Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-02
Eawafd Eyerelt on lhe Mar-IIIs FIrIa


> The great assemblage that / see around |
me. the simple but interesting ceremonial
with which the flag Of our country has been
thrown TO the breeze, th strain Of inspiring
music, the sweet concert of these youthful
voices the solemn supplication Of the Rev.
ereud clergy, which still fill our ears-all
these proclaim the deep patriotic sentiment,
OF which that flag is the symbol and express
sion. Nay, more, it speaks for ITSELF It's
mute eloquence needs no aid from my lips
TO interpret its significance. Fidelity 10 the
Union blazes from its stars allegiance TO
the Government, beneath which we live, ig
wrapped within its folds e-F g'r
Weset up this standard, my friends, not !
as matter Of idle display but as an expires. |
sive Indication that, In the mighty struggle |
which has been forced upon us, we are of |
one Heart and one mind that the Govern
nient of the country must be sustained. We |
are law abiding, quiet-loving community. |
Our time, our thoughts, our energies, are
habituslly devoted 20 the peaceful arts by
which States grow and prosper, but upon an
issue in which the life of the country is in
voivfd, we rally as one man 70 its defense.
All former differences of opinion are swept
away; we forget that we have ever been
partizans; we remember only that we are
Americans, and that our country is in peril.
And what is it that has kindled this quiet
and'peace. loving community to the present
une1ampled excitement-a patriotic una
ni1fity not witnessed in l7752 Why is it,
that the flag of our country-always hon
ored, always beloved, is now, all at once,
woishipped, may say with the passionate
homage of this whole people? Why does it
! flost as never before, not merely from arse
nal and masthead, but from tower aud
steeple, from the public ediices, the temples
| of science and private dwellings, in magnif-
cent display or miniature presentmenR Let
| Fort Sumter give the answer. When on
this day, fortnight, the 18th of April, "a day
forever to be held in inauspicous remem-
bIhnce, like the dies Atkensis in the
annals of Rome,) the tidings spread
| through the land, that the Standard of
United America, the pledge of her union
| and the symbol of her power, which so many
| gallant hearts had poured out their lite
! hiood, on the ocean and the land, to uphold,
| had, in the haIbor of Charleston been, for a
day and half the target of eleven fatri-
c.dal batteries, one deep, unanimous, spon-
tsheous feeling shot with the tidings through
The bosoms of 10000, 900 of freemeu, that it's
outraged honor must be vindicaIed.
And oh, fellow-citizens, if, aloof as we are
from the immediate danger of the conflict
sheltered in our comfortable homes, with the
objects of our affection around us, we can re-
fuse our support to the Constitution, the laws
and the Government, in whose defense those
L ScNtut1 DThNt ulbH, bnlILJ uOulc
without sleep, almost without food, COM
pelled to draw the breath of Heaven into
tbeirluDgs through moisened handkerchiefs,
stood faithful and undaunted beneath the
iron storm bursting from above, and the rag
ing fires around them, we shall deserve our
stlyes, on some disastrous day, to pass
through q like fiery ordeal. r.s.s /.
speak, fellow-citizens, in no spirit of un-
kindness to the South. have been, through
my public life, some of you have thought
too much her friend. To avert what
deemed the impending danger of a general
convulsion, ! have been more willing than
some of you TO puTsue-always, | hope,
through honorable paths-the policy of con-
ciliation. Besides this, in my humble efforts
to rescue the home and tomb of Washington
| from desecration land oh, saddest desecration
of all, that the sacred precincts should per-
haps even now be trodden by armed bands
Fastening to lay the city which bears his
name in ashes), have trayersed the South
every here received with the most fiatterine
kindness, more than most Northern men. In
no part of the Union have more, or more
valued friends; but as Heaven is my judge
it is my most profound and solemn convic-
ton, that it is infinitely more desirable fol
the South than the North, that this suicidal
attempt to break up the Union should be
frustrated. s.e -ra..
For consider, fellow -citizens, that that flag
which you have this day given to the breeze
is not merely the symbol of Union at home
but of peace, safety and respect abroad. Tht
unhallowed blow which has been struck a
il. has not only, as its first result, involved
the country in what all history proclaimI
the direst of national calamities-a civil war
but it has at once placed the South at the
mercy of every foreign power.
No government on this continent can com
mand the respect of Europe that does no
possess navy; and the North, from natura
causes, must ever be the exclusive seat of the
naval strength Of the country. Our climate
: our harbors, our fisheries our commercial
marine are the elements Of this strength
: The South has naval stores, brave officers
! live-oak forests = but what are live-oal
! trees, without live oak men to compact then
: into noble ships, and to launch their thunders
What would it avail the South to possess tn
: whole English navy, while their harbors ar
7 shut up by bars, over which you can not t1oa
bomb ketchR
I No, fellow-citizens, the South, if she sue
ceeds in rending the Union, not only madl!
. throws away her share in all the future ma
val glories Of the country, but she puts her
= self, in the eyes of Europe, by the side of tn
: petty trading republics of Bremen, of Ham
: burg, of Lubbock she exposes her commerce
J TO the insults of every rover OF the sea sn
! I holds her coasts and her harbors, not only q
the mercy of the great maritime powers c
ENGLAND aud France, but of Austria and Q
Spain-of any third rate government tha
keeps a few steam frigates at sea. AT thi
moment there is nothing but that flag whtc
), you have this day displayed-thaJ nav
y which the South is seeking to paralyze an
!, destroy, which protects Norfolk and Charles
5 ton, and Savannah and Pensacola, and Nc
. bile and New Orleans from the insults {
y Spain, Justly iTritated at the filibusterin
U war which has been so often waged upo
!. Cuba.
But fellow-citizens, l forbear. When M
y Crane and the other gentlemen wished N
q last evening to take part in this ceremonial
u in reply to my observation that no Ion
speech would, | supposed, be expected, b
intimated the wish that my remarks shoul
be ''short, pithy, and to the point" ca
not claim much "pith or moment" for theI
upstudied suggestions; but will hope the
: are not very wide of the point; and promii
as you they shall be short for | will only say
le Conclusion, All hail to the Flag of the UnioI
ot Courage to the heart and strength, to Il
is hand 10 which in all time 1t shall be 81
% trusted May ii ever wave in unsullie
81 honor over the dome of the Capitol, from Il
B. countfys stronghOlds, on the tented hel
Is upon the wave. rocked topmast. 1t was oriI
., inally displayed on the first of January III
II from the head. quarters of Washington, who
Of lines of decentralization around beleaguri
~ Boston tTaveTsed the fair spot where we no
u stand and as it was first given to the bree
n within the limits Of our beloved State,
NAV the last spot, where 1t shall cease
a float in honor and triumph, be the soil
IS our own Massachusetts,.
"a ALL ORDERs FOR NORTHERN GOODS TO
Q SIoPPED AT The SouTH.-The New Onea
1e BuLletn is for instantly stopping all ordC
~ for goods 10 the North. It says:
ps An goods that we can not make at hoI
'rs or obtain elsewhere, let us patriotically
without. Let us give no more patronage
te the Northern machine shops, OF manutael
We ries. Let us purchase no more steam engin
in OF steam, boilers, OF sugar-kettles, or plan
N. lion pumps, or agricultural implements,
lat snyIhipg else, from Cincinnati, or Pittsbu
al or Pbiladelphia, or New York. Let us b
~ M more sheetinps or shirtinRs, or OsI