New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-19

If Governor Hill delays action in the SQUIRE case
until after Squire is tried before jury he prob
ably will he saved the trouble of making any
| decision at ALL
| Sir Charles Gavan Duffy traverses in The Con-
temporary Reriec Lord Sall,bury's d, caration that
Home Rule is dead because the constituencies. the
| final court # appeal, have condemned ii. " The
Judgment OF the final court Of appeal" be eloquent
| ~ says, will be received with humble submission
by Irishmen as 1t needs must. indeed) when it has
| spoken but it has not spoken, for the final court
of appeal is Gods justice and the Divine govern
! ment OF the universe. We have suffered a reverse
| or rather we have lost skirmsh-in the great
battle of centuries for the right to possess our own
country and the duty which that accident i'm
poses to be better prep AIRED for the next encount
er." Sir Charles Gavan Duty. while actor liz an
| earlier period of Irish history and too much of
veteran TO play great part in the present. struggle
| for Home Rule. is in hearty sympathy it'll the
later movement for legislative independence. No
better writing can be found on the Irish side than
his lucid and eloquent exposition of tho results of
the recent appeal to the constituencies
If Cutting had STOOD on the American bank of
tho Rio Grande and wi It'll a rifle killed Medina
the other shore would not the crime have been
committed OH Mexican soil where tho man
Texas side OF the river, was circulated on Mexican
soil, and jurisdiction can be claimed with Justice
where the mischief was actually done.
Tie special letter delivery system has mover been
very popular in this city, rs tue ordinary deliveries
throug h the Post Office nearly rapid rs those
by the special system. The extension which goes
into effect in a few weeks will probably be, as
Postmaster Pearson suggests of little importance
so far as deliveries in this city are concerned. 1t
will. however. give our country nclghbors fore
taste Il the English system, un'cr which carriers
deliver mail even in thinly populated districts. 1t
may puzzle the brains of tho country postmaster to
learn how to deliver for not moro than eight cents
the letter directed for immediate delivery to An
gelica Jones living eight miles away on lonely
road. but Angelica and her family will appreciate
tho operations of the Government that takes SO
much trouble to deliver the message.
Mr. Manning's newspaper, The albany Argus,
thinks the papers trying 10 pick personal quar-
res with the President. This is nonsense Mr..
Cleveland is the victim OF an amusing vanity. His
fancy that he IS the centre of the universe is an
absurd ha Inclination, and it ID that which gets him
INTO most of his troubles.
4 scoptical and gainsaying person in the vicinity
of Boston has come forward with the theory that
the sea-serpent Ia nothing but collection of
seaweed which by an optical illusion suggests his
serpentshp. Fortunately onr faith in established
nstitntionsand things Is kept from inter shlpwreck
Ly the fact that on the SANE day as this narrowing
announc ement was made distinguished lecturer
az Cbantauqua declared that he had no doubt that
the story Of Washington and the Ratchet was true
raw oyster laid upon black eye will remove
the discOlOratiOn. We mention this fact at this
timo for the benefit OF the Hon. Thomas i. Bavard.
The Democracy OF Mr. Bayards home State OF
Delaware gave Mr. Bayard a bad black eye on
Tuesday.
The Graphic calls William NJ. IvEs "a casual de-
tectIve without pay" With salary of $4,000
year TO dispose of Chamberlain WINS can afford
TO play detective.
So If Mr. Bayard TO lead this country into
WITH Mexico, tue patriotism OF tie people would
them toraly 10 his support. Richmond Dispatch
Not unless it justiliable war. upon which
the Nation could enter with a good conscience.
Don't leave morality entirely out of the account
in foIecasting the patriotism of the people.
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