Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-04
DAILY OSI-lNTELLIGACER


hoar-oisss Of the M.fion's iFfs y 'Hfi'sn
and TIA sands tRSin 20 run sS's~
TODAY the h.ss 10 that apiendie' SSn's-
han lins Of Rspsbliean Presidents ~
RAIDERS his offise. A nev leaf . t1si's"
m the volume. and the Rranaes' s"'ks
a. Amsr,ean history d no more sh@a :
memory. On the paae TO BE- 'a'i's'
Am are the u.unts Of six pFinoss--six
uripess shose power vas f0'inoso %
.hs divine right q! tbs psopis 70 faie-
In the veins Of every One OF them
Aoued royal bloOd sol the royal oi''oo
vhoss roysl quality IN an Oad Nef'o
,sa..,sou Of the crimes Of . NORMAN
has, I'd not Of The intrigue Of > Hugh
Cau.s : NOS Of the Rriss Hrmness Of 3
Charlse Marsel NIT Of tbs fra'sfai tar-
esin Of an EIsss,n Of BrsndsnborE
moi fit,sgsd aown through generations
Of pride and luIarF and srime--noos OF
thsss wss she royal bleed Of shs Az
Republican prines'L The strain OF fvs
atty 10 their blo1'd was Of qaaist
GOD sixen, - tts- Is.hs ssssp HNsvfn
ths ROYALTY that Ia fonsd wherever en-
asasor ia earnest. zhsIsEeE parpose i
true--at the forge, IN the mine, 1t I'd
dask. wherever man STRIPS bis roind o
ia narrow individuality, and iivss aue
suffers and hopea for Osbsrsi Shef'
ever, by s,lf-deninl, bJ honor and o'
,y.,h. a man raiises himself into tbs
ranks Of the uncrawnsd kings. Who ar
tbs monaTebs Of u'sn.
Ia the list not ,psod one Linooir
Johnsyu, Grant. Hayes, Garfield ane
Arthur; each sprung from the ranks
each ssli.raissd from the people, saei
10 entitled TO the hoaas Which we Riv'
success. Tvo are enshriDed sise b,
sIds Ia tho hearts IT their counsFymen-
tha martyrs ~ thsir eoaniry's history
Ybe names OF thnse will be familiar Al
Iong AZ the EneIisli language Is spoken
or 10 the medium for recorded thought
Tho urand and earnest character, to-
mourniul story, md the Hsasen In
spifsd work Of Lincoln; the true and
brilliant life aud the tragic death OF
Gnnsld; the military achievements Of
Grant, ths silent colder Of the Rebel
lion-.will be themps fsr story aud SOM
% long - tho gn,at languages Of Tue
present have not dnecneraied and one
more become the broken patSis OF The
past.
There has been mach change sIues
Linooln, shs ATst Of tue blood royal
arasped the symbols Of power from
Buohanan's trembling hands. We liv.
In q different world The worla of thai
day has gone forever. When Linso
teok ths oath Of ofaOe on March I, ieel,
isss tssuty fuaT yaars ago today. Amer
loan nationality vas an ~ solved VI b
lem. The NationsI credit Was at H.
lowest sbb. The stain Of sisvsr,
dimmed the oolosa OF the haQ. Seven
States we're In open rebellion. desiarinI
that iheg no longer bslonRed 10 she
Onion. Tns future was black. vi
scarcely ray Of hope. All feared. HIaf
many believed that the Nation Was OF
the eve Of war that was to end IL
life, 70 close the drama with the day.
I'll was alarm, nntess, the horrible re
aliEaiion of guilty people that tho dsl
Of rssFibation was ri hand, that lh'
ain Of the Nation must be sKpiaied
that The stain on the Aag must 81
washed In the blood Of the manhood O
The Rasion. In ,he tears Of its woman
hood.
IL vas another wmid. when Lincoln
teak the oath Of offiee. Webster ans
Clay had been dead less than ten years
and their greatness still Eilled the land
Corwin and Ewing and Caas we're stil
alive. BEeeksnridi,e was the idol Of th'
SOUTH, Douglas Of she Northern Dem
eoracy. sumner and Seward and wad'
we're the great powers in tha Senate
Chase bad iast been elected d Senate
from OHIO. ulyss,s y. Grant s'as in To-
leather business in an obscutsl tosa d
IlAnois Ruahesfo,'d b. Hayes was On,
Attorney Of the tasy Of Gneiauis.i
James A. GARFIELD ,Eas menotr Of th'
Ohio senate. James q. Bhnne wai
Speaker Of the lover house Of ID,
Maine Legislature. Grover CisveiaLc
vas lawyer In lsnifaIo.
10 was another World. LAS Ma
poIeon vss then the dictator Of Earope
The 0srman Empire wac . seeming ]
hopeless dream Austria vas The grs,al
power Of Central lEarope, Prussia uA'
q state Of the seeend rank; and Iss.l,
vas scarcely FIRE, fudia vac jos. recsr-
srlng from the thrses Of The isepoy ~
hsllion. The fowets Of peach had no,
Sei btspn 10 bloom above the broken
cannon al Magenta, and the grass had
scarcely Rfevn aRlln whsrsI erush.sc
nd tramplsd by she changing spa a.
rms NJ Solterino. Russian yesssl
we're barred fro@ the Rlsek s.s. aud Ga.
ofinean War was an event Of recent DC
snrFenee. Btsmafek. the dreamer OF
thu mad dream Of German nsity. wye
Fsassisn ambassador AZ 81 pvsersburs
9lAasinne uAs Subordinate member 0i
che British cabinet. n'Iailsli vas =
member of the Hsase OF Commons
q dibaldi bad iass mple,ea the ecr i.
q 'ess OF Sicily anil was fighting IN
Q ,athssn Italy. a,smbe.t, vas an ob
ssars Paris lawyer, The Russian s<Fis
hse not heen freed. CANA Gas ovetran
b. the Tao Ping rebsls-
The voEld Is ehanlssi indeed. aud II
soes on changing, sad wll change W
I oag ~ matter exists. The iwenty.
: Tar years Of Repahlacsn inis have bees
fsaaeht with eaaIARes, saddea and
svesPine. 10 ~ and to etlless. We sOok
e'ck 70 lssI much NJ ve leok hsek 10
ans 10 The qaiek ,acssssiss sf soens.
- have have teen haEsssId Alsaaaa sse,s
enc civilization inso ancsiAss. We h.yr
sfasped fsosn tAs Ass1ax years tee
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