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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-28
Headquarters Citizens Democratic
Club.

". P. DOwLING, Secretary.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04
The Truth About Subsidy.

Time was when American ships did nearly
they carry less than one-fifth of our exports and
imports In 1860 the total tonnage of our mer-
chant marine was 535O,O00 tons; to-day it is but
2,643OOO, yet in 1860 the total value of our for
eign trade was less than $500, 5000 while it is
now more than 81 ,5OO,O0OO0O. To put it still
more strongly: we paid $14OOOOOO0 in 1880 to
foreign ship-owners for carrying our freight pas
sengers and mails when with proper govern
mental aid we might long ago have had ships
enough of our own to transport all our products
and so reaped all this profit ourselves. Think Of
the country over one thousand million of dollars
in gold to pay for ocean carriage, when we might
just as well have performed the service ourselves
It was not always so, as we have said In the
days of the Yankee clipper American-built ships
ruled the sea- In 1850 we had sold 400, 900 tons
from our yards to foreign buyers
It was the establishment of iron ship building
in England that first checked our progress; be-
fore we were in condition to compete, the re-
bellion broke out and that proved fatal reverse
We had splendid merchant marine then but
practically no navy. We came out of the war
still worse of. The official figures shsw that
from various causes, 1,749, 100 tons of American
shipping were sold by our merchants, either dur
ing or Immediately after the war.
1t is not pleasant subject for contemplation
but it is nevertheless fact, that our merchant
marine is steadily declining, while our exports
are increasing at the rate of 400 per cent every
decade and that the existing policy of the Gov
eminent makes it improbable for Americans
alike to build or own their ships. We have been
brought to this condition not through ignorance
of the forces that were in operation to bring
about this result, but simply through the per-
sistant refusal of Congress to apply remedy
Our statesmen admit the gravity of the situation
but are afraid to grapple with it. 1t is the bug
aboo of subsidy" that strikes them dumb. The
free trade newspapers cry out that subsidy means
corruption, and even the legislators who know
that the charge is false have not the courage to
say so. .a-
And yet the whole ship-building industry ofthe
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

Government which they vainly tried to destroy,
but cheap price for the blessings which the pre-
servation of the Union has conferred upon the
Nation Better that the national debt should
never be liquidated, better that the army should
be disbanded and the navy dismantled, better
work on the costly Government buildings
throughout the country should be suspended
altogether, better indeed that war taxes should
be reimposed upon the people than that the
American Nation should fail by ever SO little in
the duty which it owes to the brave men who
fought its battles in the trying days of the rebel
lion
The National tribune., 1882-02-04
Comrades.
lion.

1t is not an uncommon occurrence in these
piping times of peace to hear the wisdom of
army reunions called in question. There are
those who think that every remembrance of the
war should be obliterated, and who profess to
see in the perpetuation of the old corps organiza
lions an obstacle to the restoration of national
unity. The Grand Army even has not escaped
this criticism, and it has been seriously charged
against it that it is a political machine. The
silly charge is scarce worth while denying
that after the lapse of so many years still draws
our veterans to each other! 1t is as much more
potent than politics patriotism is loftier than
partisanship or blood is thicker than water; for
it has it's origin in that most precious of manly
sentiments-the feeling of human comradeship
"Comrades!" What a world of meaning the
term possesses! It brings back to one that
supreme moment of his life when the canteen
of passing soldier was pressed to his burning
lips and he was borne from the field in his kindly
arms. To another, perchance, it recalls those
became the nurses Of the weak and the cour-
ageous saved the faint-hearted from despair
The sentinel's weary rounds, the dreary nights
in the trenches, the forced march at dawn, the
hazardous rencounter before the enemys guns,
the wild charge up the hill, the fierce hand-to-
hand struggle in the rifie-pits, and then the hot
pursuit-it is amid such scenes that friend
ships are sealed for life and the spirit of COM
radeship is planted in the heart of man.
"Comrades!" Fancy, if you can, anything more
touching, more inexpressibly tender than the
occasions which reunite them! What care they
for differences in political creeds who know but
one flag, one country, one destiny? Every year
thins their ranks, and every Decoration Day there
are fresh graves to be strewn with roses-for even
these old campaigners who have faced death at
the lannon's mouth without tremor, must lower
their coors to him at last-yet not till there is no
longer anyone to call the roll will the sentiment
of comradeship decay.
"Comrades!" alike in death and life! The
very graves, row after row, nameless and indis-
suggest the sentiment. Then sleep
well, comrades. For you the march is ended.
Cankerous care and cold neglect may vex the
hearts of the living, but naught can mar your
sweet repose. Sleep well and sweetly, comrades,
and when the last roll is called let not man be
missing!
The National tribune., 1882-02-04
A Righteous Verdict.

