Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-25
A CONTRAST.

A CONTRAST.
81 am uet in favor of a union of the
Blue and the Gray. They are as far
apart as heaven and hell; they can no
more unite than angels and devils at
the supper of our Lord. Geo. T. An
thony, at Onaga.
ST repeat with additional emphasis,
with singleness of heart and purpose,
in the name of common country and
of universal human liberty, and by the
blood of our fallen brothers, we unite
in the solemn conservation of these
hills as holy, eternal
pledge of fidelity to the life, freedom
and unity of this cherished republic"
Gen. Gordan, at Gettysburg.
The above extracts, the first con-
ceived in spirit of eternal hate; the
other inculcating peace. conciliation
and fraternity; furnish vivid con-
trast of two antagonistic forces in
American politics. 1t would be diff
cult to conceive stronger antithesis,
or wider contrast, of the spirit that
would destroy and annihilate, with the
one that would build up and consoli'
date the fraternal ties that bind us to-
gether as great and powerful people.
The first quotation breathes
"-Curses deep and loud and long and worse than
ever lept from tongue of mOrtal;'
while the other sentiment, that finds
a ready echo in every patriotic heart,
inculcates the reign of unity, peace
and concord; the one is the legitimate
offspring of hostile antipathy and un-
forgiving hatred, while the other is the
conception of that lofty patriotism that
gave birth to the invisible ties that
formed and cemented in one harmoni-
GUS whole the Union of Independent
states. The one is the rabid rawlings
of an arrogant bigot, of coldblooded
selfishness and of unforgiving hatred;
the other voices the generous magnani-
nifty of brave antagonist. The sum-
NIT of the ambition of the former is
"Dealing damnation round the land
On each he thinks foe''
while the latter gives GA holy, eternal
pledge of fidelity to the life, freedom
and unity of this cherished Republic, y
that it, and its institutions, may be
perpetuated to the latest generations,
that all in future ages may enjoy it's
priceless blessings. The ensanguined
garment, the ''bloody Shirt" is the
standard that the former bears aloft as
he cries:
'He is my bane, I cannot bear him;
One heaven and earth can never hold us both.
Still shall we hate and with defiance deadly
Keep rage alive till one be lost forever"
The radicalism of fanatics of the
Anthony type would re-enact and per-
petuate the strife ard turmoil of that
dark and gloomy period of our history
that every patriot ardently and rever-
emily prays may never again cast its
dark shadow over this beloved land.
They would again array the north
against the south, hold high carnival
amid the throes of civil strife, and
make merry over their country's woe.
This is what they would dot is the
natural and legitimate result of their
mad teachings; but their rabid rawlings,
their glib slurs, and their vile taunts
will but recoil on themselves, as the
American people will never again be
cajoled and driven into fraternal strife
at the behest of besotted fanaticism
These agitators and irreconcilabies are
valient, even bloodthirsty, in fighting
imaginary foes, but in so doing they
make a conspicuous display of their
supreme cowardice when confronted by
a real antagonist. They are totally
deficient in one of the most prominent
characteristics of the valient and brave
that of magnanimity. In every age
of the world, in all lands and in every
cline, the truly brave are generous,
charitable and forgiving; a coward,
everywhere, at all times and under all
circumstances, is arrogant, insolent,
selfish and overbearing, as we'll as
revengeful and unforgiving.-Junction
City Critic.