Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-06-22

ties, paralyzing every energy and destroy
Ing every enterprise we owe it TO the
Union soldier.
UNIOS FOREVER.
That di>unlou Is no longer debataDle
question. To be- parried again and again by
cowsrdly compromises, to the confusion
Of ali right thinking minds. is because 1t
has been crushed and buried beyond rr-ur-
rtcion In the graves OF A hundred thou
sand victims. We deprecate war We
have No desire to foster the Wat spirit
witch Is disgrace 10 any enlightened
nation. We earnestly hope that for this
snd come to stay. and so come as to be
worth the keeping in all future time" But
II IL has 50 come, let as not for one
moment forget that 1t i because the boon
has been purchased at a more tremendous
sacrifice than can be found elsewhere In
the annals Of history.
Peace, prosperity and vigorous national
llfe are ours because these men gave them
selves that this Lation might live Aud
We must remember also that they went
forth at su hour Of deep distress, when :
TO side 'yi'h truth Is noble
If We share her wrctched crust,
Ire her cause brings fame and proAt
Nnh Il. prosperous q BE- just,
Then It I. the brave man choose,
While the coward turns a-ldc,
Doubling Ia hi. ahject spirit
TIL his Lord u cruclhed"
In that darkest hour Of the nations az
ony, when the press wayered. the pulpit
partially failed, the bench gave uncertain
judgments, and timld leaders were holding
peace conventions. while treason robbed
our treasury and stole our implements OF
the Northern people crystallized into &C
tion.
They arose 10 the grandeur Of noble
self sacrifice and said: This hour Of dark
distress is our hour Of opportunity. We
come In no party or sectional spirit to fight
against those who should be our brothers !;
but in the spirit Of the constitution set
forth 10 its preamble, to form a more
perfect union, establish justice. ensure do
nestle tranquility, provide for the com
mon defense, promote The general welfare.
and secure the blessings OF liberty TO our
selves and our posterity.'"
And for these they fought. No struggle
for conquest was theirs. No glamour of
spells tempted these to leave the home
tireside with its weeping wife or mother
or tear from their necks the clinging arms
of children. No! the great mass of the
people were far in advance of the leaders
In their estimate of the real nature and
consequences Of the prodigious struggle.
In the quiet pursuits of home life, they
were far enough removed from the politi-
cal storms that had been raging in Con
gress for years, to understand their mean
ing more truly than did those who were
blinded by the immediate glare or inflsmed
by personal ambition.
And on the issue the great popular con
science was true to the divinity within
each soul and the quickened pulse of the
nation beat in unison with the heart Of the
eternal
THE PEOPLE ALWAYS RIGHT.
The great mass of the people never once
swerved from the side of truth and justice
in all that weary way. And the popular
intelligence penetrated deeper, and grasped
flrmeI the ultimate results than did the
would-be leaders of thought. When even
the New York Tribune said: Whenever
any considerable portion of our country
shall deliberately resolve to go out. we
shall resist all coereive measures to keep
them in" and less important members OF
the press echoed and re-echoed that cry
The popular intelligence said: I'VE know
that separation means eternal war and
national death. We can see beyond the
press, and know that domestic tranquility
and the promotion of the general welfare
do not lie along that line. They must
come under one union and one flag. The
strength, security and growth In wealth
and power Of this nation lies in its unity,
The unparalleled advancement Of every
section of this country in the past twenty
five years demonstrates the truth Of this
The South. to-day, is ready to admit tina
estate rights, secession and slavery" wer,
the strongest barriers against her own in
dustrial development. and sees that to hav,
gained that for which she SO bitterly strug
gled would have proved her ruin.
Probably never again, in the history o.
the world, will one generation witness such
| . marvellous recreation Of social and In
dustrial systems out Of ruin and chaos q
we have been permitted to see. And tha
great white City" by Lake Michigan
where q thousand banners have beef
flung to the breeze, where "Old Glory
floats not the least proudly among them
| should tell to our visiting nations 4 won