The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-02-10

speech Of EN-GOv. Chase nt the
Meeting Of the Three Lcgislu-
lures.
Al tho festival on the occasion Of the
meeting Of the three Legislatures, At
Columbus, on Thursday evening, the
toast-"The Union: Il must and shall be
preserved" was responded to by Ex-
Gov. Chase, as follows:-
Mr.. PRESIDENT, AND FELLOW CIn-
zEHs-Not far from the city ofNashvilb,
on the Southern shore of the Cumber-
land, amid tho pleasant scenes Of the
Hermitage rises the modest monument
which marks the final resting place Sf
Andrew Jackson.
There, after noble service to his coun-
try in war and peace, the patriot hero
sleeps but his lessons TO his coantry-
men, whether expressed in deels or
words, still live on the printed page or in
their hearts.
Among these lessons none ever met O
heurter response from the whole Ameri-
can people than the simple declaiation
which has just been repeated: Our
I Federal Union: II must be preserved ]
Far distant be the day when il shall meet
a response less decided or less uuani.
nous.
The sentiment itself indeed was but al
echo TO the uttorances Of all patriotic
h arts from the very beginning Of III,
struggle for independence. The prima
necessity of the Revolution was Union
Without it, the Revolution itself, though
in name, a success, would have been, il
truth, a disastrous failure. II was frs
and last among the aspirations Of Wash
| Iington and his great compatriots, and TN
most impressive among the final admoni
tions Of the Father ofhis Country, or,
those which inculcate its priceless worth
and exhort his counrymen to is perpet
ual maintenance.
g 1t was fit that the first President fror
the new States should emphatically reai
Z firm the judgment and purpose Of the frs
/ President from the old,
1t is fit, also, when the Representative
= Of the three States first organized in thi
f great Central Valley, are gathered t
q gether as now, that this sentiment shoul
! be again affirmed with emphasis and d,
n cision. As the rivers Of these States ho'
l. into one Ohio, bearing upon its bosoi
. their common interests of commerce, 6
! should the affections Of the dwellers upo
: their shores flow together in one vast Gu
!, rent Of devotion TO the Union, laden wit
8 the precious freight Of all their destinie
II But, Mr.. President, / must not entt
n on this large theme; the time does n,
/ permit, nor is it needlul. The number
: those who, either at the South or at II
l. North, really believe that the time for ii
r. dissolution of the Union has actually com
n is too small TO excite alarm. And if thef
!. be others, who suppose that la some Il
4 ture contingency, the destruction of ia
noblest political fabric ever reared b
e man may become desirable, we may sat,
e ly trust the logic of events for the demon
. strution of their error.
q For Ohio, at least, l may eonfdentl
+ speak. She has ever been and will eve
= remain loyal 70 the Union and the Cor
n st,tution. While yet in my early mar
n hood ! put on record my conviction thI
e In ell future as in all past oiTcumstaneei
: Ohio will cleaye fast 60 the NatiOn1
= Constitution and the National Union, an
1 that her growing energies will, on n
occasion, be more willingly or power
mlly put forth than in the support an
maintenance Of both in unimpAiTed Vigo
and strength. That conviction remain
/ unchanged
Nor do l doubt, Mr.. President, that In
. spirit and purpose Of Ohio is the spiri
: and purpose of all the States who's
5 worthy and honored Representatives ar
! gathered here tonight.
3 We will not surrender the proud it'll
r Of American citizens. We will not 70
' ncunce our portion IN the glories Of tn
: Imperial Republic We will not madl!
f ding away the most blessed boon Of fre
q Institutions ever youehsafed by Heaven Il
: man. We will not prepare for ourchild
I ren instead Of ihe noble heritage Of free
, dom, prosperity and peace which ou
r fathers transmitted 10 Us, a detestabl
r inheritance Of despotism, calamities an
: civil war.
D No, no, athousand times, no. WeRi
: compose whatever differences have arise
y or may arise, in the spirit Of our Father
Claiming mutually, nothing that we thin
; wrong, we viii concede mutually, wha
n ever we find to be just. Cherishinl
j, above all, with the constant Rrdor I
d Washington, ia eordial and immovabI
4 attachment" to the Federal Union, as wi
q we resolve with the inhexible determinl
Il tion Of Jackson that "rr MUST BE FR
. sERyED."
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