The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-27
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

EVERY campaign must be conducted upon its
merits, one at a time, and it is not proposed to
keen raking over the e1nhers of former fires. The
present is large enough TO fill the whole horizon,
and nothing should be allowed to distract at
tentlOn from the real issue of the h~Our.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
HONEST sooiologists are seeking the truth in
the discussion of temperance and DO not desire
to conceal anything on any side OF the question,
What is best for the body of sOciety2 The true
answer to this inquiry is what they want, and
it is not to be found by accepting the assump-
tons of any school or party, however moral and
superior their professions.-St. Louis Republi-
can.
THE news of the unexpected death of Post
master-general Howe will be received by the
country with real regret. He has had a long
public career and borne through it all an unsul-
he'd reputation. A strong partisan, he has
nevertheless so borne himself always that men
of all parties and shades of opinion recognized
him as an honest and honorable man. The
death of such men is always a lOss.-L0ulsvllle
Commercial.
Although the flood was a great calamity, the
results OF which have been but partially neutral
lied by public generosity, 1t has not been an I'M
mixed evil, for the fraternal feeling which should
animate a great people VIII be gloriously stimu-
lated il those who have given as well as in all
who have received. To bind a nation together
by ties stronger than those of race or politics is
work in which anyone should have been proud
to have taken part.-New York Herald.
MONEY advantage, powerful as it may be
among certain classes, will not compensate an
entire people for the lack of the mower to man
age it's own affairs in its own way. Until the
English pOIblcal managers can comprehend DD1S
truth, or until England, to phrase the matter in
another way, chooses leaders who understand
this principle and have the courage to put it in
operation, there will be no permanent paeifica-
ton of Ireland.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
IF the country can be guaranteed a healthy
money stringency once in every year or two.
which shall set men at balancing their books
and warn them TO proceed more conservatively
in business and in speculation, it will have the
best possible assurance of protection against
another panic and the ensuing hard times. The
credit system of this country needs a periodical
check in order to curb the eXtraYagances and
excuses naturally incident TO ii, aud so long as
the check falls on stock speculation the country
is dOubly the gainer.-ChlcagoT Tribune.
H Irish, as has been pointed out. are really
taking a reactionary part, and working for a re-
vival of the medieval relation OF "staLus' as
against the modern relation of contact. The
land bill of last year was a distinct denial of the
right of contract as it concerned the soil of Ire
land. And the British government can afford to
look with complacency on an international
convention of revolutionlsts" in London, since
1t can scarcely afford any aid or comfort to the
Irish side of the only social question with which
Great Britain is called upon TO deal.-New York
World.
ME- have a healthier and more intelligent at
titude toward the supernatural than they once
had. Their beliefs are broader than they used to
be, and at the bottom. society, in its best sense,
is now profoundly religious. What is to be noted
is that it is the Institutional power of the super
natural in modern life which is most regarded.
This does not mean that Christianity is looked
upon as identical with the Christian Church.,
though it is frankly confessed that is Its natural
center, but 1t Is felt that 1t is an organizing d.
vine force in civil society which is behind all our
institutions and gives them inherent vitality and
power to move the world.-New York Times.
AFTER the professional hacks have gone through
their dreary round of blunders, and the party
sees its supports Slipping away, there comes a
call for the clear head and steady hand of the
recluse of Greystone. Malicious gossips may
insist that the hand is palsied and the head
rather mudcled, but to the Democrat to whom
Tilden appears as King Arthur did to the ancient
Briton, there is no time of difficulty and danger
h m In 1 "a ahnnfr m iacnn frnnN hTc ~ afpaof in
all the panoply of the victorious hero and with
all the vigor of restored youth. 1t is rather a
pretty superstition, but it is not exactly a live
question in contemporary politics. Brooklyn
Union-Argus.
DURING the half century Mr.. Gladstone has
done more than any other Englishman to
promote a desire for a change in political and
social order. and has finally succeeded in max
ing advanced Liberalism a thoroughly reputable
cause. 1t seems probable, therefore, that he
will remain in office and put forth an earnest
effort to carry the principles with which he is
personally identified to their logical conclusion.
The equalization of borough and county fran
chise, the redistribution of seats and the conse-
quent reinvigoration of the body of electors
would be radical measures of reform bringing
to q fitting close the career which opened with
the reform bill of 1S32.-NeW York Tribune.