Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-10-17

esidei there for only a year whose whole
means have been expended in procuring
farms and shelter. and planting their crors
which have sac essive'y failed. Many f
these are leav'n the Territory-some say
Sc many rs one hu bred a { av. They ought
to be relieved, and a very little assistans
w0ulO Vnable them In remain there and
retain their Possessions and improvements,
and resume the culture Of their fields. un-
der m're favorable auspices, next spring.
With much diffdence. | commend the sub
lect to the citizens of Ohio. Perhaps a /
larger portion of the Republicans of Kan
sas are EN- grants from Ohio than from any
other State Do not forget that Kan
sas IS the most important outpost Of the Re-
publican amy; that it is yet on paper at
least. il a state of seise; though the enemy
has been driven out. a treaty Of peace and
Independence has not vt been 81 med.
Fellow citizens. | am unable TO mike
you what is called a speech, for | have left
my voice at Chicago. but | will say some
thing, in order, if possible. to lot altogeth-
er disappoint any expectations which you
may entertain. You have come together.
not for amusement, or to crafty passion or
IrejTdice. Each of you. as citizen of the
United States, is invested with a portion of
sovereignty over the greatest and most i'm
poTtant nation of the world. Time is d.
vided into past. present. and the future.
but there is in truth no present. Each
one Of Us. therefore. lives in and for the
past. or for the future. The worst use of
time that could be made is to employ it in
the concerns of the past. The past ought
to have taken care of itself if it has not.
We can do nothing to change it. The fu-
ture, only. is subject in any degree to our
control and direction. The past was the
time of tradition. The Revolution of 80.
the Republican Revolution of 1900, the
war of 1872. the Tariff controversy, the
question of the Bank of the United States,
have passed away. with the generations
which discussed o. acted in Il EN-. A man
may have his opinion upon one or other of
those subjects but it leads to no practical
conclusion how. Action for the future con-
Germs freedom or slavery within the terri
tories Of the United States. and to discharge
our responsibilities well AM wisely we must
bury our tradition emanripate ourselves
and become free, enlightened and intelli-
gent men. The Past was for the East
the Future is for the West. Empire has
eliminated in the East, and is now passing
to the West. The Past was for Slavery,
which at one time was practically uniyer-
sal in the East. The Future is freedom.
which the order of Providence is to be uni
versal in the West. The change from past
Eastern Slavery - Future Western Free
dom is to he effected simply by bringing
the MUD of the nation to a just apprehen-
sion of what slavery is. Our Fathers in
the East understood it to be- question sim
ply of trade. In their view. while they al
lowed the practice Of slavery. they held a
slave to be a subject of commerce. The
Declaration Of Independence and the Con
stitution of the United States, announced
on the other hand, that slavery is a ques-
ton of human rights. While they left the
regulation of that subject within the States
to the States themselves. they did estab-.l
lish the principle that In the common Ter
%ritories of the United States and within the
sphere of Federal action. every man is a
person. a man. a free man. who could Meth
er hold another in slavery nor be held in
bondage ny any other man. The past
(since the adoption of the Constitution
has been occupied with trials to compro-
mise this conflict between property in man
and the freedom of man, and these trials
have proved unsuccessful. The future de-
mands the settlement Of it now BY a re-
turn to the principles of the Declaration of
lndependence and the Constitution. This
conclusion can be reached only by accept
ing the principle of the political equality of
men within the exclusive range of the Fed
eral Constitution. This is simply a mat
ter ofeducation. 1t is not worth while to
spend much time upon this subject in trying
to convert Old men; they canBot last long.
and therefore can do little harm. We all
became settled in our opinions a~ndccufrmed
in our habits as We g ow old. The Repub-
lican party is a party chiefly of the young
men. Each successive year brings into its
rarksan Increasing proportion of the young
men of this country.
This is the ground of my hope. of my
confidence. that before this generation shall
have passed away. the Democratic party
viii cease to exist: and the Republican
party, or at least its principles. will be ac-
cepted and universally prevail. If it be
true. as the Declaration of Independence
that the right of all men to polit-
ical equality is self-evident, nothing can
prevent the acknowledgement of that fact
by the generation now rising. since that
truth is distinctly inculcated now for the
first time through all the agencies # pri-
vat education. The young mar who shall
it viii find himself in controversy
with the ever-growing sentiment of his
countrymen. and the settled public opinion
of the world. Let him take heed how he
upon a course which can bring
but unavailing contention. disap-
pcintment and regret over the failure of his
ambition and of his desire for usefulness
Train up your children in the belief Of this
great principle of our Constitution. and
viii secure for themselves the salts
of leading useful and honorable
and follow you to your graves with
more than even flial generation.