Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-27
LAME ERICA

This is the title of a handsome new
weekly, the initial number Of which was
published on the 7th inst. II is hand
some publication. near the size OF Hurper's
Weekly, with neat cover, and is pub
lrshcd by the American Publishing Com
pany nj $50 and 1872 Monroe street, Chicago,
at So. 80 per year. The dangers to America
are seen ami treated in n philosophical
and patriotic manner that leads us back 10
the slatesmnnship that started this Re
public and put it on paying basis. IT
has large array of able contributors n d
contains just the kind of literature that
should he spread and read throughout the
land. We copy below one oi the shorter
editorial articles which explains one OF
the leading features:
NATIONAL DANGERS.
"A erica is glad 10 recognize the article
Of the Hon. Seth Low, of Brooklyn, on
"Americnn Patriolism," something akin To
the broad philosophy and patriotic spirit
that 30 distinguished and elevated the
political discussions of The founders of the
Republic. 1t rises clear and beyond the
narrow and sectional point OF view from
whicl, the public il accustomed to hesr
pending issues treated Mr.. Low seem
ingly looks across the whole stretch Of
American politics, and with the eye of a
statesman singles ont the great questions
! foI the solution Of which the patriot Of
our day il responsible. In the horizon
Of the near iniur. Of the Republic, rest
| ing as il does upon the wise intelligence
of its whole people, he sees two clouds
of ignorance and one OF educated selfish
ness. At the sonth the enfranchised
negroes constitute the threatening element.
A quarter OF n century OF manumlssion
from slavery has scarcely sufiiced to give
| them any independent perception OF their
privileges and responsibilities under the
law. Much less has 1t brought TO them
The intelligence md knowledge necessary
to fiji them for the exercise and enforce
mcnt of their rights. To-day, idleness
and poverty, among the cmancipacd slaves
and their descendants, conspIre with ig-
norance 20 prevent the colored voters from
having their righful share In the govern
ment OF the Southern States and OF the
nation. Tlry are the unwavering adher.
ents Of one party, not through intelligent
individual choice, Int because they accept
their politics from Northern Republicans
with blind confidence that IL M honora
hle ms il il piiful. Aud so it happens
that every time n Northern orator, like
Senator ingalls,, gives tongue TO the sec-
linnal cry oi the "bloody shirt" he drives
the negro voters of the South covering
into one flock and solidifes the ranks o
the Southern whites through the instinct
l,,f nIf ,I.,r
sympathy Tor the wrongs Of the blacks al
the South takes the form of school-books
instead Of "hloody-shrl" appeals, the color
line will fade from Southern politics.
The cloud Of ignorance that threatens
ns at the North comea from Europe. Il
descends upon us like the plague of locust,
upon the land Of the Phnroals. Durin,
the last Ten years the immigration across
the Atlantic has been nj the rate of nearly
half n million n year. These emgrani'
are not all unlettered. But In the lack
ot comprehension of the duties OF Ameri-
can citizenship and Of the spirit of ON
life and institutions. what advantage liav,
The AS 600 Italians who landed at Casll,
Garden last year over the ignorance Of The
blacks at The South? They have none
For while the negro cherishes n gratefn
and undivided allegiance to the American
Consiilulian, M amended to free him from
bondage, the Italian immigrant onl,
comes hither to sell his labor and his vote
when he gets one, cherishing the hop,
that one day lie may return to live in
idleness "nd die under the bronzlng sur
Of his beloved Italy. Other Immigrant
came to America in search of new home
hut how few OF them in the first generation
pass ont from the thraldom OF trans At
Iantic prejudices and associations into the
clear intelligence OF American indiyidu-
alism.
As for the danger to the people arising
in he selfi-hness Of increased intelligence
either in the form Of combinations or cap
itnl, or Of irresponsible organizations q
labor. it presents n problem which vii
test the higher duty OF the Republic's law,
to protect individual lie, property and
happiness from the spcculations of aver
ice and the tyranny OF organized intol-
erance."
Mother do you know anything OF that Ba
sam everyl ly is talking so much about2 d,
you refer to llibbard's Throat and Lung Balsam'
Yes, that's what mean. Well, believe 4
Is the best medicine in the world for cOugl
cold, or sore lungs, and is so pleasant 10 take.
Your father took severe cold day before yes
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