The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-01
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
THE IDEAS OF THE DAY PthLtD
FROM THE BIG WRITERS.
The Nicaragua Canal-Thc Papa' Decree
Against the Boycott-1he New Dynani-
t,r-The Next Emperor-Protection OF
Indians Mr.. BIaiue's Health

Indians Mr.. BIaiue's Health
The NICAEAGUA ROJTE ~ hile NJ.
deLcSseps il sinking his million. in that
Panama often. the Nicaragua survey
seems To Le progressing finely.
/ \ WrdN CORE spOndent accompanying
the expedition informs us that the en-
plorers are in cool health, and have bee
so far remarkably successful. They 20
not propose 10 report plan of opera
lions in which the cost will be an un-
known quantity to be left to the imagi-
nation Of The public and drawn from lie
crcduily of investors. Ga the contrary
if the islhmus s TO he pierced we are 10
know before We jump over the preclpl'
how far We may reasonably expect to Ia
before We touch bottom.
The Panama Canal has been one al the
most tragic of undertakings. IL has cost
more human lives than will ever be re
corded. Fever, death, a gravo-that Is It's
story, and story repeated 50 many times
thai even curiosity be- ONES dumb and
and asks no more questions. Us 10 money
it has been poured into bOttOmless
nil, and still the cry is for more. II Is a
hopeless, fruifless task, and no one eN-
cept DeLesseps himself dare predict that
il will ever he finished.
The Nicaragua route, on the other
hand. is a feasible engineering problem.
The lay of the country is in lis favor,
and the huge lake at the summit OF the
watershed, from forty 10 fifty miles wide,
will amply supply the locks on either
side
Long before the hoy OF 10 years casts
his first presidential vote the commerce
at Europe and America bound 10 The
Pacific will go through the Nicaragua
canal " T. Heraid.
We extract The following from the text
Of the Papal decree relating to boycott
ting: is il permissible in disputes be-
tween landlords and their tenan in Ire
land To- use means known n the plan of
campaign and 'boycotlingy
After long and mature dcliberaiion
their Eminences unanimously answered
in the negative, and their decision was
confirmed by the Holy Father on We'd
nesday. The 18th OF The present month.
HI iuNlltt vi tit' hA'i0iVh WIZ w
readily seen by any one who applies his
mind 20 consider that "a rent agreed On
by mutual consent cannot, without viola
ton of IA contract, be diminished at The
mere will Of the tenant, especially when
there are tribunals appointed for settling
such controversies and reducing unjust
rents within the bounds OF equity, alter
taking into account the causes which
diminish the value OF the Land. Neither
can ii be considered permissible that
rents be extoried from tenants and de
posted in The hands OF unknown per
sOAs TO the deiriment of landowners.
WHY BoYCOTTING Is WRONG.
Finally, it is contrary to justice and
charity to per.ecute by social inlerdict
those who are satisfied to pay the rents
they agreed to pay, or those who, in tie
exercise of their rights, take vacant
farms
1T will, therefore, be Your Lordships
duty prudcntly, but eiIeclually, TO advise
and exhori the clergy and laity not to
transgress the bounds Of Christian charity
and Justice while they are striving for a
remedy tor their distressed condition.
ar. CARDINAL MONACO.
"R0me April 20, 1883"