New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
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though vaneushed have left them AS we stand mere
today raising this monument 70 cur ne e
of united Nation and looking back across inc un
@ OF Gvt W@ 6 iSIn Of restored Uncn and say
10 these Others You were our enemies you are ool
sountrymen MPP,n5Ise gs"T ~ inc o. Struggle
forgotten Like ns they have veterans living ana Dc
loved dead like they stu cling f9nay sa 20 on Sn tSt
march In the tent around the campfire, and IN tne
stress Of battle Ike u.s. they fought nom copv,cuGn
tS doctrine Of allegiance which they learned In the
early youth and thew fought bravely and nnDncmie
for a cause which after the first two years. was "e
/ nigh hopeless.
FORTUNATE. OUTCOME OF THE WAR.
And yet, in spite Of their defeat, the southern
people discovered IN the results Of the war the
lion Of a new prosperity. OF what other cohnio' COZ
IL be said that though one party triumphen' 'ne e
oulshed gained moro tlan II they had been Vleto'0
The burden Of slavery, which for centuries hau nun
like a milestone around their necks. was remo'eu' anu
stralghtaway there opened sp new era OF propres,
and developement Of which the end is not yet, "oul
Galveston now be the outlet Of the trans
redon. or NewOrleans Of the gich river county "
wonld Mobile receive vast share Of the commerce u
the Northwest through St. Louis, II these three priv
were the ports of foreign country ,oooo ooc
Comnorc The Nation of to-day, numbering o"oooVVo
of happy and prosperous people, with tle ooho'iD.
that would have existed had secession oeeh @o0H'
plished dissolution Of the Unlon' ue ~ ~
tuo STATES neither strong enough to control ue
UrIas of the other: the ultimate separation Phhap o
NJ other sections until the Union would nav 800
hP,' o "p otber with hostility their development
rbeckeG by the loss Of essential parts Of an nHesr
nie each endcavoring TO gain an advantage 9y wal
or diplomacy over the other Such condlnS9n %
affairs could not BY any posSDDN na'V tbo states
can ~ DC on f6e Mississippi and It's tributaries wond
have permitted themselves TO be cut on lpn ortial
,oontb ~ that river by alien pOwerI 30 essflI
NJ that outlpt 10 the vast btIIltJlc
Of the Interior that even Jefferson s%oe s;ttonai
o-qnislOn in defiance Of ms 3"T n.; eitber The
west or the East would have tolerated us ~
from the ocean the other side OF the conti'ns
thaf The lake country would have remained pd'Si't
rble either seab0ard held by another power ~ ~
about equal strength The cohhguiat;Sn rnnssary
countrv defines its boundaries, each part is hecS9oa
TO the whole aud all that i requires Is se ~ tbe
among its people rs united ana n di iJ,ee cycent
49, JcrCafad nv American citizenship, and whH
extends from the Atlantic to the Pacihc' from tn'
| Lakes to the Guf
would NOT be understood as saying that, In the
results of the war any change has been wrought ID
the underlying principles Of our t
mept further than that embodied m the t'd G
.nntb and Fifteenth Amendments; but 90 say
that the old heresy has disappeared forever ~ t oo
s,iiTtion as would be the with any la"
whether an organic Instrument or an OIularn lSgls
lative enactme1t but the fact is now a, kn0WedRci
md sccented that the supreme Court OF the United
States IS a tribunal clothed WIN su'Icut anu ma ,I
power determine any speclnc 20 a n ~ bendoned
9HG b ritjzen now regards himself and the law now
regards him as citizen Of the United states hrst anu
NJ Lis stale afterward But While we nave eA
tnc1Iisbcd JeiferS0nian theories, we have only con
Grmed and re-estabshed JerersOnian practice; nor
can any one of whatever party. blame Us fOf uCdI1
nT tbc iDOltcaI philosopher the author OF the reso
lions OF i7OO to stand the broad and secure
pIatform of the President who acquired Louisiana ln
i-O3. Although we have thhs put an .cNG b w. noi
mistaken doctrine Of state sovereignty, we nave nO'
lost sight Of the true pacpie OF t Sea1e mnotant
day, in 1852 the states exercise the mos -
functions of domestic government Ihe'e rlgnIs NM
he preserved in all their constitutional vlE3r we
belong 10 a Republic, but Il i Federal RepuDc all
IN lis federal principle Of the union of al comGhea
with local self government for EACH ueS the maS" ol
Its success.
