The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-15
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

NOTHING would shock the country and the
world more than the knowledge that Garfelos
body was in the hands of thieves, and any care
at any expense that may be taken to prevent
that outrage will have the Endorsement of the
people.-New York Graphic.
SENATOR LAMAR is as fluent fool to-day as
when he led Mississippi into secession. He pos
the same intense sympathy with the
methods and falaoies OF economic barbarism.
Under the plea of cheapness he demands desola-
zion. On the pretense of avoiding tax he would
relegate America to the condition of Turkey
into which everything English can go on pay
ment of u 3 per cent duty.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
MOST of the reasons why women fail seem to
be their own fault, arising from causes they
themselves could easily remedy, John Wanna
maker, of Philadelphia says that they are not at
all deficient In mental capacity; but the trouble
ia they will not make business their life work.
They mostly look forward to matrimony, and
perform their duties in a haf-and-half way.
Consequently they fail of success.-Cincinnati
Journal. 81
UNTIL Niagara is rescued from the harpies
that infest it the clergy may preach in vain
against divorce. The only way TO bring back TO
our people the simple domestic happiness which
characterized married life in this state fifty
years ago is to make Niagara free park, into
which no hackman will he admitted and where
sh6wmen cannot possibly eXtOrt money from
visitors II is matter OF secondary consequence
whether the beauty and majesty OF Niagara are
preserved. 1t is measure in the interests OF
morality that the Niagara Park scheme should
be carried Out.-New York Times.
HAPPILY the suffering WDlch these HOODS nave
brought is in no degree comparable with the dis
tress now seen in Europe. The people who have
been driven out of their homes, except in come
streets in Cincinnati, will not generally be rem
dered penniless. But the loss of property is inn
meuse and the worst Of IL Is that each winter
hereafter may witness n repetition OF the de.
structiOn of this. The matter seems TO demand
imperatively the attention0f some of the West
ern Legislatures. A careful inquiry might show
some remedy. Further destruction of the wood
lands at least should be prOhibited.-New York
Tribune. a-i
WHY is 1t that when the coored man wishes to
act for himself, to vote for himself, to perform
any of the functions belonging to citizenship,
he is prevented from so dOngi Why is 1t that he
has been bounded aud hunted down by the ku-
kux klans and by red-shirted regulators and
bandltti organized for that purpose2 Why ia it
that he has been dashed, shot at, driven away
from his home, and thrown into jsils on all kinds
of pretexts, his only offense being the desire to
perform those acts of citizenship for which he
has warrant in the constitution and for which he
has been qualified by the white people them.
selves9 Why is he disfranchsed at the pollsf II
the people of that State have done so much to
make him either. why DO they not allow him
to have the rights OF citzenf 1t is of no CON
sequence at this late day how South Carolina
treated the negro before the war during the
war. It is of consequence, on the other hand
how she Ia treating him now, and why she Is not
treating him as citizen.-Chicago Tribune u