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H jKR liaoi tefsn ro nat rsjfcfei arUcln rimrtwii,
LH' $& MeyMUiKnalieaetf MiwtlanuiortAatjiiirioi.
H'' W& Tho City of Now York.
By . All ball to tho now Now York which
H ( ' Jil' Cornea Into being to-day)
Hv ihW Thcro now arises hero a city which
Bu !' tAM '- placo at onco as tho second of
B? W IS11' capitals of tho world. Long
IBVfo ffv boforo tho lives of many of thoso
Htfi' J$F nla0 rCB(1 tliCS0 llncs aro 8Pcnt " w111
LVt' Kl & bo tho forcmoat capital of tho world In
M? wM population, In wealth, and in commercial
Bt t$$ nnd flnanclnl power.
H'l .jf'ftr' or can wo doubt that hero Is to bo
B d developed a city which will surpass In
H' ttni ' Brandeur any which has yet been builded
B'it WW; by man.
'4 lf$' AU hall to tho imperial city 1
Bf !$, 1808.
B l": ' Within the year that begins this morn-
Bt' ' IPtd 'B wo B"- loarn, through tho elections
Be! fl'lii tor the Houso of Representatives, how tho
B?v !' American pcoplo regard the present Ad
LV Msi' Ministration; whether Hawaii is to becorao
B' KPir' a -P1' ot national territory; and
B' wm 'whether tho Cuban rovolutlonists are to
B '' 'Rw .remain unrecognized and unassisted by our
B' fS' Government. Tho coming twelvemonth
H- Its w" 'row I'Rht, also, upon tho destiny of
H" 84' China, and upon tho question whether the
H'v jjfv European Powers, instead of maintaining
bBS Hm " concerted action which In Europo they
Lwf ft' havo pursued lately, Bhall, by reason of
&' Bll' conflicting Interests in tho Mlddlo King-
Bs. ' ft dom, bo arrayed against one another. In
Hj'f lip other parts of tho world, moreover, and
B'1 H''-". especially in Austro-Hungary, in Spain and
B':. Kr n A-r'ca tlle 'ow "i"car seems likely to
I'' e': evolvo events .of unusual Interest and
Bt mf' moment.
V 3t'v In tho United States wo need not expect
Bm" " H ' witness any monetary legislation, for
Hjr - V there is believed to bo a small majority
B U 'or rco B"TOr ln tno Senate, whereas thoso
Hv w DC"eV0 ln meeting our national obll-
H'C iw Rations ln gold dominate tho House of
Ktt RxA Representatives. Nolthcr Is any material
B'-2-'-' change ln our customs duties to bo looked
B f "'? 'or Should tho tariff, even when supple-
BTf B. mented with tho publlo Income obtained
H iv' 'nm other modes of Indirect taxation,
BJ.rA -;' fall to answer tho national needs, tho
H: i? fault must bo placed where It belongs,
Utl tLsL on tho vast and steadily Increasing burden
BE" m'V . Imposed upon us by our pension system.
BJ'isl tfl There ore signs that tho people aro awaken-
Br??; BWi Ins all over tho country to'tho absurdity
By.'? wStf ftrid iniquity of pension laws that ares weep-
l-x ffif 'nB us to tlcDclt8 an bankruptcy; laws
H- toL which force ua to pay on account of a
Tr T?f war ended thirty-two years ago a sum
H4 ('' which will presently amount to $150,000,-
Hf & 000 annually, a sum far larger than
H;Vi Mi'1 Germany expends upon tho strongest
Hr ffil standing army upon tho globe. No coun-
It Wfe try relying upon indirect taxation could
V (Pi' onB 8UPPort 8uch a strain. Either It
H Wfft must be relaxed or clso wo shall bo re-
BT- I . duced to a cholco between two odious alter-
f ? natives: We must live by loans from hand to
4' iH mouth, and thus impair our national cred-
li,3&y It, or resort to direct taxation on a largo
'iJBR"fe nn objcctionablo scale. If, on tho other
"Bft hand, tho pension list wero cut down
BJHk' to reasonable proportions, thero Is' no
''Jst': doubt that even tho existing revenues
- Rfin would show a considerable surplus over
" fili'-' ' outgo. To bring about such a state of
llff things, It Is only necessary to convince the
tff, peoplo that tho pension laws, as now
,JU framed and administered, constltuto an ln
j& surmountablo obstruction to tho nation's
II solvency and prosperity.
jg P With regard to tho composition of tho
" Iris!-" next House of Representatives, thero are,
$ M'" no doubt, already premonitions of tho po-
'- m ' lltical oscillation which Is wont to mark
'.'. "Aw5" tho mlddlo year of a Presidential term. The
' WFf ' pendulum swung backward last November
fe K" 'n ovr York, Kentucky and elsewhcro.
4 ' YKfjf I wna otherwise, however, ln Ohio, and
a jK3 even Jraryland stood firm In tho Repub-
y 'jjl', llcan column. Should the Dingley bill not
' M ' disappoint the yet unshaken hopes of
PtS ' 'rameri nnc 6hould wo witness a con-
rS&A tlnuanco of tho prosperity evinced by the
Wmtf rise In tho price of wheat and by the re
C 9SE'' newed activity of factories, tho Rcpubli-
V 93$ cans may reasonably count upon retaining
' mW control of tho House of Representatives,
' ?lf although they must expect a lessened ma-
$ SF' Jorlty. An efficient safeguard against re-
tt action would be a foreign policy adjusted
v a not to tho timidity and selfishness of col-
-1 U lego professors and stork gamblers, but to
j k ." 'the patriotic traditions and deep control-
I n ?,r ling sympathies of tho masses of the com-
I $ ' 'raunlty.
Wlth regard to Hawaii and to Cuba the
i vy current of popular feeling is unmistakable
j nnd Irresistible. If thero has been any
-,', ? doubt anywhere concerning the Importance
& m ot awa" ft8 a Protective outpost of Call.
yf ;M, fomla, Oregon and Washington, It must bo
,'feBWs dispelled by tho seeming Intention of IJuro-
'eflJl Dean Powcra to Petition tho coast of China
' ? iBIr and to compete for the control of tho I'acl-
''Bp flc, That tlie Cut)an revolutionists, who
WJwe"M to U8 deluded with a sham proposal
&' Of autonomy, deservo at least to be rccog.
v( nlzed as belligerents, and that our Govern.
