Show DAUGHTERS OF THE revolution Is IN THE chicago fiey of march 21 1891 there ther is in an article entitled 4 aur foremothers Forena Fore othere mothers and written by a woman man tt it is a plea for the cultivation of a profound american apt among the citizens of this thia republic and it dwells on the necessity of in cul cating in the minds of the young a reverence for the founders of the wa united states and a desire to learn and arf preserve erve their history the lady writer though condemning faction factionist fact lani and society organizations yet upholds two which were but recently established abe these e are entitled ti the sons of the revolution and the baugh daughters of the tion 1 I the object and mission of bot both h to is to collect and preserve the unwritten history of the revolution to the principles of national freedom then promulgated and to perpetuate love of country ania and to conserve knowledge that make the coming generation worthy of ie ancestry she says history has done well enough for our forefathers but not so weil well for our fore foremothers mothers it is true the exploit of lydia clydla dar rah the in preventing the capture of washington at white marsh lo is known so is the story of rebecca motte at charleston but what the wor women in general did at the time of the taj revolution to is not known it was the women who converted pewter teapots into bullets who made gunpowder who wove homespun uniforms for the soldiers and who in a word made the revolution a success cess to preserve and to collect the history of the women of this time is the mission of the daughters of the Revola revolution tiou I 1 it must be admitted this is a laudable work but according to the lady who writes in the inter doean the necessity of it and the causes which led to its formation afford a sad chapter in our history she says the american is so absorbed in the race for wealth that he is cold to the abuses in politics but let the lady speak for he herself bolf here are some of hoc her remarks the political outlook was never more discouraging than now the country seems to be oe given over into the hands of professional politicians the administrative and executive departments of the government have apparently passed into their control and there has never boon been an era of greater corruption malfeasance 1 in office with general neglect and mismanagement of public affairs men are clothed with authority who are unfit by nature and training for the exercise or of power the people are divided into factions each clamoring for separate recognition and distinct cepro representation sen tation their demands uve have no reference to the general weal but bat are based entirely upon the promotion of selfish interests and the selfish hope of Pets personal onal and factional reward I 1 the legislatures in session 0 n th out the country during the past winter have surpassed themselves in partisan disputes in some instances alre arma me have supplemented ancen incendiary 0 oratory in others the so called deadlock has obstructed the transaction of necessary public business costing the th 8 state enormous sums while intrigue trickery plot and counterplot counter plot have been een called into requisition to help to success the furtherance therence fur of some conscienceless scheme athas it has even reached the point wb abere ere a game of poker my may appi nominally 11 decide an election to the un united states Seif senate tate 17 the fb foreigner having been naturalized retains all lis his ram race prejudices his national traditions and a seeks t a to cultivate upon american soil customs inimical co a pure democracy and which as an adopted citizen of a rep he is ii in duty bound to relinquish we have almost dail daily y the spectacle of one born bom race declaring alien another foreign born race which h has bee been as much americanized as itself so as obedient to the laws and aad in every way quite as desirable as adopted citi |