Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-06-22
The Curse Of Partisan b gotry.

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soidiers IN the held and their Trends
al nome VINO did perhaps eiua! service
IN MOULDING sentiment and enils'lng
support '"F the HAS- lhis concession
was made WITH a nobility OF SOUL a pa
t7!"tc love 81 country, and an utter
seI-aonegaton, winch uid lie eN-
re'tcd % ie" races "i III H. ana ohl!
those VIII" have enjoyed the ines'iiha'
bic privileges OF freedom ana Were
fea'y 10 SACRIFICE every ''iihs else 10
preserve the'h.
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IL "as ou' partiaiiy SUCCESSFUL Inc
sfea' ''i"ss Oh ,he american people
'i'u oeen LOO 'iose ooser'els Vi Tue
eie'liei's WHO" hao entered ihto 'he
s'fi'e anu the causes winch hao leu 10
sic'ory 10 'he Union arms 10 DC de-
oei'eu oy s"cn se'hsh decep''on' anu
the attempt was gradually abandoned
as IL was lounu 10 oe uhproductiVe OF
tue ues'feo results
" remains We are sorry 10 say ior
Tue "ra"u army u retain the germ OF
TINS pes''leh'la' pant the pre)udice
WHICH HAS io oAsis oi1 iac'' the ha'red
~nlch mas oeeh engendered by the
seihsh nature OF man. Inc Grand
army gains no'n'hg ny Tue in'emper-
a'e zeal Oh such men, ana does gross
lnJustice 10 many VINO IN wearing the
oiue cover honorable scars OF battle.
NOBODY Is disposed to scan very closely
the record OF the warrior. lie may
nave oeen IN the hrst ranks OF battle,
VI Ill the nome guards; he may have
s''le'' 'he olaze OF oattle or reposed on
oeuS VI 'ioie's' ne may nave been a
'aiiah' hghter IN the front ranks, or
'om"issarys clerk shouiderlns arms
WITH Ills Jaw-"everything goes" il
ne wears the badge OF the Grand
Army. But when he becomes pro-
scrlptiVe' the conditions are changed
ana ne ana his comrades pass muster
only alter a rigid examination. Many
tunes 1t does not reflect much honor
upon the individual who turns the
OF Truth upon his own
record.
The Grand Army while claiming all
que credit-which is cheerfully con-
ceded-shouid remember that it was
not alone the man who carried the
musket or unsneathed his sword, who
fought the battles OF his country.
Anere were many other as potent fac
'orS, without winch their best efforts
would nave been futile. There were
men In congress who prepared the
laws under which the sinews OF war
were PROVIDED; the orator who by his
eioquence swayed the masses to sup
port OF measures Tor prosecution OF the
war; 70 the writer who, in season and
ou' Vi season. watched with jealous
vigilance the course OF events and has
,ought Tic oa'tle with pen as Valiant
~ anu as enec'iveiy as he who welded
Tue sworn st'ii these indispensable
e'e'nen's 'or success 40 not appear on
oress parade; their sons and daugh.
'ers are not taught TO believe in
lineage winch oegins with the eman-
c'p1''on prociamatlon and hopes Tor
statutory recosnltlon on the pension
foi's I'LL the third generation.
IL Is not probable that these civil
Aus 10 warfare would march on dress
parade II afforded an opportunity to
DO 80, nor is it probable that they
have so poor an appreciation of repub.
their offspring shall be endowed with
hereditary honors: nor would thew
feel inclined to probe the pretens;ons
and claims of others if thew would onlv
adopt the principle of olive and le,
live" But when such men "a Denart.
ment Commander Sinclair or Cornora,
Hubbard. take ADVANTAGE of ,h. .;,o