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Daniel webster and Slavery.

To THE EDrron OF TIE SUN-Sir: Mr.. George
Tlcknor Curtis has shown plainly enough that
Daniel Webster could have had no sympathy
or purpose In common with Garrisonian
Abolltionists. These favored disunion as
preferable to observance OF Constitutional obli-
cations agninst which they had CONSCIENTIOUS
scruples They regarded the Constitution as
q league with hell for the oppression OF the
negro. But the Garrisonians represented only
the EXTREMIST among anti.slavery men and
women who were identified with both WhiR
and Democratic parties. who attempted only
the restriction Of slavery In the States then
sheltering 1t, and its exclusion forever from
new territory.
Among these Daniel Webster must certainly
be counted. Repeatedly he professed his op-
position to the extension Of slavery. though
when the compromise measures came up he
waived slavery prohibition against the new
that the character and population Of this new
%%as %as needless to reenaet = decree of God"
shows his unwiliingness to resort to extreme
Where Daniei WEBSTER most ut srisSed M many
as the S s in h
hSnssrs aq8 seea e IN as as
and women this law WAS considered OF doubt
full constltutionality. The strict letter Of the
shall T" be- returned @ % to those to who whom such
labor or service shal! be due. This power was
not among those directly deleeated In the
therefore came under the provision of the
Constitution reserving such, powers to the
States States and to the neone, This sa was States
preservation q slavery PVT It was alsp gen. On
~ hrs ars in scarcely lesser
II was the desperation OF Southern slave;
holders thus fenced In and unable to extend
their peculiar institution that led them into
downfall The drastic fugitive slave law.
70 their masters without the Jury trial that tho
~ this Mr %sbstss ass
agreed. He died two years after the adoption
q ths PC and before any
ed. 10 assume that Sir. Webster would favor
repea! OF the earlier compromiss Of 1920.
KS Kansas and Ne Nebraska. is not warranted al By his his
les the Federal Government Is, given. exclusive
that had he lived the policy Of Abraham Lin
coin would have been his ME M LinSoln. like
delivering his first inaugural Mr.. Lincoln reaf-
tirmcd the strong, States rights decIaimtioR
which, the Republican platform Of 1880 az
ster r. lived through the war and reconstruetion
eras. 1t Is certain that he would have been one
Of the most powerful supporters OF the T TGonstl.
1ss SSSse wifi
Ests" l tAasoa a%s%ss %sn ssr sbS
ROCHESTER,. Dec. g.
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GENERAL AMNESTY IN HAITI
It IL Believed TO Include the Opposition
Leaders Now In Exile.

PoRT-Au-Pn1NcE. Dec. ia proclamation
was issued last evening by President Hip
polyte. announcing O general amnesty to po-
litical offenders. This carries with 1t the Inn
mediate liberation Of political prisoners now
in custody in the various prisons Of the re-
public.
The proclamation has been received with
great favor Perfect tranquility prevails.
The issuing Of the proclamation is taken to
indicate that President Hippolyte feels Abso-
lutte confidence in the strength OF his position,
aud that he has no fear OF the recurrence OF
All danger Of an uprising or rebellion in the
near future Is believed to be past.
include the opposition leaders, now living In
banishmssnt h at Kingston Jsmaics The Prtn.
aud L6gitime. II this Interpretation proves to
their followers to ue return at once @ to Aayt A Il
is not doubted. however. that in case they
should return their movements would be close
" watched to forestall any possible attempts
to create opposition to the present regime.
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The parishioners OF an Ohio clergyman
are trying to reduce his salary and force him
to resign because he will not give up smok-
ing. They say that he smokes too much. while
his sermons do not smoke at all. being mot Of
the JONATHAN EDWARDS STYLE" for which
they long. They do not complain because
his cigars are strong or rank, but they
think that even the mildest cigar is a
vice. and especially when smoked by too mild
n theoloGian. II this smoking parson can only
be induced to foed his flock with the sincere
milk Of Edwardsism. they will soon find out
that his torch OF tobacco is really only q
preHgurntion OF q theological Chicago. He
smokes for a sign.
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Houor to a Great Public B.asfac.or.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Now that
the courts of New York have decided that tho
will OF Samuel J. Tildcn shall be broken. and
his money devoted to purposes other than he
plainly intended. will the inhabitants OF New
York longer dolay to honor tile memory OF Its
greatest citizen by erecting q monument or
some public testimonialf He gave much OF his
time and means to purify the Government OF
the city and State. and by precept and exam
pie taught fidelity to public trust. There are
patriotic people all through tho country who
would be glad to honor tho great Democrat to
whom New York owes SO much. VIII she be
recrssnt to her duty2 Very truly yours.
DEC. 10. J. o. W.
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The "Shark.bltIng" Question-srore Inter.
estinE Evidence.

