The age-herald., 1898-03-01
Shoulder to Shoulder.

If war With Spaln Snoulu ln any way arise over Cuban affairs, this country would under such circumstances for the first time in it's history present solid front. Even the Wall Street brigade would fall into line, and Orator Hanna's voice would be for war to the hilt; for all such fellows would proceed at once ito point with pride" to the action of the republican party, and lay claim to all the results of the conflict The country can, however, afford to stand such effrontery if in any way an end can be put to a cruel struggle in an island almost with in sight.
 The statement at the head of this article may surprise some people; and yet it is a fact that in no war have the people Of this country been united. In the civil war they were not only divided into two camps. but each had enemies in the rear. The con- federacy did not have a firm grip upon the Piedmont region, at least in East Tennes- see and western North Carolina; the fed eral forces had at times plenty of opposition sentiment in New York City, in the yallen- degham campaign in Ohio, and even in Chi cago. The word "copperhead" became a part of the politics of these stormy times.
 The war with Mexico was by no means ties of the countryside whigs-never liked it, and Tom Corwin, their favorfte orator, unsparingly denounced it. It was brought about by the troops themselves-an oppor- tunity that was improved by President Polk who declared to congress that war actually existed. The wings were reluct- antIy dragged into a formal declaration of war, and at the end of 1t a whig was elected president.
 In 1872 Madison and Jefferson were both opposed to a declaration of war. Madison was president. New England was so much opposed to war that the Hartford conven- tion almost led up to rebellion. New York and Pennsyvania did not relish a war. It was the south and west that brought 1t on. the vote in the house being 79 for war and 49 for peace.
 Then there was the revolution itself. together, acting as one unit? No, indeed. At no time during the long and trying struggle did Washington and his friends feel sure of support from New York, Penn sylvana, South Carolina or Georgia. The four colonies were full of tories from start to finish, and only Virginia and New Eng and under all circumstances. Virginia and New England were both actively engaged in holding New York and Pennsylvania up to their duty. Each contained nearly as many tories as it did whigs As a rule, the arstocrats of that early day were op- posed to the setting-up of a new country being quite content with their position in the colonies. The tories in South Carolina and Georgia out-numbered at times the whigs. These statements may be little surprising, but sad as they may seem, they are the truth of history.
 There will be no tories if the honor and the welfare of the country demand clash of arms over Cuba Even the friskey Hanna may lead brigade of Ohio troops to the front, and MT. J. Pierpont Morgan may be expected to prove that his name should lead all the rest in the revised list of original patriots The states will vie with each other in support of the govern ment. and it need not be surprising if the formal declaration of war commands every vote in congress; for no section, no party, no considerable interest, will stand in the way where war with Spain becomes neces- sary and inevitable