A Righteous Verdict.
The conviction of Guiteau, coming so swiftly
at the heels of long and exasperating trial was
a welcome surprise to the American public and
the verdict appears to have met with universal
approval That it was sound and just warranted
by the evidence and in accordance with the law,
cannot be questioned, and the extreme latitude
which was accorded the assassin in the conduct
of the trial by Judge Cox leaves no sufficient
ground upon which to appeal for new trial,
known resources to secure that result, and may
possibly delay the passing of sentence and Its
execution for some months yet. In any event,
the hanging will not take place prior to the
middle of next July.
The trial itself will long be remembered as the
most sensational that has ever taken place in this
country, and there is no denying that it has left
very bad taste in the public mouth. The dis
graceful conduct of the prisoner in court was not
the only disgraceful feature of the trial. There
was painful lack of dignity ON the part of the
ment counsel were well calculated to loosen the
food-gates of abuse which Guiteau poured upon
bench, bar, and jury. Indeed, some of the law
yers for the prosecution seemed almost as much in
tent upon acquiring notoriety as the assassin him
self, and the concluding argument Of Judge Porter
was almost blasphemous in the fierceness of the
invective employed against the prisoner Had
the defence been conducted with greater skill,
or, perhaps, had Mr.. Scoville not been hampered
by the persistent interference of the prisoner
himself it is possible that the result would have
that the assassin was himself his worst enemy in
the case. The acuteness which he showed in the
apprehension of the points of law involved in the
trial his ready and accurate memory, his clever
ness at repartee, and his extraordinary self-pos-
session, testified so strongly to his sanity as to
more than counterbalance, in the minds of the
jury, all the evidence to the contrary. 1t would
be assuming too much, perhaps to say that
Guiteau impressed them as one who was playing
a part, but conceding that he lacked mental
balance, they doubtless were persuaded, by his
display of mental activity, that he was not by
any MEANS an irresponsible lunatic. Instead of
exciting sympathy his behavior awakened in
tense disgust, and his ingenious development of
the inspiration theory did more to dispel the
prevalent doubt as to his sanity than all the
direct testimony against him.
There is one conclusion to be drawn from the
case which should be extremely gratifying to
every American, namely, that our system of trial
by jury is not a failure after all and those ex-
citable persons who delighted in comparing the
treatment of assassins in this country with that
which is so promptly accorded them in Russia,
and were for convicting the prisoner without
waiting for the evidence will do well now to
resume their senses and cool off. Justice travels
with a leaden heel, but strikes with an iron hand
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

