Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1883 — PASSING EVENTS. [ARTICLE]

PASSING EVENTS.

The Cholera isl Europe—The Scott Law in Ohio. Th® O«ar and th® Vatican—“A Misted” Emigration. All Europe is becoming alarmpd at th® threatening character of the cholera and the rapidity of the sprea d. Notwit standing the international quarantine, wh'ch was intended to prevent it from getting into Europe by the gateway of the Suez canal, it has reached the northern entrance and appears to have* fastened itself permanently at Port Said, Damletta, Mum Ur ah and Rosetta, in Egypt, which are all in close proximity to the entrance Thence it has reached Alox, andria to the westward and Cairo to the south, entering the latter place, as usual, while the doctors axe disputing about it The march of this terrible destroyer not alone threatens the health of Europe, but it is laying an embargo upon its commerce. It has closed Port Baid and the Suez canal tighter than any Government or any quarantine could do it already. The great canal is now shut against commerce, and that means • cessation of the trade between Europe and Asia of its Compulsory diversion from the Short cut of the canal into the Mediterranean to the old, long, and tedious route round Africa

The Scott Lhw in Ohio. So much has been said about the Scott liquor law, and the probable action of the Supreme Court upon the question of its constitutionality. says'the Chicago Few*, that it has become a subject of interest to the public. It is well known that the constitution of Ohio prohibits the licensing of saloons, and the clause was ratltied by the temperance people in the expectation that its adoption would put an end to the liquor traffic in that State. Such was not, however, the case, as under the organic law of the State there was no power to restrain the sale of liquor, and it ran riot In April last the State passed what was known as the Scott law, which authorizes an annual assessment upon the business of liquor selling. A -case was made up and carried to the Supreme Court with the view of testing its constitutionality. The other day the court rendered its decision, all of the Judges except one declaring the law to be constitutional The opinion seems to be that the effect of the decision will be to strengthen the Republicans, as that part>championed the law while their opponents opposed it As two of the members of the Supreme Court are on the Republican State ticket the Democrats charge that they were guided as much by their political prospects as by a strict construction of the law in the case.

The Czar and the Vatican. An understanding has been arrived at between the heads of the respective churches of Greece and Rome. The two churches were formerly a unit, but as early as 482 A. D. dogmatical differences sprung up between them, which gradually threw them more and more apart, until July 16,1054, when the schism was completed Various proposals have since then been proposed ana rejected 'for a union of the two churches again, the last being that of Pius IX., when, in 1848, he invited, by an encyclical letter, the entire Greek church to a corptxate union with Rome, which proposition was rejected with scorn. There is, however, in the Greek church a faction that hopes and prays for such a union, which embraces some of the nobility and societies of the Greek Church. That a modits vivendum has been agreed upon by the heads of the Eastern and Western churches is, in view of their past histories, very significant Under this concordat the Russian Government retains the right of inspecting seminaries, supervision in the appointment of teachers, and the education of Catholic children in the Russian language, history and literature, and abrogates the harsh’measures declared against the Catholics in 1864. For the first time in many centuries, the chasm between the Eastern and Western churches seems to be closing.

Assisted Emigration. Our Government has at last taken decided action to prevent Great Britain from unloading her paupers in this country. Having tried every possible means, except those of humanity and justice, to restore peace to Ireland under her tyranny, Great Britain began some months ago to ship the poor of that country to this, in th : hope that by reducing the population there would be less demand for land, fewer paupers to support, and an element of political disquietude banished from the island. In May lasLseveral vessel loads of pauper-Irish landed in Boston. Gov. Butler called the attention of the Secretary of State to the matter,, and quietly s nee then has it been investigated. The result is that enough proof has been procured to sustain the charge that Great Britain is raying »the passage of emigrants fi om Ireland to this country. The subject was brought up for consideration at a "meeting of the €a‘ inet on Tuesday, and under the direction of the President Secretary Folger instructed the Collector of Customs in New York to prevent the landing of all immigrants found to be paupers within the meaning of the law. Some of those who have been donated to us are taken from the workhouse and are usually persons well along in years, with large families, which have been and are the subjects of public charity. On the same day that this action was taken by the President the telegraph informs us that there were then Waiting transportation from Queenstown to the United States 100 persons from the Linnford Union, most of Whom have been taken from the workhouse. While it is true that we have always prided eurselyes that our land was the asylum for the oppressed of all nations, we have never favored compulsory immigration, although the voluntary immigrant, rich or poor, has always been welcome. Our Government has once before had to adopt similar restrictions in the case of Italy, Y hich began sending us her paupers and criminals. The return of a ship-load or two put an end to the trouble, and such will be the case of Great Britain Let her deluge her dominion of Canada with these people if the depopulation of Ireland is necessary to the preservation of the United‘Kingdoms.