Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-08-15
The Stability Of Our Government.

g there were frequent expressions O
L. fear for the safety of our govern
IS ment in certain emergencies-tha
) is that We were liable to the DANCE
p of such instructions as would
S finally subvert the government
G "The Union must and shall be pre-
D served" is the decree of at leas
n forty-five millions of the American
' people to-day. No party can de
stroy it; no class can destroy it
: Endauger its life, any party, PEG.
pie or section, and there will he q
soldier with fixed bayonet on every
: square yard of its territory strike
at its heart, and every mountain
J top will swarm with its defenders,
and every valley quake beneath
2 their tread; insult its flag, and
stretching in unbroken line from
one side of the continent to the
other, million of men will I'M
sheath their swords and strike to
avenge the wrong. It's defenders
are scattered over our farms and
through our cotton fields, in our
workshops and factories, in our
studios and colleges, in every phase
and condition of society, and are
men who, through knowing little
of politics, are determined to pre-
serve the Republic from assam Its
without or foes within, and who.
can always shoot straight and will
never fire high. 1t is the poorest
of sports to face an American army
which is marching to the rescue of
its imperiled government and the
defense of its insulted flag. In the
history of the world, glittering
with the record of martial achieve
ments and patriotic sacrifices, there
is nothing to eclipse the military
record of this brave and indepen-
dent people. In the crumbling
sepulchers of the millions dead,
still ablaze with the glory of mill
tary victories in the defense of
home and birthright, no drawer
soldiers sleep, than those who in
America to-day, have laid aside the
uniform and hung up the sword,
and are playing with the children
at home. Every man in America
is soldier, and he is thinking,
intelligent soldier. He can plan
his campaign and fight it through
to victory. Napoleon and half
million of machines were the French
army that went to Moscow; Grant i
and a million of heterogeneous
made Appomatox memorable. You {
can break machine, bnt you can
not conquer mind; you can en- t
tinguish a spark, but You cannot $
blot star from the ARMAMENT
The star is part of God-the {
mind is part of God. But while &
his intellect nerves the arm to n
strike with unfinching courage for I
light, liberty and country, it t,
prompts to liberality of thought, .
generosity of conduct and for p
)earance with the weaknesses of tl
rail and passionate human nature. ri
Not one of us could go to the gate a,
It heaven, to-day, and base our B
lain for admission upon very Il
much of actual good that we had o
one the world. The frailty of al
ature, the mistakes of life, the b,
'rongs done in the belief that we IT
ere doing right, make too much is
the life of every one, to permit
he spirit of arrogance or superior tn
y to hear down upon any who III
ave offended in direction that re-
e have not. fo,
Perish the thought that over pr
lis broad territory, among these blt
lst harvest fields, and cities and de,
WINS of magnificent architecture be
midst these mountains, capped VIII
Ith snow, and our rice plantations STA
nghing in the glow of summer ed
the shores of our silvery lakes anc
d beautiful rivers; in Boston and ing
'arleston; in the land where ma sio
re breathes snowfakes and mag Th
liza blossoms on the same morn for
:, there is not enough patriotism, qua
md judgement and forbearance sivt
save this magnificence to our froI
yes and to enable us to bequeath the
% posterity. We mean that this the,
public shall live. Illinois means On
Massachusetts, means it; South row
rolina means it.; Louisiana means for
For any fault of ours, the har- Dan
t of the dead patriots of Con- abor
d, Lexicon, Bunker Hill, Tren. ate
, Monmouth, and Yorktown as {,