The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-02-02

the Kansas-Nebraska territorial organ.
ization law and AppomattoA. Greeleys
comes in 1911. Henry Wilson'S in 1912.
and Summers Tooth anniversary will
Fremont's and Douglas In 1913, Stan.
tons in 1914 and John Sherman's and
Oliver P. 11orton's in 1928. The vari-
GUS clubs of Fremont voters, if any OF
their members are alive SIX years
hence, may be relied on to take some
notice of the centenary OF the first Re.
publican presidential candidate, but
the country, as Il whole, has forgotten
him. notwithstanding his vast vogue
half a century ago. Stanton's memory
on his Tooth anniversary, ought to call
out some national observance, but
probably it will not. Despite the tram
scendent value of his services to the
cause OF national unity, Stanton was
never popular in the North, while the
South hated him with almost as fierce
a hatred as it felt for Thaldeus Ste
vens.
Does anybody remember David Viii.
mot now? Will his name and his record
be recalled in 1914, when his birth cen.
tennial comes? Thaddeus Stevens CEN
tenary arrived many years ago, for he
was born in 1898, but the memory of
This 1o16e, in hl1, ming the
ton policy which went into operation
throughout the South in the act which
was passed in 1867, over President
Johnson's veto, seemed to have faded
by that time. Very little attention was
paid to the anniversary. Stevens
name is seldom mentioned today except
in connection with plays like the Clans
man, and in stories Of doings i'll the
South during the state restoration era
in that region. Yet the history of the
big events between that time and tho
Impeachment of Andrew johnson ili
1S67-6S can not be written without
giving large place to Stevens name
and deeds. Wilmots birth cycle is
still to come, and although he was
many years younger than Stevens, his
prominence began earlier. Through
the anti-slavery proviso which he tack
ed OH as a rider to an appropriation
bill at the beginning Of the Mexican
war back In 1876. Willnot's name in1-
l'1ediately attained d national vogue
Wilmot was known Throughout the,
country before the name of Lincoln.
Seward, Chase, John Sherman Grant.
Cen. Sherman or almost. any Of the
other chieftains in the Civil or military
service Of the national government in
1s61-ss had Travelled beyond. very
small circle Of personal acquaintainces.
The Wil1not proviso Of 1886 became the
vital principle in the creed of the free
soil party founded III 1s4s, and In that
Of the Republican party, established in
1854. yet hardly anybody today. except
students of American history know that
any such person as David wilmot ever
lived.
The military leaders Of the Union
were younger than were those Of the
Confederacy, and the centenaries of all
of them are still to come. Winfield
Scott is left out Of the calculation here
because, though the commander Of the
army at the outset IN the war;. age
quickly sent him into the background
Meade's birth cycle will come in 1915.
Thomas i'll 1916, shermans in 1920.
Grants in 1928. McClellan's in 1926,
and ssheridan's in 1881; Sherman's and
Grants will probably be observed, es-
pecially. Grants, but the others are not
likely to attract much attention. The
round Of centenaries which begin with
Lees a few days hence, show that the
Civil war era will soon, to the average
American, seem almost as remote and
shadowy as the War of Independence
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