The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-06-01

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from either internal or external foes.
i No longer is the right claimed for q
member Of the family Of states to die
] tate or domineer over the whole. We
are one nation and one flag floats over
every foot Of our ritory, encourages
Ievery lawful industry, protects every
citizen, and deies every foe. The
4 shackles were stricken from millions
of slaves. and they were elevated to
the dignity Of citizens, and are rapidly
advancing through education, agricul-
|ture and mechanics to q higher plane
of manhood. AS they made sood soil
diers in the war so are the fast becom-
ling intelligent as they are loyal citi-
4 zens in peace. They were always
friends to the union soldiers. No in
stance is known where they ever be-
trayed one. In the face of greatest
danger and even death they would
hide, protect, feed and guide an es-
capped prisoner through the marshes,
4 over mountains and across rivers
toward our lines. An old gentleman
told me in company Of several other
officers in Chicago two years ago of an
instance of Negro faithfulness. He
said, s'This morning before was Up, a
servant came and and told me an Old
! Negro was in the kitchen and wished
to see me. When went down I found
one of the most Wretched specimens Of
humanity ever beheld dirty, ragged,
old pieces Of blanket wrapped on his
bleeding and blistered feet in place Of
shoes I asked him what he wished.
He said, Is you Mr.. ---------?' I said,
Yes Dress de good Lord Use found
you-here's your broder's watch. I
said, What do mean? I have no
brother You had one in de army: he
escaped from prison with some Others
helped dem along, and when de rebs
was all around us your broder SAYS,
Sam, you'se be good to me, / haint no
money to pay you, take dis watch and
dis note and if you ever want a friend
or need help and take dem to 49, 80 !,
Ohio, to my family, you will be cared
for so, Marsa, I tugged and worked
for years, until my old woman died,
and kept de watch and de letter, den
[ thought I just bring dem to you, and
Use walked all de way from MORT Car
lima to dat town in Ohio and found you's
gon long ago to Chicago, and I comes
here to give dem to YOU 8" The gen
tleman added, s'That old darby had my
brothers watch and a letter twenty
eight years old from him. I tell you
gentlemen, I took that old niger in
my arms and kissed him. [ took him
to the bath room and washed him and
dressed his poor sore feet, made worse
by my tears dropping on the raw
places. fed him and put him in a
good bed and he is there now and so
long as [ have a bed and a crust Of
bread he shall have his share.''
An era of material prosperity fol-
lowed the war. Old animosities died
out. The new south invited and en-
couraged northern citizens and capital
to settle amongst them. AS a result
new industries multiplied; factories
We're built; mines rich in coal and iron
were discovered and opened; railroads
constructed and improved and com
merce extended. Love and marriage
succeeded bitterness and hatred, and
nowhere can. the union veteran re-
ceive a more cordial welcome than
from the old confederate soldier. No
Intelligent man in the south to-day re-
grets the result of the war The asso-
cations and ties of a centurY,s growth
are not easily uprooted and sundered.
So deep and tender were they that had
the south succeeded in dissolving the
union, permanent separation would
have been impossible. ''Had Mason
and Dixon's line been guarded by the
flaming swords of Cherubim, on moon
light nights the brethren on the north
) and brethren of the south would have
stolen across that line to gather the
flowers of memory from the graves of
our common forefathers." Emigration
swarmed into the country from the
; over-crowded cities Of Europe, and
with the s'Star of Empire Westward
Took Its Way" touching on its march
with it's hand of industry the virgin
) soil of the prairie, gathering as its re-
turn mass of golden grain sufficient
to feed the hungry of the world, and
exceeding in wealth the mines of the
mountains. The thirty-three states
: have become forty-four; the thirty-two
millions of people have become sixty
five millions --Es E8:{# 4gs$$. a.