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Show THE apart. Tim patriotic response of the people, one and all, without regard to locality, .should foreer silence those carping editors this state is not. without a specimen or two who have sneering! y referral to rebels and maliciously questioned, hy innuendo, the patriotism of Lite people of the South. It will demonstrate to Eastern money barons who have cast insinuations upon the people of tie West that Here is no division where country is concerned. Hard times are forgotten in the exigency of the moment, and men who vesterday complained of national extravagance, are willing to vote today for inoiwv to burn ot the altar of national honor, to warm to life the blood of humanity, 'lie call to arms is answered from tie interior as quitkly as from the coast, from lie center all around to the sea. amt lie heart of lie country beats strong, sending its current of loval courage pulsing to its very toes and turner tips. .Murat Halsteads paper recognizes this. Hot a 1m g time it doubted tie West, Recent events have removed that doubt, and now it says: "If there js room for a. few brave American box s on the ironclads, advertise in the W'esti rn papers, and see whether the woods are not lull of such fellows as came when Father Abraham called for them. '1 lie truth is, the West is for the next. war. All that the boys wotild le to know is that the plowshare of wrath moves in the right, dire' tion." 1 i In a national struggle there are neither party lines nor sectional lines, A grandson of (Pm. Grant has applied to Hen. Fit.hugh Lee for a place on his staff. Mrs. Grant expressed the wish, patriotic, womanly, sublime, that a. Lee and a Grant should tight together. It will be so. And no matter what may lie the outcome of the present conflict, it has been clearly demonstrated that sectionalism in this inuntry has been wiped out forever. The Chicago tadical administration organ, says of Con. Lee: "Gen. Fit.hugh Leo upon his recall from Cuba received a Times-TTeral- d. continu- ous ovation, which boitan in Florida and ended in Washington. At various points on route thousands of citizens gathered to cheer the fearless Virginian who hail with such signal ability discharged every duty of his most onerous position. Throughout all the trying hours of the last few months Gen. Loo has remained at his post cool, dignified. fearless an ideal man for the position he has honored. While the administration forces in. Washington have been exhausting the of diplomacy Gen. Leo has had practical control of American interests in Cuba. That he has done his work well cannot be questioned : that his eminent services are recognized by a grateful country is abundantly demonstrated hy the attitude of the entire press re-sour- ees people. DANGER OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. Tn certain quarters, since the present misunderstanding with Spain began to assume serious proportions, considerable apprehension has been shown concerning the probable attitude of the other European Tn the interest of their There isn't much to fear. powers. fnaneiers an effort was made to secure peace, just as our own President sought to preserve it at any price. apparently acting for a similar class. Put European nations are not particularly interested in Cuba, which is within a stones thrown one might say. of this country. They are not wwapped up in the destiny of Spain or the4 fate of her colonies. Furooean interference is generally actuated by motives of greed or retaliation, and nothing short of the island itself would justify such an entanglement. The powers are watching each ether too closely: they are entirely too jealous of each other for one to gobble up a, morsel of territory without, taking chances, not with this government alone. Put no power in Europe covets Cuba, wrhile they all. with the solitary exception of Spain, regard the United Slates with a wholesome resneet. Snain has received little encouragement save such as it was able to extract from the humane efforts of its neighbors to prevent a wnr and the attendant sacrifice of life. Tn this effort all Christian nations joined formally however, as thev tv Cl that the ennse of humanity really demands the punishment of Spain. No nation is better situated, geographically and otherwise, fo administer that punishment than is the United States. Tt is not involved in. Asiatic broils or otherwise forced to close its ears to ITm nlea. of mistreated human beings. Tt is free to net from generous impulses and mighty" enough to do so without getting permission from abroad. The marvelous resources of this land, the dare-dev- il dispo IB EE 3 "iithiisi.tMii .no! iiatiiolb .cal of sition of its sohliii', lb" mgt'iimt d this nation to a, plant among tin it q " haV" of gi'milt-sof is Russian bear the answered by Hi" loar of tnnh. The gfowl tie- Hritish lion; tin Fivtn Innan eves the and tin German frowns; the, Italian navy is for sale, and matters in tin Orient are note too settled. linre is every reason Id believe that tin Fniled ion. 'linre is no reason Slates will be treated with ordinary . i 1 1 , 1 i ! - tb-nna- t on.-ider- .it why it .shouldn't, be allowed to .set In its dil'feieiiee.s with Spain in its own fashion, Onlv adviee Ironi abroad should be tolerated, and not too much of that. Let soon European power attempt to go farther and a division of them all will be calbd for. Tiny are mu in harI - art of the union. The gallant, spirit of tin National Guard has been most noticeable. Its almost unanimous determination to face t.lio dangers and sacrifices of war is commendable. And the decision of this government to give guardsmen the preference in the call is just and right. This division of the army is made for war purposes the regulars and the volunteers. And all enlistments of the latter branch are for three vears. unless the war is sooner ended. The ngimental and company officers of the volunteer army are to he appointed hy the President, upon the recommendations of the Governors of the states in which the respective organizations are raised. Tt is a iso provided that when the members of any company or regiment of the organized militia shall enlist in the volunteer army in a body, as such company or regiment, the. regimental and company officers in service with (he militia organization thus enlisting may he appointed hy the President, subject, to an examination as to fitness and capacity, to he officers nf corresponding grades in the same organization when it is received as a part of the volunteer army. There is quite a, eontest between local militiamen for the leadership of Utah's forces just now. General John Q. Gannon, every inch a soldier; Colonel F. A. Grant, now in command: and Tlrjgadier GeneraT Willard Young are candidates for the place. I -- There are some inconsistencies in the present, federal code, but. it is said that, all troops in time of war. whether belonging to t.he regular or volunteer army, are to be organized into divisions of three brigades, each brigade to lie composed of three or more regiments, and wrhen three or more divisions are assembled in the same army, t.he President is to organize them into army corps, each corps to con sist of not more than throe divisions. The President is to appoint in the volunteer army not exceeding one major general for each organized army corps and division, and one brigadier general for each brigade, to he selected from the regular or volunteer army or tho ' 7 militia. ' ' ' The policy of giving preference to established military organizations is eminently satisfactory. For many years earnest and patriotic men have devoted time and energy and means to the training of troops for just such an emergency as this wrhich nowr confronts us. The general government has done a little nowr and then for the guard; different states have, with varying liberality and judgment, maintained local military" organizations: enthusiastic members have drawn upon their private accounts to keep them up; and so we have the National Guard, over a hundred thousand strong. Tt wouldnt he right to ignore them, and it is gratifying to know that the authorities intend to recognize merit and industry" at the outset. As one federal official has said: This country" has had some bitter and costly experience in military affairs: the mathematician cannot compute tho blood and treasures that have been wasted in the course of our history hy the placing in the field of untrained soldiers. The National Guard and its reserve would he in good condition for active service within a very short period possibly twro or three weeks of encampment would he sufficient but untrained volunteers would need six months of instruction before they would he ready" to do duty at the front. |