To rHE EproR OF Tng sus-Sr' Having spont some
years on the east coast OF Africa washed by Indian
Ocean. and many In the immediate vicinity OF Wall
street and Capel Court have had opportunities to be.
acquan with the habits and customs Of difer.
cGt species Of sharks
An ounce OF fact Is worth ton OF report and upon
the biting question OF water sharks give you the fol-
lowing OF my own experience seen OF my own eyes:
In February Of 1866 coolie ship a. O., vessel car.
ryiny East Indian laborers). with several hundred
coolies on board was blown ashore on the coast Of
Natal s. u. Africa. and many Ot these poor fe lows
the hopes Of swimming ashore through SURF few
succeeded. but many were drowned: and uow 10 the
point At ISSUE,
While the men were struggling in the water nerfect
school OF sharhs was hnycfiS around II noticed
thai ~ Inhg as man MAS able Ia swim the sharks
wnu,d approach hut not attack him; but sooner
dh he loso the power q motion than several woud
mediaieiy attack and literally tear him To pieces.
The vessel WAS blown asEOre In the early morning
hni revolving sights OF this nature continued all
through the day. This was witnessed by many people
from the nsighboring town aud villages myself among
have had other opportunities judging the subject
khnrk tlladaptrd Tor se!znx or bling active
body IN the water such Ne au expert swimmer aid
further that, ko The king of beasts Il has in soie
way acquired record as dangerous and daring
amy 60 Which ~ true nature does not entitle II, but
imps them to take advantage Of their superior
* TsPid movement Or are gn.hs 70 dstssd
ths sotSxsiaS e. xpsf,nsptt tssiihes xoer truly. =,
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II the Rev. DR.. TALMAGE's Tabernacle is

II the Rev. Dr. TAIMAGE's Tabernacle is
indebted to the Brooklyn Presbytery and can
not be got to pay tho amount due: II the Tab
ernacle Is heavily indebted to the contractor
for the mason work upon 1t. and has been
brought before Brooklyn court on that ac-
count; II tho Tabernacle Is hoad over oars In
debt, rs n Brooklyn clergyman declares it to
be: II. at the same time. tho Rev. DR.. TALMAaE
is drawing an enormous salary from the Tab
ernacle. surely q Talmneean sermon on tho
subject ought to be preached in the Taberna-
Gle. and an appropriate text for 1t can be
found in the words Pay That thou owest.'
It will be observed that the initial verb Of
this text Is in tho imperative mood.
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OF people are starving: and there is. Of course.
dnnger OF it's spreading westward. Public
warnings OF this danger have been given In
Austria and Germany. and we have o report
that tho Governments OF these countries are
about to establish strict quarantine along
their eastern boundaries
Now. we have In these times large immi-
grafton from famine stricken Russia. in which
a peculiarly dangerous form OF influenza and
n still more dangerous form OF typhus are
widely prevalent. aud therefore. 1t behooves
the medical authorities at this port and at
other American ports to be on their guard.
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4 CRANK At THE WHITE HOUSE
He Gave His Nnme ms Thomas Henry Mercer
Hosg, and He Wanted to See the President.

