Has The Lesson Been Learned?

The Lonrion, Ehk-, Globe, reoently remarked : "Xo country in the world lies doser to our affectioas and syimpetihies tbuan the United States." That sentence ought to be a true one, for the two nations are allke in Laoguage, in advaneeanent, In civiUzation, in dhirtstianity. But someway, whemever the United States has had eerlous trouble, Bngland has not coime id her add wlth an open, sympabhetic hand. On the contrary phe ris ijsed all her toflue&ce to aid the e-nemies of the Union. It may bc I ■mil has at last learned a lesBom.. It is to lie hoped that she has, md will hereafter stand where she belongs, by our sid-e. rostmaster General Bisell hus stlrvcd up the democratie party to its V'6i-y core, by publishing it to the wwrW tluit he will not appoiut a saloon keeper as postmaster, in these worde : "Any man who is directly or lndirectly interested in the liiiuor busjics-, is in a measure unfitted by his occupatlon ïor postmaster." To be sure tliere are mamy good eitizens wlio will coimmend the General fo-r tliie order, but his own party ! Ah, t here's the rub ! The tin píate liar has been silent same time. Tlie people are no kmiger told tbat "tin píate is not, can not, nor never will be made in tliis country'" The tacta became too man y tor liiin, ;uid he erawled lnto liis hoto niointh-s ago. If he were alive ncnv be tiulil be Kurprised, no doubt, to ihiit the democratie tariff reformers oi the senate had decided to put a duty of oaie and one-íiíth. cents a pouiid on tin platO in order to en((im-age au Industry which every demoerat in the country, big and little, declared could aever be made profitable in the Unit-ed States. We Buppose tliat ten years henee the de-mocrats -will be claiming that the establiflhanent of the tin industry was due to their efforts, a.nd that the republicana had nothing to d owitli it. The G. A. R. Iepartiment of Michigan has endorsed Judge Charles D. Long for commander-in-chief of the naticinal organization. The Courier hc.pes that they may be suecessful in placing their brave oomrade in this liigh .place, for none worthier could be found to fill it. TJie cruel attat-ks ui l.iM-hi-ru and Hjko Stnlth on Juin and i ie slngle-handed iiglit b6 ík making agalnet all their entreiu-heil i'orces have endeared liim to tlie veterans everywhere. They ought to vi:ili-ata liim in return ior his nianly ïiglit for their rlghts and toteresta, because t.he expensive suite he. has ent er e d upon will cost him far more than liLs entire pension money. He niakes il solely lor a principie, It ík weü sald tbat the honors of office tlial llave comí' to him havo been placed by a people Avho esteeni his worth'. Hilledale oötmty has agaln voted [ar local optiom, the propoeltlon can ying by about 300 majoritj".