Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-08-26
REMARKS OF GOV. CHASE


Fellow citi-ens: You have taken me en-
tirely by surprise and | find it impossible
to express to you the feelings which agitate
nv bosom in being received in so kind
manner by the citizens of Boston, came
here few davs ago on a visit to my na-
tive State of New Hampshire, and | am
received here not as n stranger, but as
brother. [Applause.I | am not, indeed,
absolutely stranger in Massachusetts, Tor
nv ancestors were among those who shar-
ed the early trials of this Commonwealth,
and l carried with me, trust, the faith of
the fathers of New England, and adhere to
those great principles of civil and religious
liberty which ever distinguished your Com
monwealth in its origin and progress. l
have become citizen of a State which
was then in the West-but- which has now
by its progress and population, become
not Western State-bardly Central
S,ate-but almost an Eastern State-twln
sister with Massachusetts,. Cheers. "
1t is hardly necessary for me to speak
TO YOU of the principles which have made
Ohio what she is-the Empire State of
the valley of the Mississippi. But let me
say to YOU that some years ago-how many
| Should not care to say if there were any
ladies PRESENT. was riding along The
banks Of the Ohio with that illustrious cit
izen of Massachusetts whose remains now
repose upon the shores of Maisbfeld; and
in contrasting one State with the other,
Mr.. Webster said to me: "My young friend
do YOU know what made this difference p
1t was the ordinance that made it," Yes,
indeed. it was the ordinance, which in his
own glorious language impressed upon the
soil of Ohio an incapacity TO hear up any
other than frecmen. 1t was that ordinance
which did it. And whence came that Or
dinance! Why. fellow-citizens, 1t came
from Massachusetts,. That ordinance came
from Beverly man. 1t was the work of
Nathan Dane-and it was therefore Mas
sachusetts wisdom and patriotism which
reached far forward into the future, and
impressed upon the soil Of Ohio that 'glo-
rious "incapacity." Cheers. And now
what have we to do. Our country expects
of us-the world expects of us-that we
shall never prove faithless to those glori-
Gus principles which gave TO us the May
fower-and which were propagated in the
ordinance, and which in their advancing
march have come 10 be shared all over the
West. even California, now admitted into
the Union, and clothed all over with the
glorious panoply of freedom. (Cheers.
1t is enough-and | have often express
ed the ideaEit is enough if the Constiiu-
tuition as il was understood by tlre'fathers,
be administered in its purity in order to at
tain this. But in order TO do this we must
see to it that the principles of freedom are
made to animate every function of our ma
tional government, and every officer con-
cerned in its administration. Cheers. To
do this is our'duty. We must simply dis
regard all petty differences; not inquire
whether man, yesterday or day before,
was an American, Wing, or a Democrat,
but whether be is true 10 the principles of
'76. Animated by that glorious principle
of democracy which believes in the man.
hood of every man, and denies the right of
any legislature or association ofindividuals
10 take from any man his God-given-rights
animated by these great principles, for
getting what is past, we will press on be-
fore us, and achieve for ourselves that great
prize which our fathers propagated by
great principles.
And now,. having expressed som, views
which I regard as important, and thanking
you from the bottom of my heart for your
kindness, let me bid you good night-not
SIS an Ohio man-not as Massachusetts
rlan-but as an American; embracing in
its highest regard American principles, and
all the interest of our whole glorious coun-
try. prolonged cheering.
Gov. Chase then retired immediately
after which calls were made for Josiah
Quincy, Francis Brinley and others, bat
there was no response, and the assembly
soon after dispersed.
ENCOURAGING ANNOUNCEMENT. The