The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-07
THE PRESIDENTS MEssAGE.

t.ye5 Of Lafayette and Of lis gallant
compatriots who were our allies in tie
Revolution has served to s~'rcugthea
.le spirit of good will which has al
ways existed between the two nations.
Not quite six lines to the gallant de-
ceadants Of jhcsc allies to whom we
ara Indebted ior our freedom, az no
nau VIII have the temerity to put him
SELF u}ou the record, as say ing that
The French did not win the victory at
E"lktown. Tie President should
Lave dwclt OH This subject, instead Of
.1.stng such a suaH chip out Of the
Revolutionary log.
You VIII be furnished withthe pro
reviugs OF the Binetaiie Conference
leld during the sulnmer at the city Of
Paris. No accord was reached, bUt q
valuable interchange Of views was had,
nudtGe conference will Iext year be
renewed"
The allusion to the Bimetalic Con
ference was brief, as the President rep
~ieatHting the people don't seem TO
care much about it, nor do his coasti
tuouts. 1t It's lot SO much the valne
or construction of money that a2ita.es
TIE heart of the average American
citizen, as it is how TO secure the BIZ
orauy other Kind Of metallic currency.
The message then has "a paragraph as
follows:
AT the electrical exhibition and
congress, also held at Paris, this coun-
Try was creditably represented by emf.
nent specialists who, in the absence of
an appropriation, generously lent their
efficient aid at the instance of the State
Department. While our exhibitions
il this almost distinctiyeIy American
Heid Uf achievement have 0 several
rewards, [ recommend that Congress
provide tor tine repayment Of the per
Sonal expenses incurred i'll the public
interest by the honorary commissioners
and delegates"
Tie subject is n of but little inter
est to our people rs u whole, but can
not fail to interest scientic,5 or men OF
taste for the sciences.
TIE Dark MASONIC. sCoRB ONE FOR
SPAIN.
The President says: lone case OF
hardship is especially worthy of atten-
ton. The b rk Masonic, bound foI
Japan, entered Manila in. distress.
aud is there forced TO lie eonfscated
under Spanish revenue laws for an al.
le.ed shortage in her tr~anshjpped car
80. Though ezolts for her relief HAYS
thus far proved unayailing, it is eX-
Tected that the matter viii be adjusted
il Il friendly spiiit."
But the matter has not been adius-
ed Dir. President, and right here let Is
sick u pin. Spain does net want any
Thing better than a fight with us. Let
us see. Tha Salamah wor1d 0nly
have TO steam up, get outside of ConeJ
Island and dictate terms or blow Man
haitian Island out of the water. VIZ
can't put a gun in position to he efiec'
tive more than three miles. The Saia.
manca can carry guns that would shell
New York at eleven miles distance.
TO construct the machinery necessary
to make a KrUpp or an Armstrong
gun available wonld take eightceI
months, hence we say go slow on this
spanish matter. Spain would enjoy
paying as back for that little annoy
ance Of suggested purchase from time
to time Of the gem of the West Indies.
STOP o THE GERMANS.
"No new questions respecting the
status of our naturalized citizens il
Germany have arisen during the year
and CAUSES of complaint, especially in
Alsace and Lorraine, have practically
ceased, through the liberal action OF
tAe imperial government In accepting
oar efteH expressed views On the stss-
est. The application of the Treaty OF
1868 to the lately acquired Rhenish
Twovinces has received very earnest at
t0ntion and a definite and lasting agree
ment on this point is confidently eI-
pected.
The participation of the descendants
Of Baron Won 3teuben in the York
town festivities, and their subsequent
reception by their American knsmen,
eyiuce the ties of good viii which unite
tie German people and u own."
All very well but, we think The par
agraph should have been omitted and
permitted the following allusion to
Spain to have followed in course with
the peculiarly allusion to Spanish in
constituencies. See what the President
zzain says about Spain;
"Our intercourse with Spain has
been friendly. An agreement conclu-
cd in February last fixed a term for the
labors Of the Spanish and American
claims Commission. The Spanish
Government has ben requested to pay
She late awards Of the commission and
,vHl. it is Believed, aceede 10 the re-
ssest as promptly and courteously as
am former occasions. BY recent legis-
eafioa numecousfnes have been mpos-
al upon American shipping in Spanish
and colonial ports for slight irregular
Isles in maniteats-'
Yes. and spain VIII continue TO i'm
o5se hardships and fines, because Spain
IS the third Naval power IN the world,
Gndhow few know this,) and like Ma
roleon size believes the heaviest artil-
lerywins. Our slogan is look out for
spain.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
The President sympathizes with the
Russians in the loss of the Czarthrough