The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-06-08

bltms Of society, industry and rOyernmeu
7 depends the permsnency Of the Talon.
The very resul, Of the war thrust prot
lem upon the country, problem Of pei
: pl, rlns conditions, t,ill to be worked ou
: with Il finlse trust and patience aud eonsid
> ers,eness. -Four million negroes hsd sud
I denly been freed aad left In their move
. condition OF life, Ia the mldst ola wfecke,
. society. TO convert this host Of isnorxn
: negroes Into fiicicpt ciliEsns wasa task Il
exhaust the wisdom a statemen OF Nortl
} aad South Tie SINE problem 10 before th'
eii'i "a Of to-day, and while come OF ib'
! dfiiculliis have been eliminated, silll th,
evolution CT society continually adds to ,h,
: coupl, Iity OF the whole question. IL re
mains for this or some future generation
to wipe out the bitterness o. race pr
J c Ice to show to the world that this coun
try 10 broad enough to contsin black and
white In sepsrste spheres Of activity, in 4
peifec, harmony Of life based upon mutua
reipeet for the rights and happiress Of
each.
They tell us that We have become .
world p ,wer, that our interests extend be
! ond The limit u cur own Western Hemis'
phere; that we have entered upon policy
Of colonial expansion, and in spite OF our
political principles we must confess that
this 10 so BY necessity through the sccl'
dent OF war we have begun to extend our
system into the Eastern Hemisphere.
However dear to US are the political be.
lefs Of tha, school OF great stst snen who
produced the constitution under which We
live; however much we cherish the unique
central iies that ours isa government by
all the people. that our constitution In the
fundamental law Of every constituent part
Of this nation however sacred we hold the
Monroe Doctrine, foreshsdowed by Wash.
ington ard re iterated by Roosevelt, never
theless We are face to face with the fact
we are confronted by the grave problem Of
what /, right ard what is wrong with re.
spect to the dependencies Of the United
States, sccidents ly acquired.
The Civil War began when the first slave
owner n i.ra,ed to Texas with his following
Of slaves. 10 the checking Of slave eIten.
sion the right was victorious.
Yet In tie policy Of colonial expansion
we have to-day possibility almost as hos.
tile to our theory Of government. certainly
as foreign to the spirit Of liberty and equal
ity which bseathes through the whole
framework OF our Safe.
1t calls for brave citizenship for the pat
riotism, the v,lor and integrity Of purpose
evinced In the battles Of war.
The Civil War swept out CT existence a
distinct elsa society. II made the poss.
ession Of hu nan property an impostioility.
But to-day we are not free from class dis.
tilctions. A the Jtsrs pass the breach
continually widens between the capitalist
and the laborer. The congestion Of wealth
and its Const quent tremendous power is
tending to establish . chasm between
classes as wide and as dangerous as that
between the old time ilave owner and his
serfs The relentless grinding Of the help.
lees third party between organized capital
and organic ID labor is tending to establish
condition Of industrial bondage which hss
resulted mainly from studied neglect Of
civic responsibilities.
The Civil War Of yesterday was fought
on fields Of battle for the preservation Of
the Union; the Civil War Of to-day and to-
morrow must be fought on ielis Of indus
try and In the domain Of society. The one
called for the citizen soldier, the other calls
for the soldier cltizsn.
There are tasks for the people, and until
all the people accept the responsibility and
emulate, In the discharge Of their civic du
ties the example set 10 the Civil War, the
question will never be cloied. Imbrue the
whole mass Of citiz ms with something Of
the spirit Of Gettysburg and AppomStox,
convert the ctiz ~ soldier into the soldier
cltiz n, and the solution Is not far distant.
Ours Is q government based upon the peo.
pie In sovereign capacity! The will Of
the mtj )rity must direct legislation, must
our leaders. This Is at once the
gl)ry and the danger Of our government,
for too often the citizen possessing the elec
torial privilege, shows no consciousness Of
The duty binding him to exercise 1t. The
American conception Of State is necessarily
two political parties, one to criticise the
other, but too often these political parties
lre converted into "machines,' and their
eaders Into "bosses," with the result that
superior mem are excluded from public
,areers. The votes that sele ect are not the
,otes that elect. This IS the kernel Of the
present day struggle in which every citiz,n
. engaged. The soldiers aud sailors Of the
may be trusted to discharge their
,ivic duties with the same spirit In which
hey fought the battles for the Union. 1t
. for US, who had no part 10 that great
'obh bhict to learn the lessons OF good citizen
hip from the example Of good soldiers.
The soldier who sh.rks his duty has dis
,rsc, d. the Uniform In which he is clad.
The citiz'n who shirks his civic duties has
bused privilege peculiar to democratic
government and 10 abusing II be has endsn-
,ered It.
Patriotic, aggressive citizenship is the
eed OF to-day. Patriotic, aggressive citi.
'nthip ls the lesson taught by tbe old SOL
Ter. Oar duty is fplsln. Down through {,
be long struggle fer Angie Saxon freedom n
as C ms oui heri,sge, aud its exhortstion .
] to perpetuate the hishes, principles Of .
umsn society. a
Year b. y,sr, ., the Grard Army 10 mus II
Ired out TO pslform the sacred duties OF .,
bis day, many familiar faces are minirg d.
lnce the last Memorial Day many have
one 10 their eternal rest, By the tide OF Il