The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-18

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and citizens: The United 0ootao mode
hem half free and slaves. Wha0 Gen.
Jackson wns reminded By TIE ooloeed
IsDll1en q hi peo0iss 10 free them hi
reply VS. ~ them . 70 home and
mind their mastsn. Yet in tie 10
Of this ingntitude Gen. Jackson d
Judge DAgge6, Of Connecticut, subse-
was not . citizen Of the United States,
and had no claims to the privileges Of
American citizenship.
And though Gen. Washington n
ceived thA valuable services Of the col
oFed soldiers In delivering America
from the bonds Of Great Britain, still
he held colored people In slavery un-
I'll after the death Of his wife. When
I look over his greatness I find one
bad feature In his history, ahd that
one is: Posterity's nd eye will ever
run along the line. with slaves and
Washington. But then We must over
look this sin, because George WASH
ington never told . lie In all his life.
II the duty performed BY President
Lincoln had been accomplished by
General Washington the bad feelings
between the different sections Of this
country would not now exist: nor
would the blood Of cur fellow man cry
from the ground, through the many
widows and orphans, al through this
land. But we may simply regard Il
~ the retributive Justice, designed by
heaven, to be left on record to show to
unborn generations great mans neg
ligence, brought out through the issues
Of secession.
We find that In both wan, In the
hour Of danger, that al prejudices
were forgotten and the white soldier
was just - willing that the man Of
color be set up - . mark to b shot ct
by the enemy a. to have themselves
set up.
Slavery being the legacy entailed up-
on the South by General Washington,
under its incubation IL Matched the e.
sence Of all the denominations to be
found upon the calendar Of crime.
But President Lincoln, the greatest
man Of our cOuntry's history, remov-
ell this greatest evil that ever cursed q
land or defied God.
So we come together, not because Il
deserves the celebration Of that fact.
We do not meet each other and ex.
change our gladness because we should
otherwise fall into fOrgetfulness Of its
era. but because we owe 1t
to our cOlOred fathers, a. well - white,
and to our children to mark its return
with grateful festivities. Not Only
was it Independence for which they
nor was II great and ardu-
Gus adventure which they were to
encounter the risk, and others to en-
joy the benefits but the expressions
which aroused them, to crush out II
possible, its brutality. They were
willing, II called upon, to pass through
fire to ESCAPE the lash and snuff the
pure atmosphere of freedom. But up
to to-day you can zee traces of injus- |
tice to the cOlOred soldier and his peO-
pie. Notwithstanding their bravery
In the contest for Independence, and
their patriotism In the struggle to save
This Union, we cannot now find'One |
page In our histories devoted to their |
honor and praise for their merits. |
Then let US preserve the noble deeds |
Df our fathers, such rs Major Jefffy,
Crispus Attacks and others Of the past,
and SO educate our children to contin- |
le their history in the future with |
hose who fell In our late war