NEED OF \ REPUBLIC.
But in dwelling thus upon the advantages OF Oh
Federal SYSTEM we must not forget that there Is on
safeeuard without which free government can sue
coed and it IS the presence Of this safeguard WHICH
more than ANYTHING else has distinguished the Chlle'
states from 50 many other experiments in repuDca'
Institutions. This lies in the respect OF is cluAe"
for law and order. Unless the people themselves an
united in obedience TO the law, and In the man'ehno
-, order noDular government can only end In dis
oster: and the more popular the system the MON
inevitable the catastrophe. Mob-law has no eNcu9
for existence except in new settlements where clvlHa
,ior has not had time to take root. In an old ana lo
e,tal ished community it IS confession u lhcdP"o
for self government. NOt the least among thS rsO
NJ the war is the exclusion from our Nauoml Poi.'
of the only burning question whose aspect Wa Va
tincty sectional 1t may be- that what suits best tI
shores Of the Gulf or the Lakes may not meet VIII
1i'o rnlrst approval OF the Atlantic or hNip sct
Etords that there may be one tendency III fIoIIua W
0rnroD and another in Maine OF Texas OF SOiC It
NAT ne interests OF the great cite9 mag no. O9 -
cnl WITH those OF the farming dlsulcts " tluso e.
,tb the centres Of mining and mauulaS luItS ~,
49, a,-ain viii il happen that pOhtcdl INSTITUTE
i,.rr ~ the bottom Vi the whole ludSl rlu
and ocia condition OF one portion OF 1nt -.
ARRAY the population Of tat dslIEt III olO'' '7e
~ arms against the rest. applause ,br means
Va A. tbc vrr, pass by and railroads ana o'I ne'
A Decentralization increase. those OF us VINO Nv ~
ono corner Of the Union learn to know better tlc ~
o 80 the inhabitants Of other sections a. w
,I,ne more and more closely united by nnuiheraU'
rIotionS of finance OF exchange, OF ntero0urse a. c
iojn wear after year in great lhdusiIIH fo1 al
and exhibitions, whose support Is uF1"n 'uil n a.,
@ ~ ~ the country we may look Tor an eVeI-lt
& Inc senSp of the vaOe of our Nat!ohal eAisV1IV.
- we find that the interests OF different l0cdte. a.
for the moment In conflict We mus tC1 Irosnerty of
welfare OF each Is essential 10 the true pI"op;a}oD
n aud In a LOYAL spirit of harmony and cohc,hatloh
~ animal sacrceS must so oruer ana rcIila'@ ~
differences that interest shall be i,'fIeu an
stcodfasly and un-rlfshy upon the brOau pdt.oI" :"
common nationality. citizenship nov SeStl3, ; nu
American animated by such purposes oohIng Ha
vavelingly 10 the common eare our ON non I ~
,rc sba reconcile all local differences. ana MAKE tn
FEDERAL Repuhlic composed OF states senGot eile u.
mt local affairs a source of blessings 10 gu ~
ncople and powerful lnnuence Ior NNu' ~ ,rboi
On the West ,rn Continent but throughout inc WIN"
world. ,...,i,. ID
General Isaac s Catlin then made an interesting al
dcass which was largely historical In character. H'
succeeded General Tracy in command Of the lo',n
and his review OF that regiment was well receVen ~,
Maid splendid tribute To Mr. Plat and General Ira
IN Tho course of his address The Rev. 4. Cameron
Mckenzie pronounced the benedlcton There was
fine display of fireworks in the evening
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