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"yTl'RDAT MORNING, Feb. 25.
^TOTKAGES ON THE SOUTH,
life hard for one to possess one’s soul
isjatienc? upon reading such vile slanders
„ a! he people of our State and the South
tin almost daily held up to the world by
rtlera press. And what makes these
“fas W e r ;e i; the fact that they go out
Eoeirotl'i hearing the stamp of official
ailment.
Be infamous thicresand liars who have
I B»jnrp control orer us send them abroad
S .('ml facts, and the Northern press
I ait up those lying assertions, and in their
casts Irani us of the South as out-
in wd desperadoes.
Ti>eproclamation of Bullock concerning
I ft*oatrases lie avers ■sere committed in
uaty, and which the lying scoundrel
I beware either false in toto, or else shame
j fiiyeiiaerated, has reached the outside
I riiacd stands out against us to our
j rat damage.
We say lying scoundrel, for a man, hav-
igtfce interest of a people thus at his
ict;. to put forth to the world an official
th;e, based upon no better foundation
ta this fellow Bullock based bis procla-
Kiionof the 17th, is both a liar and a
snaadrei. and deserves the execration of
»j booest men.
I We have heretofore exposed the baseness
£ his allegations, nor would we revert to
| spin but iu connection with the follow-
it:, which we give from the New York
Herald.
“The Governor cf Georgia has issued a
tttchmat.cn. dated the 17th inst., offering
11reward of five thousand dollars for the
I arrest and conviction of any one of a band
if lawless men, who. in disguise, have been
I ttoitting atrocious outrages in certain
I ^protected portions of the State.
I The Governor of South Carolina has sent
11special message to the Legislature in re-
I anon to the recent outrages in that State,
I days that hereafter United States troops
I said of the negro militia will be sent in-
|‘othedisturbed districts to enforce order
i*. suppress lawlessness.
. Arkansas political troubles bear a
Iureateaing look, but the Governor has ta-
| tin decided land to maintain order, and,
* is a man of pluck, be will doubtless
h t^ese troubles and excesses in some
i^-sot the South we regret to say that we
I [’■? m? ^ Icuse f or President Grant with-
I kf' Df ^' ls saQC lioo to the general amnesty
It dues not seem that the late murderous
peaces were gotten up for political ef-
| -p DuL to have been the legitimate fruit
L J 5 lnt c f s emi anarchy that has been
. J taking root °q Southern soil, and
50 sections, almost a
Iji # :. C ^temper. The Southern people
• ‘ to tncmselves to maintain order and
^gaize the laws without the old Uni-
^ Ui ^s troops.
hr as the Georgia part of the above
earned, we here kuow how ridiculous
^ ^s ^ould appear, were it not for
Hf^’b iDja ^ tiCe l ^ e T ^ our P e °pTe. The
ise> its comments upon the suppo-
* 111 ^Hook's proclamation was a
^avermentof facta, and to this ex
^ strictures may not be unjust, but
. ^statements made by Bullock are
warrant able we all feel in our
t«!i" alteri “' lrewas not '“suited, mal.
a!, iirT 1°^^' '^ e ne S ro girls were
• No negro Joseph Kennedy,
ijnjJ” 6 ., c k. c ’_ was “tot “ud mortally
. ' 0 citize “ 5 °f Rome were threat
it ‘‘ lly manner distut bed fay a band
53 ffioa disguise, and Bullock’s
lmal i° Q Wl3 a gross outrage up-
TIIE scnooi.s OF SOME.
Wliat they are and what they Need.
We invite the attention of our readers
to a few thoughts and suggestions upon the
all important subject of schools and popu-
publicgaz- lar education. In selecting this subject we
do so with a peculiar interest, Lr it is
subject in which all are interested—from
the highest to the lowest. Every home that
is gladdened by the cherry voices of child
hood, has a part and parcel in the subject,
and should feel moved by an appeal to its
notice.
It is not, however, the importance of ed
ueatioo we propose to discuss —as well ar
gue the necessity of food to the stomach,
light to the eye, or breath to the lungs. Its
importance and esentiality tothepcaceofthe
State—the pleasure of society and the hap
piness ot the children of men are as well
established as is that of food, light and
breath to the material man. To speak of
it then in this connection would be to insult
the intelligence of cur readers. We pro
pose to avert to the means of advancing
education—the facilities enjoyed, and the
disiderata that are yet felt to exist in its
dissemination.