He Gave His Nnme Thomas Henry Mercer
Hosg, and He Wanted to See the President.
WASHINGTON. Dec. ia man giving his
name as Thomas Henry Mercer Hogg was ar-
rested u few days ago Mt tho White House
while endcavoring to gain an audience with
the President, and he has been adiudgod in
sane by board of physicians. Failing to rain
admission to the Executive Mansion. Hogg
wrote n letter to Nj. Harrison. which reads as
follows:
M Berj. Rur,ison. P.shi-ai ot.h. rn'-' stoe.
DER sR: What ], Thomas IL ~. IIogg wishes to spase
to you about y from he time sshned the declaration
or my intention TO become u citizen OF the United
states Of america have not had the protection Of
city Of New York. nnd IN Bnyonne Jersey state and in
here was In Oct. 1880. their is nunlter of pers,Ils
after the in England and Ireland ever since
1882 and cannot get a rtop to the same and mo to
injoy the privileges Of citizen OF the United states
THOMAS HgSRY MERCER iI0GG
Brickayer 1Uv d. Street, N. ".
He enclosed letter addressed to tho Lord
be forwarded to that official. Hogg is about IS
years old. He had Sl2l In currency In his
packets when takon into custody. He could
not be induced TO tell where he lhed. but it is
supposed. from paDers which he had about
him. that he came from Fordhan. N. Y.
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Tho Major Shorn.

Major JONES OF the 81. Louis Republic was
one OF the original promoters OF the MILLS
movement. SO conil6cuL was the Major
that an alliance between himself. the Mug
wump free traders Of the Last, and the re-
mains of the CLEVELAND Administration
would prove irresistible. that early in the
canvass he bot his whiskers on Mr.. MILLs's
election. Every person who has ever seen
and admired the Majors whiskers will un-
derstand the powerful. and. toward the last,
the desperate efforts which Major JONES
made to elect Mr.. MILLS as Speaker.
The Democrats Of the House held the in
terests OF the party above tho integrity OF
Major JONEss whiskers. and on Tuesday
morning. Dec. 8. the Major stepped out Of
the Riggs House barber shop in Washing
ton in a condition OF facial nudity which
would have prevented Mr.. MILLS himself
from recognizing him. No wonder the 81.
Louis Republic took this gloomy view that
morning Of the situation:
"The nob,est Democrat In the United States the
purcs patriot and OF the abest statesmen that we
boast Of has been sacrificed by ism CHM and rae
tion rings, combinations and corruptionists."
The wall ia not merely for MILLS; 1t Is for
MILLS plus the whiskers. But our unfor-
tunate friend has lost something besides
his whiskers aud his confidence in the pa-
triotlsm OF the American people and the fu-
tu:e OF this republic. He has lost what was
to him Infinitely more precious, namely, his
faith in the dislnterested conservation and
personal loyalty Of the Hon. GROVER CLEvE-
LAND. In his wall for MILLS and the whis-
kers. Major JONES does not forget to men
tion tho circumstance that his candidate
for Speaker was publicly repudiated In
the crisis OF the contest by the one man
whose battle he was fighting. and who
should have been anxious to extend all the
help in his power"
The reproach which Major JONES. in the
intensity of his grief. hurls at the Hon.
GROVER CLEVELAND is unmerited and un-
just Mr.. CLEVELAND worked for MILLS to
the end. and repudiated him publicly only
Just so far as he thought necessary for the
protection OF his own exalted and unselflsh
aspirations.
Nevertheless. we fear there will never be
a return Of the happy and halcyon days
when the Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND was
telegraphing to st. Louis. on the morning
after Democratic victory with which
neither CLEVELAND nor JONES had anything
moro to do than Mississippi tumble bugs
have to do with the market price Of Cambo-
dian white elephants. "Give my compli-
ments to Col. JONES. His work and mine, I
think. are bearing fruit"
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SLUpsKI.lN.a.
tn. Na.. and the r.me th.s FIJI the L..a.

