Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-07-13

frequent occurrence. Order is begin
ming to resume its place, and The
principles of republican government
are now being appreciated all over
the globe, and, at the same time
Jared by the aristocrats and tyrantl
in this as well rs foreign countries
Yes, my friends, in all quarters of til,
globe there 10 more Of organized free,
dom to- day than at any other perioc
of our past history. Nations may
rear hostile standards, but the very
effect is to bring them into closer
alliances with each other. The prep.
arations now being made In Cubs
and on the Cuban waters, Of bel
lligerent character, are only the pro.
cess of publication and redemption
from error, which has heretofore
blocked up the avenues to happiness
| That nations and the people OF
separate and different chimes are
concerned with and Interested in the
quarrels and disturbances of others
lis evident from the fact that disturb,
ances between any, interfere to a
greater or less extent with the prog.
ress of all the Others Nations OF
people, though in different and
widely separated localities, cannot
properly be said to be distinct. AS
each member Of the human frame is
sensitive to the wounds of another,
80 the frame of nationalities 10 keen
ly alive to the disturbances of any
member Of the grand system Infidel
and Christian are bound together by
q common chain of humanity; GER
tain affections aud emotions influens-
cling the individual and giving char
acter to the body polite. Strange
events occur in christian countries,
among people making boastful pre-.
tentions to advanced ideas Of chris
tianity. There are certain fundas.
mental principles to govern the con-
duct and actions of individuals,
which, if never violated, will secure
the happiness of the individual so it
is with nations and states. When
the great fundamental principles OF
health are violated, weakness, sick.
ness and debility of the human frame
are sure to follow, and decay and e.
nal dissolution is inevitable, sooner or
later SO when q portion of our
States, in an organized form, will,
despite the oounsels of their friends
and advisers, violate the great fun.
damental principles of political asso.
citation, by abuse Of the privileges of
political power, and thereby become
o nuisance to the body polite, they
make their own organization weak,
sick and debilitated, and the organ
ization must sink and finally dissolve
amid ruin and corruption. oa Look
at the Cotton States now, and recur
to them in 1859. Power belonged to
them at that period /; wealth was in
in their possession and control
in TACT, there was no privilege they
did not enjoy and command. What
was it that brought about the la
| mentable change in their condition
To- day, sirs, the people of the
Southern States are crying for bread,
and calling you and /, Of the North,
to contribute to their relief. n Y
friends, I will tell the obvious req
sons, as they appear to my mind {:
These deludsd people have violated
a very important fundamental prin.
ciple in our national system they
struck at the very root OF free and
republican institutions, when in their
madness they sought to absolve
themselves from ell allegiance to the
government of our fathers. They
areInow suffering for hatIindiscretion,
and o just God is directing the rod of
chastisementl so that they may see
and feel the error into which they
have. fallen. atiha 1isssilfa0Jaa.iso al'
We of the frozen regionof Wiscon-
sin have ggreat reason to rejoice
that our people are 80 we'll united in
their determination co maintain and
stand by the great principles for
which SO many of our brave soldiers
have given up their lives, and whose
names are to-day engraved in let
ters of everlasting remembrance up
on the monument within the limits
Of sour public square in Lancaster,
Let US cherish their names and keep
them IS household words, that our
children and their children may
never forget to whom they are, in
an earthly sense, indebted for the
privileges they enjoy to-day. hdA F.