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Show AS ADMIKISTUJLTIOX magazine What the world needs to day is a magazine. A magazine of monthly isue, Kepublicin in politics, at "two dollarB a year in advance," and published pub-lished under the auspices of tho ' Union Republican congressional oom-mittee." oom-mittee." It Btandn in special need of it, and bankers after it and cries after it as children Used to fur Sherman's Lozenges since President Grant announced an-nounced his "firm conviction that the civilized world is tending toward republicanism, repub-licanism, or government by the people through their chosen representatives, represent-atives, and that our own great republic repub-lic is desticed to be tho guiding star of all others." Sinco thcu the effete monarchies of the old world have taken hold of political astronomy with passionate pas-sionate earnestness and a determination determina-tion to understand if possible "the guiding star." They hunger for an acquaintance with our institutions and a knowledge of our methods. Happily this great yearning for information this reaching out with helpless hands and feeble telescopes toward a "guiding "guid-ing star" they do not comprehend and about which there is a dim and misty doubt whether it be Orion sloping slop-ing slowly to the west or some unusual rooket goes not unanswered. The gods who gave a Snhinx to mortals did not withhold an (Fiipus. To the nations na-tions wondering at the guiding Btar comes Chandler, Zichariab, senator of the United States aud chairman of tho Union Kepublican concessional executive execu-tive committee, beariug in his brawny but beautiful arms the prospectus of a new monthly magazine, to be called The Kcpublio. Associated with tho Hon. Zichariah in tho enterprise aro the lion. Simon . Cameron, tho Dion. John A. Logan, tho Hon. JamcB Harlan, and several might bo called without any such stretch of fancy as the authors of'eirous postcrB sometimes resort to "an array." ar-ray." It' we had begun to be disheartened dis-heartened at the universal outlook, tho the appearance of Chandler alone would have given us hope; when with him come Cameron, Logan, and Harlan, Har-lan, uniting in tho promite of a magazine maga-zine "devoted to the discussion of tho soienco of government" at "two dollars dol-lars per year io advance, " we settlo into a Bweot and oonfident trust that all will bo well, and tbat "our own great republic is destined to be the guiding star to all others " These gentlemen calmly and deliberately state at the outsat of their enterprise their belief that " tho inestimable priviliges of self-government guaranteed guaran-teed by the Federal constitution involve in-volve corresponding duties, and that among these are sleepless vigilance and the devotion of tbo best thoughts and efforts of tho citizens io aid of the preservation and development of our country and its institution?." It is for this reason that tbey propose to Btarta monthly magazine at "two dollars dol-lars a vear in ad ranee." All these gentlemen aro or have been senators. They know that, however the material consideration paid for scats in the Ben- ate may vary with climates and conditions, condi-tions, "sleepless vigilance" is a constant con-stant quantity always a part of tho prioo. If there is any one thing that j they believe in more than another, it . is "sleepless vigilance." It was this they took $5,000 apiece extra pay for in the last coneress. Tne prospectus of the magazine is j accompanied by a personal appeal from the secretary of the oommitteo, ' who says: "Tho interest you mani- , fested and tho beneficial influence you i exercised in the recent campaign, jus- 1 tify me in asking your active oo-opera-tion in this enterprise, designed espe- . cially to inform, strengthen and J harmonize republican sentiment." It j is sad to think that a great many pee- ; pie in this oountry who manifested an interest and exercised a beneficial influence in tho recent campaigo, have been thinking it all over since their chosen leaders havo been caught lying, and a whole congress of them havo taken to stealing, and the best of them been found out in corruption, bribery, and all sorts of dishonesty, and their President has signed a bill doubling his own salary and nas given the lio to his promise of oivil servioe reform by appointing rogues and rascals to office and that they have made up their minds upon the whole not to sit up nights bragging about the beneficial benefi-cial influence exercised in tho recent campaign. In their present s.ate of mind they aro not likely to co-operate in this enterprise. Opportunities "to inform, strengthen and harmonize r?S publican sentiment" might go right by them within easy roach without their even stretching out a hand to them. KiitthA ninirnainfl i ft fnnA t.hinp. It is two dollars a year in advance, and wo presume chromos of Chandler aro thrown in. N. Y, Tribuuo. |