The critic., 1891-02-25
CURRENT PRESS OPINIONS.
no Hereditary Aristocracy.

no Hereditary Aristocracy.
From the New York Sun.
We congratulate the Hon. Mark Hop
kins Dunnell, NJ. c., of Minnesota, on his
opposition TO the proposal made in the
House of Representatives that the Pres-
dent should be authorized to appoint
every year twenty sons OF Army officers
to be cadets at West Point.
Upon that question Mr. Dunnell spoke
like genuine American. He would not
have an hereditary privilege conferred
tants of this country. They should all
'tand alike None of them should be
destined from their birth to the enjoy
ment of public official advantages over
others.
The tendencies to aristocratical institu-
ions and to the establishment of privi-
eyed classes are much too strong already.
They insinuate themselves everywhere
and under almost every pretext. They
should be met everywhere with the
same determined resistance rs has now
been exhibited by Mr.. Dunnell.
Mr.. Fosters Views.
From The Ne,U York Times.
The new Secretary of the Treasury--we
assume that he will be confirmed--may
be set down as hopeful international BIZ
metallist. He has very snsibly gratified
the desire Of the business community to
learn his views. They are briefly stated
in his reply to questions put by repre-
sentatives OF the newspapers:
81 am in thorough accord with the
President in his views on free coinage. l
do not think that the unlimited coinage
Of silver would be practicable at all,
whether the silver to be coined were the
product of our own mines or not. lam u
bimctallist, however, and believe in main
tanning the ratio Of gold and silver so that
q parity in the value of the two metals
may be brought about. This can be ac-
complished, 1t seems to me, best by the
methods at present adopted until the
ment by which all civilized countries will
recognize both metals. While do not be-
lieve in the unlimited coinage of silver, /
have felt that the present rate of coinage
is not too great for the needs of the
country. This is growing country, and
the law in force at present providing for
the coinage of $50, 900, 900 in silver a year,
or what $4,000 900 ounces would about
amount TO-, does not go too far in my
opinions"
No Danger of Negro Domination.
From the Nep York Recorder
Those persons who feared some years
ago that the negroes would increase and
multiply so rapidly in a condition of free
dom that the whites would be left in d
hopeless minority in nearly all the South
ern States, may be gratified to learn that
the returns Of the new census lead to quite
different conclusion.
The rate OF increase OF the colored popu
| lation Is steadily declining, while that oi
the whites Is mounting higher and higher
all the time. In those States from which
| full returns have been received the ne
| groes have increased but little over 10 pei
cent, while the whites have increased 2,
| per cent; that is, the whites are growing
in numbers nearly twice as rapidly as thu
negroes. This means that even in .he few
States where the latter are in a majorit,
now they will be in o minority few year
hence, and that the dreaded Africanizin,
| OF the South Is u chimera.
| There never was any justification for ex
| pecting that the colored race would keel
| pace with the white race, much less out
strip il in growth. Even if the birth rat,
of the two were only equal immigration
from Europeis enough OF factor to othrov
the negroes further and further back il
any comparative table Of population
Ever since the bringing Of slaves from
have failed to hold their own in the censu
returns. Seventy-hve years ago the,
formed one-fifth OF all the. inhabitants o
the country; the enumeration OF last sum
mer SHOWS that tney are only one-eightl
OF the total. AT this rate the negro rae
will figure as q very small factor in Ameri
can life before the child of to-day reache
the edge of the grave.
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