Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-09-11
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THE TRUE BASIS OF UNION.

That the union between the sout'
and the north is not perfect union
one Of hearts and national purposes
is very evident to the careful observe
Of the signs Of the times 1t rs useies
TO put aside inquiry into the cause
that again array SOLID south agains
their ghostly fancy Of an oppressive
north. Three things are apparent
First the arrogant and boastful spiri
Of ante.bellum days is being revived
again and the ustcranceS of Toomb.
and others equally rabid are echoeo
! by thousands. That no gcnuin,
change has occurred, is further showi
by the love everywhere cherished il
in the south for the confederacy ant
the fact that no illusions are so popu
lar with those addressed in public
assemblies as the illusions made b,
orators to the efforts of the south ii
their fight for disunion, and to th,
principles they then sought to sus
tain. Lastly that worst politica
heresy of American history called by
that specious name ''statc rights,
or by the other phrase, coined to de
ceive, ''home rule" though lost ant
apparently given up on the field o
Lees surrender, is revived again anc
being nursed into vigor by the foster.
ing care of the great democratic party
II is the avowed purpose of the south
backed thus by democratic votes ii
the Rorth. To Obtain all the results
they hoped for from secession without
an actual disruption of the nation
Then indeed would the sun in his
course soon look down upon states
discovered discordan., billigerant
To be a sovereignty then would be to
haveno peace at home and
no respect or power abroad
United We stand first among the na.
tons. divided We fall below the puny
states of Europe whose use is that
Of the small weights Of the balance;
tossed this way or that by 4 despot's
hand to keep the equilibrium ofpower
and destined to be devoured when the
occasion serves.
The spirit and purpose of the north
was either misunderstood. or malici-
ously misrepresented or partly both by
the south and its ever servilc ally the
democracy ofthe north during the war.
BIT at this time the northern ideas Of
national and constitutional liberty are
Intentionally misrepreSented to the
common people who hear gladly dem
ocratic party leaders.
The kindness of the north to the
south in her calamities of poverty at
the close of the war, flood and fever
since the war. together with the mil
lions of money to aid in the education
of her illiterate poor and constant
effort of friendly intercourse declare
a magnamity and love unparalleled
in history. There is not now and
never was any hatred in the north to-
ward the south. They of the north
did come to loath slavery as an institu-
ton and hate the dogma of Estates
rights Not that they loved South
Carolina less. but they loved the
American NATION more, Their love
was shown and their purpose proven
by their sacrifices for national life and
the liberty of all men on the national
domain.
Now it is plain that We can have no
real union without sincere individual
regard for and respect to the national
supremacy of the constitution, and
the laws of the United States made in
pursuance thereof This implies a
perfectly free ballot for every citizen,
white and colored, also an honest
count and faithful adherence to the
result so obtained. Further the free
dom to dissent from and adversely
criticise the course of the dominant
party. From these as demands north
ern freemen will never recede.
THE 21ST MISSOURI INFANTRY.