Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-12-14
Bury it Out of Sight Forever.


In his reply 10 the Speakers ad
dress in the Parliament of James
the Lord Keeper said; 81 will put
you in mind OF n story which Tully
relates out OF Thncydides. The The
bans, having overcome the Lacedc
monians, in memory thereof erected 9
brazen trophy. A complaint was
made before the Amphiciyonic Coun
ell that by that trophy the memory Of
their civil discord was made eternal
Their judgment was that il should
be abolished, because il was not fit
ting that any record should remain Of
discord between Greek and Greek. d
There is moral in this illustration
of the quaint old Lord Keeper that
may be Of practical use in our times
Slatesmanship has in all ages depre.
cated the keeping alive memories oi
civil animOsilies, or perpetuating the
glorics won in civil strife. When q
servilo and obsequious Senate, ia or.
der to hatler the Emperor Tibcrius
requested him to erect an altar OF
vengeance commemorating the death
of Piso, who fell in the civil strife,
that monarch, tyrant though he was,
replied that public monuments should
commemorate foreign conquests, not
domestic calamilics.
When Caesar, after returning from
his victorious dispersion Of the Senate
rial chiefs at Thapsus, and the over.
throw Of Cato at Utica, celebrated
his four triumphs, be carefully avoid
cd all reference TO what was the most
brilliant Of all his achievements. In
Spain aud Thessaly he had routed the
disciplined Iegions Of his own coun.
trymen; but, as be well said, "their
defeat brought no accession OF honor
or territory to the Republic; the glo-
ry reflected on victors in triumph
over their own countrymen is but du.
bious ard barren"
Is it not then time for us, a Chris.
tian people, whose religion is based
upon forgiveness Of injuries, 10 show
that we cannot be outdone in magma
nimity and generosity by the heath.
eny Is it not time to bury in oblivion
the traces Of our civil war, and crap.
pie to our hearts with hooks of steel
as Of old, our fellow.cilizens OF the
South, whose errors, great as they
were, have been grievously atoned for
There are grave and momentou-
events agitating the world, and AMID
the struggles Of contoDding nationaii
ties on the other side OF the ocean
and the complications and exaspera
tions Of the hour, no one can tell how
soon this country may be embroiled
in foreign war. When that hour
strikes, we want the hearts Of oui
people to beat with bu. one response
TO the call Of patriotism and duty
We want them TO kindle unison again
as they did in those "brave days oi
old" when Massachusetts and South
Carolina went shoulder TO shoulder
through the Revolution together
when the blow struck at Lexington
lighted watch fire at Baltimore
walked the battle-cry of freedom at
Charleston, and sped on until whole
continent cried, Liberty or death.
THIS is a spirit that wise forecasting
craftsmanship should study how "a
restore. 1t can never be regained by
reminding each other Of the bitter an.
tagonisms Of our civil struggle. Rath.
Ell let us initiate the wisdom and
magnanimity of the heather states.
men and soldiers, who regarded ciyil
strife as national calamity, and
thought it not fitting that any memo.
rial should remain Of dscord between
Greek and Greek.-N Y. Sun.