Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07
a UNITED NATION.

1t would have been very difficult to
find n lingering remnant OF our civil
conflict possessed Of sufficient distinct
ness TO be observed. even before the
war notes of the present struggle re-
sounded throughout the land. When
these began to wake the echoes and
Danish from the people any condition
OF lethargy which may previously
have existed. there was no remnant.
however faint or tenuous, left of the
fratricidal strife. As when the tide
of ocean rakes its majestic swell out
upon the beach, then up against the
heights and prominences Of the mains
land. sweeping along all movable
things and obscuring all others that 1t
passes over, so did the quiet but Inn
pulsive uprising of this powerful re-
publican empire overcome and obliter-
ate all trace of the sectional lines
which once were go prominent. As
II by the nanumltting wand of some
mighty conjurer, the issues and dlvi-
sions out of which arose domestic dis
cord were swept aside. and harmony.
union, determination, took their place
The state lines remain and separate
governments are maintained just as
in large but united family Individual
ity in all respects is preserved: but
there is no longer any pulling apart.
any dissension or other reminder of
what is past than what is found in
libraries. There Is now no North be-
cause It embraces the South no East
because 1t reaches out to and contains
the West; 1t Is all one and the same
thing, the integers constituting a
harmonious. magnificent whole.
Whom does the reader suppose was
the first major general to be sworn in.
to service by reason of the reoragniza-
ton of the army? None other than
he whose sobrlquet of Fighting Joe.
has made rs well known as though the
family name OF Wheeler were added to
IL. The political establishment which
once had temporary existence on this
soil under the name of the Southern
Confederacy had done precisely the
thing which the government of the
United States did yesterday. In the
former capacity he was one OF the most
dashing, daring and adroit OF all the
men on horseback of a region which
produced and produces such men in
great multitudes. and under the Stars
and Stripes 1t is not to be expected
that his bravery will abate one jot or
his energy one little. although more
than thirty-three years have passed
since he occupied saddle as a hostile
factor in a belligerent cause. Some
men never do become old, but wear
the outward expression OF n soul super
nal and changeless until the mech>
anism runs down and the long nigh,
succeeds the cloudless day. So 1t is
with Wheeler; and It is fair pre-
sumption that in all the broad land
none is more gratifed than he
that time and circumstance have
brought to him the opportuni-
ty TO be enrolled as champion of |
union at home and honorable peace |
abroad. 1t may safely be predicted that
the man will be found abreast Of the
occasion at all times. that he will well
and truly magnify his calling.
All that is herein said of Wheeler is
equally true of the one who was next
sworn in as a major-general. Fltzhugh
Lee. He is so well known throughout
the land, is so thoroughly respected
and SO altogether popular that 1t is
useless to enlarge upon his merits. He
Is one of the modern chevallers without
fear and without reproach. equally at
home in the drawing room or on the
Held Of battle. The Southern people
will be none the less. but rather II
possible, more proud of him because he
no longer belongs exclusively to them.
but. like them. gives fun and I'M
stinted fealty to the flag and the ma
ton. "Major-General Lee, U. S. A."
mas SOUND and an appearance that are
significantly rhythmic.
Before the present outbreak 1t was the