Inc Nene ana Nne fome tbst k1u the Lana.
sTCorrespondents consulting TIE Sum upon
matters relating to the name and fame Of Col
Abe Slupsky are requested to be as brief In
their communications as Is consistent with the
clear statement OF what they desire to know
We also beseech them to be patient II they are
not answered at once. In due season and to
the best ofits ability. this department, although
overworked. hopes TO Ill every proper order
for Information concerning the statesman
whose sudden and splendid reputation Rids
the last years Of the diving century. Merely
frivolous inquiries will be waste OF the tri-
fer's time: and we have on hand large stock
OF silent contempt for the benefit of those
enemies OF the cause OF School Reform who
think they can strike at slupsky through the
columns OF The Sun.
The N~o Castle Graphic has the impudence
to present to its readers in the Shenaneo and
Neshannock valleys the subjoined picture as
an authentic likeness:
f,uo hs Ns~ 6bae Graphic.
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three or four different places tho
statement that the present Excise Com
missioners have issued 2,o67 liquor licenses
for saloons established since these Commls-
sionsrs took Office" and at the same time
should suppress the equally accessible and
far more interesting fact that under their
administration there are to-day In New
York 247 licensed drinking places less than
there were on May 4. 1889. when the present
Board was organized.
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LAWYERS DOuB1FU1 ABOUT 1T,

Ycn0 Tor Their ExcIuslvo Use In COnFt
Would uother Then.
A number OF lawyers declared yesterday that
II the Supreme Court Judges enforced tho pro-
posed rule to exclude all but lawyers from
tho enclosures contemplated there would be
trouble. Frequently lawyer trying case
wishes to have his clients and witnesses be.
side him. SO that IL his memory fails on any
point he can refer to them for Information.
frequently. too. the lawyer desires TO havch
clerk beside him to make memoranda or attend
to crrands The attempt to cut of. these
conyeniences would raise general protest. +.
Possibly, when tho nov order OF things 10
cable to enforce tho rule as now proposed
The sun., 1891-12-12

Brooklyn is waking up. Tho Brooklyn
Union Elevated Railroad Company has deter
mined to run all-night trains on its main
branch from the Bridge to East New York. and
now the late worker or reveller. and the New
York young man who has to see his Brooklyn
girl home from the theatre or ball need not
fear that he will be left out in the remote and
extensive suburbs Of our growing sister city
without means Of returning to his homo the
same night Brooklyn is to be congratulated
on these occasional signs Of metropolitan
growth,
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New Kind or Grip In Ba,ti more.

