The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-03

solid South. President Mckinley is
very popular with us, and I think he
will be renominated and reelected"
North and South.
At meeting Of confederate VETERANS
! IN Dallas, Tex, one Of the members
commented with cordial approval on
the fact that many high places are
filled with men who we're once confed-
crates, an he declared that "such con-
duct toward those who had once been
not in accord with the prevailing
power is without parallel in the his
tory of the world" This statement is
true and can easily be verified by
turning to the records of the past.
The war for the Union was all that
the name implies. 1t was contest to
preserve common country and a
common brotherhood. Time has clear
ed away the mists from President Lin
coins character. His innate kindli-
ness is seen to have been as large and
deep as humanity. Every confederate
acknowledges the delicacy and consid-
Grafton of Grant when the time came
to arrange terms with a brave adver-
sary who could offer battle no longer.
Nowhere in Grants career was the
egotist displayed or anything done for
theatrical display. He fought for the
Union, for the broad destinies of the
republic in all its greatness, and not
for the humiliation of any of his fell
low countrymen. Wherever a differ
ent sentiment was revealed it fell i'm
measurably below the level Of Lincoln
and Grant and of the American people
in general.
Under the present administration
the nation throughout its whole length
and breadth is always kept in view
says the Globe Democrat. The south
perceives from what has occurred dur.
ing the two years and half of Presi-
dent McKinley's term that he knows
no sectional lines and desires equally
the prosperity of every state. At the
Chicago dinner recently the president
said Fraternity and union deep
| ly imbedded in the hearts of the Amer
ican people. For half century be-
fore the civil war disunion was the
fear Of men of all sections. That
word has gone out of the American
vocabulary. 1t is spoken now only as
histo: ical memory. North, South,
East and West were meyer SO welded
together. and while they may differ
about internal politics, they are all for
the Union and the maintenance of the
integrity OF the flag" It is pleasant
to find in the same days issue an ex-
preston to the same effect from a
confederate veteran in Texas. When
deeds and words of concord come from
all sides an era of union is here beyond
a doubt.
This has happened under republi-
can administration. The republican
party has been called sectional. But
history confirms its right to be re-
garded as the most national of all
parties. The first great principle in
its creed was that the country should
not be divided. But for its yindica-
tion of this idea there would be two
or more discordant republics where
one, joined together in amity and
rallying under one flag, surprises the
world by its progress and prosperity
Few citizens could be found at this
day who regret that the Union was
preserved. There may be some linger-
ing Of the passions Of a terrible war,
but they amount to no more than a
trace. As whole the people of the
United States are patriotic to the core
and glad that the expansion going for
ward is natural development in:
which the interest Of every citizen is
the same. The president has always
spoken for unity and good feeling.
But it takes two to strike an agree
ment and southern sentiments like
those spoken at Dallas complete the.
circuit. The people Of the south are
aware from experience that President
Mckinley is man Of national breadth,
the friend Of the south as much as Of
the north. 0lympian,
"A Chicago Sewing Machine for SIS,
or Drop-head Wheeler & Wilson, for