Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-08
A Goyernor,. idea Of patriotism.

ladies of Yankton take advantage of
this fact.
A Governors Idea or Patriotism.
To tie Press and Dakotaian.
Governor Pierce was the brilliant ora.
tor of the day at Minneapolis last Mon.
day. He was imported at great.expepse
by the soldiers of the g. A. r. of that
city, to tell them a few new truths ap-
propriate to the occasion. de had on
the day previous before delivered the
memorial address at Bismarck. The
two places are 80 closely united by COM
mercial and political ties that a speech
acceptable to one should exactly suit
the other. There is economy in the
plan also. Two different speeches
would be needless il one could be made
to serve.
AS our editorial governor then handed
his written speech to the Pioneer Press
for publication, he probably regsr5edit
as q mastsrful production; but that idea
is ~nots,mbibed by the careful reader.
! w ACAC siC buSo III SlS ShlhO ApSIh
that the country is safe for all time and
is threatened by great danger, it o n
fuses the mind of any except governors
and great editors to know what he really
thinks. For example:
"The question of whether o republic
like ours had IN it the elemants of self
preservation was tested and was ans
wered in the affirmative. And that
answer shall stand for al times. y y
Our government may be regarded as a
permanent fixture among the nations
of the earth. i One
thing is sure; against open and avowsd
rebellion WI are hencefofth secure. Are
we secure also against the more insidious
approaches of anarchyT" And coon
after speaking of labor troubles: eff
with all these advantages and comforts,
the country is threatened with revolu-
ton and anarchy, then may the world
indeed despair"
Another puzzle is, how our land can
be safe from open and avowod
rebellion but in danger from 'sthe more
insidious approaches of anarchy" In
our Ignorance Of such matters We had
supposed that all civil wars were first
begun by open rebellion to the govern
ment; and that anarchy, or lack of
government and order was the result for
the time being Anarchy does not steal
upon a nation like ours by 'insidious
approaches That is more properly
affirmed Of treason, sedition, socialism,
the first steps that lead to civil war and
finally to anarchy.
The orator attempts to ~eulogizs tho
dead and the living soldiers by telling
why they entered the array, Attention,
comrades! If you ever had any doubts
as to what were your motives for enlist
ng, you can now learn all about it. Ho
informed the hundreds of old soldiers
before him that they went to the war
simply because they were ashamed to
stay at home.
81 don't suppose that the soldiers of
1861 volunteered because it was a
pleasure to go to the front, or because
they were more patriotic than the
younger sons of to-day; it is q mistake
to suppose SO; but they went because
it was easier to go than to endure the
self-reproach of staying at home when
their country demanded their services
That is how our governor accounts for
the uprising OF a great people, And
he must know, for he was there in per-
son, a soldier himself, with a commits
sion in his pooket.) What q thorough
analysis of motives! How fear
lessly he brushes away the pretended
ideas of patriotism, love of country, and
fidelity to repeated oaths Of allegiance.
He does not imagine that any soldiers
then looked forward to see if this land
would be worth living in, should the
rebellion triumph. Not a word either
about those who enlisted to get 8 large
bounty. or those petty Office aeekers who
by enlisting secured a promised captains
or %colonel's commission and salary;
nothing about those who took that
method Of escaping from a criminal
prosecution or y scoIding wife. All
considerations, lofty or base, are lgnor-
ed, and he tells us that we fiocked to
fill the ranks by II ommon impulse
ashamed to do otherwise.
We have no objection to Gov. Pierce's
stating his w motive thus, though he
ought also to mention the matter of the
commission: but we object to having
him speak for us private soldiers and
explain our action on any such un-
worthy basis.
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