The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30

ishod, and the Hercynian forest becam
the scene Of Rome's humiliation? Tn
sword, the brave sword. tho triumphan
sword Of Arminius. While passinI
through France last January my nerve
tingled with excitement and rosa 1,
tho car. the better to zoe the BATTLEFIELD,
Of Chslons, the mounds and brcastworky
Sill visible. though nearly 500 year
ago they wore shovelcd up. Here At
tia. the heather monster, called b,
himself the "Scourgc Of God. for thu
punishment " Christians" his life
massacre Of nations, came To ignomini
Gus defest, and he put into n grea'
pile the wooden saddles Oi his cavalry
and tho spoils of tho cities and king
doms he had sacked. and placed on TOT
OF this holocaust tho women who had
accompanied him In his devastating
march. ordering that the torch DO put u
the pile. What power broke that sword,
and stayed that rod scourge Of cruelty
that wal rolling ' Europcp The
sword Of Thc0doric and ActiuA.
To come down 10 later ages. all In.
telligent Englishmen unite with all In.
tclligent Americans In saying that 1,
was he best thing that tho American
colonies swung OF from tho Governmcn,
Of Great Britain. II would DO the worst
absurdity Of 1000 years II this continent
should have continued In loyalty To a
throne on the other side Of the ses. M
n would propose . GOvcrnor-Gcnersl
for the United States ~ there II q Gov.
crnor.ticneral for Canada. We have had
splendid queens In our American capital
but we could hardly bc brought 70 sup.
port q queen on the other side Of the
Atlantic. lovely and good ~ Victoria IL.
The only use W. have for Earls and
Lords and Dukes In this country Ia to
treat them we'll when they pass through
10 their hunting grounds In the far
West, or whom their fortunes have
fa.lcd. reinforce them by matrimonial
alliance. Imagine this Nation vet q
part OF English possessions! The
trouble tho mother country has to-day
with Ireland would he q paradisaic con.
dItiOn compared with the trouble she
would have with uA England and the
United states makes excellent neighbors
but the two families arc too large to
1.-Two In tho nm house. What q God
send that We should have parted. and
parted long ago! Hut ] can think Of no
other way In which we could have Dos.
Sible achieved American independence.
George tho Third. tho half crazy King,
would not Lot III 60. Lord North, his
Prime Minister, would not have lot us 70.
General Lord COrnwallis would not have
lot us 60. although after Yorktown he
was glad enough tO have rs let him 70.
Lexington. and Bunker Hill. and Mon.
mouth. and Trenton. and Valley Forge,
wcro proofs positive that thcy were not
willing To lot IN 20. Any committee ~
Americans going across tho ocean to zoe
what could have boon done would have
found no better accommodations than
London tower. Tho only way IL could
have been done wxs by the sword, your
great grandfathcr's sword. Jeferxon's
pen could wrltO tho Declaration Of In
dependence, but only wMshington's
sword could have achieved II. and the
other awOrds bAthcd In Heaven.
10 now the sword has It's uscs. nj.
though II IL . sheathed sword. There
Ia not IN armory in brooklyn. or New
York or Philadelphia, Or Chicago. or
Charleston, or New Orleans, or n
American city that could be spared. We
have In oil American cities . ruf,au
population who, though they are small
n numbor, compared with tho good pop.
ulation, would again and again make
rough md stormy times II. back Of u
mayors and Common Councils and police.
thcre were no In tho armories and
arscnals some keen steel which II
brought into play would make quick
work with tho mobocracy. There nrc
In every great community u%nprinciplcd
men who like y row ON . large scale and
they heat themselves with sour mash
and old rye and other dccsctions, IN.
richcd with blue %vitriol, potash. turpen.
tine. sugar oi load, sulphuric acid, log
wood, %strychn'no, night shade and other
precious ingredients. and take down a
whole glass with u rcsoundinv ''Ah." Of
satisfaction, Whom thcy got that stun
In Thorn and the blue v triol collidcs
with III" potash and the %turpcntinc with
the s%nlphuric ned the victims are ready
for any thing hut order and dscency and
Nss
good government Again and again In
0ur American OFT Ics has the necessity of
Home Guards been demonstrated.
You remember hoW, when the soldiers
were all away 10 the war In is63.6A what
CONGREGATIONS were kindlcd in tho
streets Of New York. and what negroes
were hung. some OF you remember tho
great riots In rh!ladelphiA At fires. somo-
times kindlcd just Tor the opportunity
ot uproar and dcspoliAtion. In Is&v .
hiss At . theatcr would have resulted
In New York City being demolished had
II not been for tho citizen soldiery. lsc.
IA Of IN insult which tho American
actor. Edwin Forrest, had received In
England from the friends Of Mr.. Ma.
crcady. tho English, actor. when tho
latter appeared in Now York, In "Mac.
BETH the distinguished E~uRliHhmsn
was hissod and mObbcd. the walls Of the
city having been placArdcd with tho an.
~noancen,ent: 'ShAll Americans or En-.
gltsh rule In this clty?" StrretS wcre
nlled with . crowd insane with passion.
The riot act was rad, but II only evoked
louder yells and heavier v~ollcys Of
tones ANIL tho vhOla citv ~~s th-~..