Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-19
THE CONSULTATIONS.

Much has been said in Congress and writ
ten in the papers within the past few weeks
OF The hostility that exists between the North
and the South. But has it never occurred to
the intelligent reader that this hostility is
| more assumed then real-that compare
lively small number Of the residents of
either locality harbor other than the kindliest
feelings toward those who are, though sepa-
rated IN interests to certain extent, still
members of one common family and one
common country? Who are the men who
are stirring up strife between the sections?
Are they the men who, fifteen years ago,
fronted each other in the dreadful carnage of
war, who fought against each other with a
desperation and intensity of hate never be-
fore equaled in the history of civilized war
fare? Not at all. Brave men who periled
their lives for Il principle harbor no hatred
The oonquerors were too nagnanimous
to wish to perpesuate animosties
after they md accomplished their
purpose-tla salvation of the Union;
tho conquered found, after the cause
OF the war bad teen removed, that they had
40 reason: for cherishing any but the kind
lest feelings towards those who proved their
bravery in time of battle and their maenan-
unity i'll tho day OF victory. These two
classes, almost before the booming of the
cannon had died away, had forgotten their
passions and their hatreds and clasped hands
in bond of fraternity-a fraternity born
of knowledge of each others personal
bravery and of comprehensive in the
hardships Of tie march, the camp
and the battle field. They had learned
the uncertainty OF, life, and had known that
he who lets the sun 60 down upon his wrath
might never live to grant or to receive that
forgiveness that all men, at some time, SO
a-dently crave.
The men who are SO busy, after the lapse
of SO long time in endeavoring to kindle
anew the fires of hate between the old-time
adversaries are those who kept aloof from
the battle field in those troublous times, who
were too cowardly to seek places Of danger
where their serviees might be of benefit to
the country. Blaine q man filed with am
bition, malignant, crafty, unprinc;pled.
morally oblivious to all conception of duty
that does not serve his sslt-interest, patriot
only when patriotism. will pay, brave man
only when assaultinga helpless, defenseless
people, an arrogant. selfish politician, with
all the instincts of midnight assassin, who
repels assaults upon himself by pleading
some supposititious physical infrmity, and
whines like whipped cur when those whom
be assails strike back-this man Blaine ia
the leader of those who seek to disturb our
present tranquility. Conkling, his first lieu
tenant, is perhaps even more despicable. A
would-be aristocrat, but nothing more than
coxcomb, ambitious of political distinction
and as unprinciplod as Blaine in the means
he employs to attain his ends, with mind
only capacious enough to contain his own
greatness, superci!lious to his equals and
superiors and insolent to those who. because
OF their greater honesty, happen to be be-
meath him; conceited fellow.
who prides himself, like Turveydrop,
upon his department, and has nothing
outside of that quality to commend him
either as statesman or as a patriot this
man Conkiing is emulating his intellectual
superior in assisting to fan the flames of
strife, aud to rekindIe, if he can, the flames
of war, from which, in the event of success.
he would fee like the arrant coward that
he is.
Howe, the man next active in this cam
paiSn Of hate, is perhaps too insignificant to
merit more than Il passing mention. A man
of marrow, contracted ideas, incapable of
discerning the difference be tween good and
evil if they happen to run counter to his pre-
conceived ideas Of what they should be &C
cording to partisan bias. He is incapa-
ble of discerning the fact that two ideas
upon any subject can exist on the same hem
isphere and each be worthy of respect or.
consideration. His mind is too contracted
to admit of them. His is one of those souls
that, If enclosed in the shell of a mustard
seed would be lost in immensely. So mar
row mind is of service to the other two in
defending what they dare not defend with
out hopelessly compromising their own in
telllgence. Between the three the Republi-
can party Las managed to inaugurate con-
splracy to disturb the equanimity Of the ma
ton. Whether they shall succeed in their
purpose or not will depend upon whether