The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-01-25
The Penalty OF In~ratitude.


win the exception OF occasional Indian
disturbances on the western trontler-Il, IN
"eeu' Il hontler can any longer be sad to
exist III country which human enterprise
Is oFefrunhihS IN all Notwithstanding
has occurred since the close OF the rebellion
u li'PeIH 'he peace OF tile I'epuDHc, ana so
l"r Us 'he mysteries OF the future can be
penetrated ny mortal VISION the repose which
'he N"tlon no" enjoys seems likely to be OF
long "ura'ioh' our relations with iorelgn
overs are OF the most amlcabie character,
anu Il our population Is not as homogeneous
us could De desired, there IS certainly moth
'nS III 'he diversity OF ciasS-interestS 10 give
''''s'''i l'l i''i'iieol'''e alarm Inc INTERNAL
PiooieihS Win "hicn the craftsmanship Oh
'n0 present Gay mas TO deal 90 not concern
'i'e p"cIncaIion ot sectional anlmositieS' but
the RECOMMENDATION Oh differences common 10
''i S''''ohS' anu arising chieuy ou1 OF 'le
'E5e-lons cohnle1 between capital ana A'Dor'
iH0 S'S'"'i0 grown Vi hlonopoiy anu 'iie
va ~ eAeic''e u q. po'"'e power are III
"0'" l0i hii''''"ie ooS'8cieS 10 uoDhcS''c ptoS-
P'ii'y' 0"' 'hey furnish no Ie''Son lol
experimenting " Secoho civil "aF'
ie' ho l'c' S''ioS ouU more prominently
III 'iie history ol hationS-ailu fePuoiicS are
''o exception 10 'he universal experience
'''''" ''i'O ''i' iiiosV obstructive WAITS nave
'ii0 eau 1oFe'sH "ilat may hereafter occur 10
- 'ii0 i'n"1e' 90|"i''y u VIC county
All Inc advantages Oh our independent posi-
'i"h our cll'"'ioh III Ine oipIoil"'lc
'""''"' eI9ieS o. '-ie oi' "ofiu' anu our lSoia-
''oh from jealous nelGhoorS' may at some
l"'oIe VIiiie prove po"eFleS9 70 secure us
"S"iiiSO 'iie Observation-Disclosures Oh oIner fc"erS'
anu We may uh"llllh9iy become q party 10
wal again lhVolVlhg the existence Oh Inc
I'epuollc'
Inc poSslplllty tha6 sucn a catastrophe
may De yet IN store Tor us makes II worth
"h'e considering whether We should De
aDie 10 meet 1t properly 30 lar as visible
resources are concerned, we are at THIS mo-
hleht no oeU'er prepared lor war IMAM we
were a' the outbreak Oh the re0elllon-hot
SO we'll III lac'' considering what q great
ADVANCE mas Deen MADE III the MODES ana
| Instruments OF modern warfare curing the
l"SU twenty years. our feghiar arlhy-the
1ull effective strength OF Whlch Is less
than "o,o0o mems barely suihcent Tor
garrison duty; such OF our 1ortlhcatlons
as are not apSoiutely in state Oh decay
oIer no "uequaIe oeIeiiSe against Ihe I'M
proved ordnance; our navy composer 1or
the lloS0 parC Oh nulkS thaI are scarcely
seaWorthy, ana equally unable TO attack or
run away Is Ihe IauShlhg-sIocN Oh the world;
ana our shlp-oulidlng industries, oppressed
by hostli9 legislation are even less produc-
tive than they were IN the days when the
iirst monitor was lauhciieo III the lorlorn
nope OF arrestlnS the victorious career OF the
MeTrlmac
AS for our latent resources-is 1t certain
that they, too, have not suffered dlmlnutlon?
Inc flrSt call 1or volunteers 10 put down the
rebellion met with prompt and enthusl-
astlc response, Tor no one then stopped to
consider the risks involved; no one, indeed,
could toresee the hardshlps, the suffering,
and the danger to which the soldier would
be exposed. And even after the enlistments
OF the threc-months men mad expired, and
the Nation mad begun to realize that 1t had
entered upon long and bitter struggle for
existence, our volunteers but family COM
pretended the magnitude OF the sacrifice
they We're making. Later IN the war, when
the peT1ls OF the held were understood and
appreciated by everybody, 1t was not simply
the assurance held out by the Government,
that II would care for those who bore the
battle and for the widow and orphan, that
nerved our soldiers to leave their homes and
families and place their lives at its disposal,
lint +hpir own love al country