The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-09-13
THE CALL TO MASSACHUSETTS

From the Springfield Mass Republican.
The place for Massachusetts il on
the sido Of freedom and self-government
Where else can she stand in the light o.
her past? In the battle of ideas that
preceded the civil war she was foremost
just az in the Revolution she led the
way, first in resistance TO injustice, and
then in the fighting, Our martyrs in
Baltimore in 1861 were in glorious con
tinuity from the earlier conflict that
opened on Lexington green. For every
Just cause involving the rights Of man
Faneuil Hall, "the cradle OF liberty y
has been Hospitality opened. whether
IL WIS for veal or for woc''-- 30 said an
eloquent Southern man in the national
House of Representatives in 1883, speak,
Of the period from 1885 to 1875
"whethcr II was wisely or unwisely done
men may differ and historians may dis.
pute-but as IA matter OF fact Massachu-
setts led America, and led her with an
el0quence, with powar and force
that have never bocn surpassed in all
the tide Of time in the leadership OF u
great people"
Such Is the exact record OF history
eloquently set forth by one Of our long.
ago enemies. II gives the summation Of
Summers work and Of Andrews the
matchlcss leaders whose vision was
filled with the holy beauty Of freedom
and the prophetic sense Of her present
peril and future triumph, and who drew
the people after them, or rather inter
preted and made articulate the thoughts
and purposes that burned in the hearts
of the p ople, Then the moral OF the
state rose TO its heigth, and made the
beacon that led nation in righteous.
ness through peris sore to the coming
of blessed aud lasting peace.
No lower standard than these men
upheld will do Tor Massachusetts, now
or ever or is worthy Of her. II is to the
everlasting honor OF George +. lloar and
Of George $ Boutwellthat they, ;he one
in public office and the other private
citizen, stand where sumner stood, aud
yield not an inch in the face of power.
fhoy have brushed aside a mistaken ex.
pediency with tho noble intolerance of
deep convictions, Everything that is
most cherished in the story of Massa-
chusetts supports and applauds them.
Al the head Of the editorial columns
Of the North Adams Transcript st'n
stand, cough the new hands that write
below are recreant to them, the worls
Of John A. Andrew, placed there by that
brave iree'soiler, the late Judge James
r. Robinson, and they illuminat, the
issues OF today, Said the war governor;
'I know not what rcoorl Of sin awaits
me In the other world but this do
know, that | never was 20 mean as TO |
despise man bocausc he was poor, he
cause hs was ignorant, OF because he
was black" How these words burn
into aud scar the old, familiar slave
holding sentiments that are revived and
preached in lSao
What John A. Andrew was not
mean enough 20 do, the sin that he
spurned, is TOO common to-day. There
are those who would beset the people
with il by making il party shibboleth.
An Of us need to rise' to the lisnity and
simple Justice Of Andrews wide outlook
lest We help To narrow the horizon that ,
Massachusetts, has had, Here, perhaps,
more heavily than anywhere, rests the
iuty 10 keep this nation 10 lis bearing
Pole star of light in Enrope's night
That never ialters from the right,
senator lloar has pointed ont the
way. II the Republicans OF Massa-
husetis desire 10 see her old leadership
resumed, il lies within I
heir power 10 resume il. Never was =
greater or the path olearcr, S
lot subservienoe, bat conviction, iailh
! our principles aud the courage 10 4