These arc all questions that should elicit
10 00 the sympathy of our entire country, for, as
all are interested in the result, all should
be equally interested in the means.
The first matter to be considered in the
entering of a child to school is the compe
tency of the teacher—are the teach rs com
petent—are they capable, and will they per
form their dutie3 faithfully and effectually.
To determine this, much judgment is re
quired, for in determining tho claims of a
teacher, justice to your child demands that
the award must be an impartial one, made
in the absence of all personal feelings, fa
vors, or friendship, and based entirely upon
the merits of the teacher. Tho surest test
of a teachers’ capacity is the success he or
she meets with in the advancement of pu
pils, and when a teacher thus tested by ac
tual experience and trial, has been found
worthy of his profession, no light consider
ation ought to bepermitted to intervene be
tween him and his permanent employment,
as long as he desires it.
More injustice his been done the advance
ment of pupils by an injudicious change of
teachers than by any other one cause, and
that commnnity that has been so fortunate
as to secure the service of a tried and faith
ful teacher, should be cautious indeed in
its purposes to change it.
The proficiency and efficiency of a teach
er having been ascertained and secured, the
next object to be considered is the selection
of books.
This delicate matter more properly be
longs to the teacher, and the teacher quali
fied and competent as prescribed above,
would he thoroughly competent to select
proper text books.
The only voice that patrons should claim
in the matter is that of protesting against
the introduction and presence of sectional
and sectarian matter in the books, upon
which the minds of thei: children arc to
base their educational superstructure. The
duty of selecting proper books belonging to
and constituting a part of the teacher’s pe
culiar profession, the question of his com
petency also determines this, acd the next
matter that patrons have directly to deal
with is the location, construction and con-
ionce of school buildings. And it is
here that the great disideratum is found.—
In schoolhouse accommodations we, as a
people, are sadly deficient, and especially
arc tho people of Romesidly—almost dis
astrously behind the requirements of the
times.
We have an efficient corps of teachers—
no city in the S ate can boast a superior—
but in the matter of school accommodations
we are utterly destitute.
The assertiou is a startling one, but it is
true nevertheless, and in ocr next issue wc
propose continuing the subject, with the
earnest hope of directing the attention of
our people to tho great importance of this
matter,and the great injustice they have
been and are still doing themselves—their
ohildren and the true interest of the city,
by neglecting to provide proper school
buildings for our schools.
* tt»
■ t’Dclau
people of ,
(•a,’, r '“ our county—upon the
the South.
> p J ° W ’** set at defiance the find-
, t '•» Grand J UIX and relieve from de-
! ndicted > b J a P“blia
Uple of ’before trial, sets a pretty ex-
Ifcu'" < ; ren=e a “fi respect for the law
Wui,, ' la Randolph county. His
hto; tQ ° murd erers, even over the pro
• U ^£ es whose sentences he thus
^ "'ffiiMa 011121 ' InStance bi 3 rever-
dtomi,, maa R“ii°ck cats have the
before the world and
^Wtions^ ° ^ *" a ' Se and “aiieinue
*ii
tl>0 day of rec b 0 “i“g
V'iF.xx^. 1 . Contributions to Lee
? t “pablisU h ~ Br ““ over8i S fat we
\ oltauied thl '
and 6 Subscn P*ions at Van
Clni ty, to the Lee Monument
MtS j L ‘ °* Jones . Miss E. L.
’ ana Miaj M. p. Kingsher-
[For the Borne Courier.
ECHOS OF THE WAR.
BY VIRGINIA C. CRIFFETH.
IS MEMORIAM.
Thomas B. Bull, aged 17, hilled at the hat-
tic of Chicamauga. Sept. 20, 1863.
When came the hc-rdee of the cruet North
To invade our sunny land,
He left his books and hurried forth
To meet the invader’s hand.
With a boy’s sweet face, but a man’s stout heart,
The pride of his friends he stood,
Pure in his motives, guileless of art,
Generous, brave and good.
On the field—in the camp, or at duty’s post,
Alike he was lured and blest,
And those of bis friends who loved him most
Were those who knew him the best.
And when, like on earthquake’s deafening shock
The battle burst orer his head.
He met the dread ears-ge firm as a rock, *
Heedless of dying and dead.
And onward he passed through the sulphurous
breath
That swept the ensanguined marge,
Becklsss of living, fearless of death,
Till he fell in the terrible charge.
And bright too and fair, as the noblest name
That was given to glory that day.
Was the halo that circled tho hero boy’s fame
And ’twill hallow his mem’ry for aye.
