Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-05

enemies: but not better than myself. l ear
willingly admit my brother to an equal enjoy.
meat OF q common inheritance; but cannot
when he does me violence any injustice
strengthen his arm 20 as to enable him forcibly
to take it all. So. can and will love my South.
ern Heighbor. will divide with him the tenn
pie of Liberty. will shield him from the evil
doer. But when he denies to rpe what am
willing to grant to him. and that which my title
covers, l will not stultify myself. and place
weapons in his hand for my destruction: and
/ will never pay tribute for either his kindness
or forbearance Cuba may be important to the
Union; will admit that il will be so when We
have Just and equal lava. and honest officers
but before We acquire il, desire to be informed
whether any Legislation can possibly be had as
beneficial TO Pennsylvania as the purchase
would be to. Tennessee or Georgia: and; above
all, shall seek to know how, theaceforward
we are to be treated. For if am traitor-an
unconscious and unrewarded one-to either thir-
ty-three or fifteen States. will not add to the
enormity of my offence. by extending the num-
Der of States against which my guilt must op.
crate.
have stated, as cnncisely as / could. my
judgment of the management Of the Govern
ment for the last two years. trust have
made il plain and distinct have not descend
ed to minute particulars; the proof of my dec
larations having become matter Of enduring re-
cord has rendered it unnecessary 10 do 50.
leave it before you and the country. as full
Justification for our present course. and rs the
reason for our settled determination to refuse to
be identified with movements we both deplore
and despise. Desiring to be fair, we cannot iol-
crate deception. Sustaining right. We mus. de.
nounee usurpation. Aiding justice. we cannot
infict wrong. Economy is not presented to
us as a choice; it is forced upon I'd as neecssi.
ty; and having been trained in a system Of pol
itics that we love. and taught to regard purity
az essential TO power it is too late in cur lives
TO turn demagogues to maintain majorities. or to
barter for smiles from rotten rule. II is true
that renewed and continued denunciation and
prescription are likely TO be our reward for the
choice that we make; but cannot avoid hint.
ing to those who suppose they have throttled
the wolf, that they may have oaly caught him
by the ears.
It is told that when the Belvidcre Apollo was
in the Louvre. a lady Of gushing and fasciaa-
ting beauty came with each returning sun to look
upon and love it, t,wreahting it with seleeied flow
ers. and clasping il in all the arder of her youth.
full heart. Days and weeks and months rolled
on. until at last the cold and stony figure turn
ed her warm blood to ice. and she was found
dead. with her face buried in her hands. and
leaning against it. Sir, ,oc may be too ideal,
and look for perfection which nature does not
furnish. Like the daughter of the Baron. we
may bestow the jewels of the heart where their
valne can never be appreciated. and our last
pulse may kneel in absorbing and silent adora-
tion before the symbol of a god. If sueh mus,
be. we may well claim. al least, a generous
sympathy. for that form once had brain. and
heart, and life. and power. In the days OF Jef-
ferson it was wise and creative, in the days oI
Madison brave and benevolent, and in the days
of Jackson commanding and rcsistless. Then
it was the awe inspiring guardian of Liberty
American Democracy - inviting companion
ship. and holding in its hands the olive brapch
of peace and the thundrbolt of war.
But. sir. we will not die. but live. We have
Aristotle's hope. the dreams of waking men,
and their appalling interpretations shall be
written out in letters of fire npon walls of ada
mant 1t shal, be read of all men, from the
Aroostook to the Golden Gate You have it,
truth in whisper shall eonfound the lie from a
trumpet; aud naked child shall tread upon
the armored giant leading the hosts marshalled
against the advancing civilization and rithteous
government of man.
Look not baek-we have learned the past
but onward. onward, with steady eye and un-
wavering step. The goal is before you! You
will remember that when Orpheus lost Enry-
dice. he followed her even into the abode of
Hades. where. by the power of his Tyre. he won
her back; but it was enjoined upon him that he
should mol look upon her until he had arrived
in the air. At the very moment they were pass
ing the fatal bounds; it is said his love overcame
him. and looking around TO know that she was
following him, she was caught hack into the ia
fernal regions. The story embotlies pregnant
moral. If you would regain the loved and the
lost, then forward! forwar,ii
/ am done. II l have been dull. you will
pardon me. If have inspired a single patri-
otic thought or feeling. have my reward.
Mr.. Hickman was frequently interrupted by
demonstrations of applause during the delivery
of his able and eloquent address.