Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-01-27

| nOnors any personal share. Nay, | know
that even thai which nigh, seem 10 b, PER.
sonal in your toast Is only an acknowledge.
men, of q historical fact, very ins,ruclively
connected with. principle valuable and dear
To every republican heart in the Unitod
States Of America.
Sir. you were rlcased 10 mention In your
toast that | am 1ncoRquered by misfortune,
and unsecured by ambition. Nov, II IL d
lprovideniial fact iha, misEortvn9 .has. tho
Ipsiyilegs d enhoble innii's mini ana ,0
stfan9then nuns chasacrt There 4
sort of natural insrnc, of human dignity In
the heart Of man which steel, his very ner.
yes no. to bend beneath the heavy blows ot
[greu, adversites, Tho palm tree grows
best beneath ponderous weight. Even 80
the character of nan. There Is no meri, in
it, It's law M psychology. The ny
pangs Of small da y cares have often bent
the character Of men, bat grea, misfor,uns
seldom. There is loss danger in this Than
in greu, luck.
And us 10 ambition. indeed mover wac
able 10 understand how nnyb,d can moro
Love ambition Than liberty. Bit nm glad
to state historical fac. as principle dsn.
onslration Of that influence which institutions
exercise upon The character OF na,iuBs.
The liungarians nre very lond Of the
principle of municipal seIf.governmen,. and
we have q natural horror against the prihci.
pie OF GENERALIZATION. That fond attach non,
to municipal seli.soyernmen,, without which
there is no provincial freedom possible. Is a
fundamental feature Of our national charao.
ser We brought it with US from far Asia
thousand years ago, and we conserved /,
throughout the vicissiIudes of ten centuries.
No nation has, perhaps, so IN lch struggled
and suf red from tho civilized Christian
word as we. We do not complain Of lhi.
lot. Ii may be heavy, bu, ii is no, ingori.
Gus. Where the cra1le ofnu Saviour slooi
and where his divine doctrine was founded.
there now another faith rules and VII ,le
Europe's armed pilgrimage coull no, aver,
this fate from that sacred spot, nor STOP lhs
rushing waves Of Isa nisn absorbing the
Christian empire Of Constantine. We atop.
ped those rushing waves. The breast Of
my na,i1n proved a braakwater 10 lhen.-
We guarded christendon that Lulhers and
Calvins nigh, reform il. 1t was danger.
GUS time, and The dangers of the time often
aced the can6dencs Of all my naion into
ooe mans hand ahd that confidence gave
power into his hands TO become ambitious.
But there was not single instance in our
history where man, honorsd by his p.o,
lpe's confidence, had deceived his people by
coming ambitious. The man nui Of whom
Russian diplomacy succeeded TO mako tho
murderer of his nations conf lence -ha
never had II, bu, was rather 'garded always
with dsirust But he gained some viclo.ie,
when victories were the moments chief
necessity. A, the head Of an army, circuui.
Stances placed him in The rpaciiy TO ruin
his country. But he never ha | tn, peoples
cotidcnce. So even he is no CON ra tic ion
10 The historical truth. ina, no Hungarian
whom his lialion honored with It's CO If enco
was ever seducod by arnbi OF TO become
dangerous 10 his counlry's liberty.
That is remarkable fact. nnd ", /, is
moi accidental ii is the logical conse lIence
OF The influence orinsli'uuns upon ins ma.
tionn characl n. Onr nation. through all
It's history, was educated in the school Of
municipal government, and in such u
country ambition, having no tisId, has also
M place IN mans oh ,racl'r.
Tue truth of this ,cr nc becomes w,
mnre illustrated by quiz, contrary hisJor.
icaI fac, in Flanct. Whatever have been
The changes Of government in lha, great
counlry--aud many they have be4n. to b.
sure-we have seen a convention. direc.
IoraIe, conSuIs, aud one consul, and an EN-.
pcrOr. and the restoration, and the clizen
king. aud the republic. Through all these
diff rent experiments. cenlra!izalion was lhs
fundamental tone of thu institutions ul
France-pnwer-al c.mraiize1, ON.
npulenc always vest d somewhere. And
remarkably, ind 'ed, France has never ye.
raised one single man III the s,nl Of p bwsr
who has moi sacific ID his cIun.ry 8 IIr .edon
10 his personal ambiu n.
Ii is sorrowful. indeed, but |. Is narTal.
1t is in the garden of generalization ~hcra
The venomous plant of ambition ihrives.
: dare confidently affirm, that in your great
country there exists not single man ,hro'
whose brains has ever passed the thought
that he would wish TO raise the seat o.: his
ambition upon the ruins Of your country =
liberty, il he could. Such wish is i'm.
possible in The United States. Institutions
react upon The character of nations. He
who sows wind will reap storm. His is The
: revelation of Providence. The Almighty
rules, by eternal laws, not only The material
= but the moral world; and every law is q
principle, and every principle is law
!, Men, as we'll as nations. are endowed with
free will to choose principles; but that once
chosen, the consequences must bo abided.
With sell.government is freedom, and
!, , with freedom is justice and pariousm.-
With Capitalization is ambition, ard with
: ambition dwells despotism. Happy youu
great country, sir, for being so warmly ad
diced 10 that great principle Of self govern.
men'. Upon this foundation your fathers
u raised home ID freedom more glorious
D Than the world has ever seen. Upon this
: foundation you haVe develope! i, ,oa liv
ing wonder Of The world Happy youI
!, great country sir, that il was selected BY
Il The blessing Of the Lord to prove ,Ile glnri
y Gus prac,icabilily of a ledera,ive union o
l. many sovereign States, oil conserving ,heil
Slate tights and The seli:governmen,, anc
J yet united in one-every star beaming with
It's own lus,re, but oil Ioa.,her ono constel