Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-08-26
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Speech of Gov. Chase at Boston.

Speech Of Gov. Chase at Boston.
There was Republican City Conven-
tion held at Boston the other day. 1t was
announced that Gov. Chase of Ohio. was
at the Revere House, and when the Con-
vention adjourned it proceeded in process
sion to pay its respects to the Governor
The Boston Courier says:
Gov. Chase was brought out on balcony
and was received with loud cheers. Upon
being introduced to the gathering in the
street he said
Fellow CITIZENS You take me en-
tirely by surprise. 1t is impossible for me
to express the feelings which agitate my
bosom when received in so kind manner
as have been to-day by the citizens of
Boston. came to your city few days
ago upon visit to my own native "Com-
monwealth' of New Hampshire, but you
have made me feel, by your kindness, as if
l were not stranger but brother. Ny
ancestors were among those who shared
the early trials of this Commonwealth, and
l trust carry with me the faith of the
fathers of New England in those great
principles of civil and religious liberty
which have distinguished your Common
wealth, in its glorious progress. have
become a citizen of a State, which was
then Western State, ibut has now, by tho
prog ess of population and the wonderful
expansion OF our Republic, become not q
Western State, hardly a central State. but
almost an Eastern State,-twin sister of
Massachusetts, and still the Empire State
of tue valley of the Mississippi. APPLAUSE
Some years hgo,-many years ago, more
years ago than should like TO tell if there
were any ladies -(laughter) IL
was riding along the banks ef the Ohio
with that illoustrous citizen of Massacbu-
sets whose remains now repose upon the
shore of Marshfield, and he said to me,
contrasting the appearances of one shore
with the other, the great progress of Ohio
with the slow progress of kentucky.-"My
young friend, do you know what has made
all this ditierenceg 1t is the Ordinance. y
That has done 1.-THE Ordiuanee,-which
in his own language, impressed upon the
soil OF Ohio an incapaclly to bear up any
other than free men. 1t was that OrdI-
nance which did it. And whence came
that OrdiDances Why, fellow citizens, it
came from Massachusetts. That Ordinance
came from Beverly man; it was the work
of Nathan Dane. 1t WAS therefore, Massa-
chusetts wisdom and Massachusetts patriot
ism, which, God be thanked, reaching far
forward into the future, impressed upon
the soil Of Ohio that incapaelty. So
Aud now, fellow citizens, what have we
to do. Our country expects US, the world
expects US, that We shall never prove faith
less to those principles which came to US
in the May flower, which were reiterated
in the Ordinance, and which are now scat
tering their manifold blessings over the
great west, and have already brought Cal
ltornia into the Union as the Queen State
of the Pacific, clothed all over in the pam
oply of freedom. In order to administer
the Constitution as understood by our
fathers and in order to obtain those results
at which they aimed, we must see to it
that the principles OF freedom are made to
animate every function of the governmen-
and every officer concerned in its admins
tration. And to do that, what is our duty I?
Why simply that we shall disregard here
after those petty differences which We have
suffered to divide US; not TO inquire wheth-
er man was yesterday or day before q
Wh,r A rparoon or Ilop,,nrot hut NJ hat hor
he is penetrated by the great Wing princi-
piles OF '76, the American principle which
seeks to place the American nations in the
front rank of nations in power and action,
as she already is IN freedom, and whether
he is animated by that glorious principle
of Democracy which believes in the human
ity OF every man, aud denies TO all legisla-
tu.'es and TO all associations as individuals
the power to take from any man the rights
winch God has given him,-asking only
whether he is animated by these great
principles, forgetting all that is past, and
pressing ON to achieve the great results for
which our fathers prepared the way Zap
plause.
And now, fellow citizens, having thus
briefly expressed to you some of the views
which l regard as ofimporlanee, and thank
ing you over a. d over again from the bot
tom of my heart for the kindness You have
shown me, let me bid you good night, not
as an Ohio man, not as a Massachusetts,
man, but as an American, embracing in
my regard, all the interests Of our whole
glorious country. Continued applause.)