Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-12
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concession, promise, entreaty. all are in
Aain. In vain are the agonized efforts of
statesmen and patriots. In vain the pray
ers and pleadinRs of the men who menu
her at what cost liberty won, and
who see "A younger generation, rashly i'm
perlling what they cannot fully appreciate.
All il in vain. The destiny OF the republic
is to expiate in the best blood of her sons
hhesI IrI99a BY RFs dAd And the Horfb and he
South at last confront each other in bat
tie array. The one. conscious of holding in
its keeping the destiny Of untold millions
yet to be, believing that to it is coufided
| the glorious dnty OF perpetnating the only
existing government founded upon the
equal rights of mankind as it's corner stones
| ready To sacrifice material prosperity
peace and life in he fultillment OF this trust ;
The other filled with mistaken sense Of
| their rights over their hapless fellow beings
whom they hold in servitnde, and resolved
to hold them at any cost, mi-led by "a
vicious political theory, and reck lessly un-
mindful Of the fate Of the common liberty
| which has been slowly maturing through
so many ages, and IL now to be imperied
by their rash acts. Thus actuated the two
sections meet in deadly combat and st rick
"a America devotes generation to the
sword. The opponents are men of the same
| race, possessed of equal valor. aud OF an
equal determination to conquer or die
| America 3 soil il red with the blood OF her
sons. Stern aud long is the conflict. A
thOusa nd hard-fought fields ttest the fact
| the men of he new world are not unworthy
of their sires who for centuries have been
| in forefront of the worlds battles. The
fields of Shiloh. of Gett tysburg, oi Antietam
| of Atlanta, of the Wilderness, prove that
| the race has not degenerated. Southward
| the tide Of battle surges, and at last victory
is with the national arms. The God OF
Battles is with the cause of freedom and of
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| surrender of the most gigantic rebellion
| that history records. The fetters are strck-
en- from three million of slaves. Outraged
humanity ls vindicated, but at vi hat a sac
| riiicel The flower of "A generation has fallen
/ ia the conflict. On "a thousand lonely and
deserted fields of battle lie the remains of
| those who died that their country might
live. Greater love hath no man than this
| that n man should hay down his life for his
! friend-unless it be the love of the man
who dies for his country, and for the eter-
nal right. And these heroes are not forgot
ten. yearly n grateful country decks their
graves with flowers and waters them with
their tears. May each succeeding genera
tion be taught thus to honor those whose
| sacrifice made possible the liberty which is
transmitted to them. And we may imag-
inc that at each yearly recurrence OF our
| festival for the departed, the spirits of the
heroic dead rise. and unseen mingle with
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sacrifice is not in vain, since liberty has
| cen preserved. And we may imagiI them
| hovering in ghostly ranks above the scents
| of their former conflicts, re-echoing he vow
of millions OF loyal hearts on earth that
| the Union must and shall be preserved.
And greatest among them is our martyr
lpresident. He whose hand for four long
weary years held the helm of the ship Of
| state; he who struck the letters from the
limbs OF the slave; he who in the moment
of victory, when the dawn OF a brighter day
was beginning to flush our national sky,
was stricken down by the assassn's hand;
he who for wisdom, for fidelity to trust. Tor
insight, for sympathy. for regard for the
| welfare OF the people, Tor confidence in the
principles OF popular government, WAS and
il pre-eminent among all our ehief magis
trates- May all his SUCCESSORS seek to imi-
tate his qualities. The cloud rolls
inway, and smiling peace returns tn bless a
reunited land. Again has the Gordian
Knot been cut by he warriors sword. 4
lbera ted people, rejoicing in the conscious
ness of renew ed freedom and new lease o
national life, enters upon an unprecedented
career of material prosperity. And thus
we come to the present. With minds stimu
lated by four years al war. fertile in eXpe
dent, ingenious, possessed of an almost
boundiess domain, confident in our future
we set about the development OF our vast
new territories with an energy and resource
| which accomplish in one generation mors
than any century has seen before. AND
with this great increase of wealth, come
most OF the evils under which we are nov
laboring. Not that the wealth itself is tn,
cause. In itself it is a blessing. But it,
concentration in acomparatively a few bandi
to the exclusion OF the many. and this by
| methods which will not successfully pas
the scrutiny of our laws, imperfect they
I | are, much less that of an enlightened con
science, is an unmitigated evil The meth
ods of distribution which prevail. and hav'
for a generation at least prevailed amonl
ms, have many and grave defects. Th'
. great objection against them is that unde
them the producers fail to get, in due meas
nre, that which is rightfully theirs Th'
: government has with reckless prodieslit,
gra nted away the most valuable portion
, of it's domain, and much has fallen into tn