Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-10
THE rOrULAE UPRISING.

The history of Abraham Lincoln
In the Century Magazine has reach
ed, in the April number, the descrip-
ton Of the mighty uprising Of the
North mt the news of the lombard
meni Of sumter. There il no other
lust such an episode a. that in all
history. Each man in the north
felt "a. though he had received "A
blow in the face, II personal insult,
and there was not "A truc-hCarted
man I'm all the host who did not feel
an irresistible conviction that some
/ thing had been started which would
never cease until slavery should be
ground into the dust, and all il,
chains broken forever. The north
had been alta disadvantage for years.
. II was pcaccablc and law-abiding,
and had possessed the strength tocn-
force one most obnoxious law
against It's own sentiment, of right.
II had struggled hard to avoid the
inevitable war; 1t had borne uu-
measured abuse, uud that was all
the harder Ia bear because it had
generally wound up with imputa-
tionS against northern courage and
manhood, Those shots upon Sum
ter while arousing all the stormy
passions Of the millions did some
thing more. They gave conscien-
tious, country-loving men a clear
vision of what their duties were.
Whatever doubts had haunted them
before, there was no obstruction
before the eyes of duty after that.
All the other is-ucs were narrowed
down to the one point, which was,
whether II was really true that this
continent had been con-ecratcd to
freedom, or whether after ALL il !
wu- To- be- thcnccforth dedicated to |
the appearing and sustaining of a /
slave empire
When the call of the States was /
nude, how grndly they responded!
How swiftly the nation muurcd ou
that day, The ,rdulr determination
nt manhood wa, upon it, aud II aged /
half "a century m twelve hours,
And the viudicutiou of that strength
and that manhood cmc ntll soon;
'Umr Ion the lists of the manned and
lead; camr In the care which was
given To those iu ;hr camagv and
.triO 10y those who remained at
lumc
hut that We, NOT the hardest trial
hat a uutiou can bear, and the
reult was NOT the highc-A yiudicu-
ion ot patriotism and Nulur. When
guut idea ur r~,lvv take. q umu
nat ut himself when hau- are duuy-
ug, music playing and AN tbc air Is
,-nuaut with wars alarms. mcn
un muily Gll to l~ viual uthe call
puu thvm, that i- 30 they am, of
,I Caucasian hlusl aud if they
uld m their soul. u vision of "a roly.
,, heuv that -hrlsvpd then, m
hildhuni. lt tl, 20 Mniyr task tu do
NOS dBy every day uhvu thyr, /,
u vN,ityuuL Whrl, ibyr ,, uo
uuv In lruwdy, when uu eye, ar,
utvhlug uud - hen onN duty im-
yl, "a w,n onward u bis work A
pVl Var develops "a multitude ol
yus- TIA, Woud patp their pru-
lOyVrN morning, and 10 ., mot ,o
,ugh Goo iy4n yhy ilu,trinu~ crowd.
harlar te-t Is chat which Iurv,~a.
Uu ur a nation to Ny ,racWhvu lun
tv 3, lo,&mg ou. Vhgu mo- homer
'laW. lhy work. Wbyu aillrv
rings uly ddiyuly
Tai, pr'prtN psvIa nr,d, murv
lan be- da- yhv spirit which ha,
Jv alu hpvt insult aud uab,>a.
aHy that thc whole world uru,
Wud to vatyh ri5y ~,a ,agl i,
tN grand when hv AV,,, hl, ,>ric
the ,uf- and With vNulUmt
.Dam ls'ag, hi, prssd way out uto
be- aCr az ghv ouonuliug >torm. hut
a. o, uog half ,a u-sOll a., the mother
,rh that guNpi, hcr uv,i anal mar,
yr Young until yhry Join With her !
b thy ~'ug that hail, the ,m aud
1aAye glad Jhc yauh. Then, b, no
NvDstmal'ug Ihy Nalor that hc,
,SIh toF the c,u~g vt uati,v hud
ui tlA' ,avrihyy 3, NOT the hapl,-,
'r' that a uAu 9, puy Ca. ttisto
10 hi, duly or hl, duty's sake.
'hat tutN !, alNaNs uf1n thr h,sr I