Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-21
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.
gestiOns on the Above Topic That
Every American Citizen should

One of the most thoughtful and prac-
tical papers yet offered in solution Of
the growing problem Of communism is
presented by the Hon. James H. Wag-
goner. 1t was published in full by the
Madison Wis Democrat, and on ac-
count of its high excellence is herewith
reproduced from that paper for our
readers. We advise all to read it.
The boys who wore the blue in the
army the Cumberland are soon to
convene in their annual reuni n at
Chattanooga. Immediately foil wing
this announcement, by the proper COM
mittee, came the thrilling word that
the veterans of the gray, with VIII m
they bad measured swords and ex-
changed bullets, had begun extensive
and suitable preparation to
EXTEND TO THEIR LATE CoMBATANTs
cordial and fraternal welcome, befitt-
ing the dignity and significance Of the
occasion.
On Decoration day of this year, at
Harper's Ferry, Fred Douglass, once q
slave, delivered the Grafton, in which
he pronounced an eulogy upon John
Brown, whose life paid the penalty of
his enthusiastic
DEVOTION TO A PRINCIPLE
which involved the freedom of the col
ored race. A large concourse OF Vir-
ginis and Maryland people, among
whom was the states attorney through
whose prosecution Brown was brought
to the scaflold, participated in the ex-
ercises Of the day, and listened t and
applaude ed Douglass address.
More recently, as the guest ola union
general, Jefferson Davis, the recognized
HEAD OF THE LATE REBELLION
against this government, visited the city
of Chicago, in which, in the year 1929,
he had been stationed as an officer of
the army of the United States, and was
accorded marked respect and distin-
guished courtesies.
Within two short years, on his re-
turn from a trip around the world, in
which, as a private citizen Of this great
republic he had been welcomed and
feted, as no other man ever was, at
nearly every political capital known t,
the community of nations, the victori-
Gus captain Of our armies, and then
late chief magistrate of the country,
again breathed the air of the fields
upon which
THE ISSUES OF WAR
had been decided, mingled with the
people whom the prowess Cf his armies
had conquered into respect for the stars
and stripes, into recognition of one flag
and one country and was kindly re-
ceived and Hospitality entertained by
them.
Five years agH to-day, in the grand
old city of Philadelphia, in the presence
of hundreds, yea, thousands, of accred-
tied representatives of the civilized
nations of the earth, more than sixty
thousand citizens Of this republic, hail
ing from al portions of its rich, broad
domain, assembled to celebrate
THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
of the birthday of American indie
pendence. On that day, too, from
ocean to ocean, and from the lakes to
the gulf, also assembled tokens ofthe graf
itude of forty-iive millions of people,
for the enjoyment of a degree Of civil
and religious liberty, of domestic tran
guilty, and of national prosperity,
hitherto unknown. We may we'll con-
ceive that crowned heads contemplate
ed the spectacle with awe, whilst their
subjects drank in anew
THE INSPIRATION OF FREEDOM,
to bring forth abundant fruits, even an
hundred fold, TO confirm the sense of
Justice and breadth of wisdom which
prompted our forefathers to found u
government of the people, for the
people, and by the people
Now, mark the contrast
When, century ago, that little band
of patriots, the lustre of whose names
will grow brighter with the extension
and fuller enjoyment of those political
rights and privileges which they be-
queathed to us, proclaimed the dnlara-
ton of independence,
OPINION WAS HAMPERED
and expression was trammelled by law
and custom; the exercise of such con-
servatism in sentiment, such magma
nimity in word and deed, as are pic.
tured in the contemplated reunion OF
the late contending armies, in the ora
ton by Douglass and its reception by
his audience, and in the movements of
Grant and Davis, were impracticable
and unknown; the city Of Philadelphia
was but provincial town, and the
present domain of the United States
an uninviting wilderness, with insignifi-
cant population, wealth or commerce;
and all the accredited representatives