baltimore, Dec. 11.-A peculiar maady pre-.
walls in this city. which the doctors say Is .
new form OF grip. The victim is first attacked
with shooting pains In the legs and. as these
increase in severity. they settle In the muscles
making them sore to the touch. Then tho
trouble lodges in the Joints. The doctors say
tho trouble Is muscular and neuralgic, and IS
epidemic. There Is u very little Influenza nor
arc any other features OF tho old grip notice;
able to any serious extent. In tho cotton and
duck mills In Woodberry many looms arc Idle
owing to this sickness
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The st. Louis portrait is obviously tho basis
OF the New Castle caricature: and we may add
that whilo the former is not so insulting to
Col Abe rs the latter. 1t Is scarcely more satis
factory to the noble ideal which the friends Of
School Reform have formed Of their cham
pion's personal appearance.
]. What does Col, Abe slupsky do for livng'
2. Is he Democrat Republican. Farmers Alliance
Mugwump or Prohibitionst: or is he for supsky only
first last. and all tho time!
3. How much does he weigh! TARIFF REToRx.
/. He is public trustee.
9 He has generally acted. we believe. with
the Republican party: but he Is greater and
better than that party. and Is first last, and all
the time for School Reform.
g. Physically. about one hundred and forty
seven pounds: morally and intellectually.
many tons.
J. Who discovered COL Abe slupskyi
2 Did Colonel receive his military title the
battlefield. or is it his by courtesy merely'
g. Will the School Reform movement represented
by Col supsky furnish plank in the platform of any
party In the coming Presidential CANVASS.
Was Col Abe born great did he achieve greatness,
did he have greatness thrust upon hims
DJ. COLLINS.
l. Who discovered Napoleon Donaparte?
2. Colonel Is the Spanish coronsl and the
Latin colu.nna-the man ut the head Of tho
column. Tho title is Col. Abe's by the unwrit-
ten laws OF leadership.
3. Whether Col. Abe Slupsky will consent to
sacrifice his own inclinations and take the field
In person next yeur for the sake OF School Re-
form is question yet to be answered by the
course Of political events.
4. All three.
The Kansas Citv Evening Times reports the
unimportant rumor that Col. Abe Slupsky is
hoyt fa fr0n St Tn1fs n IA rfhapa
Jasper county. Mo. This would be a great
honor to Carthage and the Carthaginiaus.
but it. would neither hasten nor retnrd the
progress OF School Reform. The headQuar-
tors OF that movement are wherever Col. Abe
may happen to be. We have no information
corroborating the Times's story. which Is OF the
sort frequently started by tho local boomers OF
enterprlsing Western towns.
The Clereland Plain Dealer is authority for
tho interesting announcement that Col. Abe
supsky is q teetotaler. We have never doubted
1t, but the positive testimony OF 80 careful an
investigator as the Plain Dealer disposes OF
some OF tho current libels respecting Col. Abe's
habits. tits worth noting that another states
man who has devoted much attention to edu-
cational matters Is likewise u teetotaler; but
there ends the parallel between COL Abe Slup-
sky and the Hon. Henry ". Blair OF New Hamp-
shire. In intellectual quality the two states
men are no more alike than n forty-carat dia-
mond is like dish Of hasty pudding
COLONEL ABE.
Where did he nRht meath the Stripes and the starsi
What 10 the record no hss brought from the warsi
Where are tho scars OF this son OF Marsi
They still inquire about slupsky.
What do care what Ills shoulder straps are:
whether he never theref
.ohlr "a sl.a rGLx
Are enough for the friends Of Supskyi
l..
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The Union League Clubs Amiction.

Tho Union League Club has decided by a
majority Of moro than two to one that 1t
Intends to remain distinctively Repub-
llcan association, and therefore wants no
officers and no mcmbers who are not OF that
political faith and practice.
Tho reason for its making this emphatic
declaration is that the club has been in
tested. to some extent, with Mugwumps.
As Mugwumpery Is a child Of Republican,
lam, It is inevitable that such household
should suffer from the inhiction. Every
family must look after Its own progeny.
and the duty to which the Mugwumps have
consecrated themselves requires that they
should be In political company where they
are not wanted. II they were wanted. there
would be no occasion for their presence.
Their self-denying labors would have been
completed. for wherever Mugwumpery is
welcome there is nothing else except Mug
wumpery.
Hence the Mugwumps have remained In
the Union League Club with the more per-
tinacity for the very reason that they are
objectionable to the rest Of the members.
They look on the prejudice against them as
lamentable evidence that their presence is
necessary for the moral and political eleva-
tion Of the family. They are convinced
that they are the true lesven which should
leaven the whole mass. Their duty may be
dlsagreeable. but it must be performed. If
people refuse to accept them as exempIars.
they feel that their obligation to exhibit
their moral grandeur is all the greater.
The Mugwump company. though osmall
when counted in the election returns, is nu-
nlerous as compared with the total MEN,
bership OF tho few clubs in which their
whole force Is gathered. Hence these clubs
are the particular and most grievous suf-
ferers from them. So far US the great po-
litical parties nro concerned. they are Of no
consequence. but in such limited circles they
may make themselves rs prominent ms their
se!f-estimate is high; and In q strictly po-
litlcal club like the Union League, tho strain
OF looking up at their moral exaltation must
become painful to tho rest Of the members.
It Ia not surprising. then, that the Union
Lsagne hns made up It's mind that 1t cannot
endure any more Mugwumps. and that the
Mugvumps already In its ranks must not
10 allowed to hold offices in the club which
will compel u more concentrated gaze upon
tho briiliancy of their moral efrulgence. OF
course it cannot get rid OF It's Mugwump
members. but 1t can show them that 1t Is O
hopelessly Republican association, irre-
dsemable even by Mugwump example.
The UniCn League Club deserves the SYM
pathy Of all compassionate men. whether
Republicans or Democrats. for its trial is
hard. Do what it may. 1t will have to en-
dure the society Of its Mugwump members.
They cannot be driven away. Fidelity to
their principles compels them to remain.
The sun., 1891-12-12

