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Show An lnvtucililM Nation. Sun Francisco Argonaut, Kvery war in degree has its greater drafts from the rural regions, from the young and ardent, the enthusiastic and patriotic. Cod niado the country, man makes the town. Kvery war leaves its scars and consequences upon the body of the people who constitute the country. coun-try. The great civil war the colossal war of the rebellion, the greatest of the ages of the world in authentic history, with the mightiest and bravest in the world engaged, desperately fought over a broader range of territory than any in the annals nf wars, and coucluded in a blessed ueace unknown anion? other j nations, with unexampled prosperity to attest that swords have been fashioned into plow-shares, and that the blood of patriots is tho fruitful quantity in stronger cementing fraternal ties of common brotherhood this tremendous war caused its miseries, but it has produced pro-duced its henelits and assured imperishable imperish-able blessiugs. It has mailt; thu republic repub-lic the most powerful in the world. It has impressed upon the people the consciousness con-sciousness that, with all the world opposed, op-posed, they ate and will continue invincible in-vincible in arms and most potential in the ways and means which enrich, exalt, ami glorify a nation. |