College Professors

Jt lias been a sourco of no considerable surprise on tlie part of the reading and thinking portion of the country that in the early part of the campaign so many college professors should be found arraying themselves agalnst the republican party. Four years ago nlinost to a man they were for Garfleld. Henee, why the change ? We tliink by natural and insidious causes. The most of tliem are busy with their college woik, and f rom the "necessary looking up of articles in English reviews, they have drifted into the habit of , ..„ , „ HUIVU IUIU LUC ilïlUIL UI Consulting them on all Fubjects. Those review weknow are auttiority on scientific, phllosophic, historie and ethica] poiüts. It tben comes natural to respect Uieir opinions on cconomical and politica] eubjects. Moreoytr, wlth them The NaHm occupics a high position. It too, being etlited by foreigners, has a tone tlioroughly English, and on economie qnestlons a standpoint thoroughly un-Americao. lts professed liigh moral tone makes its influencc all tlie more to be feared when it goei wrong. Thelr appllcatlon to their college and social dutios, together with the reading neecssary t keep posted on the progress of the respective studies they teach, allllOSt orowds Cmt attAntlnn trt #1. J.n. most crowüs out attent ion to tlie daily ch ron iel e of American interests and ideas. Stranjrely enoiigh many of them really do not, tven yet, rccojnize America! greatnega and approaching supremacy as completely as do sorue of the j)rofessors of Oxford and Cambridge who liave visited big fair land. 'J'lic most of college men liave been in England and liave seen with tlieir own eyes ilie wretcbedoess free trade lias brongbt pon the miserable laboring classes. Tliey have travelled in the United States and have observed the comparativo prosperity and comfort of the farmers, the minere, the mili employés and even of the laboréis upon the city strcets. Can any petty theory of free trede stand in the face of actual, visible and tangible comfort, pcace, prosperity and bapptneu ander well protceted industries, or of want and misery under the laws of free trade? We have a bappy and prosperous nation, under Republlcan management. Let uell enough alone comes thunderlng down to us from the Greeki and the Latín, empbaslzed by tlie experiencc of the Frenen nnder Napoleon, the Spanish under Aliillih, and our own early Engllah ancetton, wbo, by a wrong policy, lost tliis colony to England. Them wen the (1 leats of armed nalions. Now we fcar the encroaehment of a no loss dangerous forelgn dlplomacy wiiicli is seeklng to persuade ns to pul onrsplrrs in tlicir hands. Let iis, lor our literary í'i iends, compara Ulo caiuliilatca of the livo great parties, Universlly men deal witli bralna and uilucto. Therefore, tbey may ;ill the more appreciate tüoaepowere which move the world. Xow, does any one of' them doubt that Jumes G. Llaine has more bralns, ablllty, experlenee and itatesman8hlp than bis bumble competí tor f Occupylog the positions they do, where they re examplea to their studente, they eau well allbrd.Varefully, to wefgb the moral issues of the campatgO. With that in view, eau any one iloubt but that Cleveland s a moral leper, especially where nelther he Hor hls Intímate frlends deny the alleííations? Ooilege men loved, honored and pniised James A. (Jarfield. Yet it was he who selectcd Mr. Blaine" to be h!s bosom mem!. Him he lionored with the first plaee n liis Cabtnet. After years of assoclatlon together and better chances for a knowledge of his clmraeter tlian we can possess, the action of oiir beloved president speake louder than words of hisconfulonce iu h!m. ll!s widow now feels tliat Blame's election will be an endorsoment of the people's regard for tlie one wh08e fate was so tragic yet so glorious, and socrowned with the love of the nation. Fortkermore, Inasmuch as by iheir fonncr adhesión to Republlcan principies they certifled that they were right and that the Democratie ideas we re wrong, :. will consisteney admlt that there s now a chance for bctterment by the sticcess of those who have never been on the right sitie of any national polley? We are glad to see that a changa recently lias been coming over them, and that East and West they ive opening their eyes to investigate for theuiselves. Wtaen they do that they generally oonclude that Mr. Blaine is not so bad as he is painted, and that it is still good to stand by the saviors of the Union and the lovers of their country. The business men of this city icho woitld further iheir interest ovglit to üecote, netct Tuesday to icorh for Captain Allen. A rote for Mm is a vote for the protectian of ovr business an4 our labor.