Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-12
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Charlie. Dudley Warner Ia Amsr,c.A
There seems 10 lie q good deal OF douts As %
what an American D.. The native Indian does not
exactly nh the blll, even when he "a improysa
In TACT when he Is much improved be disappearS
used 20 think 70 b. an American one had 20 be
born IN New Ehg and or 90 have come there st
a very early day. with the serious intention
u having ever BODY who was Just right
born there after the date OF l62l But the
Dutch Of New YORK and the Germans OF PENN
70 have had different IDEAS about IL There used 10
he 3 Kind OF test such as we sppied 60 ascertain
bis washing done here was an American; but since
lot OF people have arrived who CAL them,elScs
more American than the oldest settlers: but mo
lest breaks down. As sometimes, u SEEMED 70 Do
an eaS way 70 settle the question by declaring
but this would justly offend the GERMANS and rri-
tate considerable portion OF our rural population
~ne 90 not enjoy city government.
Ability 10 read the Constitution OF the United
States coupled win short rtsidence seenled 20
answer unul we discovered that ability 20 under-
reading. and stin less the intenIloa o. obeyine u,
or accepting Us spirit With increasing num-
Der OF people, America Is sort q go-as-yOu-pie -
place, where every man Is a law unto himself and
every woman also. and that u r. yery imam rican
10 interfere with the indulgence o. any sort ot
winch nobody can be ene.aded, a Common
sand-lot Tor the occupation OF tramps.
and where a man, by The mere Tact oL
government or no government, as be peases. anu
70 pull down anything existing that does not suit
him Ia short. " h. q leftover region that belongs
10 everybody, and he Is the inosI American ~ho
exercises the utmost license In speech and conduct.
Consequently II Is surprise TO many who arrive
rights that they supposed they had ran away
IfO. namely, the rlgnt TO be imprisoned or TO 10
sole TO define exactly what an American IA sun
less 70 describe the American spirit about which
We hear 80 much and which is 80 yar1ously con-
celNeA But II ume that thing
were very clearly understood by all the
neMcon Is who purpose 10 favor " with their
soe.s.y, and that !. that the country Is already
made and Is not waiting Tor them 10 make IT, hat
IL Is Just as much n nation, With as well-denned
and As distinct political life aud purpose Ger
many or England or Francs. This TACT clearly
understood Viii save the newcomers a great deal
of trouble. We have had a real though not long
historic growth a. natlon- We were not made
by STOKE VI the pen, but evolved out OF many
peoples aud long colonial and revolutionary and
constitutional struggles, into true national nre.
under conditions VI government absolutely
new In the world, but which Tor a century have
given greater advantages aud chances tor
ordinary humanity than any other government
tnat has preceded H. In our feueral system and
our local self-goyernment We ma the American
Idea and II Is just as different from the license
and the socialism which some conceive 20 oe la.
American Idea as can D. IL Il useless for foreign
new omers 10 butt their heads alns this idea
VIII lnJure their heads. They may Is well under
stand iliat We have a government very sallsfaC-
tory 10 our ourselves. aud that We do not require
their aid In making one, and II they do not like iI
thty are a. Tree as air not 10 come. IL n not q
good place for exyeriments for we have not yet
got Tired OF our experiment which has SO Tar
been productive OF unexampled prosperity and "
more than the average happiness. IL may be pei
iectly natural. being enurely unified 20 govern
themselves, that they shall want To reduce every
body 10 their own condition, but we have Invented
a government here that has In it the ieast amount
of Interference Win The liberty OF the individual
companoe With the safety OF society, and what
we Value an society, and the foreg or viii md it
safer FOR himself 20 Try ~ understand this and con-
form 10 IT. iie had better AIaertcanlze himself On
our principle tnan attempt 10 .AmericaBixe" Us
On has Mld theories "a the sort OF a county no
would Ike 10 not Ia.
YouNG WoNAN's MysrKRIoUs DocpIz MAR
RIAGE-A dispatch from 0a1ney ely, ;. e., April
IL, says: the truth concerning the resent double
marriage OF MISS Florence llttle OF this place 10
ar Augustus Mintz aad then " Dr. d. Z. Atkinson
OF Cnesler, = e.. Is out al last The married
lady, who Is guity o. olgamy, nrst denied that she
had been married 10 MlntZ, out She has now ad-
mitteo the TACT Why she married Atkinson she
did not say. Mrs. Mintz--by which name she must
now De known-has probably by her foollshness
lost botn husbands. MIMI mas brought suit 20
have the marriage AMAZED and he will now be
able 10 make substantial proof by putting Dr. Al
klnson on the witness stand. Nnetner she Wall "
indicted for blgaIny remains 90 be seen. The
double marriage, the denial and confession OF Me-.
MIMI Is yet ~ ID explained, and Il profound mys-
terry 10 the people Oh This Town and All wno know
the parties.
Gov. Hill ExPLAINs.-Gov nm, OF New York
In published interview. explains his connection,
with the raising OF money Tor political purposes
In lSSa He Bays IN effect that he signed notes
Jointly with two other democrats, one OF which
was discounted by John Keenan, and another py
Mr.. John oBrlen's bank; That these notes were
paid By personal contributions" OF which Mr..
O'Brien, chairman OF the democratic state COM
mittee, made the largest, ana that there no
connection between these Iacts and the contracts
obtained by y Brlen a clark from the aQueducg
commission wnen reoTganiZed by a bal That he
the governor, Reluctantly" signed
FRIENDS OF COMMERCIAL TSroy EsCorRaGFp-
An Ottawa dispatch SAYS: IL ls ascertaned that
there was a large amount OF lodging In the vote
recently taken la parliament tue question %
commercial union with the United States. IL -
evident that considerable number of conserya-
tives palrud on with an EQUAL nuL4DeT OF liberals.
AS a full vote oI the latter party would have
brought out FL votes Instead OF a. These NJ votes
u Is s.id represent within the least fraction
half OF the eHtlre number OF electors who went 10
the polls at The last general election In 1857. The
ANALYSIS OF the vote greatly encourages the adyo-
Gates OF commercial union, who claim that a gem
eIal election, II held now, would result an a CON.
urmation OF Ile principle.
INDIANS WANT REyENGs.-A telegram iron He.
lena, Mont- April II, says: a he kOotcnai Indians
are getting ugly. and threaten 10 ayenge the
hanging OF three VI their number for murder by
the white people. The governor has been called
Ola for troops
A bride sneeZed twice al the church ceremony
the other day. and the old nurse said az was good
luck Other people said I, was bcca Use her dress
was cut 100 troplcally Tor The temperature OF tho
eJlIce.-Dosioa Ga-enc.
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