Clyde is the result of the wise policy of the
British Crown in substituting it's steamship limos.
and as matter of fact our own Government
while refusing to grant subsid 20 our ocean
lines, grants them practically to on .oastw;se
steamships. And what, it may well be asked is
a protective tariff but that form of subsidv
best calculated to foster home manufactures
The free traders pretend that the way to restore
our commercial supremacy is to give the Conn.,
try free ships, orgetful first of the fact that tho
difference as between American and FncI;sb
built ships in first cost Is inconsdersbIe tom
compared with the difference in the cost of main
tanning line, and second, that the free.sbin
policy has not suficed to build up the rrer-
chant marine Of Germany and Franco. tho
latter, indeed, having been forced to offer 4
bounty for each hOme-built ship in order to ar
complish the purpose. Nor should il he foroot-
ten that if We buy our ships abroad we shall "
the first place, drain our own pockets, and in
the second run the risk of being barred out from
foreign yards by Continental complications
Even as it is, the outbreak of war between
England and some powerful European nation
might at any time cut us off from communca-
ton with foreign markets, since fourffths of our
products are carried under other flags than ours.
The truth is, that we have got to do for ship
builders and ship-owners what we have done in
directly for our manufacturers we have got to
help them to their feet The way to revive ship
building is to create home demand for ships,
and the way to create that demand is to make
the operation of American steamship lines
profitable. To do that Congress must at least
deal as literally by them as the British Parlia-
ment does by the British lnes-compensate
them decently for the carriage of the mails.
Else we might as well close our ship-yards and
let the ships that we already have rot in their
berths.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has at last relieved the
suspense of the citizens of Baltimore by making
Colonel Edwin H. Webster collector of the port,
vice Colonel John L. Thomas, whose term has
expired. Both were gallant soldiers and staunch
Union men during the war. At dinner last
week Mr.. Thomas said he had been struck by
miles" from the capital-a warning to Maryland
delegations that besiege the White House
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

WE PUBLISH elsewhere some original verses
entitled "On File" and it may not be out Of
place to say that it is to the efforts of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE to secure an increase Of the
clerical force in the Pension Office that claim
with which business is now transacted in that
Bureau.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

TIE Baltimore San seems to be under the i'm
preston that it was the pension claim agents
who were benefited by the Arrears Of Pension
Act 1t alludes to that act as one "by which
they profit so largely" and intimates that the
and they are perfectly willing to accept it. The
fact that the agents fee is limited to ten dollars
and can be exacted but once, seems to have
escaped the attention of our Baltimore contempt
rary.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04
A Precious Inheritance.

The opinion is sometimes ventured that the
spirit of patriotism is dying out in the Republic,
overridden by the selfish passions of the time
the lust of money the desire for Office the thirst
for power-and, indeed, the frequent Indifference
of Congress to the real exigences of the Nation,
the growing greed Of railway and telegraph mo-
nopolies, and the ever-lowering tone Of our poll
tics would seem to warrant such a conclusion.
But we must look below the surface to discover
the real state of national feeling; impurities rise
to the top and are swept away in time by the
current. 1t was well said by the Chicago Times
"a leading Democratic journal the last
Presidential election, that it was the school
house which had prevented the return of the
Democratic party to power; in other words, that
the young voters of the North had been educated
in the memories of the war to be Republicans. In
larger and better sense, it may be said that
they have been educated in the love of country
to be true patriots, and that, too, not merely in
the school house, but almost at every freside.
1t is the old soldier who keeps the fires of patri
otism burning in the hearts of his countrymen,
and kindles the holy fame in the bosom of youth
it is his widow, recalling in her manly boy a
likeness to that face she has seen so often in her
Dreams who inspires in the living the desire to
emulate the valor of the dead it is the rusty
sword in the chimney corner and the furnished
epaulettes in the locker that pledge the son to
ho frua IN tho foi%b Of no father And iS q nra
eious thought that thus is handed down. disfg
ured by no trace of the passions of the war, that
pure, exalted love of country which is after all the
only absolute guarantee of the perpetuity of the
Republic. Parties may rise and fall, leaders
wax and wane, and laws be enacted and repealed
but SO long as the patriotism of the American
soldier is enshrined in the hearts of his children
the Union will endure.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

IF THE revenues of the Government could only
BE cut down, a way might soon be found for the
repeal of the pension acts altogether, and the
pudiation of the National debt So long as Con-
gressmen can get their retainers places in the
Departments it really doesn't much matter what
becomes of the men who were so rash as to risk
their lives in the war that was fought "herea-
bouts some years ago!
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