Now peaceful and sweet is the hero boy’s sleep,
Free, free from war’s bitter alarms.
While kind friends at home for their loved one
weep
He is happy in Jesus' arms.
FRANCE—PEACE.
It is now definitely known that peace has
been signed between King William and
Thiers. The terms have not yet been made
public, but they are said to be more liberal
on the part o£ Germany than was generally
expected.
The Germans are to have a triumphant
entiy into Paris, but will immediately pass
out again.
All railroads leading into Paris arc again
in operation, and soon the gay Metropolis
will be as gay as ever. And why should it
not The defeat the nation has sustained
is humiliating, but not crashing—unlike
that which fell upon us of the South, it
does not crash ont the lifeblood of liberty.
Though defeated foes, they are y t freemen
and can, under a government o: their own
choosing, direct her energies to the work
of recuperation, aud hope for time to ena
ble them to wipe ont the dark stain oT dc-
defeat.
Gambetta has subsided into a merited ob
scurity. Trochu has resigned and gone in
to private life. Thiers and Favre are the
directors of the ship, but what port they
are making for, or where they will land, no
one caD safely conjectarc. Thiers is a friend
of the Count De Paris, Favre is Republi
can. Napoleon most watch their move
ments with an eager interest.
Whether Republic, Monarchial or Impe
rial, no one can say, but, let her destiny be
what it may, it will be years before the pros
perity of Napoleon’s Teign will be eclipsed.
For the sake' of htr down-trodden and
bleeding poor, we are glad that the war has
ended.
As an illustration of tha Democratic
character of General^Sherman’s receptions,
it is said that’ any gentleman with a paper
collar and mittens on can go in.
The London Quarterly Review.—
We have the January number of the Lon
don Quarterly Review beforo us. It is a
largo number, having 153 pages, and every
page is well filled with the choicest of mat
ter. Its contents are Our National Defen
ces, Modern Whist, Count Bismark, Prus
sia and Pan Tentonism, The Revenue of In
dia, The Invasion of France, Lives of the
Lora Chancellors of Ireland, French Pa
triotic Songs, Cathedral Life and Cathedral
Work, Political Lessons of the War.
The London Quarterly is one of the four
British Reviews published iu America by
Leonard Scott & Co.
A careful student of these Reviews will
be well posted in alt that pertains to Eng
lish literature—scientific, political or mis
cellaneous. The subscription price is four
dollars per annum. Address Leonard Scott
& Co., 140, Fulton street, New York.
Memphis Branch Railroad.—The
directors of the above named road met in
Rome on yesterday, for the purpose of tak
ing into consideration the propriety of com
mencing work immediately. Bnt |as it is
uncertain what Dr. Laman, the contractor
of the Alabama end of the line, will be
able to do, they adjourned without action,
subject to tho call of the President, Col.
W. S. Cothran. Tin question as to what
will he do te with the Alabama Bonds, ma
terially affects this enterprise.
Dr Miller.—The bill prescribing an
oath for Dr. Miller has received the Presi
dent’s sanction, and we suppose that the
Dr. took his seat yesterday in tha Senate.
This will entitle him to full pay for tiie en
tire term, and we are glad that he will get
it.
Who is to succeed the Dr. nest month is
not to be divined—Blodgett will doubtless
bid high for it, but it is to be hoped that
the Senate will have too much respect to
peraiit the outrage of seating him.
Common Schools.
We are glad to see the following by the
Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune.
Tho probable defeat of Hoar’s scheme
is good; the adoption of General Garfield’s
would tend to diffuse and multiply what
ever blessings the common school system is
capable of:
General Garfield will attempt to morrow,
under a suspension of the rules to pass
a resolution directing the Commissioner
of Education to report to the House at its
next session, how mnch Government aid
each State has received for educational
purposes, what the condition each State
is in, in regaad to schools, and to make a
recommendation as to the best means of
promoting education throughout the Un
ion.
This is to be a substitute for Mr Hoar’s
bill, which will not bo voted on this ses
sion, and would be defeated if it werv.—
The main objection to Mr. Hoar’s resolu
tion is that it is looked upon as the first
step toward centralization of tho education
al system of the country, and this, it is pre.
dieted by some, would, by discouraging
private effort, be detrimental in those
States now well provided with edncational
facilities.
General Garfield thinks that his resolu
tion will more nearly meet the needs of the
country, as he believes that the investiga
tion will show that many of the Southern
States have received little or no aid,
while they have been so crippled by the
war as to make it difficult to establish a
school system.
