Show I I THE FEELING OF UNITY One of the features of the preparation i prepara-tion for war that it is pleasant to contemplate i con-template is the feeling of unity that I j pervades the entire nation Whenever i i i one state makes a demonstration of I patriotism all the others rejoice in it I j i while none is envious Massachusetts I grand libertyloving Massachusetts is j the latest state to give such a display I Friday Governor Wolcott sent a message mes-sage to the legislature recommending i an emergency appropriation of 500000 I i to increase the efficiency of the state militia Just 25 minutes from the time r I the message was received by the legislature legis-lature the bill was signed by the governor I gov-ernor and had become a law Surely i i the spirit of 76 pervaded Governor j Wolcott and the legislature and no j j doubt each breast was stirred by the j I thought that Concord and Lexington i I and Bunker Hill while American memories mem-ories are peculiarly Massachusetts I memories And New York and Michigan have given proof of their patriotism also And who cares whether the governors and legislators of these states are Democrats Republicans or Populists I is enough for the people to know that they are Americans The country I knows no sectionalism and an ex confederate Consul General Lee Is as I popular in what was once the abolition north as he is in what was once the slaveholding south As each day brings war nearer so each day makes the country more and more united I Petty differences are sunk out of sight and even great political issues are held In abeyance Who shall say that I the country will not again see great war governors I possesses them In I ppsse and It may hue them In ease |