The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-05
TEE YEAR 1892

TIE LAtS lSS2
The past year has bTen a most
ercntful one, i has been one oi
change and and revolution III the
world at large. 4 change Of admin
iatration in England which placed
Mr.. Gladstone il power shows Eng
li>h public opinion is in favor OF
Home Rule for Ireland; France has
been on the eve OF a revolution be- /
cause of the almost Unprecedented /
corruption Of her lawmakers, but If |
il now believed the republic is out OF |
danger and that tardy justice wilt be |
meted out to evil doors; Germany |
liaa been in a state Of unrest because
81 the increased army demanded by
her inpetuous young Emperor, but
he wifhai take, care nOJ knock the
chip off the shoulders OF any on his
neighboripg Kingdoms; Russia mas
threatened both Constantinopie ard
India, but OILY threatened; IN snort
while the year has been OF one oil
national watchfulness, OF apprehen-
sion perhaps, and of preparation for
emergency, peace has yet reigned.
There have been the usual South
American revolutions, notably In
Chilli and Venezuela, and the United
States is becoming more and more
interested in her southern ne5ghbors
and tie time may not be far distant
when she shall act as peace maker IN
their quarrels. The French have
taken Dahomey.
America has been at peace with all
the earth, settling all her difficulties
| by arbitration. A great election
| has stirred up the people ana the
dominant party is superseded by an
other. She has been threatened With
the cholera which ragged in the old
world in many places, where its NOR
tality was $50, O0O sonIs, Tut she
kept it out. She sent a Northern e1~
petition to the tarthest point North
ever reached. Her prosperity has
been great aud she has taken, no
$ backward steps.
The religious world has witnessed
the trials for hsresy OF two distin
guished diyines, and their recentcon-
! illusions are still fresh in the miads
Of all.
! Among theereat dead Of the world
tile Duke Of Clarence, the heir 20 the
English throne; Cardinals Simeoni
and Manning, Mr.. Sturgeon ard
Noah Porter, in the religious arena;
Cyrus v Field AID Jay Gould amone
fnanciers; Tennysop, Whittier, Whit
man, RenHn, Curtis. Freeman aud
Mommsen in literature Others are
Sir Morell Mackenzie, Judge Bradley
Daniel Dorghesty, and Mrs. Harri
son, the wife 81 tie President.
Many lines ofrailroad have beer
built and the South and West great
" built up by expenditures of capita
and the settlement of capitalists
However there have been labor war
nfnnnSnal maonitnde and bitterness
de Lepe, and III the East Tennessee
mountains.
Wecannot do betterin closing thai
l quote from the New York Herald;
1T is said that during the Frpncl
Revolution of the last century tn
editor OF an encyclopaedia declined al
r article on God. declaring that the be-
lief in a Supreme Being was no lonoa
} of any interest to the people-it ha,
become obsolete. That was not tn
spirit III which these shores were colo
niz-d. The he"oism and the patriot
ism of our ancestors had its source il
4 reverence. Political and religion
J duties ran in parallel lines Tn
, Church and the town meeting wer
not strangers to each other. 1t ha
helped to shape our institutions ant
to give character to our legislation.
The SENTINEL wishes one and al
| "A happy New Year.