New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-27
y0yKG MN md THE UNION.


voters who will cast a largo proportion OF the
votes in the ing Presidential election, care
nothing about the civil war, or the behavior OF
the Democratic party therein. The war OF ISL
thev claim the Mexican war, and the civil war
are alike matters of lis o1y for every American
under thirty years Of age. Democratic pohl-
clans would lie remarkably happy If this were
tue. But what does Memorial Day mean
Does anybody suppose hat the youih OF to-day
have forgotten the fathers and elder brothers
who gave their lives to save de Union from
Democratic Tebellion2 Have the widows OF
brave soldiers never taught their boys to honor
the dead and to defend tba cause for which they
died The career of the Democratic party for
many years has been crowded with the most
astonishing hIunders. But hat party never has
committed greater biGnder than 1t viii com
nit if il goes into an el,c ion relying upon the
hope tlat the young men Of tbi' country care
no more about the civil war rlau for any other
chapter OF ancient history.
Look ut the south; how is therol HIVE the
Young men 10 thought of the lost cause On
the contrary, who docs not know that the bit
tcrcst and most malignant rcbelism is displayed
to-day, not by men who fought TO the end and
were beaten, but by the children Of men who
Fought The reckless aud desperate deeds
which have been perpetrated in fun lis zeal
ag4inst the Republican cause, have been mainly
the work of those who we're too young to hGht
while the war lasted Southern mothers have
taught their boys 10 hate The patty and IL q men
bv whom the rebellion vas sub !ued. There is
less Of tine loyalty, less disposition to forget
=. 81 of h,,
whole country, among t'ie generation just com
ing forward, than apr cared amOug the southern
peOple ten years ago. Cancellation has entirely
failed hot because { VA, not tried IN good
faith. bat because II second generation of rcb-
clism which has Lo5cr bad "a CHARGE to cool
itself BIZ actual fighting, is more bitter than the
first Are we to suppose that the sons of Union
soldiers have less respect for their memorcs,
less devotion 10 the principles for which they
fought, OF less keen appreciation Of the causes
and events f the great struggef
The Republican party could moro safely leave
the verd ct in the coming election to the voters
who were boys in 1868 than to the voters WHO
then were men. The Democrats who stayed at
home md snrered or Kissed have not been able
to teach their children in al cases, to cast con-
tempt upon the grande,t events in our county'S
history. or to look back with honor TO the cOurse
of those Who sympathized with rebellion IN
order that n brutal and cruel syst N of hum II
! slavery might be upheld. But the boys OF those
who fought for the Union have grown mp to
manhood with deep pri4. IN the trlumphs ~
the old ;lag, and with strong feeling thai tht IT
most -arrrd duty a. citizens i to defend Ihc
| cause for which their fathers fought. Inject,
if there is anywhere too intense feeling OF hoS-
/ tiny toward the South and toward tn IA ty
/ wnch causpd and sympatnized with reb' lion, ii
will be- found rather with the Northern vOtera
who were too young to fight than with those
/ who helped To put down the rebellion. TINS Is
natural Human nature is such that, in every
: land and every age, tie men who have laced
! each other in battle can agree more nearly than
/ their sons, if The causes # autagonism remain
Bur the Democratic party has done, and TO this
1 hour is doing. everything in it power 10 intcn-
+ silly he antagonism between the l0yal and dis
! loyal elements
Observe. for example, with what malignant
rarcor the Solid South and the Demo cratic party
J hunt to his grave every man who was conspc-
uous for his services 10 the Union causo. The
| Democratic party does not eed the seat OF
Senator Kellogg, bat it ha4 walled knee-derp in
/ lying and psIjuries in order 10 seal his place
/ AID deiamr his character. The attempt to st al
the seat of Mr.. Washburn, Of Minnesota, and
10 hlarkcn his name, in order TO secure power
to defea- the will o. the people AID to place III
the White House Prcsld mt not rightfuly
! elected, Is part of a conspiracy which will open
the eyes an kndle the III lignation of every
worthy son of loyal sire. The Young men can
not fail TO see, in such deeds and in the inia-
nous theft in Maine. the old rebel spirit seeking
once more to rule the Urion. Nor en- they
hear such revolutionary Threats rs were mad
during tho extra session without realizing that
disloyal.y is now AZ determined, as law-defying
and a. dangerous IA It ever was before or dur
ing the civil war. As losg rs the Democratic
marty keeps up this malignant warfare upon
Union men aud upon the fundamental principles
, of lf-g0veruma mt, as long rs 1t cries ont witt
! Mr.. Cox hat the mere will OF rebel majority
/ in CONGRESS must be supreme rather than he
Constitution and laws of the United States, the
Young men of the loyal North are certain not tC
forget the cause for which their fathers fought
After the revolutionary war, the sons OF the
Torres did not spend y quarter Of a century IL
trying to resinde every year the patriotic
hatred Of thu course taken by thor fathe, 5
Yet i was long before the s0ns of patriots cOulC
feel that Tories or their children had any busi
ness to live in the land which had b. en- mad,
free in spite of them. But the Tories aud rebels
of tins day spare no effort, in Congress and out
Of il. to teach loyal men and tlreir -Ons that &
defeated rebellion means TO conquer yet II Il
can. and cares not by what foul means it sue
cccds. The answer of LOYALTY was heard las
Fail. and will be heard more clearly in Novem
Der next.
RFFORH ~ TIE SENATE LIBRARY.
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