Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-16
a sENsuRLE ARTICLE.

The Sacramento Bee is q journal oil I'M
doubted Repubiicanism and loyalty to the
Union. 1t is in no sense sectional. 1t be-
lieves that harmony and concord should
be cultivated by all people in all sections
Of the country. The position of the Bee
in this regard is strangely in contrast with
most Of its Republican contemporaries. A
recent editorial article Of the Bee deserves
to be read by every citizen in the land who
favors national unity. good feeling and
general prosperity. We can not devote our
editorial space to . better purpose than its
reproduction. Says the Bee
at is now nearly fifteen years since the
last gun OF the rebellion was fired and the
last Federal and Confederate soldier was
killed in that struggle. It would seem
that in the lapse Of all these years the bit
terness and sectional hatred engendered
during the war might have been laid aside.
and that the people Of the North and South
should go hand-in-hand in restoring to all
sections OF the country the prosperity that
had been retarded while armed hosts held
undisputed sway over certain sections. In
dividually, there is little feeling Of hostility
among people who were or opposite sides
during the rebellion. They meet in daily
intercourse as though the war had never ex-
listed, aud some of the most ~endearing and
lasting friendships have sprung up between
persons who were bitterly opposed during
the war. This Is as i. should be. but it is
10 be regretted that the politicians do not
all act in public matters as they do in pri-
vate. There is a class Of shallow-brained
men in the North as we'll in the South, who
seem to have but one idea, and that Is to
continually be resolving in conventions and
political gatherings, that there was q war;
that on the one hand somebody was whip
ped, and on the other that somebody in
tends ZONE day to be reyenged. These men
should be severely sat down upon and dis
-countenanced by all who believe in one
American heart sid . unity Of sentiment
among the people. At the late Republican
State Convention in Nebraska, we are told,
one over-enthusiastic member proposed
that the emblem Of . campaign League to
be formed should be : s'bloody shirt" and
. few Of his confreres 20 far forgot them
selves, in the excitement Of tie moment,
- to applaud the proposition. Sensible
and peace-loving people everywhere. be
they Republicans or Democrats, will place
such men a. these and the class in the
South represented by the Okolana States
newspaper on . par. Their insane ut
terances and sectional prejudices are the
causes Of the delayed determination Of
the North and South to-day. and bid fair
TO raise up obstacles that shall still further
interfere with the establishment Of com
plsts political and social friendships be-
tween these sections Of . common country.
The war is over 1t was ended many years
ago, and there l. no further occasion for
the waving Of bloody shirts or Kuklux
outrAgss. The murder Of . Government
official now and then. and the persecution
Of N occasional Republican in the South.
are occurrences that the criminal courts
can successfully cope with, and do not call
for any retaliation on the part Of Northern
Republican,. - some thoughtless politi-
clans seem to think. II we are to live in
peace, let N try and make that peace com-
plets and binding among all classes. War
does not consist alone In the clash Of arms.
and until the people everywhere shall make
mp their minds to live in harmony. and to
work for the good {. the whole country. 1t
10 idle to try to deluds ourselves into the
bslisf that war does not exist. Let us
have peace both In the fact - well a. in
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