The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-30

1ieve that, If this danger should ever
threaten us again, that there would
spring into the ranks millions OF clt1-
zens. who will unite In q common
cause.
There Is some misrepresentation as
to the real reason for prOlonging the
War Of the Rebellion. It Is true that
slavery was a cursed blight upon our
civilization. But the war was not, prl-
marily, carried on for the emancipa-
tion Of the slaves but for the purpose
Of preserving the nation. Lincoln was
wise enough, g. statesman enough and
farsighted enough to see, and fight for.
the real issue. Lincoln himself said
that, If the nation could be preserved
only with the existence Of slavery,
that slavery would have to exist; that,
If by freeing half Of the slaves he
would preserve the nation, that he
would free but half, or third or q
quarter or none at all, but that the
nation must be preserved.
IF there is any country under the
stars that we should die for, 1t Is this
country. Rome was founded by band
Of freebooters. Greece, with all her
When Peter. the Great, laid the foun-
dation Of Russia, he had people little
better than savages to build with. But
OUT nation was not founded that way.
Never in the history Of the world has
a nation been founded on such brains,
such conscience, such moral and men
tai strength as America. For centuries
for the great undertaking. Never has
the world seen such a band of\organ-
izers as that which landed on the
rugged shores of New England"
The speaker followed the first strug-
gle for national life, and showed the
great dangers which surrounded the
thirteen colonies.
Somewhere back in the hidden ages
an old fellow came to the conclusion
one day that it would be we'll for him
to live in peace with his neighbor
That was the first attempt at arbitra-
ton. There has been an evolution go
ing ON ever since. 1t will not be long
before the armed camps of Europe are
Gisbanded. t is a sad sight to Sc >
twenty different nations on one conti-
nent ready for war at a moments no.
tice, each waiting for the first blow
to fall. In America we see different
sight. We have practically forty ma
tions living side by side in absolute
peace, each supporting and unfolding
its neighbor, and living under a cen
tral government
Had the Union fallen thirty years
ago, what a lesson would have been
taught the foreign powers. The fall
of the American Union would have
taught the nations Of Europe that a re-
public built upon the lines of that Of
the United States was unstable and
could not exist. In thinking of this, We
realize more fully what Lincoln was
fighting for.
'In that fight Minnesota took a
prominent part. When the first call for
troops was made. Gov. Alex. Ramsey
was in Washington. He went imme-
diately over to the office Of the secre
tary of war and offered 1000 men in the
name of Minnesota. He Immediately
telegraphed to Lieut.. Gov. Ignatius
Donnelly, and the latter set about to
raise the regiment. The first man to
enlist was Josiah r. King, who is now
living in St. Paul. The First Minneso-
ta said good bye to it's friends and
marched away to battle. The women
of the city presented the regiments
with flags of silk and told the gallant
volunteers to carry them through ev-
cry blood-stained field, to die for the
flags if necessary, but not to bring
them back disgraced. The boys from
Minnesota were true to their trust.
''The army that was raised in defense
OF the Union has been the wonder of
the world ever since. Lawyers and
preachers, butchers and blacksmiths,
lists, telegraphers, all lines were repre-
sented; any could have been called
from the ranks at any time to per-
form their various functions and pro-
fessions. Never. since creation dawned
had there been such. Intelligence gath
cred together in an army of defense
Need there be any more striking proof
of patriotism? Look at the mighty
men who arose in this emergency.
There was little 4 Phil Sheridan, a
doughty Irishman. (Cheers.) They say
that when Sheridan found his men re-
treating during a critical point in a.
battle, he swore with a mighty oath,
and told his men to go the other way.
They went If I was keeping the ac-
counts up on high, I should never
charge that oath against Sheridan
Then there was Sherman (cheers).
whose flashing sword cut path from
Atlanta to the sea. Then, again, there
came Grant, who commanded more SOL
diers than Napoleon ever saw. Great
cheering) Look again, and we find the
man. born among the forests of Ken,
lucky. reared upon a river fiat boat, ed
ucated and ripened into manhood on
the plains of Illinois, plains which we're
symbol of the mans future greatness
and breadth, Abraham Lincoln.
(Cheers.)
''Boys," said the speaker, turning to
the old soldiers. when you met the
boys in gray you met foemen worthy
Of their steel. It was no holiday picnic
when you met Stonewall Jackson
(Cries Of that's right.) Some asked
Beecher why the war was not put
down in ninety days, as he claimed it
would be. He answered that the Union
army was fighting Americans, not
Britons. But you did your duty. It
was for the generations to come that
you fought your battles. Humanity
starting on it's long march from Eden's
gate toward the New Jerusalem, reach
ed a terrible crisis when the war broke
cal point, doing the world an eternal
good.
1.-THE Anglo-Saxon race is destined to
become the dominant power Of the
world. The Anglo-Saxon tongue is to
be spoken in place of any other all
around the world. You can see this by
looking at history. Looking back to
world were spoken in this order
French, Russian, German. Spanish and
English. The Anglo-Saxon tongue was
spoken fifth. In 1890, the English tongue
was spoken oftener than any other,
with German second, Russian third
French fourth, Spanish fifth, and Portu-
guese sixth.
we are having hard times" COM
mented the speaker. There was never
a political party big enough to make
times better, or to make times worse
1t is land booms and fictitious values
which have made bankrupts. It is
building cities in wildernesses and side
walks among stumps which has ruined
us in the past. We will learn common
sense and economy soon; we will learn
tC be Industrious, sober, to love our
neighbors as ourselves and then we will
again be prosperous. The glory of the
United States is not military power,