Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-30

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49, SNOW or care about It allY And
ii'st snail we say or the open pronosaI
~ 30 70 the scat Of government ana
uras the President from his chairo
such was the talk OF the citizens -
boston against John Adams. hnt ~
nation mas survived 1t a hundred va.,.
Never did the spirit of party RI "a ,,nra
| fiercely than in the confess ro,. 80,
aehcy between Adams ana jefferson
me latter as the leader of the Demoe-
,acs was looked upon by the Federal
ISIS as the incarnation Of evil.
| IN me matter OF party spirit tha
anxious American may reassure him
SCH from experiences of countries
other than his own. In Germany
france and England during this rem
Jury party spirit has at times even
threatened revolution But the storms
nave in each case been allaved ana
Peace finally prevailed. Party snirir
| with even violent indecencies of parlia !.
heht and press, is not special product
nor a special peril of Republican In
situations.
| we are told that sectionalisin which
mas many times threatened the stability
VI our government. will sooner or later
cause Its overthrow. 1t was sectional
ISM that aroused jealousies between
NsH England and the South in form
ing the Union. 1t was sectionalism
that accused Aaron Burr of the trea-
sonable design of forming a distinct
| einpire-to be formed of the western
states and portion of Mexico. 1t was
a sectional movement that organized
The Hartford convention in opposition
20 tn eWar of 1872 1t was sectionalism
that framed the ordinance of nullifica-
ton.
| But sectionalsm is a buried issue.
The war of sectionalism was fought out
grandly in the arena of argument, was
fought out bravely on the field of bat
tie. and the cause of sectionalism fell
| What now remains? Hostile states, i'm
| Differed by war. abiding their time for
new struggle for ascendency? Let the re-
| coption given to the soldiers of Virginia
and South Carolina at the celebration of
Bunker Hin i'll 1918 answer. Let the words
| of Alexander Stevens the vice pres
| of the southern confederacy. answer
let the words of the former governor Of
| Virginia answer when he said THE
people of Virginia and of the whole South
| yielded as brave men to the verdict of
| war. and giving their parole of honor TO
be theneeforward faithful citizens of Il
| renewed common country. they at once
ana cheerfully accepted the results of
emancipation as well as the arbitrament
| which ended the question Of peaceful Sc
cession forever and made the Union con-
/ stitutionally indissoluble.
| And once more let the singing rebukes
from the press all oyer the country TO the
| recent words of Bryan--..the enemy's
country, answer There is no sectional
ism in this country today. And il there
ever should be, it could never be pro-
| veked to a degree that could threaten
| the destruction of the Union.
i We are told again that immigration is
| reaching to dangerous proportion, that
i il is affecting the unity and permanence
| the good and the evil of such elements
4 are 50 nearly balanced, that it is hard to
say which preponderates. It Is certainly
Il marvel that the native American stock
| has absorbed the vast hordes with so
little detriment to its institutions. With
a magnanimity almost reckless, the Uni
ted States have done this and have sur
| yived Statistics moreover show that
with such tides of crime and pauperism
rolling in from Europe annually, the ma
tive elements of order and virtue have,
not only held their own. but they have
gained upon the population with schools,
4 churches and law-abiding communities
In the face of statistics, who can fear
fer the moral stamina of American So
ciety and the strength of American in
| stiiItions? Who dares say that immigra-
tion will be our ruin?
Il War. always a severe strain upon any
| ration. brings special risks to republic.
But the United States have three times
met these perils and surmounted them
the war with England in 1872. the war
| with Mexico in 1916. and the war between
the North and South. But our country
has stood their test: It has emerged from
II them better and purer. The animosities
. Of war have been healed and we are now
enjoying an era of peace, which We hope
and are confident Will forever continue.
Let us now turn our attention toward
the growth of the United states anu
Judge the nation by its acknowledgements:
First and foremost among the fruits OF
American life is the transformation OF a
| vast lIr,explored wilderness into the abode
Of civilized man. To America was given
The mission of redeeming a waste con-
tinent. What she has done IN suoauitig
t,he forces of nature has been done at
every spot for the benefit of mankind,
From first to last. hers has been the
march of a civilized people VINO plilnteu
. as they went the institutions OF constitln-
t'anal freedom and carried with them, tne
bible the school. the church ana tne
home. In science, In literature; Ia d,lVen-
ment. in wealth, in prosperity, we ha ~
made such progress that We are the
wonder OF the. world In nleratu pr,,., w W
Holmes. Whittier. Longfellow, HaW-
thorne, Bancroft, and SCOTS OF others.
In science. franklin. Fulton, Modse'
Field. w hltl1fN. INV
Washington. Adams, Jefferson. Caihou,i.
Webster. Clay Lincoln are among ou !,
"A statesmen We have our schooi systems
| in every town and city of the lan ami
, models of their kind. We have FOUNDED
ibn,,sands of libraries, colleges ana uhi-
| rarsifies. the equal of any IN the wofiu.
we have built factories and mills tnal
| ,,.anuf,cture every conceivable aruclA;
!, IN snort, the industrial and intellectual
i.n,ivifv Of the American people mas peeIi
ssrh Ak no other nation has ever snow.
7 surely ii marks the dignity anu WIZ ~
Il ri American Institutions that Ifoiil ~ ~ =
t,ne If the founding of Plymouth 70 the
nrasent ii has sought nothing put tae
ppd - ~ individual and collective Mail
fird with this aim constantly IN view.
! "a nation in It's self-developmcil Mas
, UNA ~ Sod that of every other country.
And now we come TO some o. Wy W ,r;t-
a ~ nerils which a certain class OF CRIT
Us argue are slowly but surely any u +
| The nermanence of our goverhine '?a , IN.
our people. First Of all, II + stu IN IT,
onrr,,ntion. particularly in poiitics = :, ne -,
49, irr 10 an alarming extent; -. ~ -
-, bnw much weight we shouiu stsw
I'll assertion Is it not true that cor ,i !,
III III MS heeII exaggerated In no snd,, "
liui Dnes not the citizen intent uf,o,i
sl sasr,n exaggerate it? Does not the Pal . :
.;san eager for political change. ,'e 81.
~ the editor who looks to seiisatioa ~.
> ~ w ,.,,titsa Does not the cynlc eNas,S, -,
J ~ n whose profession it IS 70 aev w
Z, avsrxihjng and to improve hoiiin ,i;,,. in
II y - 49,, thai corruption II UNIV