Year: 1872




OF the Republic.


The letter from the HERALD correspondent
at Lima, under date of the 9th ult. which
will be found in another column, gives us
considerable hope for the future of Peru. The
history of that Republic, which has for half
century furnished SO many fearful scenes of
disorder, disorganization and bloodshed, seems
at last about to be entered on the quieter
pages of fruitful peace. wherein the victories
are more real and enduring than in
those stained with the bloody finger
marks of revolution and military op-
preston. The doctrine of the sword,
which in all the Iberian settlements of Amer
lea, North and South, was bestowed as terri
BILE legacy by Spain on their throwing off its
yoke, has generally left them in condition of
hopelessness and industrial stagnation Fos-
tered under the iron rule of the Spanish gov
ernors, from Pizarro down, who knew no other
means, and certainly tried none other in
preserving or extending the Spanish power,
this tradition of the sabre remained when the
power was gone to tell them in unmistakable
tones that 'sthose who use the sword shall
perlSn Dy tne SWORD.


The recent step forward which Peru has
made comes out of the reign Of the spadassin
and the Dictator by series of events COM
prised within few days. The coup d etat by
Colonel Gutierrez which deposed Don Jose
Balta, the President, the murder of the latter
in prison and the swift immolation of the
usurper, were all in the way of the old regime
but on their heels comes an atonement to out
ragged civilization in the exaltation of a simple
citizen, Manuel Pardo, to the Chief Magistracy
Of Peru by the voice Of the people, The
novelty of citizen President, one reared
in the ways Of peace and commerce, a
travelled, observing man, is rare
novelty for the land of the Incas. Could but the
other il-starred Republics of South America
take leaf from this book, what a harvest Of
wealth, prosperity and peace would be before
the peoples Of the countries so lavishly blessed
by the hand of naturel While the reign of the
petty soldier, with its narrow personal ambi-
tions its pronunciamientos, its avarice, its
forced loans, its insecurity and anarchy, is per-
mitted to continue, the piiable record Of the
past will be repeated in the future


The present experiment of citizen President
with peace policy will therefore be looked
on with absorbing interest by all who believe
in republican form Of government, or who
desire to aid the material progress Of those
rich lands yearning for the hands of industry
to bring forth their teeming products. and to
see their harbors thronged with the white sails
of commerce. If the events of July have
taught their proper lessons to the people of
soldier-ridden Peru, and if those on whom the
responsibility of power has fallen will grasp
the reins firmly and work only for the
public good, the day of promise will
have dawned. From all we can learn
the outlook has the best of omens. An. i'm
petus will be given to the work of raiload con-
struction, SO necessary in developing the
wealth of the interior. The labor question,
which, at present, from want of q proper sup
ply, seems source of considerable difficulty in
the forward movement, is about to be met by
an extension of coolie immigration. Ofcourse
this plan has its attendant evils, which are
mons The less to be considered because they
are cumulative, ana, a...hough meeting want
for the present, should not be looked TO
as the only source Of supply. These
Celestials, no matter how low their wage rate,
are continual drain on country, since they
carry back to the Flowery Land everything they
can seize in the way of money. Hence, Peru
should follow the shining example of the
United States and throw open her doors to an
immigration from overAowing Europe, which
will bring sturdy, thinking citizens to till her
valleys and defend her honor and her peace
in the hour of danger, instead of an army
Of mere labor machines, without any
other interest in the land than what
they can extract to carry off. We
sincerely hope that the efforts to regulate her
finances may be crowned with success. On
this head, indeed, with judicious management,
there can be little fear, the secret lying more
in the chance of public security being pro-
longed fact than in the dexterity of its tax
makers. In the accession of President Pardo
and the present temper of the Peruvian people,
we are fain to believe we see the opening Of o
new era Of peace and plenty, and for its boun-
teous continuance the people of the United
States will offer their heartiest wishes.


England's Distress at Home.


We print on another page this morning
letter from the London correspondent of the
HERALD regarding the gloomy prospects ahead
during the coming Winter for the English
poor. The kilograms and mail accounts re-
Gently have spoken of the advance in the
price of fuel ''Coal has gone up" as the
saying is, and whether the advance in price
arises from falling off in the yield, increased
consumption by the manufactures, or by
reason Of the conflicts between the miners and
their masters, the fact remains the same, that
coal has enormously risen in price from the