The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-31


cal caularon boiling SO intensely with
sectional periudioe and hatred
Slavery was wrong. even the people
south Of "Mas-n and Dixons line
now admit this At fir il existed in
all Of our colonies. North and South. (
but gradually drifted away from the
colder climate because not So profit /
able there as in the cotton and sugar 1
cane belts, the purely agricultural see !
ticn. It is 20 be deplored that the fair
pages Of our national life are blotted
With this sin against humanity. The
eternal God. mo respecteT Of persons
never deereed taat one person should
be seryile to another; heuce. the free
ION of the ngro was mcralciyil ne
cessity. At one time. in the North as
in the South. slavery was deemed a
necessity. aud divinely instituted.
But the lsaven Of the Nazarene was
at work. The temperament Of the
Northern man is more susceptible TO
reform than is That of the Southerner;
in the latter section, conservatism is
honored. not by rs breach but in its
observance. Consequently, in process
of time. African servitude was held to
be wrong in the North; but this stat
us quo did not come without friction,
| for much time was required before II
was considered pernicous When VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison-and other re-
formers-first advocated abolition, il
met with storm Of opposition. Even
ministers Of the gospel OF Christ in
their pulpits, attempted to prove by
the bible the legality OF involuntary
servitude A bowling mob, rhirstlns
for his blood, chased William Lloyd
Garrison through the crooked streets
of Boston town. At last, brought to
bay. he hurled at them, this defiance:
Il am in earnest | will not equivo-
cate; j will not excuse | win not re-
( treat a single inch; will be heard
And heard he was.
The Bursting of the Storm.
The storm. SO long gathering in our
political heayens, at last burst forth.
Fort sumpter was bombarded, and the
world held it's breath Hundreds Of
thousands Of the brayest Of the brave,
from country, hamlet and city, offered
their lives upon the altar Of the union.
and went forth, TO battle because the
starry banner of the republic had suf-
fered indignity The world never
knew such heroes, never saw such va
lor displayed, such sacrifices made be-
fore. Greek had met Greek. diamond
was cutting diamond. For four long
years, the embattling ranks OF the
blue and the gray surged to and fro
Eaeross the hardest fought and blood
lest battle fields that are recorded in
history. Veterans, those days tried
your souls aud your bodies. az the
empty sleeves, absent limbs and
manned bodies of the G. A. r. mutely
but eloquently testify Our regimental
bands played Yankee Doodle, theirs
Dixie" Spirits Of revolutionary he
, Eroes, of the war Of az and OF the san
culinary strife on Mexico's tropic fields
lowered over the camps of The blu,
(. ana the gray, urging on to deeds q
I valor and renown. Under the paigaet
to and the pine, the foemen-riva
i laddies down To sleep, the mock
? ing-bird chanting their requiem.
The Charge at Missionary Ridge
/ A vision from the misty past ghost
hike floats before oar mental vision
The din of battle is borne 70 on
, ears. All eternal pail of smoke CEN
I fnly hangs over IN ssionary Ridge
: see. the serried ranks Of the blue dasl
across the valley like an avengin
whfrlwind, sweeping all before them
The base Of the mountain is reached
Is butt they do nor pause. Above them o
b the summit Of the ridge, are gray
e clad soldiers. with compressed lip
s knitted foreheads and blood-shot eye
: and foarlessly they sight down gleai
: ing rifle tubes; and behind this lin
W of gray are frowning batteries the
W are manned by veteran gunners. Vi
w daunted. without orders, with ID
W deep fearless cry Of the Union tl
W heroic invaders ascend that slope :
W death. Where is the charge ancieI
y or modern that equals this? | hay
I. stood on that historic field and ma
70 veled that our soldiers could win Il
= day. Only one other charge bea
= any semblance whatever 10 theoi
= at missionary Ridge" and that vi
= when the dashing Pickett, with TWEEN
e thousand Confelerates, made his ma
. nificent but futile effort at Getty
e burg, to turn the battie-tide.
The Ending Of the Struggle
70 The "war he ween the states er
Cd at last. Grant graciously permit
y Lees ragged ana hungry followers
retain their horses thai the ruin
i plantations nj the southland might
. He'd to produce food for the wis
q and children Of the vanquished q
. fedcracy And the victorious Feae
. columns. after grand review IN wa
= ington returned 10 their northla
AZ homes, TIC stats and stripes $
Js proudly waving over the union
q states. But, for long long years, o
= was divided country, The s.
70 south against sol north"
: river Of sec:ionalsm and bitter M
- Dries, CHASTITY and full of blood. iloy