Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-06-15

! The bravest men are those who have the
! greatest fear Of doing wrong.
| Mere politicians wish the country to do
something for them true patriots desire to
do something for their country
! Courage without conscience is wild beast;
I patriotism without principle is the prejudice
/ OF bir,h-ihe animal attachment to place
1 These men. these women had courage and
/ conscience, patriotism and principle, heart
| and brain.
| The South relied upon the boud-upon a
/ harbarous clause that stained, disfgured and
deiled the Federal pact, and made the mon
strous claim that slavery was the Nations
ward. The spot Of shame grew red IN
Northern checks, and Northern men de-
I clarrd that slavery had poisoned, cursed and
/ bligh;ed soul and soil enough, and that the
/ territories must he free.
/ The radicals of the South cried: "No
Union without slavery" The radicals Of
/ the North replied NO Union without
/ liberty"
/ The Northern radicals we're right Upon
/ the great issue Of free homes for free men a
7 President was elected by the free States.
I The South appealed to the sword, and raised
/ the standard Of revolt For the first time
| in history the oppressors rebelied.
/ But let US TO-DAY be great enough TO for
I ge, individuals great enough TO know that
F slavery was treason. that slavery was rebel
/ lion that slavery fired upon our flag and
sought to wreck and strand the mighty ship
that bears the hope and fortune of this
world
+ The first shot liberated the North. Con
stitu,ions. statutes, and decisions; com
/ promises. platforms, and resolutions made,
passed. and ratified IN the interest of sllv-
/ cry. became mere legal lies, mean and mean
I ingcss. base and baseleSs Parchment and
/ paper could no longer stop or stay the on
warl march Of man The North was free.
Millions instantly resolved that the Nation
should not die. that freedom should not per
lsh. and that slavery should not live. Mi
lions Of our brothers our sons, our fathers,
{ our husbands answered to the Nations cali.
The great armies have dcsolated the earth
I the greatest soldiers have been ambition 5
dupcs- They wagrd war for the sake of
F peace and piilage, pomp and power. for the
+ ignorant applause Of vulgar millions. for
+ the hattery Of parasites and the adulation Of
sycuphants and slaves.
+ Ic, us proudly remember that in our time
the greatest, the grandest, the noblest army
l OF the world fought, not to enslaVc, but -
/ frrc not to destroy. but to save not simply
for themselves, but for others; not for con
+ quest, but for conscience not onls for Us,
F but for every land and every race.
With courage. With enthusiasm. With de-
I yotion never eNccllel. with an eIaItatJon
and purity Of purpose never equalrd, this
grand army Tough, the battles Of the Re
r t. -. - fht. Y a
T ton. for the destruction Of slavery, these
soldiers. these sailors on land or sea, dis
heartened by no defeat. discouraged BY no
obstacle, appalled, by no danger. neither
paused nor .werVcd until a stainless tas
~lthuut a riyal. hoatcd over all our vide do
main. and until every human being beneath
i,s folds vas absolutely free.
The great victory ior human rights, the
I greatest pf all the wears, had been Won
Won. bs the Unipn men Of the North, by
I the tnion men ot the South. and by those
. ~ho have hccn slaves. Liberty was national
slavery sas dead.
The hag for which the heroes fought, for
which they died. the symbol Of all w. are,
~ oil We hope e. b.
4 |, j. the emblrfn of equal rights
!; means free hands. free lips, setf-gov-
rrument and the sovereignty Of the lndIVld-
uAl
/, mean. that TINS continent mas been ded-
ica,cd To freedom.
+ |, means universal education, light for
I every mind. knowledge for every child.
I II means that the school house is the fortress
OF liberty.
Il mean. that governments derive their
Just powers from the consent OF the gov
rrncd !" Iha, each man j. accountable 70 and
for the government that responsibility goes
hand in hand With liberty.
II mcans that II is the duty Of every citi-
zen to BEAR his share Of the public Burden,
10 take part in the affairs Of his town, has
county. his stale. and his country.
Ii means that the bailot-boX Is the ark OF
the covenant, that the source Of authority
mus, not be poisoned.
Ii means the perpetual right Of peaceful
revolution.
II means that every citizen Of the Repub-
( lic-native or naturalLed-must be- pro-
/ tected at home IN every state, abroad IN
/ every land, on every sea.
| Ii means that all distinctions based on
birth or blood have perished from our laws
that our government shall stand between
labor and capital between the weak and
strong. between the individual and the cor
poraiion. between want and wealth and
give and guarantee simple justice to each
and all II means that there shall be legal
remedy for every wrong.
II means national hospitality-that We
must welcome to our shores the eXiles of
| the world. and that We may not drive them
back. Some may be deiormed by labor,
Q i l.. trwh N1n
tins of tyranny and caste-in whose sad
/ faces may be read the touching record OF a
weary life, and yet their children, born Of
liberty and love, will be symmetrical and
/ fair. Intelligent and free.
That flag is the emblem of supreme will,
Of nations power. Beneath lis folds the
weakest must be protected and the strongest
must obey. 1t shields and canopes alike
the loftiest mansion and the rudest hut
That Tag vas given TO the air IN the Rev
+; olution's darkest days. 1t represents the
suferings of the past, the glories yet to be !;
and, like the bow of Heaven, it is the child
| Of storm and sun.
This day is sacred to the great, heroic host
who kept this flag above our heads-sacred
to the living and the dead, sacred TO the
SCARED and manned, sacred to the wives who
gave their husbands, TO the mothers who
| gave their sons.
Here in this peaceful land Of ours, here
where the sun shines, where flowers grow,
where children play, millions of armed men
battled for the right and breasted on a thou
sand tields the iron storms of war.
These brave, these Incompatible men,
founded the first Republic They fulfilled
the prophecies, they brought to pass the
dreams, the, realized the hopes that all the
great and good and wise and just have made
and had since man was man.
| But what of those who fell ? There is no
language to express the debt We owe, the
| love We bear, to all the dead who died for
US Words are but barren sounds. We can
but stand beside their graves, aud in the
| hush and silence feel what speech has never
| told.
J They fought they died and for the first
/ time since man has kept record Of events,
| the heavens bent above and domed a land
without Sc rf, servant, or slave.
Justice East and West.
81 hate to live in a new country" said