The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-15

growth Of the vast country whose bulky products
must seek such water transit to the seaboard
| iho recent completion of continuous railroad
IRON st. Pau to Winnipeg. affording overland con.
uecton with the three great water systems of Me
sissipp river, Hudsons Bay and the lake chain ana
the Immediate extension to be made of the Nortbar
~ INC @ 70 tne mineral and grazing section Of
| commerce which must here converge The innor'
| lance of the subject leads me to- rree th.t ~,
memorialize Congress in furherance of the objects
sought by the late convention in behalf of lake
cation. The condition of the terminal harbor at
Duluth and the erection of at least one liphted
refuge for vessels upon the long coast between that
port and Thunder Bay. would to be among the
important considerations pertaining to the Interests
Of lake commerce.
The resumption of specie payments adds another
o tne proud achievements OF a prosperous nation.
corrects perhaps the most fruitful of the radical
disorders bequea' he'd us by the demon of civil war;
~ Signals .ne END OF the long night of feverish dis
.ress ana hasens the glad morning health, peace
ana prosperity In her dire struggle for life and
health the nation has never seen more auspicious
epoch than that with which the receives the greeting
" sl 'ie new year There remains now but needful
1ne ana -est 1or restoration to the full measure Of
her normal strength.
history indeed records no obstacles more forbid
abe than those which confronted the American peo-
pie IN the great work of pacification following the
commissions Of their new birth. despotic mower
may suppress instruction by simple force, visit
summary punishment upon its rebeIious subjects
and reassert its absolute sway. With a popular gov
eminent comprising voluntary mon of States
wnhout unrepresented territory, the task is not
merely 10 ENFORCE the national authority, but to
reconclle central power with local disaffecton and
wrlng from sulen and discontinued communities fine
willing support requisite to it's cohesive existence
In In me performance of work 80 complicated, to-
wnoly escape plumbers would he to evince in human
affairs more than human wisdom. If the govern
ment has carried its forbearanca to point exciting
the amazement if not the ridcule of nations-ifi 4
has withheld punishment for treason by blood or con-
| fiscaton-if the insurgent States have felt the
aVenglng hand of the government in little else than
Its benefactionsif leading offenders find swift re-
habiitaton in the councils of the nation they sought
to dlssever-it may prove that wise government is
stronger in the hearts of it people than in the Prov
ess or Its arms. Whether such shall be the happy
outcome of all our internal disturbances depends now
upon the conduct OF the people upon whom the ex-
pertinent is tried. The control of their own affairs
has been surrendered wholly into their own hands
1t is for them to show that the nations magnanjm-
trayed.
While much may be pardoned to the commissions
which overturned southern Society, and clothed its
ignorant masses with dangerous power nothing can
Justify resort to violence or fraud remedy. A
local sentiment ferocous and intoerant as to per-
NIT parties to exist only of those who once sought
to destroy the government, must inevitably provoke
IN other sections party Of those who rallied to its
IN worse than sectional strife. If such perforce
must be the guage of battle the loyal sentiment of
the country cannot avoid the ISSUE But wiser and
nob'er contest should engage the people of COM
mon country-a contest of brotherly deeds and of
the conquering arts of peace. Fo: the sake of the
traditions OF an honored past and the hopes of
glorious future the name Of that common faith
and aspiration which throughout the civilized world
point to the common destiny of free government
let us invoke renewed recognition of those funda-
mental principles which gave political existence,
and appeal to that patriotic love of justice which
shall ignore parallels of latitude and enforce every
where under the flag the equal rights of all men be-
the law Nay let it be wider ambition that alike
IN every quarter of the national domain, and in the
farthest corner of the habtahle globe, panoply of
safety and honor shall crown the highest and lowest
person who claims the proud title of American citi
zen. J. PILLSBURY