The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
TIMELY TOPICS


men were mustered out of service by
the United States government. The
Indianapolis Journal, an ardent de-
fender of pension grabs, informs the
public that ''thc length y: life If $685.
900 of these men had been shortened
twelve years each By injuries, disease
and exposure" and goes on to say,
that 100000 of this number are s5ill
living. The war has been over twen-
ty FIVE years, and the fact that 100000
out of $4,000 men whose lives had
been shortened twelve years each are
still alive constitutes one Of the mar
vels of modern times. If these jnva-
lids had all been healthy men the
chances are that 100000 more of them
would have been dead by this time.
The last sensation visited upon Par
is is pamphlet by the radical deputy,
Camille Dreyfus, entitled ''Tbe Neces-
sary War" It says: "The moment
has come for France to obtain the re-
vision OF the Frankfort treaty or tear
it up. France should appeal to Eu-
rope in the name of general peace,
menaced by that treaty which conse-
Grated the abandonment to Germany of
Alsace-Lorraine. The moment has
come for France to make war on Ger
many. Let us make war; diplomatic
reasons permit it; economic reasons
impose it on US, and military reasons
command it. Let us make war; the
historic hour has come. Two years
ago would have been too soon; in two
years it may be too Late"
The Coliiery Guardian, of London
after making the statement that the
people of England are already i'm
mensely dependent upon the United
States for the food they consume, and
for the. cotton garments which they
wear, asks: why, then, should not
the people of Great Britain obtain
ftom the United States liberal supplies
of the fuel which they burn2" The
Guardian suggests that it is matter
of prices from beginning to end, and
adds: America can flood the markets
of Europe with her surplus wheat,
why should she net also pour upon
then large supplies of fuel from her
enormous coal feld?' Coal mining in
England is very expensive, as the
coal has 10 be brought from great
depths. While the coal mines of Eng
land were at one time the most pro-
ductive in the world,it is now claimed
that the labor and other expenses in
cident to mining at great depths make
it possible for the American mines to
compete with those ot England.
The Republican organs which have
so often logized Gea. Longstreet foI
joining the Republican party will not
indulge in any extravaganza over his
recent remarks about the condition
of the negro in the South. To a re-
porter of the St. Louis Globe-Demo-.
crat who asked him how the ne
gro fared down this way the General
said:
she is getting along quite well and
would do much better il it was not
for the politicians. It does not follow
that because man is black that he is
Republican. A negro is like most
any other man, he will vote 10 The ad-
vancement o. his own interest. He
will vote 8 ainst negro who has gone
to the front simply as a politician in
favor of n respectable Southern white
man any time. He will vote for
Southern white man that he knows
against q. politician from the North
every time. Schools are working out
the problem of the colored mau in the
South. The development OF the coun-
try is giving him new avenues of en-
plcymeGt. What ne is gradually get
ting is better wages, aud what he
needs is less politics and meddling
from politicians"
A Northern paper recently had occa-
sion to inform country reader that
John Sherman is still member of the
United State Senate While this little
might seem to show some
ignorance 10 the inquiring reader, it
gives hope, also, Of some progress in
this country. The policy of which
John Sherman has been a conspicuous
advocate and very noisy spokesman
has, for some years at least, given place
TO one IL which his services aud sus-
gestions have been alike unnecessary
and Improbable. The burning qres-
ions" which once afforded John Sher-
man opportunities on the floor OF the
Senate have been settled by the plucE
and patriotism o. the Southern people,
seconded all through By the good
sense of the conservative people Of
he North. Possibly MI. Sherman's
presence in the Senate may soon be
;dyersised-when he comes to talk
.bou. the measures coucocted IN the
Republican caucus, with the purpose
O over awe the Southern people and
elnapd them to the rule of the negro.
Doubtless Mr.. Sherman has lots of
hunder ready Gor such an occa-
inr,