Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-09

dated. The sum Of all human viiiainiss
asserted its SUPREMACY over the execu'
tive, Legislative and Judicial systems OF
the Government, and proclaimed its In
tsntion TO prove that it was Lord Para,
mount over every foot Of the national
domain. e threatened TO defle the
choeen seat Of freedom with chain and
lash; and, dsfying augury, threw down
the cage Of battle. The cohorts OF free
dom counted not their lives dear 10
than, but went forth oonquering and to
conquer. The Gntels of the door posts
Of the homes Of the nation were red
With tho blood Of it, first born. Mother
and sister, sweetheart and wife, breathed
benediction upon the soldiers OF the
sacred cause; and il they paused in the
work Of charity 70 which they devoted
thsmselvss, TO wipe away the fast gath
srins tears, It was .perchance with the
hem Of some garment which theil
daft hands were shaping for some sol
der In tho trenches or some manned
and suffering hero in tho hospitals Of
The camp.
Oonssorated by such devotion to such
oauso the valor Of the brave and gallant
boys In blue who fought until peace,
white winged and myrtle crowned,
perohsd victorious upon the banner OF
the Republic. or perishsd in battling fol-
that eonsummation became sacredheri-
taes, which tens upon tens Of thousands
whose hearts and hopes and fears fol
lowed them through the heady fight, re-
solved should remain forever unde6led.
To these men q party name was not
shibboleth; ward cauoas or packed
convention was not q tribunal whose 70
scripts were TO be obeysd.
Flushed with continued success and
failing to comprehend the problem Of
the hour, the men who had been lifted
into momsntary notoriety by the ma
ohinsry Of party entered upon a
course Of lsgialation which provoked a
storm Of indignation which swept
them into an abyss Of defeat a. with
he bosom Of destruction.
What followed IL history now. In
1e7b The nation found itself for tho FIRST
time in nearly fifteen years face to face
With . so-oalled Democratic Congress-
II Ill The records Of unspeakAble folly
On ths part Of men, which oral tradition
and written page keep alivsin the minds
of men, were searched from the Alpha
70 the Omega thereof, nothing more
laxahAbls, Il snoh things were proper
subjects for mirth. could be found than
~ attempts which were made by that
ssmi-C Confederate CONGRESS - undo and
rendsr nuaatory the results Of the
var for the preservation Of the geo
graphical boundaries Of the Republic
and ths spirit In which its institutions
were foandsd-o
Looked ct in whatever light they may
- visvsd. Of thsss abortive attempts il
may ts1lhfally b aid that "fatuous fol.
y could no further Co." II storm oflin-
dianatioo swept their predecessors from
~ ssats they we're adiudesd in nowiss
worthy 70 Al. whirlpool Of righteous
wrath dspossd the men who were %
eolos-blind 10 the fixed resolve Of men
Who love freedom for fresdoms sake, n
70 imagine that On the very graves OF
~ claim heroes Of tho fight that began
q Sumter and ended under the pail Of
smoks that hung above Appomatox,
thsy could rsoreats the lost cause and
svoks . suul 10 inhabit il fsshlesu
okoleEon.
6txippsd of thsir dsleaAted strength
and rsndsrsd povsriso for good or i'll
~ msn Who presumed upon an sxhibi
tioa of eonhdsnes = magnanimous - |,
- mistAksn, retired 10 the gloom Of
he svaMus and The shads Of The or
pcea; md The men Who supplantst
thsm. scarcely lsn fatuous 10 all appear
aneoA have counted upon 'unrsasouina
SAitA In unquastionsd povsr." Person.
u aoraA1izsmsnt has been oonsultsS
before Tie public veal. The machin,
an4 The bon have bean made the arbi
M = svsaAs and the stepping stones /,
pesfsemsnt and public recognition. tn,
6tatss which b ths people. has been sub
oedinaAsd 70 The individual. Publ
polisy hAs tssn lost sight Of In tho uu
sssmly s1zuesiss Of private greed.
Hsnee history repeats itself. Henc
~ reoaErsnes Of the tidal wave. II |
. purhlind viaion. gazing from an in
dniAoAnt outlook. which sess in Ii
dentAeant mAioeitiss given 10 Ii
Ds0ooatio candidates nom Connect
cut sivse 70 that imaginary line know
Mason and Dixon's, The outcome an
results q ~ influences to which u
polIttoal rsvolution In Ohio vas recon,
Y ase<ihed. Ths eaasss By which thss
e9eeta oAns. for thsss saeots dsfsotiv
sby easss. tAs Truth in this malta,
naA y ecs9ht IN ths bottom Of nj
to tAsrs truth = fAhlsd 70 sssids, dsspe
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