St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-28
COMMUNICATIONS.
A .Tffsf Reb .alnc.
To the Editor of the Globe;

A JHsf Reb aIee.
To the Editor Of the Globe:
It seems that the mean partisan spirit Of
disloyalty 10 the peace and welfare OF our
union and harmony among the people Of the
states, vet takes occasion to lift its baleful
crest Of discord and insult as in the late Ill
natured and impudeut, silly proposal TO
thrust insulting notices into the procession
designed as part Of the late Democratic
/ jubilatioB in Minneapolis; and / regret this
very unpatriotic and unmanly effort was
digntfed with any notice whatever on the
part OF the Democrats as such. No
! true hearted union soldier could de-
grade himself by consentiHg 10 any such vile
and eontentibls proposal, wkich contem-
plated only insult TO the whole Democratic
vote, and especially to the gentleman named.
The rebellion 10 = great error Of the past; and
was no doubt, a greVious rstributiou visited
upon our people in the course of providentizl
adjustment for their sins. It was a national
calamity ever to be regretted, but never TO bs
adverted 10 for the base and an patriotic pur-
pose Of partisan humiliation, and OF insult.
The gentlemen To whom the vile insult was
offered, were duly and law
fully pardoned by the government,
in response to the general disposition of the
great mass of the people who supported the
government, those intelligently loyal. They
have ever since deported themselves ss ex-
emplary citizens, entitled 10 the highest
personal respect Of all their fellow citizens,
and should now be exempt from all CON
temptible ill-natured filings at their great
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misfortune az well as their own, for which
they have made all the amends within their
power. 1t Is conceded by all acquainted
with them that they are gentlemen, which
cannot be said OF their dastardly reVilers who
are ever disposed to recall the sad memories
OF our cOuntry's woes to serve the unpatri-
otto purposes Of partisan aggrandizement.
The false hearted parts2ns who Of late
years have been wont to arrogats all credit
for the main tenaBee of the government and
the perpetuation OF the Union, should rccOl-
lect that there are many of the truest de-
tenders OF the government, who may yet be
provoked 30 recall aud discuss ante-bellum
sgitations, Of which the rebellion was only
natural culmlnH alton, and the proVoc&tioDs
thrust at the people OF the southern states by
the arrogant aggressive sgitators In the
adopted the federal constitution thoy were
absolute, Independent soVreignties and
clearly reserved absolute immunity from all
outside interference in their internal Affairs,
except as they had delegated authority 10 the
new general government. The domestic
and social relations of the people
were OF those reserved affairs, and the mis-
chievous disposition OF INSCRIPTIONS dis
turbers of internal harmony was developed
in an early day, SO that the first president
felt called upon to warn bis fellow citizens
against the danger threatening the In tegrity
of the Union from this unhallowed DISPOSE
ton to interfere with the Internal affairs OF
the states by outside parties. Later this
warning was repeated by Andrew Jackson as
he retired from that eminent position. but
the enemies of our system OF government
persisted in their nefarious work of NEEDING
agitation, until later generation in the
slave holding states exasperated by cOntin-
uous insult and malicious Wanto1 ness OF
denunciation, sought separation from COM
munities which fostered q disposition hostile
to their domestic peace. This was the cu-
minating effort resulting from that agitation
which Seward, Lincoln and their adherents
an followers proclaimed should not cease
until all the states OF the Union should be
! come free or slave. These agitators evil
IDENTITY cared not for the welfare Of those in
! slavery, but having been defeated on all
other questions of national policy, they seized
upon this and thrust il by artful appeals to
the sympathies OF the people OF the non
slave-holding states upon their attention, un
| til a spirit of intolerance and even hatred,
based upon the overweight eIaggerations OF
an admitted wrong, had been awakened on
the part of large proportion Of the people
OF the north. The supposed extent Of this
| ill-feeling on the part Of the north supple
mented the counter ill-feeing in the south,
naturally provoked by the insulting arrogance
and persistent deuunciation by the former,
until this mutual ill-feeling settled into
state Of hostile arrangement. The
struggle with the rebellion was the IN
happy result, and should now be remem-
bered only with regret and as a sad lesson OF
our folly and partisan madness. Let us not
renew it, but let US rather cherish the kindly
spirit Of peace and good will toward each
other as state communities, and as fellow cit
liens of a common country strive to pro-
mote its harmony and general prosperity.
y. T. HAUsRR