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

And not the less wonderful does thai
story seem, II We remember that the open
ing day of the Chicago Exhibition marked
but the thirtieth anniversary of Hooker.
defeat at Charlottesville, when even ma
tional existence was an unsolved problem
| In 1862 the Duke of Argyle said INC
more tremendous issues were ever sub
| mitted to the dread arbtrament of wal
than those that are now submitted to IL or
the American continent. We ought In ali
fairness to the American people to admit
that there are some things worth fighting
for. and that national existence Is one OF
them"
But 'twere better not to be, than no,
be noble"
THE VITAL ISSUE.
National existence was the immediate
question, but under that was deeper is
sue. An issue OF interest not to us only
but to all mankind; the results Of which
the waiting people of the world watched
with eager interest.
Aaoo-t tt'il buISb upuu us WllI
almost the suddenness of meteors glare
1t was but the bursting forth of volcano
whose pent-up fires had been raging fol
| centuries"
Our civil war was but another sub
lime act in the long conflict between patri
clan arrogance and pleteian resistance
between aristocratic privilege on the on,
hand and popular rights on the other
which has for countless ages made thi.
earth one vast battlefield"
Alas that this western world, thi.
boasted land Of freedom, this elimination
of the worlds progress in civilization
should have To renew the old, old struggle
OF hesthenlsm and feudaltsm Alas, thai
In this late century Christianity anC
education, which are essentially democrat
ic, and Jewelers. of all class distinctions
| must need send an army OF millions tC
prepare the paths for their feet.
The great question which eliminated IL
that fearful struggle was only the old, old
question adapted 10 our land shall there
be, within the United States, a privileged
class, maintained by the Constitution who
are to enjoy exclusive privileges living
without labor upon the proceeds of the
toll ~ Others, while there is a defrauded
class Of lahorers excluded from education
and doomed TO perpetual poverty"
Shall there be living in the same nation
and under the same flag, those drbarrcd
from equal rights and privileges by
barriers not OF their own making 1t va,
not question of negro slavery. II WAS
as broad as humanity, and concerns every
one Of Us here this day. No, foul blot A.
negro slavery was. AMI irritating sore a.
1t proved on the body polite, he is but a
poor student OF cause and effect who
would begin or stop there
the DEBT pUE IlfE SOLDIERS
The rise and growth OF slavery were
but manifestations OF that spirit which
makes republics impossible The extInc-
tion Of slavery was 5lt the manifestation
OF a greater conquest. We mus. 20 deep
er than the outward form of slavery, down
TO the spirit which tolerated and pcrpet-
uated It to understand, in any degree,
what the whole human race owes these
men who counted not life iearer to them
than equal rights and justice, but rallied
to defend our ilag In its hour Of need
We should % back through long cen
turtles and study the struggles Of the splr-
II of rcpuhliCani-m for a ludgment in the
lves Of men aui controlling position iu
the government % nations, Now rising
feeb!y. nov crushe and buried in the dust,
now renewing the struggle now lost to
sight; but ever on"ald. though It's for
tunes VARY, and every step In advance i,
at the cost OF toll aud blood.
For this country We must 20 back, at
least, To the men whose vision never quite
Raleigh's tobacco smoke, and blinded by
II sought wealth. without work, in sec
tlon of our land where, If anywhere, Moth
er Nature might be coaxed into granting
such wish, were she not too wise an old
dame to leave her children to their own de
-truction.
Mis- Iiuuter then RAPIDLY -kctchrd the tw,
rrt- Of colonies to show how they differed essen
TALLY IN their fundamental idca-, principles and
objects Continuing she said
While each was lrgisiating for It's OWL
section, and what it believed to be It's owr
interests, the differences were not SO ap
parent but when they came together in the
halls OF Congress To counsel for the com
mon welfare they had hardly an interest
in common, and must needs clash. AnC
when the fertile valley of the Mississippi
invited both alike to share her riches, is il
| any marvel that ideas 50 utterly at vari
ance could not dwell in peace?
Our civil war WAS a war of ideas VA
OF principles, a war Of Right agains
Wrong, graphing Of truth and error in
fearful struggle for the ascendancy. No
| for life-truth never can die, but 1t was
struggle for recognition in the visible an,
controlling affairs Of this nation.
WRONG VS.. RIGHT.
There was a period when it almos
seemed as if Wrong with her demon broot
of avarice, ambition, power and greed hat
driven Truth with her angel bands of love
mercy, peace and justice, from our shores
| but Deep within the shadows God wa
keeping watch above His own" And tina
first lurid shell from Moultrie's batteries
| kindled beacon of hope, though its de
moniac shrek of batiied rage and blint
| fury struck terror to many faithful
| heart.
And through all that long gloomy nigh
of four years of loss and bloodshed, o
agony and suspense, that beacon light KEEP
steadily burning, sending It's cheering ray.
athwart the gloom until it was lost in tn
dawn of glorious day of certainty. Tha
glorious day when the Blue and tn
Gray" each laid down their arms and re
turned home, no longer foes but brothers
and citizens of a new republic.
We talk much of new South; )" ther
Is new North, a new East, new Yves
as well. A New Republic where eac
section sees with clearer vision and know
more nearly US it is known. And thi
New Republic, rising 10 magnificent beaut
and glorious strength, builded throughou
its length and breadth by the gratefr