The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-01
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THERE has been a great deal of trickery in all
our political parties, and men who make politics
trade imagine that it is profitable; but 1t is
not. The voters offset the sbams side
against the shams on the other side, and each
party wins or loses pretty nearly on its merits.-
New York Times.
AMERICA has homes for tens of thousands of
honest worktngmen who come here to better
their social condition, and welcomes all such
with open arms, but this does not carry with il
permission to any European governments to
flood our seaboard cities with deerepit men,
helpless women and starving ohildren.-ChicagO
Tribune.
WHEN all the Arctic expeditions are safely ia
or given up finally, there should be urgent pre-
cautions used to prevent the escape of any new
ones. We seem to possess all the knowledge OF
the Arctic regions we can make any immediate
use of, and can safely wait until the next CEN
fury before being oppressed with the want OF
any more.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
THE shotgun is mghtier than the courts. It
is universal leveer 1t smpites and cheapens
the law, and brings it to the door of the poorest
when need is, and long may its policy prevail,
mute sentinel by the fireside guarding the hon
or of our women, protecting our cradles and our
children, a menace to wives that are weak and
perpetual terror to libertines and libertinism.
Louisville COurier-Journal.
ENGLISH sins and shortcomings are numerous
and aggravated enough, but the world has moth
ing To gain and much to lose by the downfall of
English power. Such an event, whenever ik
comes, will be of no real advantage to America
and we are not sure but that the two nations,
one In language, literature, laws, traditions, es.
sential IDEAS and principles, must stand or fan
tOeobhois- AOulo hopuuiicdus
THERE is not a religious body in the land that
is not undergoing the change oflts religious be-
liefs. The entire religious life of the nation is in
a process of change from the beliefs of the
fathers to the beliefs of larger civilization and
development. Not man now stands still; not
doctrine now goes unohallenged; there is a uni
versai effort to incorporate the best of life into
practical religion and give IL adequate expires.
sion.-New York Times.
THE Kentucky Thompson murder case Is an.
other instance Of hrst-fam!ly social and domes.
tbrOuOh HhnmnAnn
rated from his wife because of her alleged bad
conduct, aud cannot be supposed to have looked
upon her any longer in the light of a protector
or a husband, and, hence, mis- wounded sens-
blities on hearing of her disgrace with Davis
can hardly awaken much sympathy outside or
Kentucky.-Philadelph ia Press.
In the South there is large respeetabl. ele-
ment calling itself Democrat, which has no SYM
patty with the inferior element Of the party. II
these men cannot become Republicans let them
start a party Of their own, with views which
they are not afraid to express; or If their views
diverge, let them start two parties or three, IL
necessary--any organization however small,
would be better than the great mongrel, STUN
bling affair which now goes by the name of De.
mocracy.-St. Louis Globe-Dem0crat.
WE will, therefore, venture the prediction that
a prominent citizen charged with aiding IN the
preparation of ungodly amusements and diver
tisements will never come squarely to trial. He
may be allowed to escape while on moderate
bail, or, it brought to trial before church Jury
of his peers, he will be acquitted on account OF
the difficulty about finding man TO cast the
first stone who has not himself, before he does
it, to clear the old checks for reserved seats OUT
of his vest pockets.-Cincinnati News.
COLONEL THOMPSON contemplates removing
from Kentucky TO New York city, giving up pol
itics to devote his attention to law hut If he has
regard TO social position he will stay in the
Bourbon State. In New Yark the mark of Cain
is not an honor, whatever the cause of blood
she'd General Sickles found that out, even
though the record of jury verdicts there, else.
where in the United states, jusrifies the cOnou-
sion that the American people regard the family
relation more sacred than individual life.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
WHEN the lands of Ireland shall be held and
enjOyed by the people, and the government and
institutions of the country are maintained and
supported for the good of its own Inhabitants
as those OF other and happier portions of the
British realm are, there will have been gained
all thai is possible by any effort which leagues at
home or abroad may make. Toward sueh ends
Mr. Parnell and his supporters are directing
their energies and abilities, and to their support
he invokes the aid of his happier countrynen in
America.-St, Louis Republican.
THE various provinces in British America
have formed a confederation which stretches
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
greal lakes to the Arctic ocean. The attempt
10 divide the States of this union was unsueeess-
full. All these things tend to show that coun"
tries especially powerful ones like Great Brit
ain are now more likely to increase In size than
TO be divided. That Great Britain Will willingly
consent to the establishment of q hostile gov
eminent within an hours sail OF her own shores
is altogether uullkey.-Chicago Times.