The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-28

scheme that foolish enthusiasm ever devised
II is even more presposterous Than the colohlza,
ton of Liberia by American negroes-and
further than this the force of language can
hardly go.-New York Times.
IN single-handed conflict between Germany
and Russia the campaign would be short, sharp
and decisive. The military superiority OF Ger
many over Russia is even greater than IL was
over the rotten Empire of Napoleon III. With
the help of Germans and English the Cossacks
were twice in possession of Paris, but they will
never be likely to make their quarters In Berlin.
If war comes and it should result in topping
over Russian des2otsm it Will not be rought III
Valn.-Philadelphia Record.
WHY should the federal government be COM
PEELED to right all the wrongs of society," The
more the people learn to help themselves, ana
the less they call upon the government for help'
the better it will ultimately be for them. Edll-
cation in the South is far from being what u
ought; but if the Southern States will WORK
wisely and patiently to make 1t better they W Ill
finally succeed without any aid from outside
sources. And the struggle itself will be The best
possible education for them.-New York Til
bune.
THE Republican party cannot help the negro
over the obstacles OF prejudice and ignorance at
one bound. No party can. That problem lies
above the possibilities of party. 1t will be solved
when the negro is fused into the citizenship Of
this country by means of education and the ac-
emulation of wealth, intelligence and power.
In this, with the white race the manifestation
of success must be through individuals. The ig-
norant negro cannot advance with the educated
and refined of his race. The poor cannot be as
independent as the rich.-LOuisvilleC Commercial
Now comes Mr. Mcdonald and says the re-
. moval of the internal tax has not cheapened
Matches and that the duty of 35 per cent. OK
cludes foreign competition But matches are
| cheaper. They are being manufactured IN
small way in thousands of places by men,
women and children, as they were before the
| tax was imposed, and foreign matches, notwith-
standing the duty of 35 per cent, are being sold
to-day in Cincinnati and in all the principal mar
kets In the country. The match argument Will
not answer for statesman who seems to have
| perpetual nightmare on the suhjret of monopo-
l1es.-Cinclnnati Commercial Gazette.
THE French people, if not the French govern
ment, fully recognize the logic of facts, ana are
| nervously anxious that there shall be no occa-
sion for their powerful neighbor to quarrel with
| Jingoism." Their fear is wise and salutary
| And they are right in demanding a convocatlon
| OF the Chamber of Deputies that the mischiev-
| GUS and vac1llating ministers may not have an
| opportunity to plunge their country into war
| for ''snadowy and unsubstantial advantages" in
China. The admitted supremacy of Germany
has deeply impressed them with the necessity
| of minding their own business.-Chicago Trib-
une.
WARS having ceased, Germany gathered her,
| self together, and what is the resut2 During
the last twenty years the industry has increased
| in Germany 300 per cent; in Great Britain 1t
| has decreased Is per cent Germany now en-
| Britain 100000. The wages In both countries
are about the same, but the purchasing power
| of the money is greater in Germany and the con-
| dition of the operatives is in every way better
| than in Great Britain. Plainly, therefore, the
control of the foreign markets which the free
| traders have said so much about is not so great
| thing after all. Moreover, with this condition
| of AFFAIRS both in Germany and Great Britain,
| where would our linen industry be without pro-
| teotive tarih2-New York Tribune.