1,' ment should exhibit, what It has not yet
JK' exhibited, complete neutrality between
V Mg tliera ond tlls Spaniards, has becomo so
patnt to American citizens that, If their
j Jf ."$ votes could bo polled on tho subjoct, not
'"WivC" more than tho fraction of ono percent.
f M ' would be recorded In the negative.
tff So far as the domestlo Interests of the
ff i" United Kingdom are concerned, these seem
1 fcf certain to remain In the chargo of a Union-
istGovernment not only during the twelve-
'A month now opened, but for at least four
' i years to come. The majority in tho House of
i( I mi Commons, with which Lord Salisiiuiit ro-
i 'E: turned to power ln 1805, Is tho largest over
W s; Been in Enaland Blnce tho Urst reformed
; J Parliament met ln 183U. It seems to be,
, rj? also, compact and practically homogeneous,
m y the entrance of the Duko of Devonhuiub
( Rj and of Mr. Cuamdeblain Into the Cabinet
J having checked tbo diverging tenden.
.m'l c'e8 ' tll 3onbervat-ves and DIssl-
LjH dent Liberals, It Is true that Lord
f MBS, LoNDONDcnnv and a knot of men rcpre-
Hp sentlng the older Toryism have denounced
Bflflj' Mr, Ciiahiiehlain's measures to insure
BJttEp worklngmcn against casualties in certain
PBBb' . trades, which-' measures, nevertheless, have
IfBBF ben embodied la' law ; and It la true, also,
that thero Is an agrarian and blmotalllo fac
tion, which would llko to enlist the Unionist
party against the principles of tree trade
and the gold standard. But, when tho test
camo not long ago, Lord London dbmiy
proved powerless ln tho House of Lords
against Lord Salisbury and tho Duko of
Devonshire, and the failure of tho Wolcott
Commission showed that, not even ln
India, had tho bimetalllsts any strength.
That Mr. Cuauderlain, In his cal for
Imperialism, might bo personally willing
to make a slight doparturo from FrcoTrndo
principles Isovldcnt from his colloquy with
Sir Wilfrid Laorier, wherein ho said
that England might Impose a small duty
on food products from foreign countries,
thus giving colonial commodities a prefer
ence, provided tho colonics, In return,
would admit British products duty free.
As It happened, Sir Wilfrid declined tho
offor, but, even bad he accepted It, Mr.
Cmauberlain could not bavemado It good,
for tho British worklngman will never sub
mit to an Increase ln the price of broad for
tho sake of conciliating tho colonies.
Aa for tho British Liberals, they aro still
at sea for want of a leader and a pro
gramme. Sir William Harcourt, al
though, by far, their most skilful Parlia
mentary debater, Is heartily supported by
only a fraction of tho party, and Lord Rosa
dery has oven a smaller following. Mr.
Abqutto is not yet rlpo for tho leadership,
and Mr. Jonn Morley socms to have lost
ground decidedly since- tho Bholvlng of
Homo Rule, ln which ho was a sincero be
liever. Tho mantle cast off by Mr. Glad
stone has been, In a word, assumed by no
one. The only man ln tho House of Commons
who might, conceivably, lead the Liberals
to victory In 1001 Is Mr. Chamdehlain,
but ho, unluckily for them. Is on tho
other side. By entering the Unionist
Cabinet, Mr. CnAMDERLAUf not only de
prived the Liberals of the man best quali
fied to succeed Mr. Gladstone as a politi
cal strategist, but he also took with him
some of tho most tempting planks ln tho
Liberal platform : tho Accident Insuranco
bill, for Instance, which ho has already
passed, and the old ago pension scheme,
which ho will presently bring forward. As
for tho local option project, it powerfully
helped to bring tho Liberals to grief In
180S, and yet they do not dare to renounce
It, because It Is Sir William Habcodrt's
hobby. Thero has been an attempt to
make a popular cry of tho " Ono
Man, Ono Voto" proposal, but tho
Unionists havo met It with clamor
for "Ono Vote, One Weight," pointing out
that some of the IrUh electoral districts
are so small that a vote ln them counts for
many times moro than docs a voto in tho
largo English constituencies. Altogether,
the Liberals are ln a bad way so far as
Great Britain Is concerned, and they have
not mended matters by repolllng their antl
Parnelllto coadjutors, through their ro
fusal to permit Home Rule to flguro any
longer as the chief plank In tho Liberal
platform. That step, which was lately
taken by the caucus of the British Liberal
Association, has caused Mr. John Dillon
to repudiate ln a speech at Dublin any fur
ther alliance with the British Liberals.
This now attitude of tho Antl-Parncll-Itcs,
who havo been hitherto reproached
with a lack of independence, should smooth
tho way to reunion with the followers of
Mr. Joim E. Redmond. Were such a re
union onco effected between tho two main
factions of the Nationalist party, Mr. T.
Healy and his friends would also be obliged
to acquiesce in it, or they would quickly lose
all popular support in Ireland. The Liberals,
therefore, by turning tho cold shoulder to
Home Rule, in the hope of gaining votes In
England, have really removed an obstacle to
the ultimate success of the movement, for
a consolidated Nationalist party casting
onco moro 80 votes ln the House of Com
mons Is certain, Eoon or lato, to hold
again the balance of power. Mean
while, tho agitation for a readjust
ment of tho fiscal relations of Great
Britain and Ireland la likely to re
cur at no distant date, although it has
been adroitly postponed by the devlco of
requiring a new Investigation of tho sub
ject by a second Royal Commission. In the
former Commission all political parties
were represented, yet by a nearly unani
mous majority it reported that, under tho
existing fiscal regime Ireland Is contribut
ing to tho Imperial Exchequer very much
more than her due proportion. This Is a
question which, when it comes to the front,
will, not Improbably, array, temporarily at
least, not a few Irish Unionists on the Na
tionalist side.
