The daily critic., 1890-07-12

uNnes OF clay Turn over IN their QfaVet
To pension raids agrarian enough to
startle a million of dead heroes TO life
and protest. To a Force bin which
aboiishes home rule aud obliterates
state lines, and drives directly at q war
of roces2 Disloyal 70 a cosrse bully
like Reed, 10 a venal upstari like Quay.
20 SNUG hypocrite like Wauamaker.
10 cold and grim fanatic like the
President
But 1t was OF The flag that BEGAN Ia
write and TO the far let us return.
The resolution TO protect IL against The
desCCration of the advertising apents
and al other forms Of misusare. which
has been Introduced into both houses of
Congress, ought to pass. Among the
public treasures Of a people there is
nothing
so pRTCEIEss AND so SACRED AS THEIR
FLAG
Truly sang Tom Davis:
Nor man nor monarch half so proul
AS he whose nag becomes his shroud "
That was great message which Dix
sent out from the Treasury Department
IN 1851: "If any man offers TO haul
down the American 6ag shoot him on
the spot. Let the same thing be done
now TO the man who dares to degrade
OF deface IL.
/ wish ] could think the hands of the
Republican leaders are clean in this re-
gard But It seems TO me that they have
no just conception of the meaning of
the flag. To them II Is simply Bun
combe; mere sound and fury, signify.
ing nothing. For twenty FIVE years.
like a company Of play. actors, they
have
USED IT AS a DROP CURTAIN,
behind whose concealment to arrange
their theatrical effects. | sat on nv
horse and saw q regiment of Federal
prisoners marched of the field. their
colCrs flying, and ali of them singing
Rally Round the Flag, Boys" and 1
cried like a baby. If at that moment a
friendly bullet had come along aud
knocked me over, I should not have
minded much, but have gone t) my ae-
count, feeling that had fairly earned
II. have more than a thousand times
ascended that noble elevation, which Is
crowned by the
GRANDEsT AND MOST PERFECT. PILE OF
MARBLE
in the world, the Capitol Of the United
States, and seeing the Stars and Stripes
floating bravely above the Senate and
The House, have never failed TO ex.
perience a glowing sense Of exultation
at The sight, and thrill Of pride In my
country and my people. Nor has Il
ever crossed my thought or fancy to
draw the line of fellowship along the
Ohio or the Potomac. or to consult any
gentlemen of the name of Mason or
Dixon for sources of inspiration. But
/ am told by Mr.. Henderson Of Iowa,
that, because / cannot agree with him
touching the present state of the coun.
Try, and the legislation best suited to II,
] am an
UNREPENTANT REBEL,
having some arch design, which he.
and his brother patriots, must put
down by parliamentary rulings the
most dCspotic and Congressional meas
ures the most revolutionary.
! appeal from Mr. Henderson 10 Mr.
Henderson's constituents / ask them
what II Is that the white people OF the
South Can DO TO hurt them | ask them
what they are 10 gain by han1cuHihg
the white people Of the South and turn.
ing them over to the black people led
by few
PARTISAN ADVENTURES
selected by Mr.. Henderson. ask
them whether any single community of
the North would submit to having the
irresponsible element of its social order
armed and organized and set above Il
by an act Of Congress nullifying State.
hood and abiogating all domestic con.
troll Of elections. And, finally, / ask
them to consider the probable condition
OF affairs when the state of chaos at the
south, which must follow this des
perate scheme of
POLITICAL AGGRANDIzEMENr
has placed its reckless authors In com.
plete and absolute control at Washing.
ton. The reaction against revolution
Is ever proporiloned In its force TO the
violence OF the original cause. But
have We not had revolutions and reae-
nons enough 10 last US through at least
another century,
The people of the United States must
get rid OF their eXtrem lists They must
send their demagOgues and their blgOts
10 the rear The autonomy of the States
is essential 10 the integrity Of the
Union The people of the North must
learn that the people of the South are as
as humane, as Trustworthy as
themselves. They must cease TO think
II a part of their duty 10 keep the con
science Of the South. They must un
derstand that
THE BLACK PROBLEM is A TERRIBLE
PROBLEM,
the solution Of which can only be
effected by the people who have i'm
mediately to deal with 1t. and that these
people, if left alone, will prove them
selves Intellectually and morally equal
TO II. That they need any Federal
supervision OF assistance. Is founded In
The mistaken notion that they are a
different people, with a different nature
and code of ethics, from the pie Of
the North.
THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE,
with the same emotions and aspirations,
interests and ideas, aud. if they cannot
v oTk their way out, no more can the
North work II for them. All attempts
Of the kind have increased the evil, aud
always will Our safeguard, North
and South, is home rule aud domestic
and Individual responsibility. Abolish
that and all is lost
ala.av.s.s.r. 60 o.