The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-21

ings AZ its Palladium and taq gNalRaIee "
ls psfpttual prevalence.
Til ) the glorious sad uaghiAcopl result
81 the var, the triumph &c a principle that
has been in the crueible Of analysis rom the
landing OF the May-FlOwer on Plymouth
Rock 4. taS Surrender Of the COhfsdsEste ar
mles at APpOmNtgoE O. h, II is the sum
total of,all national blessings and benessc-
.tiaps, TO which six huqdFed bettle,hslds have
given then unstinted tribute. This is the
conpsnsaiOn Of cbeetfully performed tolls,
the reward oflopg and patiently endured
suferipgs, .he sOlace for SORROWS and ibe re-
turn and reconciliation for almost number.
less kecetOmbs Of slaughtered heroes, This
the triumph over the yindictiye crueliesand
renOrseless ssvagery Of the Geughis Kawns
of the rebellion. 10 y'Eat 57
TIE times, so pregnant with ~portcnts Of re.
nsved discard and strife, demand loftier, more
enlightened and comp rehehsive craftsmanship
than we know now exists. Political eharla-
tanism is rampant Dcmogcgism runs riot.
Corruption is enthroned in "high places and
stalks abroad with its bell.glazed visage,
Men have given up to politics, what was
neint for mankind, oGiee-seekiug is a mania
aud Olice-disgraeiug a practice. This demon
alisation, rscklessness and insane passion
for money and power, apparent in every cleo
ton from the district officer to the highest
position in the land, will open with fresh yir,
aleuce the healed ulcers Of the abody poll
tic" and the dangers from which we have
been so PrOyidenlially delivered, return in
more frightral forms than ever before, it the
calm judgement and disinterested patriotism
of the few " leading spirits" OF the age do
not interrose as a breakwater. The sword
has done its work, and all issues must row be
submitted to the peaceful and bloodless UNI
pire Of legislation, Men stripped Of steel,
and of cultivated mind, honest purpose and
exalted sentiment must shape the destinies of.
the Republic, Our government, must be a
mean between the Grecian, the apotheosis of
might, appealing to the viii, and the Roman,
the incarnation OF intellect addressing itself
to the understanding, the one restraining the
passions of the ignorant and deludcd, and
the other protecting the weak and ignorant
from the arrogance and crafts Of the strong
and the learned, with the rightfu' liberties
and immunides of all fully accorded.
Never was there opened to the statesman, a
field Of labor more inviting and promising of
abundant harvest, and he who will run the
gauutlet.Of the opposition and contumelies
Of knayish and selfserviug politicians, will
be regarded as a phiiauth.opist, aud
will be crowned with honors as bright as
ever Iurked beneath the brows of Ash
lands sage or Massachusetts chosen SON.
Aristocratic monopolies must be fearlessly
attacked, and their wand of lnsolent tyranny
broken. The ignoramuses, who have been
borne into position on the wild and madden
ed waves of revelation, must be deposed. The
scoundrels, who by fraud aud yillainy have
cheated the people out Of office and are stuff
ing their pockets out of the public treasury,
must be hurled into the infamy they deserve,
and their thievery made known and chastised.
The Madagascar Vampire politicians, who
are feeding with glultonous rapacity upon
the vitality Of the Nation, must be arraigned
before the tribunalo of impartial justice, tried,
convicted, and punished, and their names be
transmitted down the line Of coming genera.
tions damned to everlasting infamy." Who
will attempt to concentrate popular indigna-
ton and give it availability and potency to
remove these unworthy and unprincipled
men from The places Of trust they abuse and
Of honor they disgrace 2 Who will raise the
loodgatc, through which viii: rush the river
Hercules to cleanse the Augean stables of the
government? Who will enter upon the stu
pendOus undertaking? lie is found. He comes
from The broad bosom Of the prairied West in
al his plebiau simplicity, honesty and inaez-
ibiliiy Of purpose, a representative self made
man from the common walks of life, and the
faithful embodiment Of the principles of civil
equality and impartial justice sustained and
indicated by The result of the war. Official
corruption lrembles with fear in the midst Of
its Belshalzar Hastings. Treason, holding
to life by the precarious tenure Of Democrat
ic nursing, gasps in the final tbroe o! death.
Defeated traitors, embollened beyond the
magnanimous tolcrance-of loyal men BY Dem
ocratic assurances Of restored power and in
H%ueucc, are studying the philosophy Of con-
tent AID summOning their courage for an i'm
perturablc show Of satisfaction, when bis first
prouuneismento against their wicked schemes
shall seal their condemnation forever. Laur-
els Of Fadelsss vsrdAney %eneirels bis brow
won on a hundred NirengOs, to be entwinsd
with still brighter g~lsries. General Grants
sucesss-i Ia beyond all doubt. Ir his election,
man rigat and ability to govern himself aud
the justice Of punishment when he abuses
this right will be fully indicated, as when
be marshalled and lead from victory to vic
tory the loyal hosts Of the Union through
the rebeilious South.
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