IF WE correctly interpret the editorials in the
New York daily press, it has become misde-
meanor to apply for pension and felony to
draw one. AS for the pension agents-wretched
creatures-it appears that but for them the Gov
eminent would never have been forced to pay
any pensions at all. This is hard ON the pension
agents, but, perhaps, they will survive the blow.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

THE New York Tribune has drawn in its horns
Perhaps it has discovered that the old soldier has
plenty of fight left in him after all.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

THE ONLY way to prevent railway accidents
is to make the train hands and board of directors
change places And by the way Fifty cents all
round" would come very natural to Jay Could
if elevated to the position of porter on Pullman
car
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

THE press of other matter compels us to again
markable speech upon the Arrears of Pensions
Act In the meanwhile congressional action is
daily expected.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

WE DEPART from our usual custom to COM
mend to the readers Of the TRIBUNE DR.. Fosters
Remedies for Familiar Ailments, description of
which appears in our advertising columns. DR..
Foster is physician of character, ability, and
experience, and his remedies have given univer-
sal satisfaction.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

No DOUBT it is great hardship for people who
didn't approve of the war to be taxed for the
pensions of those who did the fighting, but isn't
even that better than not to have any property
to be taxed?
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

THE next thing in the march of improvement
should be postal telegraphy. The longer it is
postponed the more it will cost in the end-and
the more the Wall street gamblers will make out
of it
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

THERE is a limit after all to Guiteaus lust for
notoriety. He draws the line at the gallows, and
that's just where the hangman will draw it.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04

REGULAR subscribers who receive extra copies
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE will please distrib-
ute them among their soldier friends.
The National tribune., 1882-02-04
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-13

s.. Goodbye" not "good morn
ing
Upon leaylu a room one bow should
include all.
Never wait oyer fifteen minutes for Il
tarly guest.
Upon introduction enter AT once into
conversation.
A note requires as prompt M answer
as a spoken question.
Genteel and gentility are words
tabooed in good society.
Regrets in reply to invitations Should
contain the reasons therefor.
At the table you are not required to
thank the one who waits on you.
Strangers arriving should notify their
friends by card or by their presence.
At the table You are not required to
thank the one who waits on you
You should exchange calls with indi,
yiduals before inviting them to your
house.
Only letters TO unmarried ladies and
widows are addressed with their bap-
tismal name.
The custom of leaving a blank mar
gin on the left hand sidn Of each page
of 4 letter is obsolete.
To return a personal call with cards
enclosed in an envelope signifies that
visiting between the persons is ended.
Unless there is a great difference in
age, a lady visiting should not rise,
either on arrival or departure of other
ladies.
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Growth and DccadOncc OF Prize
Fighting.