As regards England's foreign policy, that
part of It which relates to Africa and the
far East may bo considered more conven
iently ln anotherplace. Here, we need only
remark that Lord Salisbury's refusal to
countenance the uprising of the Cretan
Christians against Turkish oppression and
his indifference to the Invasion of Thessaly
by an overwhelming Ottoman force would
doubtless have cost blm tbo Premiership,
but for the overwhelming Unionist ma
jority ln the House of Commons. Events
in the far East will soon dlscloso how
much solid basis thero was for the
alleged necessity to maintain Invio
late tho concert of tho Powers, a con
cert which thus far has resulted In leaving
the Armenian massacres unpunished. In
blocking the efforts of the Cretans for gen
uine autonomy, and ln stifling the hopes
of Greece. Meanwhile, England, while
professing devotion to tho European con
cert, has held herself aloof from the Triple
Alliance on the ono hand, and the Dual
Alliance on the other, though It Is under
stood that Lord Salisbury adheres to tho
Informal agreement, said to have been made
by him some time ago, which binds the Brit
ish Government to protect tho Italian sea
coast, should It be assailed by a French
fleet. It looks as If Great Britain must
eventually Join ono or the other of tho great
Continental combinations, for tho dream of
counterbalancing them with a consolidated
BrltlBh Empire has been by this time dis
pelled. Instead of the Illusions cherished
liy English Imperialists and tho flno profes
eions mado by colonlul Premiers on the oc
casion of the Queen's jubilee, tho discourag
ing facts have been disclosed that tho Par
liament of the Cape Colony has made no
effort to raise the money needed for the
promised warship, and that tho Parliament
of Victoria has no more Intent Ion of ceasing
to tax imports from Great Britain than has
tho Parliament of Canada.
In Franc, ho Ministry, beaded by M.
Mei.in, has lasted longer than was ex
pected, partly because tho Premier himself
is a high protectionist, willing to placo
heavy dutlco on the Importation even of
food products, and, therefore, acceptable
no less to agricultural than to manufactur
ing Interests, and partly because M, (Iano
taux, tho Mlnlstcrfor Foreign Affairs, Is
known to bo, in the most emphatic sense of
tho phrase, persona grata to the Czar. So
long as tbo desire of regaining Alsace
Lorraine, and tho unacknowledged, but ever
present, dread of further dismemberment
' at tho hands of Germany, dominate the
French heart, a Ministry which com
mands tho confldencoof tho Court of St,
Petersburg baa many ehanees of stability,
and no Ministry which Russia troata with
i coldness can count upon a long tenure of
1 power. Not even the discovery, Indeed,
that tho Czar has no Intention of entorlng
upon an offensive war for tho purpose of
assisting Franco to got back her lost
provinces would justify Frenchmen In re
nouncing an allianco which effectually
shields thorn against a second German In
vasion. It now looks as If all that Franco,
during tho coming year, can gain from her
understanding with tho Czar is a trco
band as against England In West and
Central Africa, and tho assurance- that
her Interests In tho far East will bo
cared for. Tho approach of the Paris
Exposition of 1000, at which French man
ufacturers bollovo they can demonstrate
tho superiority of their wares, and from
which tho Paris tradesmen and tho owners
or lessees of real estate hope to reap a great
deal of money, will also havo a tranquilliz
ing effect uponFronch politico. The French
Socialists and Red Republicans, who, for
tho moment, act together ln tho Ohambor
of Deputies, aro, while still Btrong In
tho manufacturing centres, less hopeful of
Bpcody triumph In tho country at largo
than they wero when M. Bouna&ois was In
office. They havo been discouraged by the
popular acquiescence ln tho Scnato's practi
cal assertion of a right to turn out a
Ministry by a voto of want of confi
dence. It was, In truth, a far-reach Ing
change ln tho current view of the
French Constitution, which was effeoted
when M. BounoEots felt constrained to
resign ln deference to tho Senate's opposi
tion. Up to that event It was taken for
granted that, ln Franco, the Ministry was
responsible only to tho popular branch of
the national legislature, as Is the case In
tho United Kingdom and In Italy, Times
have changed slnco tho avowod purpose of
a strong party In tho Chamber of Deputies
was such a revision of the Constitution of
1870 as should eliminate tho Senate. On
tho other band, it cannot bo said that the
opposite political movemont, which alms
to asslmilato the Presidency of the French
rcpubllo to tho American model, Is likely to
mako any progress ln tbo twelvemonth now
begun. In a country llko tho United States,
whero power Is split up by tho Federal
system, where tho authority In tho hands
of tho national Executlvo Is comparatively
small, and, above all, where the belief in
popular government, tho attachment to in
dividual liberty, and tho principles of the
English common law are Ingrained In tho
race, there Is no danger ln Intrusting tho
Administration to a President who Is Inde
pendent of the legislature To do this In
Franco would not bo safe, because, owing to
the centralization of tho Government and
tho Immense power vested In the Ex
ecutive, such a President would bo
almost a dictator, even during his legal
term of oOlco; and tho temptation to pro
long his authority beyond Its legal term,
from publlo no less than from selfish mo
tives, would bo tremendous. Nor ln view
of tho tendency of tho mercantile classes,
and even of the peasants, to crave a strong
ruler, would it be difficult for him to do so,
as Louis Napoleon proved long ago. Tho
French President should not, therefore, bo
mado Independent, and tho only fcaslblo
alternative is to surround him, as ho Is now
surrounded, with Ministers who aro respon
sible to Parliament.
In Germany, the new year seems likely
to witness events of unusual importance in
tho field of both foreign and Internal poli
tics. The changes recently made in the
Prussian Ministry, and also ln tho corps of
subordinates attached to tho Imperial
Chancellor It will bo remembered that
the Chancellor has no colleagues but only
subordinates bear witness to a complete
reaction on the part of Kaiser William II.
from tho tendencies to Stato socialism,
which marked the beginning of his reign.
His present attitude has led to a reso
lution on tho part of tho Socialists,
which will have a sensible- effect at tbo
next general election for tho Reichstag.
Hitherto, the Socialists havo refused, for
the most part, to coalesce with any other
political party in any electoral district,
and havo put forward nominees of their own
both for tho Reichstag and for tho Prus
sian Chamber of Deputies. Now they have
decided that, In every constituency, where
they have no hope of gaining a victory for
themselves, they will support the candi
date of the party which they consider least
objectionable. This decision must sen
sibly Increase tho number of Rlcbterlsts
In tbo next Reichstag, as well as In
tho popular branch of tho Prussian
legislature. It remains to be Been
whether the present Reichstag will make
tho Increased appropriation for the navy
which the Emperor desires, and also how
It will deal with tho bill fixing tho size of
tho standing array, which will bo Intro
duced this year. It will be recalled that
tho Constitution of tho German Empire
provides that, although the budget must
bo annually voted by tbo Reichstag, the
principal revenue laws aro permanent, and
cannot bo changed without the consent of
tbo Bundcsratb, while tho most Important
of all appropriations, that for the army, Is
virtually determined by the law prescribing
the number of the troops, and this has been
hitherto voted for o number of years at a
time. Thus, In 1871, It was voted for three
years; In 1671, 1880, and 1887, for seven
years, and henco called a septennato ; and,
In 1803, for five years. It will, therefore,
have to bo voted this year, and tho ability
of tbo Imperial Government to obtain the
number of troops doomed needful, and for
tho term of years desired, will depend upon
Its success In securing tho cooperation of tho
Catholic or Centre party, without whose
aid It will be Impossible to overcomo the
resistance of the Rlcbterlsts and Socialists
to the present huge military establishment.
