The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-05

nIes no defeat In all the years Of the revolu-
beheld his half-naked, starving army about
TO be led into mutiny and perhaps all the
horrors OF a bloody and desperate civil war
whose chief incentives would be rapine and
plumber. What was he to do in this great
emergency? A meeting was called without
his knowledge or consent to take action
He appreciated its gravity; he realized the
meeting was fraught with the gravest con-
sequences 10 the army and the country. IL
might. destroy ell that had been accom-
plished In the long struggle. He quickly de-
termined his course. He issued a peremp-
tory order postponing IL for four days. and
prepared an address which. for force OF
devotion to the cause for which they had
Jointly fought, has TO me scarcely an equal
IN the literature Of the revolutionary Pc
Rod He attended the meeting: 1t was held
on March 10, 1883.
1T was the trying moment of his life as
well as a crucial test in the life Of the new
and unsettled government of the Republic.
He had for those brave men, as he looked
upon them m in the temple. only
love. gratitude and sympathy. He unrolled
his manuscript-forgetting for the moment
his spectacles. which had become indis-
pensable TO him-but pausing. ne took them
them remarked in words full of emotion:
These eyes, my friends. have grown dim
and these locks white in the service, yet !
never doubted the justice or my country.
Referring to the manifesto he said: My
God, what can this writer have liz view in
recommending such measures? Can he be
a VI Lht O4lAl anu NAAC oAAAI 49,
He is plotting the ruin OF both. Let me
%corjure you in the name OF our common
country. as you value your own sacred
mainly. as you regard the military or ma
tional character of America, 10 express
your utmost horror and detestation OF the
man who wishes under any specious pre-
tense to overturn the liberties of our coun-
try. and who wickedly attempts to open the
fioodgatcs of civil discord and deluge Cur
rising empire in blood
EINAI
after urging them to exhibit the same
unseihsh patriotism. the same devotion to
duty, that had always characterized them,
and await with patience justice from the
country they had served so faithfully. he
said: BY thus determining and acting
you will pursue the plain and direct road
to the attainments of your wishes; you will
defeat the insidious designs OF our enemies.
who are compelled TO resort from open
force TO secret a%rtifice, and you will give
one more distinguishing proof of unexam-
pied patriotism and patient virtue. rising
superior to the most complicated sunerlnSs,
and you will by the dignity OF your con-
when speaking OF the glorious example you
have exhibited to mankind: Had this day
been wanting, the world had never seen
the last stage of perfection to which hu-
man virtue is capable of attaining"
Such an appeal from such a maj could
not De uUaNdlfiDS. Inc cuetl Was lllSldits
his inspired words were magical. His adj
dress finished. he walked out of the tenn
pie alone, leaving his words OF wisdom with
them for such unrestrained consideration
and action as they might see fit to take.
The officers at once adopted resolutions
Of thanks, reciprocating the affectionate
and Indignantly repudiating the wicked
manifesto. Civil war was at that moment
averted. and did not again so seriously
confront the country for nearly e'snty
what a mighty nation has been erected
upon the immortal principles of the great
brate to-day! We have increased from thir-
teen to forty-four States; from three mill
We have arisen from slavery to freedom:
from what some men believed to be a mere
confederacy Of States. to be dissolved at
Invisible, indestructible States; from an ag-
tion Of the World in al the arts and sci
in mining. Liberty. labor and love
Labor Lar v,no has been zen tra d,snide sSst a ind
best citizen of any community is its most
useful citizen. All men have equal rights
guaranteed by our Constitution and laws,
and that equality must be forever pre-
served and strengthened, and everywhere
recognized. We are all Americans, we are
citizen is the best who does his best; fol-
lows the light as God gives him to see the
light; who comedies to all the races OF man
idly respects the rights of others; who Is
ever willing and ready TO aid others; who
has the best heart, the best character, the
greatest charity and sympathy, and who
withholds from none of his the
respect, rights and protection he claims for
need of every age and to which we must
educate ourselves and those who are to
tRe ho an.e Of u the REPS Republic b s'i its security tyA and
permanency, which is the hope OF the fu-
ture of mankind, our own best hope; a citi-
zenship that is faithful to home and family.
devotedly loyal TO country. that encourages
the truest and highest nationaltspirft the
most thorough and genuine Arrericanism;
the highest ideals OF modern civili-
cation: a citizenship that respects law and
constituted authority, that loyalty upholds.
guards and supports the government OF
which it is a part, in whose adminfstra-
ton it has a voice. and that rests upon the
free choice and consent of a majority of
the people. These were the characteristics
which possessed the souls of the men who
landed in the Mayiower; who resisted Brit
ration of liberty. These are elements of
character which gave US a Patrick Henry. |
a Franklin, a Washington. a Jefferson. an
Adams. a Jackson, a Grant. and which pro-
duced a Lincoln. whose name has enriched
history and whose great act has blessed
mankind and gloriied God. |
THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM.
TT was this character Of citizenship. and
Tic dlti W cCCuiC ~ tidt ma AN 1
men who have fought all the battles of the
Republic, from the revolution to the great
civil war: that struck slavery from the
Constitution of the United States and made
freedom universal in the Republic. The
greatest battle which the Nation has
fought has been to secure to labor the right
to do with its skill and energy and industry
and by peaceable means. ever obedient. to
law and order, and respectful OF the rights
of all; that has given labor the unques-
toned right to use what IL earns in its own
way in the elevation OF home and family;
that has taught labor to give conscience its
full sway, and that has inspired labor TO
improve wisely every opportunity and to
make possible the realization of the highest
hopes and best aspirations OF the human
race.
Peace. order and good will among the
people. Patriotism in their hearts; truth
and honor, honesty and justice In the exec
utive, judicial and legislative branches OF
the government, municipal. state and ma
tional. all yielding respect and obedience TO
the law. all equal before the law and alike
amendable to it-such a condition Will make
cur government too strong ever to be
broken by internal dissensions and too pow
erful to be overthrow by any enemy from
without. Then will the government OF the
people, under the smiles of heaven. bless
and prosper and exalt the people WHIT sus-
tain and support IL.
"In America none is born to power; none
is assured of station or command except
by his own worth or usefulness. But to any
post OF honor all who choose may aspire
and history has proved that the humblest
in youth are frequently the most honored
and powerful in the full maturity of
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