Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-07-05

The man who strides the dewy field, where
sweet wild f1owe bloom,
And steps among the golden grain TO the
reaper's droning tone;
Gathers the red checked apples, or breaks
the fruitful sod.
The lofty will not see lin, as he walks with
Christ earth's road,
Yet the workingman is O Aristocracy
of God."
And so he is, this great producer, this
SECULAR aid OF our country, with his active
brain to direct all united tending to the de-
velOpment OF America It is true that in q
certain sense we are all workingmen. all de-
pendant, but there are certain classes, toll
ers, heWers OF wood and drawers of water,
men and women who fill our workshops,
whose each and every hour brings for re-
suit, for purposes of utility or ornament,
and in thousand ways are useful. YES, ne
eessary, to the healthfulness of the BODY
economic The great body Of the army of
worklngmen and women of the union are
in holiday attire to-day. They are peaceable,
they are intelligent, and they should receive
that full need of active legislation in their
ehalf, that social support, and that mater
ial aid that is one of the most wise actions
of the body polite. Care for the farmers of
the material constructions of the country.
let laws look directly to their necessities, for
they are many. Legislate immediately for
their improvement, educationally and 9th.
erwise
And the day will come, when to be an
American artisan, will be a synonym of no.
bility in man throughout the world, as it is
patent of gentility in our own country to
say man is an industrious artisan, he is an
honest workingman.
THE ARMY AND NAVY
The subordination of this estate in the
American condition to the Civil service, is
no detraction from their gallantry or purity,
for the reason asserts it, and the facts prove
it, that under no flag have more heroic
deeds been performed more endurance ex-
hibited than in the performances of the gal
liant gentlemen who compose the army and
navy of the Union. am sure that no citi-
zen of this grand republic will pluck leaf
from its chaplets that is weaved of chivalric
deeds around the brow of valor It is to
these great elements that the country looks
for her nucleous in times. of national trouble
Honored at home respected abroad, this is q
day when generous memories will accord
these gentlemen, that dessert that ever fol
lows their merit
To-day the nation is at peace; let us con
firm this tranquility by the suppression OF
agllaIlOH, let all Jne resolutions or d1Stur
bance, of discord, and Of antagonism have
their errors absorbed into the mercies oil
peace, whose white wings shall enveloI
them in calm and protection. Let repost
be the wish and hope of our people, anc
while we claim that in the mighty hosts
that are marshalled to-day in patriotic re
hearsal of the most notable of all events in
the history of the world, we can command
peace from the world, let US first emulate
that thought of inspiration he who control
ling himself is greater than he who com
mands victorious armies. Peace and unity
is what the national occasion and the day de
mands. With peace, thefuture of America i.
one of unquestioned stability and progress
This peace can be established by the oblivia
ton of all past amnesities, mutual conces
sions the shading the sword with the div,
branch, the calumet of peace invoked il
the councils of the Nation. Yes! let tn,
dead past bury its Dead true nobility look
to the future, let that future become Peace