Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-02-16

Assembly OF Ohio, acknowledging the ius.
lice Of those principles which il is my niis.
sion to plend in my owntredden coun,rys
name, declares the mighty and flourishiDg
con,monweath Of Ohio, resolved to restore
the E,ernal Laws Of Nations, to their due
sway, leo long contemned by arbitrary
power.
r. Il was sindeed serrowful sishs sto .ses-
how nations bled and how freedom with.
cred between the iron grasp of desuo,ism.
| leo gued for universal oppression 10 ali hn.
manity. Il was sorlowful sigh, 10 see
that there was no poweroa earth readyto
maintain Ikosa eternal laws. without which.
there is DO security for whatever na,ion
on earth. Il was sorrowful sigh, 10 see
| ali nasions isolafing themselves 10 defence
while despols we're lesgued in ofience.
The riew has changed. A bsigh, lus,re
lis spreading over the Dark sky Of humani.
lty. The glorious. ealaxy Of lhe uni,ed.
States rises with ioIoosi1g brieh,ness ovs,
| the horizon Of Oppressed nations. and The
bloody star of dsspo,ism. by Won. yery De-
clara,ion, fading in its a. me. viii soon
vanish from the sky like meteor. [Ap.,
plause -.
Legislators Of Ohio, il may be f,o,tar;no
to ambitious vanity TO act tie sart of a1
execrated .copqueror, but it. is glorx un.
pa raleled in history to protect rights and
| freedom on esrih. The time draws near
when, BY virtue Of such. a declaration Ike
yours, shared BY your sister S,afes. En-.
ropes liberated nations will unite inn
mighty choir Of haieluias, th1nkine God
that His pa,ernal care has raised ,6s U.
States TO the glorious position Of q frs. bonn
son Of freedom on earth. TApplause.
| Washington prophesied that within
twenty years the Republic Of The United
States would be strong enough To defv aav
power on earth in jas, cause. The Stale
! Of Ohio was not YET born, wheL the wi;es:
Of men, and pursst of patriots told thst
prophecy; and God, the Almighty ha.
made the prophecy true, hy annexine m
prodigious shor. period, more s.ars 10 The
proud constellation of your Republic. and
increasing the iustre Of every star, more
powerful than Washington could have ar
ticipated, in the brightest moments of his
patriotic hopes. Applause.
There is destiny in this, and you are
conscious OF tlis destiny. My sad heart,
though depressed by sickness, is beatin9
with isola,io on and with hope. Rejoice. o.
my nation, in Thy very woes! Wipe of
all thy tears and smile amids. thy ,or,ures.
like tho Dutch hero, De Win. Thsrs 10 a
Providence which rules. Thou wai,, O,
my nation, often the martyr, who by the
blood, didst redeem The Christian nations
on earth. Even thy present. namelsss
woes are Proyidential. They were nsces.
sary, that The star spaogled banner Of
America should rise over q new Sinai
the Mountain OF Law for all nations
Thy suffsrings wers necessary, that The
people Of the United States, powerful by
their freedom, and FREQ by the principle of
national independence, that common right
of all humanity, should stand up, new
Moses upon the now Sinai. and shout ost
with the laundering voice Of its twenty. Ave
milions-"Hear, ye despots Of the wsrld.
henceforward this shall be law, with The
name Of the Lord your God aud o0r God"
+ Applause. -
'.le shall not kill nstiopa"
| Ye shall not steal there freedom.
| Ys shall not cove, ~hat is your nsish>
| boris. Fhunders Of Applause
Hungary is Golso,ha, ah.rs my Pso.
pie are nailed TO the Gloss, that America
may proclaim ;bat law to The bcnsfi, Of all
humanity. But the cross is net tho e.n-
blem Of Death. Il is The sign Of sesurrsc-
lion and bliss. fApplauss.
My nation will rise, called TO rssurrso.
tion by the eternal principles Of the Law of
mature and oc natures God, which YOU thts
! proclaim. [Applause ~ Is.f
/ Sir, there are Two remarkable coinsi.
dences in these facts. The State OF Ohio
and myself have the same age, The very
year whom your CONSTITUTION was framed,
was born. EApplauss Z Nv breas, has
always heaved with intense interest a, the
name of Ohio. /, wan like a. if some,hifs
of supreme importanse lay hidden for uss :
in that name, to which my future was
bound by the very year of my ha,iyity.-