SfDNII ana DctaAltiiE' % IhNS
Fighting.
Prize fights have been steadily losing
cOuntenanCc for years, even with the ruff
family class that has hitherto supported
them, and the end of them in this country
seems very near. They are essentially un-
American, and have never met with any
degree of encouragement from the native
population, unless of direct British or Irish
descent. Professional pugilism is of Eng
lish origin, and has been tolerated, even
advocated, in Britain, by men of position
and title. The earliest account on record
of systematic British boxing wa in 1850
when public displays of the manly art
attracted general attention. Up to that
time self-deience with fists had made but
little progress, strength and endurance be
ing the only recommendation of the bruis-
ers at Smithfield, Moorfield, and Southwark
fairs where boxing booths and rings had
long been seen. In the year aforesaid,
Broughton, who pronounced himself cham
pion of England, built 4 theater for exhibit
tions, and they were well attended and
%stubbornly fought. He also introduced
gloves for sparring, with various rules
for mitigating the savageness of the prac-
tice. Jackson, the chamI.on of 1895, made
the business so popular, that half the men
of rank and fashion of the day were proud
to be his pupils. shaw the, I~lc-SnaruS-
man, who so distinguished himself mt Wat
erloo, was JacksOn's disciple, and his
achievements on the battlefield were ow-
ing as much to his training MS TO strength.
Belcher, Gully and Cribb were also ia
nous champions of the period. From the
time of George ", puEilism has stead
lily declined, on account of the dishonesty
and mcnnness of its principal participants,
who gradually became common rOughs,
blacklegs and thieves. The last fight that
drew any notice from decent people was
the one between Saycrs and Heenan, and
that because it had assumcd an information
al character. In the United States pugil-
ism has never touched the OutermOst circles
of responsibility. 1t has from the first
been surrounded by the vilest creatures in
the community, II dreally reputable Amer
lean rave never CountenanCed it. The
main argument in its behalf, that it discour-
aged the use of deadly weapons, has long
been refuted, for pugilists of n professional
sort are continually employing knives and
revolvers without the slightest justifca-
ton. The one thing they might be ex-
pected to have is physical courage but
most of them have proved themselves,
whenever opportunity offered, wholly de-
void of it. The sincerest, most active sup
porters of prize fighting are not only low
~scOundrels, but arrant towards, equally
ready to pick n pocket or stab an enemy
in the back.
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Ratss Of Advertising.
TUESDAY, JUNE ID, 1882.
WYOMING WAITS.

FuURTn g JULY.-About the end
Of tho prese. week or beginning o.
next, the subscription list for the 4th
OF July Will again be in circulation
To have . thorough old time celebra-
tion money IS necessary, and h more
that is contributed the greater will be
the accommodations for the e%nthusias-
tic merry makers. Athletic sports,
pigeon shooting, horse racing, oratlons,
fireworks and dance, with a picnic on
the island for the children, will form a
part of the days programme. Green
River has not celebrated for a long
time. Let all hands unite, and make
the mountains ring with JOY and glad
nest.-Green River Courier.
WYoMINo's GoyERNoR.-There is a
prospect that Gen. 10. Wilson, an old
Colorado pioneer, will be appointed as
governor of this territory. We don't
know Gen. Wilson personally, but he
has the general reputation of being a
man of sound sense and ability. We
confess, however, that we do not regard
a Colorado governor with especial favor.
1t has always been the tone Of Colorado,
both as a state and territory, to misrep-
resent and belittle Wyoming and its re-
sources. The people and press of Col
orado have always represented our ter
ritory as a barren desert" ''the lane
of rocks and sage brush" and generally
treated us with q sort of supercilious
contempt. 1t is almost a wonder, under
these circumstances, that they will
stoop so low as to confer upon us the
distinguished honor of furnishing US q
governor, and If n governor SC fur
nished should should share in the gen.
eral prejudice of Colorado people toward
Wyoming, we shall not have drawn
much of a prize from the federal grab
bag. Perhaps he won't-at least we
hope so.-Laramie Sentinel.
THE Il. II. AssEssMENTs.-The re-
cent general order from Union Pacific
headquarters, notifying the employees of
the company about the hospital tax, is
creating a good deal Of discussion
among the boys, and especially the shop
men, many Of whom have been in the
employ of the company for a number of
years, who, by economy and frugality,
have purchased or built little houses for
themselves. Upon this class Of en-
ployes, as well as all who have families,
this tax, though small and Insignificant
as it may seem, is a burden. Six dol
lars a year is certainly a small sum,
still it is sufficient to pay a years taxes
upon their property, buy a ton of coal
or pay a months rent. Many of the
men object because there is not to ex-
coed one married man in twenty who
would derive any benefit from the hos
pital, even should he become sick or get
injured; also, hat there is NJ provision
made whereby they might receive pay
for the time they would be compelled
to lay of in case of sickness or acct
dent, while they look upon this money
they are compelled to pay into the hos
pital fund as a dead loss 80 far as they
are concerned.-Rawlins Journal
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