Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-01


ward in one parallel course, disclosing to man
new sources of happiness, providing him with new
instruments of poser, and int oducnR him into
new and hitherto xploi ed 6eldsoiin ellectual,
m ral and physical enjoyment, till now, 10 the
middle of the nineteenth century, behold! We
travel by steam! we converse by lightning! A
ceotury Is no longer hundred years, but
hundred years Of former porgress nov is crowd
ed in the lapse of ten years OF time. So sim
plfied are all the various processes by which
human wants are supplied, that the tasks Of toll
that have bore SO heavily upon our ancestors have
become relaxed, aud nov, instead o. want OF
timss large poftious are thrOsn unemployed up'
on Gui hands a. .s-5-t ..t ,; ia a,
How shall we make use ofit2 Shall we spebd
the for 9 VI our faculties in originating schemes
OF universal benevolebce, and 20 grAnfy all un
natural ~ mpatby Tor the slave. 'ODmIG treason
agaiDst human hope, in sacrifclrg the high
deStiDies Of ,be ADglo Saxon race upon this
Continent Snail we turn mouomaniacs on ae-
count VI slavery, and lover ourselves 10 an
equili with tbe negro, and, In company with
HIM, commence from that moment o measure
back our steps TO savage and brutal lfef l
trust not
Never before lived there any people enjoying
ouch brth-rigbts, such an unbounded horizon Of
greatness and glory as that which now presents
itself before the enraptured Vision Of every eD-
lightened American citizen. Should this great
Aug 8 SIxon family OF families islI out by the
way7 Should this great nation Of nations, this
hallOwed and august union OF SO many severe
eign and Independent States, of one political
faith, Of one rich and noble eclectic Ian
guage, and Of one divinely true and
supremely grand religion, be sacrificed at the
demon shrine of any sectional idol2 Then, in
deed, would the measure of our disgrace be com.
plete; our folly, our fall would be an eternal
shame, an everlasting reproach, the greatest
calamity that time could record, involving in its
details all the terrific horrors that demons can
plan, and wicked and fallen man execute Cha.
os would then mount the car OF discord; our
ears would be saluted with the dread clarion of
death, our eyes behold the melancholy spectacle
Of LIBERTY expiring amid the smoking
ruins of her once fair citadel, and Washington's
fair Temple of Freedom vailed forever from
human view. IL cannot be. Il must not be.
Beset as the world is with natural and moral
evils, though virtue, patriotism and piety be
bleeding at every pore, though the sweet In
fuence of the Heavens be turned to bit
terness, and some of the stars of our glori-
Gus constellation be pulled down from their
high abodes, and wild fanaticism be breathing
mildew and pestilence over the pale face of
the astonished nation, yet bright hopes are
entertained that in the appointed time REA-
SON, true to the natural impulse of hes
heaven-born and inextinguishable nature, will
at length return, bringing with her the bloom
of Eden, the exiled stars and an unrent banner.
For three quarters Of q century has the mighty
fabric erected by our patriotic sres, loomed up
like splendid baeoon amid the solitudes of
| time, rendering Columbia the light house of
nations, in whose citadel earth's pilgrims have
in peace reposed, and her exiles dropped their
chains. But the structure Is not yet complete.
Let no rude hand now prematurely seek to
place the capstsne on our dome of liberty, nor
limit its fair goddess in the freedom Of her.
range. The rays of living light and lus-
tre, streaming from Columbia's banner, were des.
tined to shine on, and on, ever irradiating the
executive, the judicial and the legislative mind,
ever guarding the poor mans heritage, and
staying the strong mans arm; ever enlighten-
ing, in their transit, the Northern freeman and
the Southern slave; ever inspiring Columbia's
sons with single wish, and single will, and
guiding the land of q Washington's bequest,
till they infuse q thrill of bis own electric life
In every American heart 1g is1ir
\ Then, and not till then, let the capstone be
brought forth with shoutings, and raised high
upon the towering dome of freedom. Then, and
not till then, may the wild eagle be loosed from
Columbia's banner and permitted to escape to
bis native mountain, no longer to bsthe his beak
in blood, and amid those glorious stripes and
stars orr lgitb ... .J.
With the tendris Of olives,
goddess entwined, va .....
In her garland Of beauty
The dove be enshrlned. (
Hallowed emblems Of peace .It
.U r. H Forever to wave '.u,. e r|
5000. ''o'er the land Of the free
-. And The home OF the brave"