My object in life is widely different
from that I do not care to speak Of it pub
licly, there are many who would laugh at the
idea as ridiculous in me, but the truth is that
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