The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-07-22
something New in History.

wheeler in Cuba. says the Com.
osrcral-Appcal. is something new
history. Thirty years or more
70 he was consi icuous leader of
,orriors Ggh,ing against the stars
I'd stripes. To-day he is fighting
nder the stars and stripes, a con-
o;cuous leader of warriors, de-
sud,nr a government he once as
Ibeygc,i cally assailed, exposing
;mseIf 10 the dangers of war, or
kie.ating the terms of peace under
be now famous tree, in plain vic "
: two hostile armies. Spread.
ksgleism is said TO be an amiablc
american weakness, especially in
he early part Of July, but it is no
kuread eagleism to say that history
I,owhere reveals similar instance
&c once rebel leader becoming
he trusted representative and de.
lander Of the government he once
Drew sword against. With the ex-
'ssption of England and Germany,
headers who occupied positions as
important as that held by Gen.
wheeler during the civil war
would probably have been shot,
| hung, imprisoned or exiIed. In
England or Germany their lives
might be spared, but they would,
by common consent, become ex.
|tirct politically, and could never
hope to win or wear honors under
, thcir former governments. No
country IN the world or in any age
of the world has ever attained TO a
fertilization where it could receive
the parole of loyalty from leader
OF civil strife and where that
parole could be depended upon
and trusted implicitly. This is not
spreadeagleism, but fact. Thirty
odd years ago Lee and Wheeler
were gallant and daring cavalry
leaders against the union-rcbels,
strictly speaking in the light of
results; today there are no two
men wearing the uniform of the
government whose loyalty and pa.
| triotism are more unquestioned
and admired. The reason of this
is that we have in this country no
government per Sc, no government
that is part and separate from the
people, no professional or heredit.
airy rulers by the grace of God or
otherwise, no "house" to hoard up
enmities and wreak vengcnces, no
sense OF separatencss and exclu-
sveness in any class. Sections
and factions and parties contend
fercely for the control of the gov
ernmental machinery and differ as
to policies and principles, but no
matter VINO is temporarily in con.
troll the government is the people,
government and not any party's
government, and it is administered,
IN the main, for all the people.
The interest and ownership OF
every citizen in the government
are conceded by the highest author
tiles and are felt by each individual
elllzen. The government can not
DC vlndlctive toward any citizen,
because each citizen is a part of
mat government. In Copenhagen
lhere IS museum called "The
Palace of Fine Arts" which con-
'sins among other things the
works Of the great sculptor Bertel
Thorwaldsen, and every Dane
looks upon this treasure house as
oeiohging N part to himself. II
his PRIDE as we'll as his property.
lie may never enter its doors or
'easl upon the art treasures it pre-.
sents; he may have no very clear
luea of what 1t looks like or what
contains, but the sense of owner
'nlp' OF mutually Of intere,t. en-
uears 1t to him just as the Ameri-
cah Is endeared TO that intangible
ssomethlng called his government.
me presence of Lee and Wheeler
among those high IN authority
around the council boards of the