Young folks' history of the United States . d wasthere so important an example of peaceful arbitration. Not long after the great civil war ended, the lead- Death ofing statesmen of the warpassed away. PresidentLincoln himself; WilliamH. Seward, his Secretaryof State ; Edwin M. Stan-ton, Secretary of War;Salmon P. Chase, Secre-tary of the Treasury, andafterwards Chief Justiceof the Supreme Court;and Charles Sumner, theleader of the UnitedStates Senate, — all questions upon whichthe war turned were foundto have been settled ; andnew issues arose, upon some of which the political par- Ne
Young folks' history of the United States . d wasthere so important an example of peaceful arbitration. Not long after the great civil war ended, the lead- Death ofing statesmen of the warpassed away. PresidentLincoln himself; WilliamH. Seward, his Secretaryof State ; Edwin M. Stan-ton, Secretary of War;Salmon P. Chase, Secre-tary of the Treasury, andafterwards Chief Justiceof the Supreme Court;and Charles Sumner, theleader of the UnitedStates Senate, — all questions upon whichthe war turned were foundto have been settled ; andnew issues arose, upon some of which the political par- New questiona. ties of the future will be based. There are various ques-tions which are important, or are claimed as important,— currency reform, civil service reform, revenue reform,woman suffrage, the rights of labor, and matters pertain-ing to temperance, education, and religion. It is impos-sible to foresee what shape these questions may take inthe future, which of them will prove most prominent, orwhich will lead to lasting CHARLES SUMNER. 328 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. What wemay expect. Our mechanical 3kUL Literature,science,and art. Populareducation. Summary. Yet some things we may safely assume. We maytake for granted that wealth will go on increasing; andthat the immense activity and energy that have markedthe American people will still continue. Much as hasbeen accomplished in the way of material progress,more remains to be done. The Pacific Railway is nowopened, and the Atlantic Cable successfully laid. Theseseemed, in their day, to be wonderful steps in communi-cation among men, but it is probable that greater won-ders are still in store for us. The greatest triumphsachieved in the United States have thus far been in thedirection of mechanical ingenuity ; and American litera-ture, science, and art have not yet won the applause ofthe world quite so thoroughly as have American sewing-machines and agricultural implements. Yet the poetryof Bryant, Whittier,
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