Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-19

ike giant in his stoutesl youth You have
adned to II the sanction of your authority
Your peoples sympath you have. Atamed
INTO law, s'cred AID pure in all -
quences, upon which j
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principle IN this sytyU
had said" Ye despois.
Sovereigns, and proclaim arbiisa j to
be The law Of humanity, we, in ouN 1eglsla-
tive authority, moi derived from sacrilIglouS
violence, like yours. but from the only lie.
gI'imae source Of auihorily-lhe sovereign
peoples wilI-we declare, before Gnd and
the world, TINT Justice aud tight are not
whore you have aedged 1t to he We APP
prove what ye blame. We honor what ye
canmni.te, aud defy your ambitious arro-
gance 10 dictate what shalt be law and
right for humanity" Applause
The view has changed. A bright Ius're
is spreading over the dark sky Of humanity
The glnrIouS galaxy Of the United States
Uses III imposing brightness over the horn
I'm of oppressed nations, and the bloody
star Of despoli,m by your own declaration,
fading IN It's dame, will soon vanish from
the ky like meteor.
But, Sir, | know the value Of The appro
baton am houored whit becomes an
invaluable benefit to all humanity Those
res lutlons by which the General Assembly
of Ono acknowledged the Justice Of those
principles which it is my mission to COM
plete III my downtrodden country's name,
declare the mighty and hnurIshlng Common.
wealth of Ohio resolved to restore the E.
ternal laws of nations to their own sway, SO
long cantemned by arbitrary violence.
1t was indeed sorrowtul sight to see
how nations bled, aud how Freedom wither.
ed in the iron grasp of DespotlSm, leagued
tor the universal oppression of humanity
1t was a Sorrowfnl sight to see that there
was no power on earth ready to MAINTAIN
those eternal laws without which there Is
no security for whatever nation on earth.
| was sorrowfuI sight to see all nations
enrolling themselves IN defense, while des-
pots were leagued in offense.
Legislators of Ohio-It may be hatter
ing to ambitious vanity to act the part OF an
execrated conquerer, but il is glory I'M
PARALLEL in history to take the part of right
and freedom on earth The time draws
near, Wheus Ivy virtue of such declaration
as yours. shared by your sister States,
Europe's liberated nations will unite in a
mighty choir Of haIlelujah and thanks to
God, that his paternal cares have raised the
United States to the glorious position Of the
tir,t son of freedom on earth. Applause. }
Washington prophesied that within twenty
years the Republic of the United St les
would be strong enough to defy any power
on earth in Just cause. The State of O.
hio was yet unborn when the wisest Of
men, aud the purest of patriots uttered that
prophecy and God the Almighty maze that
prophecy true by annexlng, in plodigious-
" short period, more stars to the constela-
ton of your Republic, and increasing the
Iustre of every star more powerfully than
Washington could have anticipated in the
brightest moments Of his patriotic hopes
[AppIanse. There is a destiny in this,
md you are conscious Of this destiny My
sad heart, though depressed by sickness, i,
beating with resolution and with hope. Re
juice, o, my nation! III thy very woes
Wipe off thy tears, and smile amid thy tor
lures, like the Dutch hero, DE Wylt. There
is IA Providence that rules Thou vast, c
my nation, often the martyr who, by thy
blood, dldst redeem the Christian nations
on earth Even thy present nameess woe
are providenlIh. They were necessary tina
the star.spanged banner of America NIGH
arise over new Salnnl-a mountain Il
) law for all natuus Thy sulferngs wer
necessary that the people of the UhIte
States, pow eriul by their freedom, and ire
by the principle of naIloual independents
that common right of all humanity
might stand up a new Moses upon the ne
SINAI, and shout out, with the thuderIn
vnice al its twenty-five millions HeA
We drSpots of the world-henceforth th
shall he law, IN the name of the Lord, yet
G d and our God; Ye shall not xiii natI IA
ie shall not seal their freedom. Ye sha
not covert what Is your neighbur's" Al
pIanse Hungary IS a G5igoIha. w
the pentae are -unlecl t0 the crSs -
merlca may proclaim tina, law to the be6'e7
of all humanity. Blu; the cross is not Iii
emblem of death 1t is sign of reserre(
ton aud bliss. Applause My natSen wi
rise, called to resurrection by the eierns
principles of the law of nature, and of na
lures God, which you thus proclaim
will not lie in It's grave longer than the H,
Iy Three, and will requlle your magnanIn
Ity by becoming the cornerstone of nation
al independence on the European Cont
nent Applause.
Sir, lhele are two remarkable colnclder
ces IN these facts. The State of Ohio an
myself have the same age The very yea
when youl Constitution was framed | wa
born. Applause My breast has alway
heaved with intense interest at the name {
ONO. 1t was as It something OF importanc
lay hidden for me in that name, TO whic
my future was bound, by the very year I
my nativity. This day my anticipation
are realized. The second coincidence il
that The tidings of the present day will jus
reach Washington City when the Senator
Of the United States sit down IN judgmer
upon the question Of international law, an
pronounce upon your country's foreign pc
ICY. Ohio has given its vote, by the reese
lntons had the honor to hear, and Obi
is one Of the brightest stars of the UnloI
Ohios vote is the vote of two millions
will have its Constitutional weight in III
councils where the delegates of the pc,