The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-27

The Revolutionary warwas fought
and glorious victory achieved by
Washington and his heroic men, thus
making good the Declaration of In
te aeuc, y - + lie IA
IONS OF lie wood, sGc mos wonder-
fully aud mastery worded instrument
we know of on record in the history
OF the ages in freedoms cause. The
civil war cost this country seas of
blood. drawn from The bodies Of 800,
600 of he.oic men, aud a mounlaiii Of
gold todt monstrate"this great Truth
that no man has any right TO hold
another in bondage, TO completely
abolish chattel slavery, TO cement the
Union Of the States, making them
practically independent, grand, aud
| free. The whole human family STROBE
onward and upward at he end OF
ttoSe four terrible ears Of slaughter.
| the glorious stars and stripes We're
fixed 1--WE hope for evermore, where
it floats today the proudest emblem
OF honor in all This wide world. The
stripe of white might be considered
emblematical of the purity OF the
| mulives that acGuaJed Americas he
r8es Ia 76aad in the civil war. Fire
Ipe OF blue could rightly oe indi-
awe OF the honesty und fidelity Of
| the officials in what The immeuaized
lincoln termed government Of the
rropIr, b, he people aud Tor he peu
and any mau-w VINO dafes - yl0tafe
tue sacred oath ot pubic office under
such a government is traitor TO the
best Interests of humanity. Beauti-
full stripe Of red. ah. the fearful cost
of the privilege of placing it There
should he symbolical of the brother
mood of the peoples of the world as
demonstrated by the various nation
aities with their different languages,
modes of thought and diversified re-
ligions coming TO America with the
opportunity awaiting them to labor
together and proving, if they so desire,
that it is possible for them to dwell
together in comparative peace and
harmony. The aggregation of stars
on the field of blue serving as a con-
tinual reminder Of the harmonious re-
lations that should exist between the
states, emblematic Of their name
sakeS in the sideral heavens. And if,
percllance, in the strenuous race for
existence some stains have appeared
upon that beautiful emblem of liberty
waving there, it should be our duty to
wipe out the marks, remove the cause,
for eternal vigilance only is the price
of continued success and liberty.
The gentlemanly editor sneeringly
remarks that our friends come from
Sparta. We are proud Of this one
irem that has at least some founda-
tion in fact. The men and women in
Sparta are part of the noblest and
most heroic characters that our coun-
try ever produced. We can prove this
| by some of Eyeleth's most prominent
| men, who witnessed acts of daring
and heroism performed by Spartans
in the gas and smoke cursed hole in
the ground near Sparta on the day
aud night Of September lst, 1907
Moulder of public opinion, go aud
| parallel the feats accomplished by
| men who never labored beneath the
earth's surface for one day previous to
| that fearful time, and by so doing win
| the right to criticise whole com
munity. Notwithstanding the poll
| tical differences that exist in Sparta
as elsewhere, we can testify to the
greatness and nobility of the hearts
| that beat within the Spartans
| breasts. True patriotism and manly
courage will never cease to be revered
among the present inhabitants of that
little flower garden of the Range.
| After all, such sulphurious attacks by
| tile gentlemaniy editor at times, on a
| community, is considered by the pub
| lie rs a measure of respect that
marked inferiority pays to superior
merit. The statement that we led
the people from political standpoint
| is rather humorous. We never lived
within the village limits, We never
voted there, although we should have
| been proud Of the privilege. We al
ways judged these people as being
quite capable of leading themselves.
1t is very difficult to make an empty
sack stand vertical, but we have good
| reasons for thinking we have accom-
plislled the feat in this case through
the courtesy Of the different Range
editors, whom we sincerely thank for
| sending us signed statements refuting
| Mr. DoWlings charge. We print be-
low names of the Editors whose state
ments we have in our possession:
Ely Miner, Peter Schaefer, editor;
| Chisholm Herald, w e. Talboys,
editor; Tower Weekly News. r NJ.
FShaafc nditor. Uiruinia EntarDrioo