The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Gov. Chase of Ohio.

Gov. Chase. of Ohio, has lately visited
Boston. On Tuesday evening the Re-
publican caucus called on him at the
Revere House. Having been introduced
to the audience by Hon. Josiah Quincy,
Jr., he spoke substantially as follows:--
FELLOW CITIzENs:-You have taken
me entirely by surprise, and find 1t i'm
possible TO express to you the feelings
which agitate my bosom in being received
in so kind a manner, by the citizens OF
Boston. / came here a few days ago on
a visit to my native State OF New Hamp-
shire, and | am received here, not as a
stranger, but as brother. / am not,
indeed, absolutely a stranger in Massa-
chusetts, for my ancestors were among
those who shared the early trials Of this
Commonwealth, and l carried with me,
l trust, the faith of the fathers of New
England, and adhere to those great prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty which
ever distinguished your Commonwealth
in its origin and progress. have become
citizen of State which was then in the
West-but which has now, by its progress
and population, become-not Western
State-hardly Central State-but almost
an Eastern State-twin sister with Massa-
chusetts.
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 citizen of Massachusetts,, whose
remains now repose upon the shores of
Marshfield; and in contrasting one State
with the other, Mr.. Webster said to me:
"My young friend, do you know what
made this difference 1t was the Ordi-
nance that made it." Yes, indeed, it was
the Ordinance, which in his own glorious
language impressed upon the soil of Ohio
an incapacity to bear up any other than
| freemen. 1t was that Ordinance which
did it. And whence came that Ordi-
nance? Why, fellow-citizens, it came
from Massachusetts,. That Ordinance
came from Beverly man. 1t was the
work of Nathan Dane-it was therefore
Massachusetts wisdom and patriotism
which reached far forward into the future,
and impressed upon the soil Of Ohio that
glorious "incapacity" 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 to be shared all over the
West, even California, now admitted into
the Union, and clothed all over with the
glorious panoply of freedom.
1t is enough-and | have often ex-
pressed the idea-iti is enoughif the Con-
stitution, as it was understood by the
fathers, be administered in its purity in
order to attain this. But in order to do
this, we must see to it that the principles of
freedom are made to animate every func-
ton of our National Government, and
every officer concerned in its administra-
ton. To do that, is our duty. We must
simply disregard all petty differences /;
not inquire whether man yesterday, or
day before, was an American, Whig or a
Democrat, but whether he is true to the
principles of '76. Animated by that glo-
rious principle of Democracy which be-
lieves in the manhood of every man, and
denies the right of any Legislature or as
socation of individuals to take from any
man his God given rights; animated by
these great principles, forgetting what is
past, we will press on before us, and
achieve for ourselves that great prize
which our fathers propagated by great
principles.
And now, having expressed some views
which regard as important, and thank
ing you from the bottom of my heart for
your kindness, let me bid you good night
NOT as an Ohio man-not as Massa-
chusetts man-but as an American; en-
bracing in its highest regard American
principles, and all the interest of our
whole glorious country.