The Washington herald., 1910-02-22
AN HISTORIC RETROSPECT.
FEBRUARY 22. l7a2-FEBRUARY 22. 1910.

should think by rigging himself in war
like apparel. and smearing his face with
mud and blood. to cut a swath down the
| aisles OF the House. or even in the more
orderly precincts Of the Senate chamber?
He who would thwart the unification of
the country on the lines of oblivion, of
mutual and reciprocal forgiveness, throws
/ himself across the highway OF the ma
tons future, and is a traitor equally to
! the essential principles Of free govern
ment and the spirit of the age.
He is also truant to common sense.
| The South, like the East and the West.
has come TO be the merest geographic ex-
| preston. Each OF It's States is In the
Union, precisely like the States Of the
East and the West all in one and one in
all. Interchanges of every sort exist.
They underlie and interlace the social.
domestic, and business fabric That the
| arrangement and relation thus after half
a century OF strife established should con-
tinue through all time is the hope and
prayer OF every thoughtful, patriotic
! American. There is no greater disso-
nance to that sentiment in the South than
I
cept ignominious recrimination and ruin
Gus dissension could revival of old sec
tional and partisan passions-if IT were
possible-be expected TO reach?
III.
1t was Col. Mulberry Sellers who gave
currency 10 the conceit and enunciated
the principle Of the old flag and an ap-
preparation" He did not claim the
formula as his own. however He got it.
he said. OF Senator Dillworthy, his patri-
otto fle-leader and ideal of Christian
craftsmanship.
The original Of Senator Lillworthy
WAS recognized the country over as Sen
ator Pomeroy. Of Kansas. "Old Pom, -
as he had come TO be called, whose
oleagenous piety and noisy patriotism
adjusting themselves with equal facility
| to the purloining OF subsidies and the
roasting of rebels, TO prayer and land
grants, had impressed themselves upon
the Satirist of the Gilded Age as upor
his colleagues in Congress. He was q
ruffied-shirted Pharisee. who affected the
| airs OF a bishop, resembled Cruikshank'
pictures of Pecksniff. and united the pro-
fessions OF purist TO the principles and
practices OF a highwayman. As Fo1
said OF Thurlow, he was bound 10 be G
hypOcrite, for Il was not possible foi
any one to be as wise and good as ht
looked TO be. He was brought finally, By
chance. and very suddenly and unex.
pectedly. TO complete exposure and dis
! comhture. The mask was torn away
Amid the ridicule and rejoicing Of thu
multitude "Old Pom" bedraggled and
! dishonored, shank out OF sight. never tC
yawp again.
His fate should be warning 10 those
who sake by blatancy TO hide cOrrup-
ton.
/ With the recurrence of the birthday OF
/ Washington the mind instinctively turns
backward to the marvellous story Of the
intervening years. They embrace less
than two centuries. But what other two
with them in the glorious sccretions OF
! progressive achievement?
That the chosen people OF God did not
dwell amid the twilight OF the ages and
in PARKWAY Judea, but were reserved Il
a later time, and region then undis
covered Of men, and that the American
republic was ordained Of God 10 illus
/ trate upon the theater Of the New Work
the possibilities OF free government Fl
contrast with the failures and tyrannie.
and corruptions OF the Old, we do trul!
believe That Is the first article In oul
confession OF faith And the second Il
like unto Il, that Washington was raisej
I'D by God 10 create II. and that Lincoln
was raised up by God TO save e: els,
why the militia colonel Of Virginia anC
the rall-splitter OF Illinois, for no reason
that was obvious at the time, before al
other men? God moves In a mysteriou;
way His wonders to perform. The sta
of the sublime destiny that hung owe
the manger OF our blessed Saviour hung
over the cradle or our blessed Union.
Thus far it has weathered each histori
danger which has gone before TO mari
the decline and fall of nations; the strug
gle for existence; the foreign Invasion: III,
Iinternecine strife; the disputed succession
religious bigotry and racial conflict. On
other peril eonfronts il: the demoraliza
ton of wealth and luxury; too great pros
perity; excess Of power. Shall we surviv,
the lures with which the Spirit OF Evil
playing upon our self-love, seeks to tril
our hayward footsteps. purse-pride. an,
party spirit, mistaken zeal and perverte,
religion. fanaticism seeking 10 abridg
liberty and liberty running 10 license
greed masquerading as patriot and am
bition making a commodity of glory-or
under the process of a divine evolution
shall we be able to mount and ride tn,
waves which swallowed the tribes o
Israel. which enguifed the phalanx 0
Greece and the legions of Rome. yea
which still beat the sides and sweep tn,
decks Of feudalism in England and Ger
many, in Austria. Italy, and Spain?
We shall mount and ride them. pleas
God!
The one-party power Is imminent, bu
it IS neither absolute. nor supreme. tn
one-man power is not in sight. The star
in their courses fight for US; the virtu
and intelligence Of the people were neve
so watchful and alert Truth is miehtie
than ever and Justice. mounting guar,
even in the Hall of Statues. walks every
where the hattlements Of Freedom!
Our Greatest Problem.
Marx Sullivan. in Golfers
In Congress and in the Supreme Cour