Show Growling and Barking How partisan feeling does twist the mind distort the vision and tinge with bitterness the whole natureof some people peo-ple The generous and just endeavor to deal fairly even with an enemy but the small and soured soul can see no good in anybody or anything that is not harmonious harmo-nious with its little interests The Tribune contains an editorial on the inaugural speech of President CLEVELAND which displays the infirmities we have mentioned Everybody who has eyes to discern what is good and praiseworthy looks upon the address as excellent in matter and elegant in language We are told that CLEVELAND reiterates reiter-ates platitudes What is there but platitudes plat-itudes in the flatulent effort of his critic As to the language used in it while tastes differ truth would compel the admission that the inaugural is couched in sound English and conveys clearly the views of the speaker There is one point in it of which the Tribune approves He says His dissertation dis-sertation on trusts is good But grudging grudg-ing even this small approbation he continues con-tinues At the same time no Statesman yet has developed the genius to point out an effectual way through which to destroy trusts when capital combines to prey upon the people How is that for platitude and what has that to do with the excellence or imperfection of the inaugural address i If that writer can see in the speech no I new light on the country and no hint of progress I it must be taken as a sign of his own mental blindness or of that obliquity i ob-liquity of vision which comes from partisan parti-san bias Many of his recent utterances seem like an application of his own complaint com-plaint made in these words in reference to a great man but a few days ago Old men are a good deal like old dogsthe last I faculties they lose are the faculties of growling and barking I |