Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-26

1t is sometimes apparently very difficult
~ start the entering wedge Of improve
ment beneath the moss-grOwn bark and
scales Of chronic error, ignorance, super
stitiOn, prejudice and bad habits; but the
hand Of time moves surely around the
dial. and that subtitle, mysterious energy
which pervades all nature, giving Nltalt!
To principle. and cropping out anon IN
bold relief against the sOmbre background
Of staonsnt stupidity. affords unmistak-
allie evidence Of progress, as new ideas
evolve. old institutions quake and crum-
ble. false theories explode, prejudice falls
before thrift. and the light Of truth pene-
rrates the dark abOdes Of superstition.
The most striking of recent changes on
tins side Of the wateris the sudden amity
and reunion Of the North and South,
effected through that .'hand-maid OF
civilization industry. They are now
holding mutual admiration seances,
wO0ing each the others gTaces. Contrast
the present with their respective attitudes
but dozen wears ago. What has become
Of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
meuts." the twin monuments Of Radical
stupidity and folly they are beginning
now 10 lament in sackcl0th and ashes:
one bv one the blood-stained trophies Of
arbitrary civil war are cast aside and
fade away before the march Of benignant
industry. The .Grand Army Of the
Republic." organized by the most en-
Uttered men Of the North 10 keep alive
tile sectional hates and prejudices en-
rendered I'm the war. that the Yic.Ors
might perpetually enjoy the spOils, re-
Gently degraded TO the ranks the uneffend-
ing hero Of all its triumphs, and made a
harmless and meaningless tigure-head
Of a Colonel Of Engineers.
The Army Of the Potomac was wont
u have a grand gala day in its annual re-
unions al the capital, toasted, iOnized
and petted by multiplied thousands, but
its meeting a few days ago was so thinly
attended that not even the omnipresent,
irrepressible politician was reported
present 10 do it honor, and but for the
parade Of the local military its presence
would not have been detected.
REIMBURSEMENT seems TO be going on
throughout the Union as if some new era
were about 10 be ushered in. Politics and
religion are no longer what they were
both are disintegrating. making broader
their phylacteries and putting on the
cloak Of conservatism and liberation
while the two great parties about equally
divided on the tariff issues, threaten to
sever and reorganize for the final contest.
ON the other side of the water things
have a somewhat similar look. Change
has taken hold of the leading civil
| cations and the substratum Of society is
making itself felt by rising a grade or
/ TWO higher in governmental consideration
and respect. In former times sovereigns
formed leagues against one another, but
now they have to seek allies against their
own people-Monarchy and Democracy
/ have met face TO face. and the issue be-
/ tween them is eliminating to a head
agitation is the standing order Of the day,
and there is to be no cessation until the
question is decided. The most prominent
/ feature in the politics Of Europe at pres
emit is the remarkable attitude Of the
Church Of Rome: remarkable not for
want Of precedent, but for the
/ time and circumstances attending its new
/ advent into the field OF politics. 1t is a
question whether the church will not
/ lose more by its opposition TO the Irish
/ revolutiOnists, who have the prestige OF
/ America 10 back them, than it will gain
/ by siding with the English. where there
/ will soon be the same need of its influence
/ 20 restrain new uprising on the land
| question. At any rate, the POpe's denun
I citation OF the Land League has not added
/ 10 his influence in Ireland or this country