Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-21

NXV2 see daily Of the correct
M I'M NW- ness, in the main, Of my
MS21NS 1kA, first conclusions is 20
#aNSIMt aWl1 astounding In its vol
R.AES- ume and malignity that
/ begin now to see more
Of design than did heretofore. AT first
was inclined to lay the whole blame for the I'M
reasonable prejudics ON the news vendors, and
no doubt they are in great measure at fault,but
now want to discriminate. The British liberal
and radical newspapers, as a rule, are yerS fair
toward the United States in their editorial col
| umns; but the tory newspapers, English. Scotch
and Irish. seem to be actuated bv the bittcrest
hatred, proof of which / shall give hereunder.
When open tory paper | look first for the
double-leaded sneer at America and am sell
dom disappointed. In fact there seems to be
an epidemic OF editorial Islander OF this kind.
Passing news agents the other day / was
startled by seeing in the contents bill of EnS-
land, a weekly organ of the Salisbury govern
ment, the line "Murderous America" in five
inch block letters. I bought u copy and saw
merely an editorial paragraph in which the
reader was informed that freedom in America
consisted in the right one citizen had to take
another citizens life without any serious risk of
capital punishment, and the suggestion TINT lit
is a pity the Mckinley bill does not place tax
| on the introduction of murderers."
MiSLEADlNd ARTICLE IN BlACkWO0D.
Just now the tory editor is deep in his edi-
torial "gloat," and the cause is a very gloomy
description of the alleged social conditions in
the United States, appearing in the current
number of Blackwood's Magazine The article
| seeks to show that American liberty is but a
shadow: that political corruption is destroying
freedom and communicating social order and
moraity; that a just and impartial admins
tration OF the laws cannot be credited TO Ameri-
| can republicanism. nor is the elevation of hu-
mainly in the moral scale distinguishing mark
of its legislation. 1t complains that two
| thirds of the population never enter church. -
which may be true: yet 1 venture to suggest
that the same is true of England, nOtwithstand-
ing that the taxpayers here have to support the
state religion. Parental neglect of children is
alleged to be common. which is q lie while
such charge could, unfortunately, be made
| against England, as proved by some facts gave
you last week. Then there comes a slap at
precoclous young America IN the assertion that
long before the young children leave school
they are self-asserting. 1t il alleged that 1.-The
home affords them no religion" Mother hearts
of New England, of the south and of all the
| country, listen to that. There is no religion
provided in the public Schools il is complained:
yet not SO very long ago the incubation of re-
ligioE in the schools of portion Of the united
kingdom was penal Offense. What will the
Christian Endeavor Society the Episcopalian
ents and teachers and other Chris tian
people think of the statement that few
American children attend SUNDAY SCHOOL," And
what will parents generally say to the charge
| that in America ''boys and girls grow up like
half-broken colts and fillies?'' The moral tone
of American life. or rather the alleged want Of
it, as shown by divorce statistics. is especially
| shocking to the English editor. He at the same
timo closes his eyes to the fact that there are
now awaiting trial in London alone over 300
divorce cases. some of them of a very spicy
| character. and when the nature of the proof
| necessary to establish a divorce case in an
English court is considered the showing n
| more startling than the American one. Then
the criminal statistics of America are pro-
dueed-no American is proud of them-and
twisted and commented upon until the i'm
preston is given that in no place on United
States soil is life property safe. Uncle Sam
| is shown to treat lis criminals with the tender
est solicitude, while only few DAYS ago similar
pleasure was taken In repeating Herr Most 9
declaration, born of his experience. that repub-
lican prisons were the worst in the world. II is
pointed out that Americans have too seusa-
tional way of dealing with notorious criminals but
even tory editors gently admit that their colonial
brethren go little farther in that direction as
instanced in the case of Deeming, who is not an
American.
Here is pretty bird s-eye view of the United
States, given without qualification: 1.-The aliens
tives use the revolver. the razor and other
lethal weapons"
ELECTIONS IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
These statements. as 1 have said, afford the
tory editor much scope for the display of his
anti-Americanism. The Belfast Ne.rs Letter is
especially bitter. This is Lord Salisbury's
north of Ireland mouthpiece and the chief or
gan of that class of Irishmen whom the New
York World aptly declared were SO loyal to
the English government that they openly threat
ened to make warlike revolt against it il it in
sisted upon governing less than now-to over
throw the imperial constitution rather than sub
init to be excused from submitting to it, In
view of the sad state of things depicted it SOL
EMMY says that 1.-THE people OF the united king
dom have right to be grateful for the privi-
leges constitutionally assured them" Il de-
plores the cost of American elections and saws
that such things are better managed in the
united kingdom. as all classes know. Our less
expensive hereditary monarchy" it adds. guar
antees continuity of order; our elections are
pesceable and pure Less expensive heredi-
tary monarchy! Twill not bore you with figures
to show you how less expensive il is. but Will
Just remind you that young Prince George Of
Wales alone draws $4,000 wear from the
pockets of the Britislp taxpayers. besides his
keep" and several snug official salaries thrown
in. This is one Of his royal privileges.
Another ia to look CONTEMPORARY down upon
the people who pay him. Elections peace
able and pure! Just wait till the general
election and see how far from peaceably dis
posed the Netcs Letters constituents will be
when their opponents, the nationalists, are
"speechifying" or polling in their West Belfast
stronghold, and see how Lord Salisbury's con-
stabulary will help things along in other parts
OF Ireland. Also look into the methods of tory
carpet-baggers and read the statistics of those
unseated for illegal practices. But the Ne,cs
Letter is generous. 1t admits that mo doubt
there are thousands of worthy men in the
United States" but says that, taking the
country a whole, civilization has vet to be
imported" and it moralizes in conclusion that
1.-The Americans Of today are not men of the
same type as those who won great battles under
Washington and threw off the British yoke
the first time ever knew a tory paper to ad-
init that anything British was '.yoke"
TRIBUTES OF EMINENT EsaLIsHMEN.
Strange, isn't it, that never knew an Ameri-
can who, after visiting England, did not return
with an added pride in the glory OF his own
country Strange that Lady Somerset. after
spending six months in the United States, max
ing tour Of the country and coming into touch
with the people, should be SO profoundly i'm
pressed with 1.-THE glory Of its present and its
oncoming civilization" with 1.-THE great throb
of sympathy that beats through the heart Of
that nation for all that tends 70 build up the
holinoss Of human hrotharhr<,d nth a. ssax