The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-13


contest, invoking her good name and her
most cherished sentiment. All who
watched the currents of debate, even as
imperfectly as / did in my distant retire
ment, know with what readiness, cour.
age and power he acted, showing himself
by his extraordinary energies equal to
the extraordinary occasion. But it be-
longs to me particularly to recognize his
unfailng sympathies for myself, and his
manly assumption Of all the responsible
ties OF the hour. am not here to in
dulge in eulogy nor to open any merit-roll
OF service; but the same feeling which
prompts these Acknowledgements to my
colleague embraces also the Common
wealth, from whom we have received our
trust. To Massachusetts, mother of us
all, great in resources, great in children,
now pledge my devotion. Never before
did she inspire equal pride and. affection.
My filial love does not claim too much
when it exhibits her as approaching the
pattern of Christian Common wealth,
which, according to the great English Re
publican, John Milton, ought to be but as
one huge Christian personating one NIGH
ty growth and stature Of an honest man,
as big and compact in virtue as in body.
Not through any worldly triumphs-not
through the vaults of State street.-The
spiudles of Lowell-or even the learned
endowments Of Cambridge. is Massachu-
setts thus; but, because, seeking to ex-
tend the benign influence of civilization
which she cultivates at home, she stands
forth the faithful, unseduced support of
human nature. Wealth has its splendor,
and the intellect has its glory. But there
is a grandeur in such a service which is
above even the regard of good men, and
will have the immortal life of history
For this she has also the reproach and
contumely which throughout all ages
have been poured on those who have
striven for justice on earth. Not now for
the first time in human struggles has
truth, whom most .dishonored,' seemed
most radiant in gathering glory. even out
of obloquy. When Sir Henry Vane the
courageous champion of the English com
monwealth was dragged on hurdle up
the Tower Hill to suffer death by the axe,
one of the maltitude cried out to him,
"You never sat on SO glorious seat;"
and again, when Russell was exposed in
the same streets, en- the way to the same
scafold, the people, according to the sim
pie narrative of his biographer, imagined
they saw liberty and virtue sitting By his
side. Massachusetts is not without en-
couragement in her own history. She has
seen her ports closed by an arbitrary Pow
er-has seen her name made by-word
of reproach-has seen her cherished lead
ers, Hancock and Adams, excepted from
all pardon from the Crown; but then,
when most dishonored, did Massachusetts
deserve most--tben was she doing most
for the cause of US all; and now, when
Massachusetts, is engaged in greater
cause than that of our fathers, how Sc
renely can she turn from the scof and the
jeer Of heartless men. Her only dis
grace will be in the disloyalty to the truth
which is to n; axe her free. Worse to her
O, far worse than the evil speaking of
others, is the conduct of some of her own
children. 1t is hard to sever the scholar
ship which has been drawn from her els
terms. and the riches which have been ac-
cumulated under her hospitable shelter.
now employed to weaken and discredit
the cause which is above riches or schol
arship. 1t is hard while our fellow citi-
zens in Kansas, bone of our bone, and
flesh of our flesh, plead for deliyerance
from cruel usurpation. and while the
whole country, including our own soil, is
trodden down by domineering and bru
tai despotism, to behold the sons of Massa-
cbusetts in sympathy, open or disguised.
with the vulgar enemy quickening every
where the lash of the task master, and
helping forward the satanic carnival,
when Slavery shall be fastened not only
upon PROSTATE Kansas, but upon all the
Territories OF the Republic; when Cuba
shall be torn from a friendly power by
dishonest force, and when the Slave Trade |
tself, with all its crime, its woe and its
shame shall be opened anew under the
American flag. With such l have no
word of controversy at this hour, but
urning from them now in my weakness.
[ trust not to seem too severe if covet
or the occasion something of the divine
power.
To bend the silver bow with tender skill,
While void of pain the silent arrows kill.
Gladly from these do I turn to another
character. yet happily spared to Massa
;husetts, whose heart beats strong with
he best blood of the Revolution and with
he best sentiments by which that blood
yas enriched--tLe only child of one of
he authors of American liberty-for
many years the able and courageous rep
of Boston on the floor of Con-