Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-30
The south's Sympathy.

The south is held fast by the tirmest
bonds OF sympathy with the capitai.
The passing of slavery removes the
point of greatest sensitiveness that was
touched by the existence OF national
city. and no abstract view concerhihS
the relations of state and nation in'ei
fercs longer with pride in and aHectioh
| for the capital of the south. as Wen dc
Of the north. and east. and west lne
city vas founded by southerners anu
the dangers that menaced its infancy
were warded off by them. Washlhstoi''
Jefferson. Madison. Clay. Cra"ioro'
Calhoun and Jackson are on the ~
page Of the list of the capital iriehus-
The west and north have suppheu 'he'i
full quota of notable names 10 this u.s.
espe .ially since the war. the great ny
| from all sections who have deIshteu ~
enroll themselves among those ny
have labored hardest to make the cap
ital worthy of the republic repuhe 49, an,
put to shame the notion Wnich seems
to have gained some preEaieHce -
| Congress that the brains OF leSisla.ol ,
are not broad enough to cohslde,
| thoughtfully both capital and nation"
affairs. and that it is sta'esHiahi. n
| therefore to ignore dis'a,''i ~. for.l
apital There is no act OF the Tore
ia Tiers which gives more conElnci.iS
i evidence of wise forethought tnan the
crea ton and general design OF the nd
tional city. What they planned the Hen
of today arc fully to carry out Ihere
is in addition the new Washington
that mas sprung up outside OF the orig
inal boundaries. which needs IT'S 6eorse
Washington. its Jefferson ITS l. Eilani
If without loss Of dignity and to their
lasting credit Henry Clay and andre"
jackson could throw themselves, as
they did. enthusiastically, into the
la Dor of securing for the capitai
bridges across the Potomac. there is no
statesman of today so great that ne
will not acquire new laurelS bE the
performance of similar ana much-
needed task for the present CITY. mere
can be no more ennoblins and patriotic
la Dor than that which associates ones
name with those of the i1lustr1ous lore
fathers in developing and adornina the
city of the Union. the nation IN NINA
ture fostering the national sentiment
realizing the national aspiration. Eratl-
fying the national pride.
What IS done for the capital is done
for the nation and for the promotion
OF national sentiment All three do :
vance together. The national value OF
the true capital as unifying patriotic
influence is not TO be disreSarded or
moderated When the southerners Sc
ceded they left Washington with regret
and looked forward to the predicted
early date when they would return to
lesislate under the southern flag. They
have returned to the city which south
erners founded protected and loved.
and they leSislate under the southern
flag-the flag of the Union-south,
north. east and west And nearly all
Of them thank God today that it is so.
They are here neither as captives nor
as conquerors in strange city. but as
prodigals returned to home the
house of their forefathers. rich i'll as
sociations both joyful and pathetic.
standing upon land in which they have
an interest. and governed exclusively
BY the Union. of which they are part
In Washington every American is at
home whether the pine. the cypress or
the cottonwood grew above him. Here
is the altar of American patriotism
not to be approached under the scrip
tural injunction without reconciliation
with our brother of the south. or north,
or east or west. At Washington all
Americans come together on equal
terms, with q common interest The
west learns the east. the north the
south and vice versa. All sections are
bound more closely together. Preju-
dices are softened and gradually re-
move6. National sentiment dominates,
the American spirit is developed and
patriotism is strengthened. In the ma
tionsl crucible sectional jcalousies and