Tho two millions OF Russians in the Cars
military service have an advantage over some
other millions OF their fellow subjects in the
fact that they will not be permitted to perish
by starvation.
The sun., 1891-12-12

We con hardly believe that the Mexican
fllibuster GARzA hns again found refuge in
Texas. We nre unwilling to believe that Gen.
sTANLEY's cavalry force on the Rio Grande can
fail to arrest this audacious and dcflnnt out
low II ho again sets foot on American soil.
The sun., 1891-12-12

The Russian influenza" Is tho name
now Given by foreign medical journals to the
epidemic that is prevalent to an alarming ex-
tent In Austria and Germany. as well as In the
country OF It's origin. and that also exists In
Now York and other American cities. The
ravages Of the epidemic have been very severe
In the famine stricken regions Of Russia. and
1t has advanced westward from there in the
opinion Of German and Austrian doctors who
have been making study OF it. But there
il now something to be feared. or to be guard
cd against. that may be even worse evil Ad-
vices have recently been received In Berlin from
Russia that . mslsdy resembling the Asiatio
typhus has made its appearance In the Prov
tnee Of Kazan. oa the yolsA where millions
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a Great Pennsylvania vindieated.

~ SsOssS SnhSJ AVesHAssN v~AAoAStscOus
We find In the columns OF the 81. Louis
Republic letter from the Hon. J. RICHARD
BARSErr. formerly OF Missouri. but now OF
New York. q man evidently OF experience in
public AFFAIRS: and he makes tho following
remarkable averment:
"Shs had not been very long in progreas when It
was discovered that sox CAMERON to whom the posi-.
tieu Of sscrstary Of War had been given. found
guilty Of peculating In arms. or course he was dis
missed from the high office In very summary manner"
This statement Is entirely inaccurate. No
such discovery was ever made. No charge
Of peculatlon In arms or In anything else
was maintained against SIMON CAMERON.
He was not dismissed from the office OF Sec
rotary OF War In summary manner. Moth
Ing dlsgraceful was attached to him In that
matter or In any other: and when he left
the War Department., In 1862. he was ap-
pointed Minister to Russia. an appointment
which would never have been made by
Mr.. LINCOLN had there been against him
any such acquisition Us that alleged by Mr..
BARNETT.
When the civil war commenced. there was
not In the country any supply OF arms or
any means OF procuring one; and yet arms.
inimmense numbers. formed an indispensa-
BILE requisite for military operations. Gen.
CAMERoN took means to procure what was
needed In the promptest manner. He gave
contracts to every establishment that
would undertake to manufacture arms OF
the sorts needed; and In due time the def
cheney began to be made good. ........
Meanwhile the opponents OF the war. the
opponents Of the Administration. and. more
than all. the opponents Of CAMERON. over
flowed With assertions that these Contracts