With the facts in hand, General Gar
field thinks that Congress might make
appropriations, either of money or ot
land, for those States most in need, and
allow them to expend it under State direc
tion.
Tho way in which Bobert Bonner com
menced to lay the foundation of that ridic
ulously large fortune of his is said to be
this: He worked at case as a printer at $8
per week, and wrote letters to country pa
pers. When he had saved np 8500 he
bought the Merchants’ Ledger, and now
he owns Dexter, anl J. Elliott, and Nebu
chadnezzar, and Ramises the first, aud ever
so mnny other nags. He has, besides, mnoh
city lot, two or three millions in stocks and
things,- and an income of 84,000 a week,
on which he manages to rough it. But
then he's an economical man.—Harper’s
Bazar.
It is not strange that Dio Lewis should
be deeply impressed with the importance
of health when his name is a perpetual in
vocation to to his own fuaeral—New York
Tribune.
Correspondents are very rcspeetfnlly
jnforfoed that [. personal'love «rinnmni-
cations are not desired at all.—N. O.
Times.
From the Savajinah Neva.
The Cincinnati Railroad and the Kentucky
Legislature.
An effort is now making to induce Con
gress to grant a charter for a railroad from
Cincinnati through the State of Kentucky
to Chattanooga,irrespective of the action of
tbc Kentucky Legislature, which lately re
fused to grant such a charter.
It is urged by the projectors of this road
that the State of Kentucky, Jroin illiberal
end selfish motives, obstinately refuses a
oharter for a road through her territory,
designed to connect Cincinnati with the
Gnlf and South Atlantic poits,-and which
is essential alike to the interests of that ci
ty and to the commerce of tho Sonth and
West, of which it would be the great direct
thoroughfare.
With this statement of the ease, Congress
is now Tskcd to disregard the express will
of the people of Kentucky through her
Legislature, and to grant a charter for the
proposed road through her teiritcry.
The projected road would be of great
benefit to Savannah, as it wonld place U3 in
direct communication with Cincinnati and
and a rich and fertile region of cocntry, a
great portion of whose products would fiud
au outlet through our port, and much of
whose foreign supplies would enter here.—
Bnt while wc fully appreciate the mutual
benefits which would result iu the openiog
of such a channel of iotercommanicatioa
between the val ey of the Ohio and the
South Atlantic and Gulf ports, we are un
willing to sacirfice - he great fundamental
principle of State rights for their attain
ment.
Whilo State lines are lclt ns—while the
forms of State Government are preserved
and a vestige of the Constitutioa remaias,
w? cannot give our voice in favor of snch
an act of Coasressional usurpation as
is invoked Dy the friends of the proposed
road.
We can know very little of the merits of
the controversy between the Cincinnati
Railroad Company and the Kentncky leg
islature. We are not aware that there is
any effort being made on the part of tho
Cincinnati people to ‘develop’ the r#
sources of Kentucky similar to those th*
have been made by the Littlefield and S wop-
son Railroad ‘developers’ in North Carolina,
Sonth Carolina and Florida, aud are now
being made by the Pennsylvania ‘develop-
srs’ in Virginia, but it seems that the oppo
sition which the Cincinnati enterprise has
encountered in Kentncky is not so ranch
to the right of way for a railroad across the
State, as to the particular charter which her
Legislature was asked to grant. Wc gath
er some information on this subject from
the following article from the Louisville
Jefietsonian Democrat of the 18th., in
stant.
The editor says:
Interested parties hare managed to stir
a proper rivalry between these too fine cit U is aot clear that thut st hM not a i read
too lfit.i innloiinn Onri hsxe + ilitrr All ctinli . *
ies into jealousy aud hostility. All such
are enemies and not friends to either.—
Those in Cincinnati anxious to have a rail
road south from that point industriously
represent all those here opposod to the Fer
guson bill are so from selfish and interested
motives.
Tims the good people of that city are de
ceived as to the disposition of the groat ma
jority of our people, who are perfectly will
ing to see a railroad constructed from Cin
cinnati to the Gulf, if it is undertaken by
private capitalists upon business pirnci-
ples, and not upon false public economy
and in violation of the system between the
States.
A few interested and a few narrow min
ded men doing business on Main street in
this city are opposing theSoathern railroad
project because they imagine it will mate
rially injnre the business of Lonisviile. Bnt
the rest ot our people, who take any inter
est in it at all, are opposed fr.im principle
to the Ferguson project, and will rejoice to
see the enterprise speedily under way upoi
a solid basis.
