Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-03-09
Four More Republican States.

On and after the Fourth of July
next our national standard will bear
forty-two stars in its Union. The
stripes never increasingly are for
our enemies backs, and are enough;
thew were enough on two occasions
for England, and sufficient to allay
the great rebellion, and will ever be
adequate for the punishment of any
future enemies, domestic or foreign.
But there is no limit to the stars
which may appear upon that azure
field, either in number or brilliancy.
We want increasing light, and for
tunately we are obtaining it continu-
ally.
Thirteen years have passed since
we last had the pleasure of announce
ing new State, new star one year
for each one of the stripes of our
flag. The centennial State of Colo
RADIO has justified the expectations
which were then formed for her at
her birth.
So may Washington, Montana,
North Dakota and South Dakota.
God bless them
These names stand for patriotism,
soaring land and fruitful regions. In
Dakota is preserved, for the eigh-
teenth time in our statal names,
something of the poetry of the abo-
riginal Indians whom we have dis
placed.
The prompt admission of these
four States is one of the effects of
Gen. Harrison's election.
The energy of the Republican par
ty has compelled Democratic House
and Democratic President to &C
cede to the national demand that
the North should have representa-
ton in both houses of Congress
which should in some measure COM
pensate for the suppression of Re
publican votes in the South; and the
outgoing President has felt the maj
esty of the national will altering and
drying up his plans and intentions,
and he has whipped around, desert
ed the S. S., and shows some desire
to leave office in good order, so that
he may not be overwhelmed with the
phantoms OF his defeated conspiracy
to extend the power of the s'ruling
class" in the Solid South, and may
be able to stand fairly well with the
Northeast, among whose citizens,
much to his disappointment. he finds
himself again compelled to live.
| If these States are true to their
colors, the Senate Republican major
| ity will be raised from two to ten,
and in the House of Representatives
the Republican majority will become
assured.
Undoubtedly one reason why Pres
ident Cleveland signed the admission
bill was to remove, if possible, the
necessity for Gen. Harrison to call
an extra session of Congress; and
the same reason may operate to in
duce him to sign the Reduction of
Internal Tax bill.
With these two reasons out of the
way; with two objects of the Re-
publican national platform accom-
plished, to wit, the admission of four
Republican States and the abolition
of the tobacco tax, Mr.. Cleveland
may hope that Gen. Harrison will
not have the courage to call Con-
gress at once to regulate and pro-
tect the exercise Of the elective fran
chise in the South.
But we shall see.
The more the Democrats do of Re-
publican work the better, and the
more truely and rapidly may we con-
centrate the efforts of the Republi-
cans upon the herculean task assign
ed them of putting the S. s. into
harmony with the Republican prin
ciples of the national constitution
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