That tho Reichstag, which has not forgot
ten tho maritime glory of the Ilauccatlc
League, will, eventually, vote the appro
priation requested for a largo Increase ln
the German Navy seems probablo, ln view
of the approval with which tho German
people havo witnessed the occupation of
Klao Chou Bay, and tho determination of
tho Government to promote, by a naval
demonstration, tho expansion of tho na
tional trade with China. Deferring, for a
moment, the consideration of the German
Kaiser's policy in the far East, we ought to
note that both he and his ally, tho Haps
burg sovereign, are vying with each other
In attempts to reknlt thoii former cordial
relations with the Czar.
For the Emperor Francis Josiipu the
new year Is fraught with no promise of
tranquillity, and, recalling tho part played
by Nicholas I. In the events of 1640, he
may well covet tbo good will of Nicholas
IL In the dark hour that seems Impending
over the Ois-Lelthan kingdom. There was
from tho outset no hope that the now
Prime Minister of the Austrian half of the I
dual monarchy would he more successful
r- .'tfti ...teyllte'-at'''''-ri-'.,.-tf&;'fa;
r, r- '
than was Count Badeni ln reconciling the
Czech and German factions In tho Rolchs
rath, and thus securing a renewal
of tho decennial fiscal ' and commer
cial treaties with Hungary. Thoso treaties
expired on Dec 31, 1807, and tho Diet at
Budapest, although earnostly requested by
the Hungarian Prime Mlntstorto wait four
months for tho conclusion of tho now treaty,
has not yet agreed to do bo. Even tho
Prime Minister's request was coupled with
a distinct Intimation on his part that
if, at tho end of tho term named, tho
required steps had not been taken by
tho Relcbsrath, tho Magyars would pro
ceed to act Independently, and would hence
forth recognlzo no bond of union with the
Cls-Lolthan kingdom, oxcept tho tlo of
common allegiance to tho Houso of Haps
nuns. That, of course, was the programme
with which Kossuth began, and, to avert
a recurrence to It, it has for somo
time been deemed by no means impossi
ble that Fbamois Joseph, Instead of merely
dissolving the Relchsrath and ordering a
new general election, which would bo
useless In tho Inflamed stato of tho publlo
mind, may abrogate tho existing Constitu
tion of tho Cls-Lelthan kingdom, and pro
ceed, by vlrtuo of his sovereign pow
ers, to negotiate tho needful fiscal and
commercial treaties with his Hungarian
subjects. Even as wo writo, wo learn
that an Imperial decree has authorized
the Cls-Lelthan Ministry, during the pro
rogation of Parliament, to levy taxes
and provldo for tho Stato expenditures
from Jan. 1 to Juno 30 next. Already,
then, the Cls-Lolthan Constitution has been
suspended. The suspension, howover, or
even the abolition of tho Cls-Lelthan Con
stitution, still leaves the Hapsburg Emperor
confronted with tho fundamental question:
Shall Bohemia, with Its historical adjuncts,
Moravia, and Austrian Silesia, becomo an
autonomous kingdom, and shall Francis
Joseph fulfil bis promise to bo crowned at
Prague I No doubt he would gladly reply
In the affirmative if ho wero assured that
the process of disintegration would stop
thero, but what was given to tho Czechs
could not well bo denied to those Southern
Slavs who aro Included ln tho Cls-Lelthan
State, or to tho Poles, who form a compact
mass ln Gallcla, or to the Italians, who
aro congregated in tho southern part of
tho Tyrol and in tbo seaports along the
Adriatic Tho problem might bo solved by
an extensive application of the federal
principle but for tho fact that tho example
would be viewed with dread and hostility
by tho Magyars, who In thetrown kingdom
of Hungary firmly dominate othor nation
alities. What hitherto has aggravated
the difficulty of finding a solution Is the fact
that Russian agents have fanned tho as
pirations of the Czechs for practical Inde
pendence, and that tho Czechs, being them
selves of Slavonic origin, would prefer
subjection to tho Czar to association with
either Germans or Magyars. For that
reason it might be possible for Nicholas
II. to mitigate the feverish stato of popular
feeling ln Bohemia, and this Is but one of
several benefits which tho Houso of Haps
buro may derlvo from a revival of the
friendship which onco linked It to the
Romanoffs. Far-reaching, Indeed, aro
tho possible consequences of tho Czech
agitation for nutonomy, which Is but
ono. of mapy Indications that all tho sub
jects of Francis Joseph, except the Ger
mans, who number about eight and a half
millions, aro opposed to tho alliance by
which the dual monarchy Is connected with
the German Empire If tho Inhabitants of
the Hapsburg dominions could bo polled on
the question of that alliance, two-thirds of
the votes in tho Cls-Lelthan kingdom
would be cast against It, whilo In Hun
gary there would bo an almost unanimous
declaration to the same effect. On tho
whole, considering the troublo that tho
Czechs havo given him, and aro likely to
glvo him hereafter, Francis JosErn must
sometimes regret that Prussia did not
Insist upon acquiring Bohemia after tbo
battlo of Sadowa, ln which event the last
named country would by this time havo
been thoroughly Germanized,
The recent reconstruction of the Italian
Cabinet has no particular significance, and
certainly will not Involvo any drastlo
change In the nation's foreign policy. It
simply means that a stable Cabinet cannot
be constructed out of tho Innumerable
groups Into which tho Italian Chamber of
Deputies is divided, and that there needs
must be at short Intervals a fresh distribu
tion of the spoils. From Cavour's death
In June, 1801, to June, 1800, there
wero no fewer than thlrty-ono different
Cabinets, whoso average duration was
but about thirteen months and a half.
