The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-28
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

or the who!e-of absolutely each and every
member OF society. 1t is not satisfied, as Amer-
can Democracy used TO profess to be, with "the
greatest good of the greatest number" If the
minority are 10 be subjected to the greatest of
all neutrality-suspicious. Inter Ocean.
IF the evil-doer had before him a term of hard
LABOR, there would be fewer petty criminals to be
punished. This Is the aspect of the case outside
OF the jail. In the Jail, the inmates not only
corrupt each other and gradually sink lower and
lower In the social scale, but they make their
punishment expensive TO the law-abiding citi-
zens outside. New York Times.
THE American people are essentially practical
and as the idea OF utilizing the years of YOUTH
not only for education, as heretofore understood,
put also tor acqui1ng experiences in a particular
and practical, it is difficult limit the changes
that may be effected in public school instruc-
tion--St. Louis Republican.
WE have abundant room in this country for
all immigrants who have had energy enough to
come here of their own motion; but that the
English should undertake to dump upon our
shores the unfOrtuDates for whom they feel them
serves responsible, simply as an easy means or
evading this responsi0lity-that ID something
Times.
THE bishops and clergy will yield obedience to
the Pope's orders. Will the Irish laity follow
their example4 II so, then they not yet fitted
Tor political independence selfgovernment
and should cease any further agitation to obtain
It, for national self government and papal dicta-
lion are Incompatible the one with the other
There can be no self-government where the gov
ernlng power does not originate in the people
tneulselVes.--CnlcagO tribune.
IT causes government no concern In the
united States what priest preacher may
teacn All teachings find their way into the
open air and are tested in the atmosphere of
Tree thought ana discussion. The power of the
church TO embarrass The government arises
solely from the connections between the two
wherever things seem to point out entire and
Immediate separation as best for both govern
ment and church, it seems strange that there is
not instant agreement and experimentation
nal News journal.
THERE re man in Pittahur0 and tho 0thar
great liz centers to-day who are mill-ownerS
and capitalists who began their lives pud
dlers and feeders. Tney gained their successes
by individual skill and force of character, not
by heading strikes. The foreigner, be he Irish
Catholic or Protestant German, is entitled to
such wages and such respect and suoh place
among us as his work and individual merit de-
mand That is all which native Americans
grant to each other He has right to no more
New York Tribune.
HAS the thought occurred to anybody that we
had parade through he streets yesterday, with
the President of the United States seated In an
open carriage, not a soldier near him. not po
llceman within reach, and shouts of hearty well
come going up from thousands Of vOicesl That
in MOSCOW "A similar parade Is taking place. daz-
cling In Its splendOr, but with barrlcaGes OF bull
lets and walls of steel surrounding it, and with
the Gar OF all the Russids dreading at step
an ex plosion beneath his feet or the whizzing of
a messenger OF death through the air2-New
York World.
EVERY outrage they [the striking coal minersl
commit but serves to enlist public sentiment
against them. The spectacle OF them firing
vOlvers, tramping around the country with beer
Kegs. and adding actual crime to their other
fooisIness, need be OF but short duration to
bring out the requisite force to subdue them
The perfect insanity of the idea that the people
of this country will stand any such nonsense
does not need to be dwelt on. If the strikers
want to fully test the strength of their policy
they had better kill few peOple.-St. Louis
GlOoe-Democrat.
MANY thousand millions have been Invested
within the past twenty years IN the improve
ment and extension OF means of transportation
n raj nal fal HAIR h,lrh
improved rivers and more perfect ships. AS a
result all the world gets cheaper products, but
this Is not an evidence of an appreciation in the
purchasing power of gold. Gold buys more to-
day of various commodities than at almost any
other time in the worlds history, in part because
the movement of those commodities to the prin-
cipal markets OF the world has been astouish-
ingly cheapened.- York Tribune.
1T is understood that If a strike cannot be sus-
tanned on its own merits 1t is useless to continue
1t. The market, not physical force, is the arbiteT
in such matters. The full appreciation of this
kind of knowledge will put an end to the strong
animosities often engendered between employe
and employer, AMI strikes will become no more
than perfectly legitimate refusal to close a
bargain. Many of them have reached this plane
already. Events soon show which party is mis-
taken The errors of Judgment attending them
are often costly, but there is no bloodshed or
bulldoZing about them.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
If, as Irshmen seem practically to. maintain,
their existence imposes on their social Supporters
the duty OF supporting them, IL imposes on them
the reciprocal duty of obedience and service. 1t
excludes, among other things the idea of self
government. Protection all the world over and
all time through implies dependence. Political
fre0iom and social Villenage cannot possibly go
together. And nothing can be more ineOngru-
Gus than the spectacle of people agitatng at
the same time for the Acknowledgement of their
independence and for relief from the terms of
their own contracts on the ground that they can
not ne trusted TO make their own contracts
New York Times.
THEY who are agitating for n religious crusade
for the prohibition amendment cannot be made
to tell the public the truth to the effect of the
amendment, and that il they cOnld succeed IN
their crusade IL would come ont at nothing.
There are many earnest women who are devOting
zeal to this agitation. That they should not be
wise i'll constitutions, and should not take eX-
ception when men, and especially preachers,
tell them that prohibition by the constitution
win prohibit, is no discredit to them; hut that
men should deude them, aud should try to get
up "a fanaticai crusade which has no Temperance
in it, and no possible advance of any temperance
cause. is discreditable to them.-Cincinnati Com
meroial Gazette