The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-06-05
Tered to interfere with a national spirit,

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low what I mean to say is that state 4
ride which was really the old colonial q
was unfortunately kept alive by j
which il is unnecessary to reiatc. |
use. They were distinct nations, with
RATIONAL feelings all alive, merely held ;
together by temporary interests and Il
constitution that on one liked to shat
ter. Their union before the war was the
present union of England and Ireland
and the ancient union OF England and
Scotland. But ! rejoice to see signs that
is now taking place. Local icel-
ing is fading away into national feeling.
! do not believe that before the war;, a
President would have found or have
enjoyed visiting, one part OF the
United States il he had owed his
election to the voter OF another
part. But now our Presidents arc
received with equal honor and affectlonrt
III every state OF the union. | think the
wal tended largely to bring about this
feeling by rendering the dismemberment
OF the country forever after impossible.
It was worth all 1t cost il it made us a
nation.
Another principle which the Civil war
established was the solidity OF men in
society. The term Solidarity YVES
happily defined by another when he said
"we are all, SO to speak in the same
bottom" Bottom is AN E~ng!islman's
word. An American would have en-
pressed the same idea by saying eve are
all together in the same boat" Still
another writer has expressed the sense
Of the word in a more philosophical
style. "NIan" "says he, els to be elevated
us a race, unltcdly, and no portion OF
mankind is to be permitted, permanent
~ to rise at the expense Of another por-
ton" When l say that that principle
was established, l mean only with
reference to the black man. We have
yet to be taught that the principle APP
plies as well to the red-lnan, to the yell
low man and to the white man. "No
portion of mankind is to be permitted,
permanently, to rise at the expense OF
another portion" See if all history
does not prove this. "MIan is to be ele-
waited as Il race, unitclIy." This prin-
clplc which had been recognized i'll the
conscicnccs OF the best men North and
South, because, us IL direct result of the
war, formulated into law. BY ammend-
.,i;:- - ,,,, ,ln,l,, ,.nl
that civilization in American was not to
move forward and leave the black man
in the rcur. This principle is being UNI
consciously extended to cover the red
man. 1t is acknowledged that he to
must be brought up, il possible abreast
OF the times III which he lives. Our re-
T cent troubles with the Indian have shown
us the folly OF one neutrality-suspicious.
emporium in imperio." Governments
occupying the same boundaries must be
, merged or the weaker eXterminated.
+ The inferior cannot be cXterminated
without fearful blood shed and injustice
: On the other hand, TO merge the inferior
-. in the superior would result in great risl
to both unless the lower race has becl
4 lifted up by education and prepared t'
:, exercise It's privileges. Such is our dut,
with regard to the Indian. Goa will no
y permit us to tread him down. We ma,
as well address ourselves to the task O
q lifting him up.
~ ,. H.. -. Il,,,, ,,,.>l1,,, tr,,, u 1r
J. fore us, far more threatening, for tn
solution OF which our settlement OF TIL
J. Negro question has cleared the way. Il
h the north there is fast coming on
- struggle. not between races but between
II classes. \ struggle which is bound,
n not uvcrtcd, to disrupt society MOI
il than Il war between sections, because
n struggle where ga mans focS shall b
II they OF his own household" The dOmi
o nant class, which includes the employers
,f does not see that its troubles will neve
n cease till the labOlrr is made II partic
IS pator OF the benefits OF that civiliZ;ltio
~ which his labor produces. The NOME
IL class does not realize that its prosper
IL ty is bound up by Providence with tina
lie Of the laborer in one organism, like til
1r limbs and organs OF IL body, and tina
t. health in one part Of society require
:. the health and comfort OF all the bod
ne polite. In other words, II clas
cannots enjoy good health while tt
" other is sick. The working man is not
.ic slave and should not be made one.
his well-belng and comfort require
at larger share OF the profits ACQUIRING frol
his labor than he 10Y receives he shoul
ut have it. He must have it, or he wi
st finally rise up and take 1t. II capt.;
in does not recognize his natural right
DIS structivc than the Civil war. The Civ
war could have been avcrted if the III
a ing classes had been just; the san
~ course will avert ii struggle with olgaI
hit lied labor. l wish to notice in passil
Il third advantage gained III the la
eS struggle in
" INCREASED PATRIOTISM.
~ Strange it is that nothing like war d
20 velops the patriotic spirit. A small an
or Deaceable tribe OF men, inhabiting a /
10 mote island in the Pacific ocean woul
If probably never know what PATRIOTS
AZ was. Having no use or the sentimen
the word would not occurln their vocaI
~. ulary. 1t is not Il feeling that exists
al can exist in one citizen toward anothe
y 1t is Il feeling that is stirred up with rc
.v erence to enemies, and toward the Ell
: mics, not OF oneself, but OF ones coul
try. Ii ones country has no wars or Il
o enemies; if, as is the case With the Siou
Al warrior, one has no country OF instit1
&c tions to defend; or ii one has Il cou
, try whose institutions are imperilled an
va dares not espouse her cause, a time wi
# come when one must fight or lose eyer
,s spark OF patriotism. The fire on tha
altar is sacred and if put out cannot
rekindled. Such was the condition int