The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-08-09
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Events Cast Their Shadow

The explanation of the poem, Com
Ing Events Cast Their Shadows Be-
FORE" by the author.
Stanza 1.
Every great change in human history
has had it's incipiency or small begin
ming which is the occult causes COM
mencing to work in the minds of men.
When these causes begin to gain want
age ground in the minds of the people,
they invariably look for the effects
when they first feel the cause. In the
year 1888 the causes which will reach
their final incipient effect spoken Of
began to gain vantage ground.
Stanza 8.
The way in which both sections
fought in the Spanish-American and
Philippine wars fills beyond all ques-
tion this prediction. The nation never
was united as it is now. l mean in a
political sense. The American people
are the only ones that have ever taken
up arms for the freedom of another race
than themselves. In the rebellion part
of the nation fought for the freedom of
American war all fought for the liberty
of another race.
Stanza 4.
The coming changes will be industrial
and economic ones. Our industrial and
social systems will be so altered that
men can be honest without running the
risk of being eaten up, starving and
freezing. Human nature is inherently
good, not evil as is the theory of today.
Men will always do right when they
can and only begin to do wrong when
they must. Were it not for the in
herent goodness in the human race all
changes for the better would be impos-
sibIe.
Stanza 6.
The battlefield Of Bull Run was the
! most unfortunate one OF all others for
the union army. It met with defeat
! here twice: July 81. 1861, and August
| 80, 1862, when Pope undertook to drive
Lee back from his Northern invasion.
At the time this was written the trial
| of Fitz John Porter was in progress in
| congress to restore him back to the
place in the army from which he was
deposed for the part he played in the
second battle of Bull Run.
Stanza 9.
| To anyone who is gifted with in
| spiration enough to read them, the seals
of the states not only foreshadow in a
| microscopic picture all that concerns
the state from the ground up, but also
| the place that each one will occupy in
the affairs of the nation.
| First in the order of time and inn
| portance is the seal of Virginia.
| The imagery and motto (Sic semper
| tyrannis, THUS be it always to ty-
rants.') show that resistance to tyranny
| especially foreign was deeply implanted
| in the hearts of the sons of that state.
Is it not fact that every time we had
| a difficulty with foreign foe, especially
with those countries in Europe from
whose tyranny our ancestors fed to the
new world, as it is called geographical
| ly, North America is the Oldest of the
continents, while Asia is the youngest, i,
| Virginia has furnished the chief that
brought us successfully through It..
| WASHINGTON led our armies through the
| revolution; Jefferson led the nation
through the period Of wrangling diplo-
! macy with France and England just
preceding the war of 1872; Madison car
ried the nation through that conflict and
Monroe capped the climax by sealing
| the matter of foreign colonization and
| interference in the Occident by the
| doctrine which bears his name. Next
| in the order of time and Importance is
| the seal of Tennessee. The motto Of
| this seal is Agriculture and Com
! merce." On the left of the imagery ap-
! pears the rude implements Of slave la
| Dor with the negro. This tells that the
| beau ideal method dominating the
| minds of the makers was that slavery
was the highest form of agriculture.
| On the right Of the picture the imagery
shows q commercial scene. Now, be-
yond all dispute money is the blood Of
both. When the first money agitation
shook the nation from the then center
to circumference, Tennessee gave our
Jackson that effectually met it by veto
ing the renewal of the charter Of the
| United States bank. which came up
under his administration. When 1t
came time to undertake the war with
Mexico, which was agitated and waged
| solely for the aquisition of territory for
the extension OF chattel slavery-which
was a war condemned by General Tay-
| lor as the most unrighteous war ever