Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-07

t.yontl, the hope or expectation of this
! people, having passed through This fresh
1 bsp,tsnt OF bloosi: & baptism that washed
from our patonal eseutcheon the foul
blot aud stain of slavery tha, made that
aeclaTation living vital fact, that was
before huta taunting lie in the pars Of
todr millions ot manac;cd slaves that
made a free government of the people,
by the people and for the people, possf-
bie on this Continent, aud brought this
natio back to the highway of freedom,
justice aRd right. Will it ever again
wander tfbm if2 OH Will this priceless
boon o4 liberty, this rich infirfitancr
eyer again be imperiledi II may, but IT.
will be when We have ceased to apprcci-
ate the blessing, and have forgotten the
}, cost When we have forgotten the swamps
. of the Chickahominy, ana the grave
) Yards on the James; forgotten terrible
Ant;etam aud glorious Gettysburg; for.
/ gotten the scenes around the red nights
OF the Cumberland, and the battlemeat
, crowned hills ef thu Teunessee; forgot
. ten the siege ot Nicksbufg and the
, charge of Look out Mountain aad Mis-
, sionary Ridge forgotten the march from
l Atlanta TO the sea; forgotten the four
! long years OF hardshlps, of sickness, of
!. sorrow, of prisons, Of pain and OF death,
i, and when the memory OF these who
A fought and fell in defense OF their coun-
r Tftyls fsg shall have pcfished.
g by all that is sacred in the past, by
o all that is swee, iii the present, aud by
. oil the bright hopes Of the future, let US
J SAY that that time will never come. We
/ are not without those among US who
y think all the sacrifice Of that terrible war
n was maae. In vain, and who can only see
IS 10 the near future national calamity and
e ruin. They are ieady to say there is no
! virtue i'll the American people, we have
e fallen on evil aud dangerous Times, thu,
e republican institutions. are failure, that
II the liberties of the people are impcriled
le and we are on the rearful descent to ma.
8, tional destruction. %
While there is much to make the pat,
= riot ieel anxious, | do not share IN the
y feeling that gives vent to these lugnbri-
- :, Gus forebodihgs. The great results TO be
y wrought out by any people are not al
~ ways foreshatiowcd by the achievements
. of II day or the history Of decade, but
~ come with the work and patient labor o.
long years, marked With alternating vic
% tories and defeats, ADVANCES and retreats
grand successes and humiiiaiing failures
of Stady the history of this nation from il,
earliest period, has not its march, taking
l. it all and in all been steadily upward
s. and onward. We need little more o
n the fnith of Wn. Lloyd Garrison, ,ha
~ grand old defender Of truth and tlit
right, that enabled him u thunder In th,
ut ears OF The world, while the slave POKE
n ruled this land, and enacted and enforced
= at the the point Of the bayonet ITS infa
II nous fugitive slave laws:
- = n. ff4Fef e. s.H- ....f.
50 Wrong forever on the throne,
ceI Yet thai sca foid sMays thc fulnre,
~ q - AHa tsSA4aa he dim nnknoMn-
ei 5tandeth Sod N hin the shadow,
ve Keeping watch above hss own
rs Some of yoa have doubtless stood b
~ the ocean when the tide was coming in
IS yon have seen a wave roll steadily t
e the shore, break and recede, If you ha'
" then turned Away you would have beei
OF unable to say whether the tide was ebbin
20 or flowing, But watch little tnBs,e
OF and you will see wave following ~av,
-he mounting higher and stu higher, over
an coming or removing every obstacl,
nu washing out the old sea marks, and break
ms ing far up on the beach, until there ca
ca be no doubt bnt the tide is steadily SET
ss, ting in not Indicated by one, but by
lh succession of advancing and retrcatin
We biiloHs. The tidal waves 0f the ocea
IN obey with no more certainty the laws Q
ar physicaT attraction, than do the laws c
At. moral attraction govern the waves {
AN IN m hat ,,,vv cd.
Hh but returning only monnt the higher fl
Id, having kissed the depths. waves that
we their strength, as they sweep up II
nal beach overcome or remove every oil
HE struction that tho selfish ambition
ur- isnorace Of nan may in.erpose, oblite
'pt ate the old sea marks On The shores
er- time, and bear humanity on their boso
see up into . higher, holier and purer civil
ing zation sss's,s.. g ~ - q q
-. sNhitrsws met here tonight in !
ny union. let there be also renewal OF O
ms plighted faith and fealty to our comms
~, country, and the cause pt good govsr
no ment, with the hope and prayer that p
ss sion, prejudice and party fanatacism n,
s.u never be permitted to render fruits
- the great work hewed out by the swor
y, and sealed with the blood OF the natio
!. Anl dead. And while we consign 70 Il
MS NJ. realm of oblivion the bitterness and ha
.1.s ns engcndered by the great contest, lot
IVY labor to keep fresh in the memory 4
Z =, \, EEcausrs tasst preaneed il and the histo
Eof III syeatS for TIC siessons they tea,
Y II i odd ths waraings thsy contain .Labe
'iiu ~ ing to secure the legitimate fruits of i
- contest, and insisting that the issues sc
" tied BY the decrccs of cannon and CO
steel shall be final and irreversable.
nm. In 4 republic like ours the citadels
-. the nation are the hearts OF the peop
:, the love of country the impregnabfc d
lake tfense That love that fndb expressi
sos the ladgSaec, W VI counsr5, may s.
Fing be right. but my country right !.
ong !, wrcng.n That love that not only bur