The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12

by promoting the general welfare of the people in their respective States; and 1t is furthrmore a truth demanding
 each State of the Interests of every State is imperatfvely the present just attitude of all the states. for the States comity. Each for all and all for each. Is the legend in whose spirit these re-
 publics of one nationality hold their
 rsspective rights and meet their inter-
 suggest as further means to our desired end that the people of all sec
 lions consider one another more fra
 ssn Sraue GonfeSsra.e aI,us S solder. % and after. wards distinguished senator From Mississippi. exclaimed in the midst of his great oration in the Senate: My then nature itself would make you love one another" This monument repeats that earnest exclamation. Let us re- pie who fought each other in the war | between the States. Let us recall their intelligence their inspiring traditions their pure European blood. their Chris. tian civilisation--all of which they held together In common estate. The people North and South should | more perfectly know and more kindly
 mingle without prejudice or distruss. l and for mutual benefit not for part. san or sectional gain. Let East and West interchange courtesies and no. tivate fairly e more genial fraterniza- tion by the exchange of admiration in- stead of recriminaaon. The evident West. South and North. can be made an advantage and not remain hinder ance: and the civic union by States of secnpe sssfeiy ana foesvsr sss
 blood on earth. and show to all na-
 tions of this age the example of the best government in the world!
 love of country-The corner stone of that magnificent structure we proudly call our. constitutional republic. the
 but sPr Rhs 0s among the emotions in civil life that stirs the human sou: Is the manly country-loving passion occurs when it | moves an intelligent citizenry to action in their united. universal. successful
 by the wisdom of its laws. the justice | of its administration. the equal distri-
 button of its benefits and the general enhancement of popular knowledge 1 There are some things in which for- bearance must be exercised as frn- ternal virtue. The war between the remain in the feeling of any patriot as something that is still an unsettled sectional bone of contention. The sa. cred memories Sf that snT war cae,sn, are M they must be secured from desecration. The story of the memorable strife must be told by authors of honor. and not
 either side will not deny to their brave former enemies the full measure of praise they merit. not demand conces- maintalnips GI aSs' sSem rSere we're certain | conflicting ideas in the formation of our constitutional government that arose into sectional political antagon- isms and finally brought on the con
 nict of arms. Explanation of this di- vision Is not devoid of dimculty, but there were principles involved. Causes
 but there were questions about se- cessfon and coercion. Even misrep- resentations have abounded. But sup
 pose in the final analysis of the mo-
 one side an impelllng love for the glory
 of the Union. and on the other side a
 similar impeiiing love for the rights
 cry but this: that our constitutional
 agreement ordains that love for the
 Union should be love for the State, ana
 We may more fully understand that we
 should love the Ststs more without
 loving the Union less. and love the Un-
 ion more without. loving the State less;
 We are not serving two masters. and
 our government needs no reform of l its structure. But no patriotic citi- | gen now contemplates the fall of this
 tion or into any change from its con-
 stitutional form. suppose that ther" is not a disunionist per se' anywhere.
 we savs snd nnosa n
 empire whose emperor is the united people, the States and the United
 States. without the old ambitions and
 national youth in this new world. az
 our years compare with the hoary ageg
 of the old world and centuries will
 have an antiauity. But our youth is
 our strength and wealth. We are heir
 to the civic wisdom of the world of all
 time. amassed 6y the experience of the vast design appear in our constitution.
 al form which foretoken our great ru' ture, if we and our posterity will be
 period are engravers engaged in putt ting in some lines that may mar or make more perfect the work of cur
 bors are required to follow the grand
 United we stand, divided we fall. ia
 an old epigram which may not have been absolutely true at any time be- tween the birthday of the Constitution and the era of secession, coercion and
 war. It was not accepted as being
 Statesmen at various periods who be-
 iieved that the Interests of their sec- ton would be saved by legal with drawal from the other States. They
 held that the United States would stand Southern States considered In 1880 that the separation proposed by them would benefft all the States. and not dissolve the Union. But whatever may have
 been the result of any of these several lattempts to sever the connection of any State with the Union. it is evidently understood now Tn this age of our oountry's history that if we would ful : fli our obligations to our people and
 withstand the pressure from other na- absolute reciprocity as the brother States of our Constitutional Union. A
 great Statesman defined our plan of Government as an indestructible Union of indestructible States. We will stand by that definition SO as to make 1t a sterling fact as we'll as a luminous | theory. The State and the United States l will stand together to save, and nor to destroy. each other. United by self respect, by interstate respect. we will consider the general welfare and re- main an independent, incorruptible and