This state of things would como to
an end If Catholic electors wero permit
ted by tbo Popo to vote, for then
all the adherents of King Humbert would
havo to cooperate ln self-defence. As it Is,
there aro certain questions which, In tho
course of tho coming year, may tend to con
solidate tho existing groups into two great
parties. We refer to tho expediency of ad
hering to the coalition with Germany and
Austria, and to that of acquiring trans
marine possessions. Thero Is no doubt that
the Triple Alliance is unpopular in the
peninsular kingdom. It leaves ungratlflcd
tho yearning for Italian unity, which
never can bo fulfilled bo long as
the Italian-speaking section of the Tyrol,
and Trieste, with other Adrlatlo seaports,
remain In Austrian hands. It compels the
Italian Government to maintain a much
larger military establishment, and also a
larger navy, than It would otherwise re
quire. Worst of all. It shuts out Italian
growers of wines and oil from their best
customer, France, which has, not unnatu
rally, refused to enter Into a commercial
treaty with the ally of her German enemy.
These things might bo borne, grievous as
thoy aro, If, in tho Trlplo Allianco,
Italy possessed a guarantee of abso
lute security for her scacoast In time
of war. This Is far from bolng tho case.
Tho French fleet that can bo despatched at
any hour from Toulon Is far stronger thau
any naval armament which the Trlplo Alli
ance could place In thoMedltcrrauoan ; and,
accordingly, Italy has been forced to go out
side of her allies for a protector, and to sue
to England for an Informal promise that a
British fleet shall defend tho coasts of the
peninsula from devastation at tho hands of
the French. Wero Italy, on the other
band, leagued with France, she would
have nothing to fear ln tho Mediter
ranean. As for conquests beyond tho sea,
It Is truo that tho disastrous out
come of tbo attempts to dominate Abys
sinia did check for a time any movements
in that direction, but Italy cannot for
get that Genoa once had fortresses and
commercial establishments on the Bos
porus, on the shores of the Black Sea, In
tho Levant, and even on tho Euphrates,
while Venice was formerly mistress of tbo
Morea, of Candla and Cyprus, and of most
of the Islands of the Archipelago, It
seems, ln truth, llko the irony of history
that the country which produced Coluu
sua, Cabot, and Amerkjo Vbspucoi should
not possess a foot of land In tho Now
World. That the craving for transmarine
dominion is not yot extinct ln Italy may
bo Inferred from tho despatch of an Italian
squadron to Chincsa waters, although It
Is not easy to forcsco with which of tho
great marittmo powers sho Is likely to
cooperate For tho moment tho interests
of England and Germany In tho far East
aro conflicting, and thoy will remain so
unless a partition of tho Ghlneso scacoast
can bo arranged. Under theso circum
stances, tho Italian Government may find
Itself In an awkward predicament. Its
warships cannot assist tho English, for
that would placo It In hostility to tho
Trlplo Alliance Should they, on tho othor
hand, support tho Germans, Italy will for
feit .the protection of England, upon which
sho has been counting ln tho event of a
war with Franco. On tho wholo, It is
clear that King Humbert's Government
will havo Itssbaroof anxiety In 1808.
With regard to Russia's European policy,
It need only bo said that thero Is at present
no prospect of any material reform ln hor
Internal administration. Still far distant
eeeraa tho promulgation of that Constitu
tion which was signed by Alexander IL
onthoovoof his assassination. Neither Is
thcro any Indication of an early movo to
ward Constantinople or toward tho absorp
tion of Turkish Armenia, By using tho
so-called concert of tho powers to
shield tho Sultan from tho penal
ties of misrulo, tho statesmen of St.
Petersburg expected to convert blm
Into a vassal of tho Czar. Tho caso,
however, with which tho Turkish Array
crushed tho Greeks, has rehabilitated
Abdul Hamid In his own esteem and In
that of his Ottoman subjects, with tho re
sult that tho Sultan's acceptance of tho
Czar's suzerainty la further off to-day than
It Bcemcd Blxty years ago, when the treaty
of Unkiar Skelcssl was concluded. During
1808 Russia's eyes will bo turned east
ward to tbo acquisition of an lco-freo port
on tho Pacific and of practical ascendancy
to tho north of tho Great Wall.
To Spain and to tho Alphonslno dynasty
tho now year offers but a cheerless prospect.
It is true that the rebellion ln tho Philip
pine Islands seems to havo been suppressed,
but tho reinstatement of Spanish authority
in Cuba is further off than it was a year
ago. The Important victory lately gained
over Gen. Pando by Gen. Calixto Garcia
and tho capturo by the latter of Victoria do
las Tunas, Gulsa, and other interior towns
havo completed tho dlslodgment of the
Spaniards from the whole of tho province of
Santiago with tho exception of tho seaports,
and tho cvldcnco attainable appears to
show that tho Cuban civil authorities aro
discharging ln that provincoall tho regular
functions of a government. In tho prov
inces of Puerto Princlpo and Santa Clara,
also, tho revolutionists aro preponderant,
though thoy havo not yet organized thcro a
system of civil administration. Even in tho
other provinces, thoso, namely, of Mutan
zas, Havana, and PInar del Rio, the Spanish
troops, when moving, or when stationed in
the smaller towns, are exposed to incessant
attack at the bands of the patriot forces,
who havo repeatedly penetrated Into
tho suburbs of tho capital. Tho at
tempt of Governor-General Blanco to
protect tho sugar planters has failed, and
by his appeal to our Government for elee
mosynary aid be has confessed his inability
to feed tho non-combatants who havo con
gregated in tho towns. Meanwhile, the
Constitution for Cuba, which has been pro
claimed by a royal decree, has been
rejected by the revolutionists In tho field,
and It Is by this time recognized, alike at
Havana and Madrid, that Spain can
recover tho Island only by force of arms.
As a matter of fact, howover, tho homo
Government has already sent to Cuba all
tho soldiers that It could spare, and
It has nearly reached tho limit of
Its financial resources. Tho problem,
thereforo, confronting Gon. Blanco is how
to accomplish, with far fewer men and
much less money, what Gen. Weyler
failed to perform, namely, tho subjugation
of tho rebels. At tho same time, tho Al
phonslno Dynasty is in a precarious condi
tion. Thcro are signs of commotion among
the Carllsts, who aro strong in tho Basque
Provinces, ln Navarre, In Aragon, and In
Catalonia; tho Republicans and Socialists
are becoming restless; the Liberals are
only held together by tho Influence of
Saoasta, who Is far advanced In years; and
tho Conservatives, who, under Canovas,
were tho mainstay of the monarchy, are
now rent asunder. Robledo, the head of
one faction of tho Conservatives, has pub
licly signified a willingness to combine
with Carllsts and Republicans for tbo pur
pose of renewing ln Cuba tho ferocious
methods of warfare practiced by Weyler,
while Silvela, the chief of the other fac
tion, has not hesitated to avow that Spain's
recovery of the island is impossible Tho
fear of disturbances ln tho Peninsula will, of
Itself, sufilco to prevent the despatch of any
considerable reinforcements to tho Carib
bean, even If the Treasury should bo able to
Bupport tho additional expenditure, and,
should a Carllst uprising occur, somo of tho
troops now stationed ln Cuba would have
to be recalled.
