New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
CONSERVATIVE FORCES.

II Lep: its place this Republic Of ours, in spite OF
the rapid exp pson Of the nation territory wide
that the seanty strip OF the original State Is only
fringe its Immense mantle II has Kept It's place,
while vehement tebaes, involving the prooundest eth
zeal principles Ll1t stirred to its depths the whole pub
lie mind II bas - its place. while the tribes OF man
kind have pouring upon 1t, seeking to shelter and
freedom which Il gave u uiustrOus President
murdered by the bullet Of an assassin ~ saw bis place
occued quietly by another az If nothing unforeseen
rmiug had occurred. II prodigiOus armies
lied for ne defense. Il those armies al the end
of h. marching In swift and long procession up the
cts Of the capital and then dispensing into their for
peaceful citizenship, as If they had had no arms in
q cir hands. The Gen, raj before whose akin and will
those armies had been shot upon the forces which OPP
posed tbem and whose word had been their military law,
remained for three yeaFs an appointed officer Of the Gov
eminent be had saved Elected then To BE- the head OF
that Government, and again reelected by tie bal
lots Of hs countryIDen, in few months more he viii
have retired TO he thencoforth citizen like the rest eli
gble TO Office, and entitled 10 vOte but with no Thought
Of any eTogatve descending TO him 10 his children
from ms great service aud military fame. The Republic
whose triunpbiDg aFnies he led wlI remember his
name aud be grateful for his work but neither 10 him
nor TO any elSe wiz 1t ever give sovereignty over
itself
From the lakes 20 TIRE Gulf It's VIII ~ the law its do
mnion complete. Its eenrpeta and centrifugal forces
sFe balanced almost IN the astronomy O The heavens
Deoentralizng authority It puts his Part Of TITO
The hand Of every citizen Giving scope 70 private
enterprise. allowing not only bat accepting and encOdr
aging each movement Of pabnc which IA .ts
only terrestrial rule, there "a threat al It's sky, Of
DIVISION or downfall &c cannot be- successfully assaled
from without, with blow at 49, life while VI aer ma
tons continue sane
~ Las been sometimes compared 10 q pyragid, broad
based and secure, net liable % overthrow a. Is Obsk
or column, By storm age Tie comparison IA lust Int
= not sunelent II should rather be compared 20
OF the permanent features of uatae and not 10 any r
isal consiTacaon-to The river waca flows Ike our an
Hudson, aloug the courses that nature opens forever In
motion, but forever the same; 10 the lake which - on
common days level and bright placid ,ness while IL
gathers its fuHess from mSy lands and rta ia yyaya
~ stormy strength wheD winds ssail H. to the mountain
which Is cot aFsically shaped and which only rarely
In some supreme sunbursT fushes with color bnt whose
roots the very earthquake cannot shake and On whose
Dfo" the storms fall bureSs while aner It's shelter the
cottage nestles aud up its sides the gaIdens climb.
80 stands the Republic:
whole ~ the marble founded as the rock
A1 0IOaa AMI general 20 The easing ar.
"Aa mas beeh TIE fact Lay cut Of sight that late ey
war which could not be ayered when once II had been
threatened, except by the sacrifice Of the Government
''Ssi ana wholly unparalleled public suicide and how
uch OF war with foreign powers has the century seen
mere mas been frequent crscke OF nuskctry along tho
fon'efs as Indian tribes which refused to be civilized
Ls'e slowly and herceiy retreated toward the West
.nerc was one war declared aganst Trpoli in 1901
sne Republic took by the threat the African pirates