The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-24
PUBLIC OPINION.

From present indications II seems likely
that Great Britain will be involved In .
conflict with all the tribes living etwee
the and Cabool: IN fact, there Is
bought victories OF the Turks over the
Greeks have aroused the fanatic warriors
OF all Islam to try conclusions with the
gfaOurs- Orfentals recognize no distinction
between Greeks and Britons: all Euro
peans are known to them as Franks and
Christians. and the defeat Of one Chris
tian army by their c~o-religionists seems to
have been quite sufficient to convince the
Mosiems OF their Observation-Disclosures
phia Record
Section 2 Of the new tariff is that
which Is likely TO produce the greatest
and the most injurious international irrf-
tation. Although the tariff irritates and
Injuries France and Germany. and will
bring support to the protectionist senti-
ment in each Of these countries. IT Is
tolerably certain that any measure OF re-
taliation either might adopt would only
injure itself the more, so that there Is
scarcely likely to be any really r~etaliatory
legislation. But n Is repeatedly
challenged to retaliation. The tariff on
Canadian lumber Is aggravated by the
prohibition Of Canadian labor.-Harper's
Weekly.
The fall in the price Of silver Is urged
by the advocates of gold monometallism
as an argument against bimetallism. The
argument is all the other way, and those
Il III ~ " oA1AAu R"A lSotS oAC e
to see the logic Of the situation. The ad-
vocates Of gold have pushed their cause
too far. and threaten the destruction Of
x.56. ooo. 900 worth Of coined silver held by
! India. Mexico. Brazil. South America,
China. France, and Austria, to say MOTH
Ing of the United States. Is 1t not evil
dent that Europe has a deep financial in
terest in bringing about some plan to pre-
| vent the wiping out OF all this value?
The New York World. a strong gold or
gan. asks the pertinent question:: ''What
Is to become Of the Of the silver
countries-England's best c~ustomers-if
their money is to be wiped out? Mexico
has already put a stop to foreign trade
Tor this cause. Must not all the other
/ silver countries do the like If the decline
| continues?'-Chicago Dispatch.
The republican administration is, there
fore. responsible for everything that has
resulted from these appointments or may
result from them. 1t is sincerely to be
hoped that the people will be wise and
conservative, and hat there will be no
breaking of rhel law in any case. no mat
ter how great the p~rovocation. The peo-
| pie of Georgia and the south cannot
anord to place themselves on the some
of the country where %lynching seems the
popular method of punishment for petty
crimes. But all this goes to demonstrate
the truth Of Judson Lyons contention in
his arguments with Major Hanson that
"the republican party is the negro party
It certainly is t~hat.-Atlanta Constitution.
Some people, laboring under the popular
fallacy that the governmental modus
operandi at the gold fields is that of ma
jor1ty rule, seem surprised at the total
lack Of chaos and la~wlessness character
istic of the region But Canada has made
up her mind that if aliens wish to cross
her borders and work her mines, they
must do as native Canadians do-honor
and submit to the law. In fact, she
wishes it distinctly understood that she
is making a big concession to Americans
in allowing them to enjoy the benefits OF
real law. Any man determined to gel
into the Klondyke and resist the enforce.
ment of law is bound On a silly and
foolhardy errand. He will be given
plenty of time to repent of his stupidity
after he does get in. One miner, who has
returned ignomipiously on account Of the
heavy duties imposed, said that he tried
to monkey with the lions tail, n he
found it to be the same old lion and the
same old tail. The beast turned as it al.
ways has done, when it's dignity was
afronted.-Chicago Times-Herald.