On tho African Continent there seems no
likelihood of another collision between
British subjects and the Transvaal Repub
llo during the year now begun. It Is rather
on the Niger and tbo Nile that attention
will be concentrated. Although a treaty
betwocn France and England, concluded
Bome years ago, defined their respectlvo
spheres of Influence ln tho Niger basin, a
French officer has disregarded not only
tho terms of that compact, but also
British agreements with natlvo chiefs,
and has occupied points within the
territory recognized as pertaining to
Great Britain. This was the encroach
ment referred to by Lord Salisbury In his
speech at tho Mansion House dinner, when
he eald that there was a limit to the con
cessions which England would mnko to
France. Still more serious friction Is
threatened on the headwaters of the Nile,
if It bo true that tho French expedition,
about which various rumors have reached
us during the last year, has occupied
Fasboda In tho so-called Equatorial Prov
ince, which used to be the most southerly
adjunct of the Egyptian Soudan. Tho ap
pearanco of tho French In this quarter Is
tbo mora ominous because of tho alleged
Intention of Abyssinia, Instigated by a
Russian emissary, to take possession of an
adjoining district on the cast, to which the
Negus has a traditional claim. Let the
English, howover, onco conquertho Khalifa
Abdullaiii and occupy Omdurman, and
thoy will have no difficulty In expelling tho
French from Fasboda, for the Nile Is navi
gable by gunboats all tbo year round from
Berber to Gondokoro, within 10 of tbo
equator, Tho southward advanco of tho
reorganized Anglo-Egyptian army, under
Sir HEniiERT Kitchener, will undoubt
edly take pnico this year. The railway has
been completed to Abu Homed; communl-
cations havo been opened between Berber
and Suaklm; arid, tho wholo stretch
of tho Nile between Berber and Omdur
man has been cleared of tho Mahdlsts
by an uprising of tho river tribes, who,
slnco tho fall of Khartoum, havo been
fearfully oppressed. On tho wholo, thero
Is good reason to bcllovo that within tho
twelvemonth that begins to-day tho de
struction of tho Ahglo-Egyptlah army un
der Hicks Pasha, and tho death of Gordon,
will bo thoroughly avenged. It Is equally
certain that, after their cxpcricnco of tho
dreadful rulo of tho Khalifa, tho natives of
tho Eastern Soudan, of Kordofan and of
Darfour will wclcotno tho restoration of
tho Khedive's authority.
It Is, however, eastern Asia upon which
tho eyes of Europo and America aro likely
to bo most Intently fixed during tbo
twelvemonth which has now opened, What
wo aro now beholding on tho coast of China
might havo been predicted when thrco
European powers, Russia, France, nnd
Germany, interposed botween China and
Japan and dictated a revision of tbo
treaty of Shimonosekl. It was certain
that tho Mlddlo Kingdom would havo to
pay for tho Interposition, and tho only
point left doubtful was the dato of tbu de
mand for payment. No doubt Russia would
havo preferred to wait for tho completion
of tho Siberian Railway beforo disclosing
tho breadth of her designs, but her hand
was forced when Germany seized Klao
Chou Bay, and this, accordingly, was fol
lowed by tho despatch of Russian warships
to Port Arthur, a movo which seems to
havo been concerted with Franco, for It
has been sold that tho Island of Hal-Nan
was taken possession of by tho French
on tho samo day. Hal-Nan, with tho
western section of tho provlnco of
Kwang-Tung, which, also, Franco will un
doubtedly demand, will glvo that power
nbsoluto control of the Gulf of Tonquln ond
placo tho province of K wan-So within her
sphere of Influence. With regard to Yun
Nan, and Sze-Cbucn which lies directly to
tho north of It, th.:ro Is a treaty between
France and England whereby they agree to
share tho commercial and railway privi
leges that may bo granted In thoso prov
inces. It should not bo Impracticable, how
ever, to adjust tho respectlvo claims of
theso two powers. Tho chief difficulty at
tending any general scheme of partition
will arlso when tbo sharo assignable to
Japan Is discussed. Tho Mikado must
needs be consulted, for bis fleet, next to tho
English, is tbo strongest ln tho Pacific,
and he alone Is able to placo quickly a largo
army on Chinese soil. What ho wants, of
course, Is the very territory of which ho
was deprived by tho revision of tho Shi
monosekl Treaty, to wit, Corca, tho Llau
Tung PenlnBulaand tho Intervening strlpof
Manchuria. Corca, especially, ho desires,
because It Is tho part of tho Asiatic main
land nearest to his island empire, and be
cause ho has historical claims to it. Russia,
on tho other band, is determined to have an
Ice-frco seaport at all hazards, and sho docs
not want tho Japaneso as neighbors on tho
Asiatic' mainland ; so that, Ill-prepared for
tho moment as sho is, sho will probably
fight sooner than permit tbo rcasscrtlon of
tho Shimonosekl Treaty In Its original form.
A war, however, can bo averted In ono way,
namely, by such a partition of tho seacoast
of tho Middle Kingdom as shall satisfy
all tho marltimo powers concerned, includ
ing, of course, Japan. That is why 1808
seems likely to bring with It an event so
momentous and so memorable as the disso
lution of an empire, which had been long
civilized and prosperous, when Rameses
H. was ruling over Egypt; and which had
existed for somo twenty centuries when
the founder of Homo was born.
Ono Cnuso for Thankfulness.
Tho rule of Tammany nail begins in Now
York to-day, to tbo unbounded pleasure of
tho victors, to tho bitter Indignation of tho
Republican party, stabbed by pretended
friends whose connection with It had given
them Irresistible power for betrayal, and
to tho mortification and alarm of thou
sands of others who a year beforo supported
the Republicans as a requirement of hon
esty and patriotism, and who aro still con
strained by tho revolutionized Democracy
to look to Republicanism as tho nation's
salvation.
