New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-30
Svwvopx DAuy TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ." 1870

the ose of his SEVENTEEN year and John brgn' mas
nasseo IT, worn out in public service Stiil thoro
promise of yigor and craftsmanship ih Uue youe 81,
generation. There is Mr. Parnell, for example, s1ii
in his prms. but match for Mr.. Gladstone hlnlse',
:, oonrage inAexibility and the art OF pontical
management
II was not only pleasant but emlnently proper
that the retirement of Chief Justice DAILY should De
made the occasion for such testimonial as WIZ III
dictate the popular esteem in which, after DIS long
term of public service, he is held.
Secretary Endcott has dispatched two companies
of cavalry to protect the Indians on tne Gan
reservation in Arizona from threatened attack ny
whites. From the same Territory come reno"ou
stories of raids by the murderous Apaches anu 'po
terrible acts or bloodshed and arson. 80 long as
there are enough troops to protect the people Oh
the Territory from actual outrage ii seems rather
too considerable to be sending them off to protect the
savages from fancied attack.
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We don't so much object to the preachers who
discourse on the iniquity of the Sunday newspaper
They have q right to their opinion But when they
prepare an article for general circulation containing
the following indscriminate statement we feel
that it is time to enter gentle protest Inc sun
day newspaper Is injurious " '
whose physical, mental and moral nature demands
the weekly cessation from toll" Now this ~ not
kind. The Sunday newspaper, besides printing all
the interesting news OF tho world, issues many OF
the shorter sketches and writings of the best
writers in all departments of literature. These
poems narratives, and reflections may be wicked,
but in the name of the authors We insist that IL IS
not charitable in the preachers to call their perusa
toil.n
After what the people have been led to expect of
the Insurance Department by the administration oi
John A. Mccall, jr, his successor will not have an
easy task Governor Hill ought to make his APP
pointment with a full realization Of this TACT
If Mr.. Digelow's letter did not say any OF the
shrewdy suspected things that there is more or less
reason to believe it might say, why should there be
any objection TO letting the public have itf Either
there is a concealed African somewhere in that
fence and his wool is almost plain enough to grab
or there is q tremendous cry. for nowool
Professor Sumner has been challenging Senator
Sherman to public debate, in Ohio, on the
tariff. There is apparent necessity fer = draw
ing" the Senator, since he has made no cOnceament
Of his views on economic questions. The lively
Professor should 90 one step further. tie should
now challenge President Cleveland 10 discuss the
tariff with hun in Buffalo. That would be no less
than public boon. Nobody knows what the Pres
ident really thinks about protection and free trade
Let our fantastic friend from Yale lose no time IN
snmmoning the President to n competitive eXaml-
nation as n tariff debater.
NJ Pasteur who is either q great physician or Il
clever crank suggests through correspondent that
Americans shall send him no more patients unless
il is absolutely certain that the log which bit them
had rabies. 1t is being somewhat doubted II NJ.
Pastcur would do such thriving business or effect
SO many cures were his advice generally followed.
Senator Mcpherson, OF New-Jersey. 1t is an
nounccd will speak tor the President in answer to
Senator Bcck's assault. The next question VIII be
AS to who will speak for Senator Mcpherson. 1t
wasn't 50 very long ago that he seemed badly IN
need of champions in New-Jersey.
If Grover Clcycland's New Years Day is not 50
happy this year rs 1t was last it will merely be a
new illustration of the fact so beautifully expressed
bv the moralist that hope is sweeter than
possession"
What kind of civilization was represented by
the 300 people OF Alabama who assembled the other
day 10 burn negro alive, and who adopted care
fully the means best adapted to prolong his tort
urc with hloodt hirstIness aud cruelty worthy OF
Apachcs on the war-path This negro had COM
mitted brutal murder. it Is true, and deserved
death by the law. But Is there no law IN Alabama
to punish murder and the white people there
Obliged to be their own eNcutloners The saw
agery of the affair is the worst feature aboIt 1t.
his indicates the survival of the feeling which
slavery created that constant fear of the enslSved
race which manifested Itself in ths emp loyment Oh
the most iuhulnan punshmcnts for resurrection.
aud sought TO Justify them under the plea of ncceS-
slty. 1t is made evident by such occurrences as
the roasting of this negro that the uncIyllIzed class
in the South is still formidable in numbers.