Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-06-22
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SLAVERY NEVER SATISFIED.

Trace the history of South Carolina, the
State for which that compromise was
made, watch her ever increasing demands,
her Unsuitable thirst for power, until as a
eliminating crown of vengence 1t was
given her to fire the first gun which called
these men to the field of strife and blood.
| The thousands of graves scattered over
the hills and through the valleys OF this
land, the empty sleeves that make their
mute appeal, the faces and forms that tell
the story of Andersonville and Libby, the
faltering steps Of the aged father, who
misses from his side the son who would
have been his strong staff, the mothers and
sisters still mourning their untimely loss,
the sadder ones who have only unknown"
or missing" to satisfy hungry hearts-all
these attest how fearful the compromise
has proved, and they all plead with us this
hour, that we hold not lightly that for
which all these are endeared. nor let the
swiftly rolling years with their wealth of
increase and their sense of security. hide
from US the vital principles for which
these died
Every citizen OF this United States has
laid on him no trivial task, to guard with
Jealous care the precious gifts entrusted
to his keeping. And each recurring ami
versary Of this day Is reminder to us, as
| we'll as q memorial to those whose work
Is done while ours Is but begun Their
work is done, and well done, through pain,
through toll, through suffering. through
agony, to death they went on to trum-
phant conclusion, and finished without a
sacrifice Of principle or compromise with
iniquity.
No matter what storms may come, the
States of the future will thunder forth
with Andrew Jackson "Our constitution
forms government, not a league"
Never again will the poor manacled
slave lift pleading hands to bring hot
bushes Of shame to our cheeks or make
Us byword among Christian nations; but
there are vastly more important questions
whose settlement lies at the foundation of
all righteous governments. and the up
building Of the grsndest temple of gov
ernment this earth has ever known /. left
to US.
Great and grand and noble as was the
work Of this Grand Army, a greater one is
before US. Never has any people inherited
| so sublime past or faced the possibilities
| OF so glorious future.
We living. We are dwelling
Ia grand and glorious time.
In an age, 10 ages telling
I To be living Is sublime"
/ Ii l. left for Us. Americans, to build into
eyefy part Of this New Republic, which is
to be the enduring monument to these
men, liberty and equality, equal rights and
! justice for all from foundation to cap
/ stone
TIE PRESENT DUTY.
| 1t Is for US 80 10 shape the policy Of
| this government as to secure these not TO
1 the greatest alone, but 10 the least Of our
| people a. well Are we doing it? On this
/ Memorial Day. have we no cause to fear
that We, or those whom we allow to legis-
late for Us, are departing from the prIncl-
\ pies of truth and justice?
By the death and suiYerngs OF these we
would honor to-day, IL becomes the solemn
duty Of every man and woman to strive
I for just conception and thorough under
standing OF the duties and responsibilities
| OF citizenship In republic. And the
I blood of these martyrs calls In thunder
\ tones that We 50 teach the children OF
] mis- lgDi h.4 rtriuriples Of
1 erGment that they never can become blind
/ followers Of INSCRIPTIONS political leaders.
Never III it BE- possible again to say
I truthfully, ss was said by Charles Sumner
/ that, % wing to ignorance of our popular
! government, the wickedest rebellion this
earth has ever known was AT last precipitat-
I ell by fewer than twenty men; AMI Edward
/ Everett said fewer than ten. With nag
/ on every school house there is hope that 1t
may no longer be said Of us that the last
and the least thing we teach is the mean
/ ing Of that flag and the government for
which it stands.
/ We Will teach none the narrow motto of
! "America for Americans" nor the hardly
I
America; but broadening our education
aud our lives into the nobler brotherhood
of the Grand Army, shall it not rather ne
America for all. and Americans for hu
manity?'
And as our New Republic shall go on re
treylng tile errors Of the past and broaden
1 Ing its policy for the future, demonstrating
anew to the world the capacity of free
people for government, We shall
teach the redhanded anarchist and his
kin that liberty Is not license, nor Is
government tyranny. And we must teach
ourselves and them, that while, as peo
pie. We contend for equal rights under law
as given by the Eternal Father and made
sacred by the blood of these slain. we do
not mean any contempt for high ami noble
character or any coniounding of vice and
virtue
Where elfimposed ignorance or vicious
ness abounds, blame not governments nor
prate OF equality. There will always be
in every land some wiser, better, nobler
than others, and as such we shall revere
them"
TRUE NOBILITY.
We have a nobility more truly, perhaps,
than any realm beyond the sea. A nobility
not by the inheritance of title or the
exercise Of exclusive privileges, but a
nobility Of honest achievement and
genuine worth. We trace the long list Of
lllustrious names that American hearts
have knighted as proudly as If centuries
of musty records told the tale. Deeds
performed are their armorial bearings,
characters unsullied are their claims to
recognition. and we question not their
supremacy.
But we do claim that In this land each
shall have full opportunity to prove his
right to honor or renown. We claim that
each shall have full opportunities for the
exercise of all his rights as a member Of
the human family and citizen of free re-
public. 1t is this principle for which this
nation has poured out her blood and her
treasure.
If we shall curtail or deny these rights
in the very least, we are proving false to