One, look back, though, will convince
any impartial reasoner that tho success of
Van Wyck Is less harmful than would
havo been tho success of Low, a typo of
reformer differing In many respects from
Mayor Strono, but none tho less a suro
source of blight to any party In whoso
name he might hold office. If Mr. Setu
Low, owing no allegiance to party, des
potic, uncertain, and self-seeking, had be
come Mayor of New York through Repub
lican help the Republican organization of
tbo Empire State would havo faced the
Congress elections of tho year beginning
to-day and tbo Presidential election of
1000 moro rent by faction, and moro diffi
cult of commendation to the public, than
was tho Republican party of Now York
city after the Hon. William L. Strono's
thrco eccentrlo and gouty years ln tho City
Hall.
All stalwart supporters of tho St. Louis
platform, In tho Empire State and elso
where, see some cause for thankfulness In
tho New York election of 1807.
Mr. Alexander E. Orr, tho President
of tbo Rapid Transit Commission, Is represent
ed by tho Herald as saying tlint tho commis
sion Intends to apply to tho Supremo Court for
a clmngo In tho conditions of tho $15,000,000
bond roqulrcd by tbo court, "so that the bond
shall be construod to apply only to tho period of
construction and not to tho tlmoof oporntlon,
which rancea from tlilrty-flvo to fifty years."
If Mr. Onit has eald anything of tho kind he
Is not fit for the place ho occupies. The It mi Id
Transit act forbids tho change bo Is credited
with necking, nnd tbo court cannot mnko It
Tho bond, according to soctlon 31 of tho act,
must cover the operation of tho road nnd t tin
payment of tho rental for It, during tho cntlro
period of the contract for building und operat
ing It, and no division of It Is permissible.
Tbo fraudulent raising of tho checks of
theAmorlcnn Estates Association by tho asso
ciation's bookkeeper, after they wero signed by
Its oftlcers, brings Into notice again tbo defec
tive state of our Now York law on tho subject.
According to tbo decision of our Court of Ap
peals in tho Iledell forgery cases, tho bank pay
ing the raised checks will have to bear tbo loss
resulting fri m thorn, but, according to tho deci
sion of the British Homo of Lords In tho cele
brated Vagllunocaso, tbo loss would full on tbo
eipployorsof tho forger, Thoronsnnas4lgnod for
the Vaglluno decision was that tbu forger being
employed by tbo makers o the fraudulent paper,
Uioy gave him tbo credit necessary to tbo suc
cess of tbo fraud, and, therefore, ibe loss should
bo borne by them. Possibly, the facts In tbo
Estates Association caso differ enough from
thostoftbo Iledell cuses to enable tbu question
to be again carried to tho Court of Appeals, nnd
with a different result.
Keaawlnv Ilia Youth at HO,
From lh$ Datty Kenntbco Journal,
A man In RatorrllU la celebrating bis elgtatlatb
OurUtmu weak by hating tu nmuipa.
m k
TUB BV1T AXD tub Tiiinuxi;. H
Some Obarrrntlona bj nn Unprejudiced Ok Hi
aerter. H
Fromthinrmont Watchman and State Journal'cf H
Hontfttt'er. B,
When tbo national canvass of 1800 was prao-
tlcally opened by tho declaration of Principles at :
Chicago Tub New York Sun, truo to Its call-
mnto of the dominating Issue of tho canvass K'
nnd having tho courago of Its convictions re-
spoctlng that Issue, took up tbo causo of round H
money nnd tho national honor by espousing the B
candidacy of Wllllnm McKlnlcy with the '
promptness, vigor, nnd decision that aro the
characteristics of undoubted sincerity and true, li
patriotism. Throughout tho campaign The Si'H II
strttcK sturdy blows, delivered straight from the H
shoulder, at llrjanlsm In whatever apcclous B,..
guiso It appeared. If
Tho paper was a powerful factor, If not. In- BJ
dcod, tho most controlling single Influcncoln J
tho East, but moro especially In tho city and Ml
Stato of Now York, In producing tho magnia- Ml
cent majorities at the Novcmbor election. Vj
The Son found In tho Republican platform Wl
tho only hopo of society In this nntlon, nnd the 9
truost exposition of real JofTorsonlnn principles. ffjl
And yet, In accepting tho Republican platform, HI
The Son was consistently maintaining Its fealty Bj
to tho policies and principles, In respect of na w
tlonnl affairs, which had found con-plcuous sup- VA
porters in Samuel J. Tlldcn and S.nmiol J, ltan- H
dall, In whom It had hcon an earnest In Hover.
The Sun has stout'y m ilntulnoil Itsante-clee- m
tlon stand, and In tho roccnt municipal canvass ft
In New York city, among tho newspapors, was 61
almost tho eolo defender of tho local Republican fffl
organization against the assaults of Us enemies S
and tbo troochory of lt frlonds. ffl
Republican papcre which havo becomo somo- vTI
what ciTcto, or rlckoty In their Ideas, or which 'tL
may bo moved by a spirit of Joalousy, may sneer fl
at The Sun uow because It Is supporting Itcpub- f H
llcan policies and denouncing pirly treachery jf
with characteristic vigor and directness; bub V
Republicans every whoro wero vory Joyous whoa I
that Journal put Its stalwnrt shoulder to the
whcol In tho perilous crisis of 18!K). ,
Foremost among tho Itcpuhllcan Journals that i
wero faithless found In a great cmergoncy wns J
tho AVto 1'orA- Tribune, which bccius to have Vj
presumed upon Its ancient standing ns a ltepub- fj
llcan newspnnor to betray Its partr with lm- 11
puntty whenever personal plquo or disappoint- fj
nicut should nroiiBo Its rescutniont. Passing by )
tho fact which history has regarded with venial )
leniency that tho foundor of tho TWbunebe- HI
camo In 1872 tho Presidential candldato of the H
Democratic party, which for a Ilfotlnio ho had J
tlorcoly denounced as tho embodiment of every ffi
species of moral nnd political wickedness, bis j(
successor bag once and again allied hlnuelf with Qi
tbo cnctnlos of tho Republican party and con- a)
spired to accomplish Its efe.it. BJ
In 1882 tho Tribune Joined hands with the I)
Democrats and Mugwumps of that time to do- j
feat Judgo Folgor, tho Republican candidate for
Governor of New York, nnd to elect Orover j
Cleveland by a majority of somo 200,000 votes. !
