The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-04-29
81 - 80 MoNTH.


a BinEuIar Coincidence throughout
AmsricaH History.
St Louis GIObe-D Democrat The do /
ings Of the month OF April iii a large 1
place in American history. All the |
cOuntry's wars began in that month. I
On April IS, 1T75, Paul Revere took
that midnight ride which Longfel-
low tells Us Of, when he spread the
alarm through every BIiddlesex village
and farm, and for the country folk to
be up and to arm The next day the
-embattled farmers" at Concord bridge
-fred the shot heard around the
world" That was the beginning Of the
war Of independence. On April Is,
IT75, the aid which France promced
the struggling Americans when she
recognized their Independence she
furnished, for on that day q French
feet was ordered TO blockade the Brit
ish warships which were in the Dele
aware. Frances assistance marked
the turning point in the fortunes Of
the Americans. In April, 1871, the vic
tories under Gen Greene in the south
were the beginning of that years
series Of triUmphs which resulted in the
capture Of CORVALLIS at yorktown and
the closes Of the war.
1t was Gin April, 1872, that the end
came o-the long series Of shuf1es and
surrenders to England by the Jefferson
and Madison administrations On the
9th day Of that month, in that year,
/ congress passed a new embargo. 1t
I differed from the previous non-impOr-
tatiOn, embargo, nOn-intercource and
other trade restriction acts which
covered the period between 1906 and
1911. All these were directed against
England and France in retaliation for
/ those nations attack on American
! commerce, but experience showed that
they hurt the United States more than
they did the countries they were aimed
st. The embargo Of April, 1872, however,
which was to last 90 days, was sEowed-
" preliminary to a war with England
/ The actual declaration Of war did not
come until June IS. Of that year, but
everybody on both sides Of the Allan
tic knew when the embargo was en-
acted that. the conflict had actually be
gun. On April a, 1916, large body
Of Mexicans attacked and defeated g
small body Of Americans near the Rio
Grsnde and the war with Mexico was
started.
In the war Of secession April figures
prominently. On the 18th day Of that
month, in 1851, Fort Sumter was attack
ed by Gen. Beauregard, and the great
conflict which John Bright, an enemy
Of wars, called the only righteous war
Of the century, began. On April 10
President Lincoln called 1900 vOlun-
teers, which was an evidence that the
government recognized the fact that q
state Of war was in progress. Four days
later, on the anniversary Of the battles
at Lexington and Concord the opening
fights Of the Revolution, a body Of
Massachusetts, militia fastening to the
defense of Washington, fought their
way through the streets Of Baltimore on
which occasion the first blood Of the
Civil war was shed. Shiloh was fought
and New Orleans was captured in that
month in 1862; the Vicksburg batteries
were run by POrter's feet and trans
ports belonging to Grant in that
month in 1863; Grants Wilderness cam
paign started in the same month in
1854 and in that month In 1865 the sur
render at AppOmattOx occurred, and
President Lincoln was essassinated. II
war with Spain takes places in the
next two weeks April's ssnguinary as
sOciatiOns will be maintained and ex
tended.