The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

antagonists found material with which
to damn the logic of his lofty argu-
ment, in the minutes of the Hartford
Convention, showing Massachusetts, on
the verge of precipice ere she had as
yet unveiled the monument on the
slopes of Bunker Hill; and yet, I ask,
does not Massachusetts, stand immov-
able in support of our government at
the present moment? Most assuredly
she does.
So too did Andrew Jackson quit the
game of politics sufficiently long to
swear his mighty oath, "By the eternal
the Union must and shall be pre-
served;;" yet it did not prevent South
Carolina from heading concerted &C.
tion against national authority, and
still South Carolina's allegiance to our
Union cannot now be questioned.
JUSTICE AND RIGHT PREVAILS.
The darkness upon the pathway of
our. Republic has more than once
grown too dense to walk in, yet its
principles of justice and right have
never at any time been without loyal
supporters, there has always been some
eye to see, some ear that could hear.
These have been our heroic periods,
and from out their gloom came our
ideal heroes, whose names are insepa-
rable associated with the true glory of
our country.
Lincoln, whose comprehensive mind
gave harmony to vast forces in the
cause of unity, and whose grave has
become a shrine for the pilgrimage of
the human race; Grant, whose name is
saluted by all the nations of the earth;
his trusted generals, Sheridan, Sher-
man, Thomas, Mead, humane warriors
all, whose sublime good fortune it was
to follow the commander of an army
whose line of march was upon the
highway of human progress, which
carried with its muskets the future of
civilization, and gave back to a doubt
ing world united country.
And so it follows, that however far
wrong our ship of state may have been
steered by present national leaders,
whether they based their action on
| what they believed to be sufficient in
formation, or whether they have been
careless of their trust and dishonest as
to fact, say, if any or all of these
things are true, it only renders more
fixed my belief that so sure as right has
always triumphed over might, so sure
will capable helmsmen assume charge
of the ship, and guided by the beacon
lights of national principle, bring her
back safely to the course of consistent
right, surveyed by men whose chief
characteristics proclaim them loyal
Americans first and selfish individuals
afterwards.
| Our course in Cuba, and our policy in
the Philippines, calls forth argument
pro and con, yet tits the natural order
of things for right to prevail, and
while the atmosphere is rife with cries
against Imperialism, and despotism, be
it remembered, allegiance to any form
of central authority is neither of these
so long as rule of law obtains and popu-
lar franchises are not denied Industry
and trade cannot halt at any barrier
established by an isolated people, when
civilization, enterprise, industry and
progress are reaching out for new fields
to develop they will not be checked;
manifest destiny impels them forward,
and the nations of the earth have been
taught this inevitable lesson in history
times without number, it being for
their ultimate good, ard eventually
claiming their united appreciation.
We are told that the actuating spirit
of personal profit renders leaders hard
hearted and unsentimentaI, that ex-
pansion is crime committed by au-
thority of a few to the detriment of
the many, and yet the increase of our
foreign commerce is explained by the
natural law of development, and ex-
panslon in one form or another be-
comes necessity, not because William
Mckinley is president, nor yet because
lour statute books are burdened by a