In respect of ability, experience, nnd character,
Folftcr compared with Cluvehind as Hyperion to
Satyr. Tho IWbiine was thus Instrumental in
starting Sir. Cleveland on tho high road to tho
Presidency of t.ho nntlon, and Its treachery to
Its party at that lime largely contributid to tho
disasters that befell thlscountry underthoClovo-
land Administration. Again, In tho recent mu
nicipal olection ln tho Grentcr Now York,
tho Tribune consorted with tho direst ono
mlcs of tbo Republican party to defoat Its
candldato for Mayor and his associato olll
cials, although tho candidates were, In
every respect, tho most eminent among their
fellow citizens ln their fitness for tbo oflices to
which they had been nominated. Its rccenl
npostacynnd Its continued efforts to hrenk up I
ordlsorgnnizo Its party in tho city und Sfatoof
New York havo earned for It tho fatal caressing J
and adulation of the Mugwump nnd Doinocrntlo
press, tho inveterate and malignant foes of the j
party nnd Its principles, in all parts of the I
country. I
TnnScNls, preeminently, tho great national
paper, standing up vigorously for American In
terests, nt all times nnd tho world over, be
friending and chutnplonlng tho cause of every
peoplo contending for their rights nnd their
liberties against their oppressors. Republicans 1
as a party, and Americans ns n people, have in
The Sun, among tho newspapers uf tho country, I
tbolr ablest and most conspicuous advocate.
I'alno- n Clilltl rrmer to ArttfrtUn Nonp. 1
To tub KriiTon of The HvsStr: Can nothing bt I1
done to restrain the ttoap makers wh' have pla-nernl
many blank wall In thN city with posters of a do- J
scrlptlon most shocking to every una who Imws clill- 3
drenand bcllorcs In tho Uclty? These pimti'rs rcpn- jf
sent two little children knoellm; lu prayer, their
hands aro oIakcU aod thulr faces tutfKft the efn e n
of all truo prayer thankfulness, tru-t nn! lovo. Willi ij
that thought In mind tho brhohk-r turns to the loti r-
tng ami finds "Give us this day our dally soap." j
A more striking revelation of tho ilenul.itliui which 1
conies from greed was never soen In public. Will not
Thc f cv, that drovo the dlsK'iutlng pictures of cigar
ette makers from the streets, and that recently it
uoutieed the uso of the Amerlcuii flag for the adver
tisement of beer, also mako It unprontahtf to use tha
prayer of a ltitlo child foradveritsliiginirpo.es?
O.st: Who Is Nor a CMllicnxiJ.
?
Ko fan Tor noatti-Turtipr. S
To Tint EDiTOiior The Sck Sir: I read Tim Son if
dally. I couldn't do without It. Sometimes Its Ideaa j
do not coincide with mine. Then I " roast" (men- I
tally) the editor. IttitX keep on reading Tin: Sun.
Now permit a plain worklngman to testify his ap
preciation of tho editorial In this morning's Su.i in- ,
gardlug that cockney hypocrite, Itnotli-Tueker. Ha
Is of no uso to New Vorkors. He and bis cla-s should
bo shipped back where they came from, or be con
demmed to do bard manual labor, aud giro soma .
value for monoy received. Hammer 'em, Mr. Editor,
and even If I do soinellmcs find fault with Tiik Su.1, '
I'll keep on reading It. Ameiucuu
New Yokk, Dec. 111.
The Toledo Coal. I
To TiiKr.orroR or Tnu son sir: I was glad to m
your remarks with regard to the "Tuxedo" coat la i
your reply to a recent correspondent. '.
Of all the garments worn by men, the moit un- j
seemly aud tho most Incongruous Is that Tuxedo i
coat. Really It Is a garment suitable for no o.'ea-tlon j
In town or country which requires any formality la
dress. It Is adapted to theoase of u man's own room,
when he Is under no social restraint, or to the read
lug room, his business oftlee, perhaps, but never
befits an occasion whero anj thing Ukt careful dress t
is approprlato. A woman might as well appear at a 1
dinner In the loose sa-que she throws over h'r
shoulders lu making her toilet as a man to coma
Hearing a 1 uxedii co.it.
I do not care what authority there may be fori tit
ting on -.uelt a lounging irarmcnt on an oce mi. n of
ereiiliigri-remoiiy.thi custom Is bad tu ltclf Mid la-CMpul.P-
of .my Justltle.ith.n.
The Tuxi'do coat nunht uot to lie li. Kr.it. d by
lailh, nnd even among men HofTends goo i tH-(-.
New Yokk, Dee. ai, IJij ksot.
VeiMllntlon on tlie llrldk'o Cnr.
To tiik r.DiTou or Tub RviSIr: Appreciating the
good ofllce-1 if Tin. He. In all matter iipperla.iiiiig l
the public's welfare und that of H paiion. I in g to
call your uttunlon to ll.o poor or rath, r link of
ventilation In the bridge eirs. Noivth.it tie .ions
are in tbo ears, It inatt-is not wlmhir tlw ibo 1
warm or cold, all doors .ire rhut i.p. ami gui-rally all
ventilators, too, sotli.it iy the end of tli- Journey
one who has I In- haidlhooil to stand It emirges ua
from u holhoiiie In the mid .1 - or suiuiui-r.
At this moment. In, lin,Jiit luiuiuod from u trip ,
to 1! n.uk lu on oar loai l:ju Ihl. iifieino m, mil oit 1
a-klng the guard If the enillilois could ma b ft
opened, 1 re Ivid no answer other than a surly
look, William U. J". I'uiise.
Gross Hi or Hi South In Wealth,
1'iom the S'athrtlle llannrr,
Tho value of the assessed properly lu the Boulli to
day Is J tin aoiible wnat It wus beforo the war, when
the negroes were Included us property.
Taking the South as a whole, the Increase I. as been
greater where Imluatilis ham l-een dlversilled and
lulensllled. Mlsalsslppl Is Joluid to In r old Idol,
K ng Cotton heme lb it Stato which, couipuriitlu ly,
wasonuof tbu wealth! st before the wur, Is now ono
of the poorest at least one of the lent prognssUa
as far as material progress goes. North Carolina, onn
of tho poorest, or ruther oni of the slowe-t In nine
txllum ilus. Is now become one of Ike wealtlne-t.
Within a few years the oil North State has built 1-0
cottou factories and "10 to'.aecu factories. Her old,
worn-out sedge Acids, with till per cent, of 11i1ihia
matt.-r, produce the tluo yellow leaf tobacco In
abundance. The bull liny of railroads has Uu-iioui
of the most Important factors lu this unexampled Aa .
Tulopmeut of wealth.
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