Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-28

N not to the compass, neither lift up your eyes Il
the beivena Where the consultations and ih
pole star bright, glorious emblems Of Go,
aud Truth and the RIght--stll shine, stead.
fas', immoyable, just 90 they shoue In the be-
ginning of time PQeta naseilur. 80 II Il
with the demagogue. Bot the statesman mus
be made as well as born. His voyage Il
through underestimate In storm.d He sails IN
der orders, His port is ascertslned aOd pre-
soribed before he sets out, and Ia bic DUTY tt
reach IL; and 60, like the mssstIc ocean
steamer, he sals on, and,
~ Against the wind against the tide, ~
m,ot stu steadiss with sp upright kssl.' q 5-.
10 Dsmosshenss, more than two thou ousahd Jears
ago, in his great oration for the crown, well
distinguished betWeeu these tTo rbsrs cteTs, dc.
claring that while they wers alike In nothing
they Offered chieayin this: that the statesmsn
boldly and honestly proclaimed his opinion be-
fere the event, apd thus made himself respon-
sible to fortune, to the times, to hie country.
men, to the world; while The 81 yo,phant or dem
agogue was client I'LL the eveLt bad happened
and then governed h!s apseob aud bis couduci
accordingly. .....
And now ALLOW me to adj, that though You
may be patriots and yet MT statesmen, ,he great
satesmsn is slways a patriot. His love of
country, 10 as we'll a principle as su emotion
Duty enters largely into f.; hence 1. Ia stable,
enduring. II 's not ters,lionsl-certainly not
mere feeling of gratitude; lesst Of ell, 10 the
meaning Of that word 90 defioed By D.. JJhn-
SOD: "a lively senae Of fsvors J 10 be re-
csived" He loves bis c1untry both wisely and
we'll. He never sacrifices her real though mofe
remote iniereste, TO apopulsr oismor, and still
less at the demand Of those who bold the power,
Neither will he corrupt the virtue nor tarnish
tue honor OF bic country 90 serve her mere sor-
did interests. Rather will he initiate The tx-
ample Of Aristides, Who reporting 10 this Aihs.
nisns that certain proposition was indeed for
their immediate advantage, but would bring
dishouo, up1u the State, couuselfd that tbeS
rtjectit So e- ,siul P '
bsvs said nothing about 'loJ ally" isa
word which belongs justly, but only to kingly
governments. csn comprehend loyalty TO q
king, and especially to o qseen; but g 80
American, choose to adhere to tho good and
houe.t old republican word, "patriotsm,'' % and
TO cherish the virtue which it bss always been
"a d TO express,
Aspire, then, young gentlemen, you who
would pursue o public course, to bs patriot
statesmen. Have iaith-absolute, urq urquestion-
log. immoVesble-tbat faith which speaks to
itself in the silence and calm Of the hesrts own
beatiog, saying IF not to-day or this time,
then to morrow, or next OF some other day : al
some other time, 10 some other way, all will be
we'll Without this no man ever achieved
grsituess Be incorruptible In your integrity;
be inexorsble In your deliberate. we'll consider
cd purposes be appalle BY 10 dificultlea. Ams
plily your minds, but still more be grtai In
SOUL Il is this which snail lift you up high
above the earth, aud assimilate you to that
which is divine. Without IL, you will but creep
with dusty and dfolling and wesrled wing
Without 1t, think not to endure that cruel and
at any time, but most of all in psriods OF great
pub i, couvulsiOn, would act the part o. the
patriot statesmen. .r