The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-31


I'VE lcGHt SiItv more men u nj up thts
cUmpGHy'
he can I do uo farm work. Ia like 10
20 along with yo' ull, but cau't spare
over 80 days. Make it 80 days, and I'll
put down"
Il don't like to say 30, " replied the
captain as he stood Hp to look over the
crowd. You see, we've got 10 get there,
wherever it is, and then we've got to
have a fight or two and march around,
and | should reckon On 80 days anyhow.
Better come along You never did have
no such chance to SEQ fun in all your
il before"
WAL, reckon 10 or 20 days won't
make no great difference anyhow, said
the man. And he pushed forward 10
add his name to the list
Directly opposite two men sat look
ing cut OF second story window. They
were in the law Office Of Justin Will
liams, q lifelong citizen of the town
and lawyer Of repute. He was a man
of 5j, but carried his age lightly. The
other was young man Of "a, we'll
built and having plain bat kindly
face. He was Royal kenton Of Rhode
Island, graduate Of law ut proIli-
nent university and the junior partner
Of the law firm of Williams Il Kenton
They were uncle and nephew. Kenton
had come down about IS months before.
As the relative and partner of promi-
nent citizen he was treated with cOur-
tesy. As a Yankee, fresh from Yankee
land, he was a subject Of criticism, and
there was little heart IN the hospitality
accorded him. There could not have
been. Ho represented principles an
tagonistic to the south. There was no
neutral ground in those days. A man
represented not himself, but his sec
tion Of country, The opinions of his sec
tion were considered to be his. A south
eruer at the north would have been
looked upon through the same eyes and
held responsible to the same extent.
Men liked him as a man, but they de-
tested him as Yankee.
Well, am sorry this trouble has
fallen upon the country" said the old
lawyer as they watched the crowd oppo-
site. Il have long felt that it must
come sooner or later, but | hoped it
would not be in my day. Nothing can
now prevent war.
But everybody appears to think it
will end almost as soCn as begun, Ie-
piled Kenton,
They do not stop to reflect, said
the lawyer as his face assumed more
serious look. &c | am a southemer, and
believe the south has been fully justi-
fed in her course, but our people are
f0olishly Understanding the strength
and temper Of the north. They will not
let US go because we bluster and threat
en-. If the south secures a separation,
il will have to be won on the field Of
battle. 1t was to be, and it has come,
but it is to be deplored, "
IT wal comes, business will have to
| 20, observed Keuton as he looked
about the Office.
War IS here, and our business has
already fed, replied Williams. Mar
tial law will soon be proclaimed, and
there will bo no more use for judges,
/ jurors and attorneys, have wanted to
ask you for several days what course
/ you mean to pursue. II it was to be Il
war Of 50 days, nix months. or even a
year, we might make certain plans, Dut
it Is to bo u long and bloody struggle,
and this very valley will be battle
ground, We may "a well close our of
fee today as n month hence, Amid
such excitement as this there can be- no
call for our services.
II am northern man, - said Ken
ton after a moment b thought.
Yes, they call you u Yankee"
Il have cared nothing for politics,
There 10 great principle herein in
yOlyed, but our greatest statesmen arc
divided over it. The south seeks iude.
pendeLco from federation which has
become unbearablc. The north, or at
least goOdly portion Of IT, denies the
right Of secession This coming war Is
the consequence, | stand on neutral
ground -
You are neutral today, but you can
not be 80 days hIScc,' said the old law
yer AZ troubled look came into his
face, DO you find any neutral men in
that crowd down there; Have you heard
any neutral talk among our peopleI 1t
may not be 10 days before you will bo
put to the test. "
What test;"
"Of your allegiance to one side or
the other, Every young man in our
town is Fastening to volunteer. am
too old to bo taken now, but later on
may be forced into the ranks. II will
DO "a war in which the south will need
her last man, / am not pledged to a
southern confederacy, but Ium pledged
to Virginia. go with my state You
have come down to cast your lot with us,
It is for you to answer whether you are
for or against your adopted state.
Think it over. II you wish to 60 north,
the routes are still open. If you wish
to remain, you will be asked why you
don't volunteer. do not seek to inhu-
ence you, De guided by your own con-
science. Tomorrow we will settle all