The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-10-10

tain the advance must Gontenf themselves
with no slow movements. Meanwhile we
may regard with just satisfaction our i'm
proyement in machinery and utensils appli-
Gable TO husbandry, some Of which have
gained such distinguished consideration a,
the great exhibitions in England and France.
Your vast Territory, your central position,
your climate your soil, your facilities for
reaching the great commercial marts, the
boundless resources OF your menera wealth
contributing 10 your general power, impose
upon the sterling population of The Keystone
State the duty OF taking the lead in pracu.
cal hu.bandry and in agricultural art and
science.
Nature and the events Of history have i'm
posed upon you in these respects, and ia
oshers, responsibilities which. under the
Providence Of God, can rest upon no other
State. You. my countrymen of Pennsyya-
MA, constitute the political centre of this go'
riuus Union Of States, in which you are an
implegnable empire, cut of which you would
be an empire doomed 10 woe, distaction and
decay. How are these your grave respon.
sibities TO be met? How are these your
solemn duties to be discharged? If ever
| this noble arch Of liberty shall be undermin.
ded. or shall crumble, the crash of the KEY.
stone will be the most fearful and fatal-and
it ought to be.
can never touch the soil lof Pennsylvania
without involuntarily recurring TO the stir
ring incidents OF her history, which ins cad
of being shaded or obscure by time, are in
evitably, as years roll on, to be brought out
in a stronger, clearer, and more glorious
light. Within her boders the declaration of
Independence was drafted, signed, and pro.
claimed to the world. To the memorable
convention of the United Colonies on the
25th of June, 1776, she declared, through
her delegates met in provincial conference,
in favor of absolute separation from the mo-
ther country. Within her borders the Con
stitution under which we live was framed,
adopted, and signed by the Father Of his
Country and those associates whose patri
olic labors, like his own, wifi neve, be for.
gutten. though signatures may fade and
parchments perish Oh! how bountfu have
the uncaculating courage and personal sac
rifces OF the fathers been requitted to the
children.
by the countless common blessings which
that Constitution has so lavishly conferred
Do not, my fell,w citizens, convert it to pur.
poses not embraced in is design! Do no
depart from the strict construction of lis
granted powers which has secured such har.
mOnious actioo, a1d degree of progress
happiness and security, socially and poli.i
cally. of which the history Of nations fur.
nishes no example! Do not for mo nent
iudu ge the desire, or harbor the though.
that you may enjoy the pdivileeges which
the Constitution confers, without ACCORDING
to each and every one Of the sister States Of
the confederation all the rights anil immuni.
ties which it designed to secure TO them!--
AS honorable men you can not do it. S.
long as you are content to live under the
compact, maintain it sacredly in all it's parts
in its letter and in its split. Without a
cheerful, practical, obedience TO all its OBJ.
legations, the Key Stone firmly as it seems
to be set, may be shaken and trembe in its
place.
4 Your past, however, is the best guaranty
for the future, From the days of William
Penn, emlnently peace loving and peace
cultlvatlng people, you have shrunk from nc
responsibility and faltered before no dan,
ger which threatened ou" common country
This was signally verified in the struggle O
the Revolution, in the war Of 1912, anl in
that latter war, when at the first blast of the
summonlng trumpet, your sons fastened to
their Weapons, and forming them selves in
serried columns, rendered more regiments
to the Republic, than the government, with
proper regard TO patriotic enrolments in
other Stales coul ] consistently accept But
there is another class deserving if possible,
still higher praise. mean the fathers of
those gallant sons, the men who own and
cultivate the land, the unobtrusive Union
loving, law abiding, agricultural community
represented here to.day.-that great, aboun.
ding interest compared with which al Others
are but fractions.
And now in conclusion, fellow citizens.
permit me to say, wherever fortune may d.
rect your footsteps, it will be the source Of
just pride, that you hail from Pennsylvania
hut individually, your highes; pride and
stesdiest consciousness Of security, at home
or abroad, will rest in the fact that YOU are
an American Citizen.
During the delivery Of this eloquent replv
the President was frequently interrupted
with demonstrates s'fapplause After some
eloquent observations from Governor Pollock
and Es Governor Bigler, the ceremonies of
reception terminated, and the President pro.
ceeded to inspect the various articles for ex.
hibition.
Pass Him Arouni.