Snch is the position of this journal, and
it represents the liberal and enlighten
ed sentiment of this city upon tbis top-
The city will be benefitted and spnrred
into real active employment of its capital,
brains and energies the moment some right
ly organized company undertakes construc
tion of a railroad from Cincinnati to the
Gulf.
Tho nefarious schemes originated by tho
Ferguson bill, only retard the actual con
struction ot a road that when it is bnilt will
be constructed by private capitalists, be-
caase they see large dividends in it. The
worst enemy Cincinnati has is the ten mil
lion swindle and the Ferguson project to rob
her of that vast earn. The whole trade and
publio character of the Qneen City is dam
aged thereby. The sooner it is abandoned
the better for all concerned.
Let the business men of Ciucinnatti, who
expect to reap large advantages from snch
a ro d, organize a stock company, and take
stock of the counties and towns along the
route. If capital enough cannot be raised
in this way, offering whatever sum cm be
raised ss a bonus to any reliable organiza
tion of capitalists who will obligate them-
selves to construct and equip the road in a
given time.
There will not be the slightest difficulty
to obtain a charter for snch a project from
Kentucky, and one just as liberal as any
she can rightfully grant to any railroad com-
pan y.
Wc arc an advocate to sonnd projects for
railroads connecting the Sonth ana the
West. We want to see the Southern rail
road from Cincinnati to the Gnlf underta
ken at on ’o upon a sound basis. We are
for it just as we are for the construction of
a road from this city to connect by air line
with the Ohio and Chesapeake railroad,and
for a road from this city to the Gnlf.
land who take an interest in education
projects hwc become thoroughly posted ;
to its modus operandi.
“Since the appointment of tho trosti
Mr. Rives and the distinguished admiral i
the navy, Fairagut. have died, ereatin|
two vacancies in the board.
“It wauld be injustice not to mention i|
connect inn with the distinguished list th|
name of Dr. Scars, the executive agent <
the board, formerly president of Browl
University, which position he resigned
accept the one be now bolds. Dr. Sear
since tbc last annual meeting, has been en
gaged in making a thorough canvass of thl
Southern ;States, and is now prepared td
give information which will aid the wort]
materially.”
[From the Richmond Dispatch
England and tbe United States.
The arrival of tbe grand high comiais
sioners of Great Britain to debate with!
those of our govarraent tbe question of the!
Alabama claims, is an event of much inter-r
cst in the history of our relations with I
what was once called the n other country.!
We have no donht that the rrsnll will bq
a settlement, honorable to both sides, and
equally to their satisfaction. It is not ad
all to be supposed that either desires war.l
The sh’.rp speeches and defiant deportment!
on onr side, which were met so spuskily on!
the other, were only intended to inspire a(
wholesome respect and to secure the best!
terms. Those who spoke for the United!
States were coarse enough in their bluffing. I
The English diplomatists could see through [
them very easily, but while they did not I
think £h".ro was any good reason to appre
hend warj^commoo prudence dictated that I
at least thdy should represent England as I
ready for war if this country desired it. |
So that information is covertly conveyed in [
the speeches of some, and more directly I
disclosed in the remarks of others, Mr.
Disraelt, for instance.
Bnt all will be settled, we are sure, and I
no war will occur about the Alabama. I
Neither country desires war, and there |
will be none. Nations are not so ready to j
go to war as they were a half-century since.
We shall likely soon receive the message I
announcing the settlement of a matter that I
has thus so recently occasioned a good deal
of bravado.
Nevertheless, we venture to predict that
a little more ground will be conceded by j
Great Britain than by the United States. |
It is altogether in accordance with the con
dition of the two na’.ioDS that this shonld
be so. Great Britain has reached the high-1
est point in her upward career, and cannot |
in the providential coarse of national life do
more in the fntnre than maintain her posi
tion. The next stage in the history of that
great nation mast be, it wonld seem, a
slight decline in the downward way that |
all nations must take after reaching the cli
max of their power and renown. Indeed, I
Tna Peabody Educational Fund.—
The Philadelphia Press, referring to tbe
meeting of the managers of the “Peabody
Edncational Fund,” in that city, on Wed
nesday, remarks-
“It will be remembered that the fund
alluded to was first started by Mr. Pea
body in 1867, during his second visit to
this c inn try, and was intended for the pur
pose ot furthering tbe cause of education
in the Southern States, the first 81,500,000.
