Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-15

The inscription over the western en-
trance was this:
aGeneral goodth object of legislaticn.
Perfected by knowledge Of mani 3 wants and
Natures abounding means. applied by estab-
| hshing
Principles opposed to monopoly"
Overthe Southern and principle entrance
were inscribed several lines by the poet of
the Columbian, perhaps copied from that
very patriotic but most unreadable epic,
the sentiments of which will be admitted
to be excellent whatever may be said of
the poetry.
Equality of Right is Natures plan,
And following nature is the march of man,
Based on its rock fright your empire lies,
On walls Of wisdom let the fabric rise;
Preserve your principles; their force unfold;
Let nations prove them and let Kings behold
FouAIlrr, your first firm grounded stand
Then FREE ELECTION; then your FEDERAL BAND,
This holy Triad should forever shine.
The great Compendium of all Rights Divine,
Greed of all schools, whence youths by millions
draw
Their themes of Right, their decalogues Of law;
Till men shall wonder Tin their codes inured,)
How wars were made. how tyrants were endu-
red.
1t seems that our sturdy fathers thought
the word Federal was liable to miseon-
ception, for they caused it to be erased by
painting over 1t the word ssUnion," In
process Of time, however, the paint washed
otf-what warning this to politicians =
and the word Federal reappeared as orig
inally engraved. With the old State
House and the old Constitution, terminated
an epoch IN the histosy of our State, TO
which her children will ever look back with
: patriotic PRIDE. Even now there seem to
pass before me the forms of the noble men
who made 1t illustrious There moves
: Putnam, honored with the confidence of
) Washington; there, Harrison. magnani-
nous in thought and heroic in deeds: there
; Worthington, the friend of Jefferson: there
5 Burnet, wise in legislation and upright in
l magistracy; there the honest and unscfisb
, Morrow; there Vance, faithful to every
t trust; there the generous and eloquent Ly
r tie, too early lost; there the ACCOMPLISHED
, Hamar, spared by the sword, but felled by
disease in a foreign land; there Morris the
: fearless tribune of the people; there Sher-
i man, exchanging before life's noon, the er
e mine for the shroud; there Hitchcock,
4 clear in judgment and infexible in integri-
, ty; and there-but must break off the
f enumeration. Time would fail Inc were
e to attempt to name even half of those
: whose elevation of character, gurity of pur
e pose, sagaeity in council and vigor in actor
4 distinguished that period. Happy shal
we be if we prove ourselves the worthy
: successors of such men.
D The foundation of the New State House
K was laid by Ex-Governor Morrow, in the
S presence of a vast multitude of spectators
? on the 4th day of July 1889. It's build
S ing was hardly begun, when, in 1910, the
General Assembly arrested the progress oi
7 the work. 1t was resumed in 1s4s, and
!, under the auspices Of successive Boards Of
0 Commissioners, is now so far advanced
: that the two Houses of Assembly, the Su-
e preme Court of the State, the officers OF
. the Executive Department, and the various
D Boards charged with special functions in
: the public service, can be accommodated
: within its walls. The Library Room, the
Rotunda, the Dome and some other parts
Y of the edifice remain to be completed.
h You, sir, have spoken of the structure
Y and I will not venture to add any thing tc
d what you have ftly said.
n And now, what of the future? | shall
not attempt to fathom it. 1 prefer rever-
: emily to commit our destinies through the
: coming time to that Providence which has
g hitherto watched over us for good En-
: deavoring honestly to conform our legisla-
:, tion and administration to his eternal laws
C we may confront its dangers without fear
: We need not doubt that faithful adherence
n 10 the principles which have brought US to
: the elevated position we now occupy, will
advance us to more conspicuous heights
!, Let these massive walls, then, stand amid
= future generations, and testify. to them Of
S our devotion to truth, to justice and to lib
S erty.
e That they may so stand, and so testify,
: may we not fitly join in the noble invoca-
: ton of the illustrious man by whom the
cornerstone of this edifce was laid: "May
}. the lightnings of heaven which seattle and
n the whirlwind and storm which PROSTATE
f the works of man, pass by and spare this
\ House, erected by mighty people, and
/ consecrated to social order and constitutions
: al government. And may the counsels of
: truth, of justice, and public virtue preside
G in its halls; and may discord and faction
5 be put far from them; and may the free
i and united people who reared it, whose
: temple it is, watch over and cherish within
e its walls the form and spirit of their Re
d publican Institutions. And may the bles-
: sings of benign Providence now, and
: through all coming time, rest upon this
people, and upon this house, the work OF
4 their hands"
|. Gov. Chase was frequently applauded
: during the delivery of his admirable ad-
f dress, which is valuable contribution Of
f the early history, and the progress of the
Y great State over which he presides with
!, ripened judgement and marked ability
: His reference to the Old Constitution and
: the Old State House was very happy-and
J; the pioneer fathers of the State rose il
u reality at his solemn bidding, before The
r minds of his vast audience The Address
! should be published in every newspaper III
h Ohio, and be treasured in every family.
e Response By Representative Smith.
The Hon. Thomas Smith, of Montgom-
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