The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-01-15
HE MURMUR1NGs OF Discomfort

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tiny states of Central America are sc
perturbed that the governor of one day
is the rebel of the next. The rebellion
in Brazil, the troubles of Bolivia anC
| Peru, the changes in Honduras are only
manifestations of a trouble that is world
wide.
In Africa, Cecil Rhodes, the British
Napoleon of Dark Continent conquest
is said to be a seriously contemplating
the independence of the British posses
sions in South Africa. And England
has but finished her war with the Mats'
belle.
Spain has scarce settled her troubles
with the Riffans before her republicans
and anarchists are on the boards. Gorilla
the republican leader, issues a manifesto
to his followers, telling them to expect
a republic in Fair Castillo before many
moons.
Canada and Australia chafe under the
bonds that bind them to Great Britain,
while Ireland clamors for home rule.
In France the dynamite of anarchy
shakes the republic. Carnot maintains
his hold by frequent changes in the min
istrY.
Italy must have recourse to a I premier it
had discarded to form an acceptable min
istry. The pope fears the monarchy and
the monarchy is haunted by the spectre
of republicanism.
Even the German Kaiser has to move
heaven and earth to elect a Reichstag
that will vote funds to maintain his
standing army. Socialism multiplies
under the iron heel of Wilhelm.
In the domain of the Tsar Nihilism
fourishes in spite Of prison cells and
Siberian Punishment.
Church is affected, as we'll as State.
Disestablishment in being called for in
England. The Pope is said to contem-
plate departure from the Eternal City.
In our own country the departure from
ORTHODOXY is widespread.
America Is not free from the murmurs
and changes that discomfort brings.
The farmers alliance, the knights of
labor, and similar organizations have
grown out Of dissatisfaction. The third
party is the child of discomfort.
The tidal wave of '92 was not due to
the popularity of the democratic party,
so much as to dissatisfaction with the
republican party. The democratic party
was not put in power for what it had
done, but for what 1t promised to do.
The republican party had been in control
since the sixties and its policy had given
no relief. The democratic party asked
an opportunity and the people gave it.
Since the advent Of a democratic ad-
ministration, things have gone from bad
to worse. No matter what were the
causes, this statement is true. And the
disconnected have multiplied.
Farmers Of the South ard West bewail
depression of agricultural interests. La
borers of the North and East despon.
point to idle mills and silent fac
tories. Labor complains of oppression
by Capital, while Capital mourns the lack
of adequate returns.
Panic, hard times, business depression
offer an immediate cause for the state of
But discomfort was spread far
and wide before we felt the first tremors
VI luc pduIC ludL LAS Sudh0u Tue UGSlQ6SS
world.
Is the trouble in the people? Is it an
epidemic Of restlessness that sweeps the
nation and the world Or must we
acknowledge that government has been
founded on a false basis and has operated
unjustly?
If the former is the cause, the feeling
will pass away with time. But if the
cause is in a false political economy and
the state of affairs is due to mistakes of
there uust be a readjust-
ment of governmental machinery, a gen.
eral mutation of the powers that be.
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