The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-25
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

II
| AFTER organizing the shotgun forces of the
| South to make good the assertion that Republic
ans Will carry no electoral vote, the Democracy
should not sneer. The great masses of Repub-
licans in the North have no fear from any wrong
doing of their brethren in the South, and will
treat them fairly.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
IT would do something toward re-establishina
coDtiIen II Washington court would give
u but q single notable instance of justice melted
out to a public piunderer. Mems regulations are
ruined, they are driven away from their usual
occupations they leave the capital; but some
how they never serve out sentence, If indeed
matters ever get that far.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
MoRMoNIsM will neither commit suicide nor
grow less or better of its own accord, willingly
get out OF the land it assumes to hold by divine
right. But MOrmonism has been exasperating
this great people about as long they can bear
it, Mormonism must go-peaceably if 1t will,
but go it must, and go soon and go in a hurry
when the cyclone SUrlKeS lG-NeW YORK Mall
and Express.
TEACH voters to think for themselves and not
blindly take their principles at anybody's dicta-
ton. Teach them TO look to measures less than
to men. But teach them, also, that principles,
so called. are sham and deusion in the
mouths of men who will cheat, bride or terror
ize IN order to succeed. In these ways young
men can go into politics and feel sure of an hon
orable career.-Phiadelphia Press.
IT was a disgrace to the country that it's laws
should be made by drunkards, who carried their
sprees into the Senate and House. The example
of prominent Congressman who drank to excess
was demoraliZng TO the whole nation. 1t marks
political ethics that the people will no longer
trust their interests to servants who cannot be
depended upon always to preserve clear head.
Brooklyn Union.
THIS money gift and Mr. Parnelps speech in
receiving it, have greatly lowered him in the
public estimation The speech, in the presence
of such an object, has caused him to be regarded
as trading on agitation for his OVID profit, and
cutting the agitation away from all practical
reforms and all welfare of the Irish people, and
proclalming it's impla caDility and an unattalna-
BILE object, IN order to make it perpetual.-Cin
natl Commercial Gazette.
THE present notorious rascality of the whole
Indian administration is Schurz's record.
His pretended use of competitive examination
was a sham, devised to serve favoritism. He
went from the department into paper CON
trOlled by the greatest land-grant monopoly in
the world, which had in fact, forfeited it's grant
The public can understand the service which
gained this gratitude. OF all the alleged reform
ers this one is the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News
Journal
WHEN Greely's fate is decided it is demon
strated that IL will be high time for the govern
ment o go out of the business of arctic explora-
tion altogether. II We are TO accept the failure
of one expedition as excuse for fitting out
another, there is, uuhapply little reason to
hope that we shall he without such an excuse at
apv time. There must be some point at " hich
we must draw the line in sending out eXpedi-
lions to ascertain What has become Of previous
expeditions made to look up other expeditions.
New York Times.
WHAT is needed here more than constitu-
tIonal amendment limiting individual owner
ship Is deeper sense of the obligations. posed
by wealth, aud more generous and enlightened
appreciation OF the opportunities which Its DOS
session affords for contributing to the well being
come with time and cultnre-especially moral
culture. The finer humanities and retinements
are plants of slow growth, and flowers late in
blooming But IN this free country, every need