The Indianapolis journal., 1883-05-26
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SO long as the Irish in this country denounce
British rule III their speeches and then stupidity
support British trade with their votes they will
at least be liable TO the charge of inconsistency
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
THE Southern pistol is preaching barbarsm in
the South with unusual frequency. Six or eight
South is welcome to its habit and TO the absence
OF capital and immigration which goes where
life is ssecure.-Philadelphia Press
IF the poor human minds who are bowling in
submission to Gods will, will set about enfOrc-
ing the laws, they will probably perceive that
the reign of the pistol and knife are not to be
included among the ordinances of q divine
Proyidence.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
To hold that the Nihilists can promote free
dom in Russia is very much like believing that
the Phoenix Park murderers establish q
republican government in Ireland. The Gar is
an autocrat, and his rule is half barbarOus, but
it will not be civilized and refined by crime or
counter rbarbarism.-Boston Advertiser.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has made no mistake in
sitlOns OF trust. The South has been doing a
good lot of thinking during the past two years.
The Democratic party leaders do not now crack
the whip and swagger and drive men as they
did. and two years hence they will do it less
still.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
WHEN soldiers ana sailors are selected for good
service, and not by social or political influence,
their profession will again become the standard
for high-minded and honorable gentlemen, such
as the majority still are. Dishonesty and con-
duct unbeoOming officers and gentlemen will
then become rare exceptions, and not everyday
occurrences.-Philadelph Times.
THE struggle of the Church to control the
State is as old as the hills. 1t has brought about
more bloodshed and more cruel war than any
other kind or organization or any other idea. 1t
took thousands of lives and hundreds of years
OF suffering to establish the fact that church and
secular politics are separate and must remain SO
as long as men have brain and conscience. 1t
is too late to revive the fallacy.-New York
Graphic.
THE cOlored man can scarcely be driven by the
herd nowadays, and while Mr.. Douglass may in
moment of self-confdence and enthusiasm III have
pledged himself to deliver the entire colored vote
for some specified candidate we cannot help
thinking that he has failed to reckon the effect
ture to say, either through a national oonven-
tion or any other means, can carry out such a
contract.-Brooklyn Eagle.
WHEN the principles and policy of party
have the hearty concurrence of its members,
and when its nominations stand above reason
able criticism, the divine right OF boiling may be
openly acknowledged without endangerng the
cohesion of that party in the least But when
the principles ana policy of the party do not en-
nominations are bad, its cohesion cannot be
kept intact by ANY penal code ever so ingenious
or severe.-New York Post
If there is a strike in these two Industries focal
and ironl 100000 men will be idle June L.
This Is an army of men, and the loss of their la
Dor will be very great 10 the country as well as
to themselves. Their strike Will only serve to
put the manufacturers and owners of coal mines
in position where they can maintain prices,
savings will depend upon charity. In the
end, they will agree upon a compromise which
they probably make quite as we'll at the
present time.-Boston Journal