It was not intended that the gift shonld be
a mere donation, hut that it should act as
an incentive to the people to organize
schools, the only ground upon which they
could come in on the fund being that they
shonld raise a certain amount themselves
for the same ulterior object, so that the ben
efits might be as universal as possible.
“The gift referred to was only, however,
the first instalment, as in 1868 Mr. Pea
body added another million in money and
securities to the fund, making the total
amount two and a half million dollars.—
With snch a magnificent endowment at
their'disposal, it is not remarkable that the
amount of good done shonld have been ef
fective and wide-spread, and the details of
its workings have been'published again and
again, until ail tho citizens of this broad
y been taken. Tbe breaks may not have I
been put on because the inclination of I
grade is not yet sharp enough to need it;
but the world has no donbl come to the I
conclusion that the atitale of England!
with regard to the French and Prusian |
war has been detrimental toJier prestige,
In this view—and as it is mt usual for 1
an aged acd ripened power, whose besitan-1
cy has been productive of embarrasinent, to
attempt to retrieve the error by rushing in- I
to a war with a dangerous rival—we may |
anticipate that as to the matter of a given
amount of money Great Britain will not I
stickle, and will consider peace cheaply
purchased by “planking down the rhino.”
In addition to the pradcnlial considerations I
that are natural to a nation circumstanced J
as she is, there is Canada so entirely in onr '
grasp that she will expect to part with it as j
the first act in the course of hostilities be- [
tween her and the United States.
On tbe other band, the United States is I
a young nation, just begioing to feel its
strength, aud so conscious is it of that that
it is now entirely ready to fight any power
on earth. It has recently passed through
the Ordeal of a straggle with tbe tendency
to disruption at home, and has triumphed
over it. This but assures it of its power to j
resist hostility from abroad. So that, full I
of conceit of its prowess, it will be bold in I
its demands and firm in its terrnB. Eng-1
land will trnst to diplomace, the United I
States to assurance and a reckless manifes-1
tation of indifference between settlement
aad fight.
England understands all this well, and |
of course will rather humor youth and im
pudence a little than engage in strife with
it.
We might improve the occasion, howev-1
er, by just slipping in here a remark which I
we wish could reach the ears of the brusque I
and rather short-sighted politicians who
have their political science mnch distorted I
by the tricks and impul-es of tho civil war
that, in view of the possibility even of a I
foreicn war, it woald be excelent policy to |
do all things that can ce done to barman- [
ize the country by establishing equality
and contentment amongst the States and I
the people of the Union. This policy,
good in time of peace, is vitallity important
in view of the possibity of war. Public
men may be virions, they may bo vindic-1
live and cruel; tut assuedly they can hard
ly be so blind as to consider it safe or wise
to provoke hostilities with a foreign nation I
while the internal affairs of the conntry are I
vexed by partialities, and inequalities if civ- [
il administration that are extremely nnjnst ]
to a large part of the nation, and well cal
culated to excite disconteat and reluctance ,
to rush to the defence of a government from I
whose measures they are thus brought to |
humiliation and distress.
We trust that the reflections of the men 1
controllieg tho affairs of this nation may be |
directed to this grave subject.
From the N. Y. Herald.
Disraeli and Gladstone on the Position of |
England.
The Atlantic cable has made the steam
boat slow. ,
The Queen’s speech was printed and dis
cussed editorially in these colamas on the
same morning that it was printed and dis
cussed in the columns of the London Times.
The Queen’s speech and the debate which
followed, the details of which are just to !
hand by mail, are, therefore, and old sto-1
ry.
In onr columns yesterday we printed the |
speeches delivered on the occasion of the I
opening of the British Parliament by Mr. [
Disraeli, the leader of her Majesty’s oppo-1
sition, and Mr. Gladstone, her Majesty’s j
Prime Minister. We have always been fl
more or less in favor of Mr. Disraeli. He I
is a man of genins—no schoolman, , yet a I
skillful, daring, inventive politician. As (
the recognized leader or mouthpiece of the I
tory genUy of England he has done not |
only his paTty and his country,but humani
ty, good service.
Bnt Mr, Disraeli cannot always be strong I
or even always happy. Even he must oc-1
cosionally nod. On the occasion to which I
we have referred we must do justice to^thel
leader of her Majesty’s opposioa and say |
that his ancient rival, Mr. Gladstone, had
“ -ti l., proprietor.
Associate Editor.
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