Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-09-05


the Bone and sinew of Great States.
Enormous Cost of the War In Treasure.
The south Devoured Itself In the Strug-
gie-The North Expended the Full yalu.
of All the Seeded States.
tCopyright, 1895, ty American Press Associs
ton.
The twenty ninth annual encampment
of the Grand Army Of the Republic at
louisville, Sept to "A, will be an
event Of unusual interest. The reunion
will take place in the leading city Of a
border state, whose people Were in both
armies, and the whole nation, north and
south alike. can but rejoice at this OPP
portunity for former antagonists to shake
the fraternal hand
For a nation If busy people the Amer
leans devote surprising amount Of at
tention to a war that ended 80 years
ago In the minds Of the unfortunate
few who are not alive with patriotic
feelings anu Instincts this may appear
childish Men III whom emotion IL
wanting or IS under full control would
wish to see liers as calm and phllo-
sophical as 4 themselves aim to be.
But this sentiment If veneration seems
TO have q rational basis. and even i'll
this new world can scarcely be said to
be farfetched or overdoue Both in the
classic and popular form Of song and
story the deeds Of martial heroes have
been celebrated since the dawn Of liter
allure Poems and dramas having war for
their themes take deepest hold upon the
mind and heart.
Remove the war element from history,
and who would read II The fact is that
the American civil war was one of the
great, Of the very. very few great, wars
Of modern times 1t came upon the
country as a new experience, 1t was be
heved that il would u short and trivi-
al; it developed into one Of the fercest
nd bloodiest Of the era. 50 that men
made haste 10 forget Il when 1t Was
over Bat 1t involved the whole cUun
try, interested the entire population and
shook society from the foundation up;
hence memories Of il are hereditary and
interest II il cannot die out until IL"
great event Is uyershadowed by one still
greater On the battlefield enough
men We s!l9s ''eSio 70 lufiiIs1 l4ls' mem.
male population Of some If the chief
cities aAa e some old and populaus
states The treasure expended would
buy out two Il the richest states IN tie
Union today, aud the lives lost in the
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