The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-09-02
Of the American Union.
ny 8. w. utnkEY, u. u.

enjoy its great blessings. Perhaps wo
shall be compelled to say that none of III
have appreciated il ns 'vc ought Let us
try, in brief article, to get something like
q correct idea of its immense value.
|. This il shown in the first place, by
what it has cost We have been in the
habit of estimating the valuo of an object
by what it has cost That for which great
price has been paid is considered Of great
worth. What, thcn, has this Union cost
What price has been paid for it? All! we
shall fail to understand the value of that
which s above all price. Can we estimate
the valuo Of tho light Of the sun of the
air we breathe of the rains Of heaven
that water the earth! Has money value
has property, lands and houses Have
education and religion q valuo Our social
aud domestic institutions? ? Have commerce,
agriculture and manufactures "A value
Has home with a ! its cndearmcnts, "A value
But what are they all worth without gov
clnmcnt TO protect uS III the enjoyment of
our own?
Our Union has cost tho labors, suftcrings,
blood aud tears, lives and fortunes Of our
revcrcd fathers. 1t is the price of all they
endured from tho timo that tyranny drove
them from their homes in Europe until they
had reared and bnishcd tho grand temple of
our libortns in this country. All that they
endured in crossing the ocean, battling
with tho elements, and ColonizinG new
country and hunger, disease and
death, tho wilderness and wild beasts, and
savage Indians all that they suffered dur
ing the revolutionary war, which lasted
seven yoars.
Nor ID this all the price paid for our
Union, It is the purchase Of all the lives
and blood, suiferings and treasure of all
former Btrugglcs for freedom since oppros.
sion first began. Wo arc standing on the
shouldcrs of all the noble patriots and mar
tyrs that ever lived before us. They have
lifted us up, We are rcapng the benefits
of all that freedom has cost i'll every former
age and land. Every inch of fground in the
onward march of liberty has been disputed
10y tyrants. Every new idea of human
rights has been the price of tears and blood
The baitlciclds and slaug of
antiquity have been 40 many stages in the
march Of freedom. The whole world has
been made charncl-house, where the bones
of butchorod millions of every age and land,
who have died in the cause of human rights
have been laid up to bleach. All this has
bccn paid for the blessings which we enjoy
under our glorious Uuion.
=. The value of tho American Union il
seen in the fact that 1t has furnished all
asylum for the oppressed of all nations,
Everywhere the human race wero robbed of
their rights, and nowhere did thoy enjoy
equal privileges. The iron heel of dcspot-
ism was set upon the necks ofsome in every
land under the sun. True liborty, like No
ah'a dove, found no rest for the sole of her
foot in all Europe, nor all the word besides.
On weary wing she had explored all lands,
continents, islands and scas, north, south,
east and west, but thcro was no place for
her And yet she is Gods own beautiful
and lovely child, twins sister of religion her
self, and ought to have homo on Gods
earth. At lcngth a resting place was pro-
vidcd for her in this new world and here
she took up her permanent abode. Hero
she opened wide her portals, and to this
home she invited the oppressed of all lands
The cNcH long used to weeping were dried
globo they turned to this new world. iIithor
they rushed in such great numbers and
rapidity, that nation was born almost in
day. Can we refrain from praying that God
may palsy the arm that is upliltod to strike
down our liberties?
=. The valuo OF tho American Union is
seen in tho fact that 1t dignihcs labor and
secures the rights of the laboring classes.
Labor, free labor, labor of tho head, heart
| or hand is the only true nobility. No lazy,
lounging, pampcrcd aristocracy on the ono
| hand, nor squald, povorty-strickcn, idlng
population ON the other can ever attain TO
the highest houorS in America, Labor can
be no disgrace here, since all labor, from
| the President Of the Union down to the
! humhlcst citizen, and rise by their labor, or
never rise at all All labor themselves, or
| have parents that laborod before thom, and
hence the man or woman, who, in this coun.
try, attempts to disgrace labor, most assur
edly can disgrace only him or herself, 1t is
one ot our country grandest achievements
that she has dignihcd and honorcd labor
and accords equal rights to oil classes OF
lahurcrs. Ii is not SO III any other land un
der the sun.
4. Its value is seen in the rapid ant
powerful developments of our resources
which are immensely great. Such mighty
advances in agriculture, commerce, manu-
tactures, informal improvements, and all tha
il great aud good, the world has nevo
witnessed before in the Same lcugth of time
In this respect we have been the wonde
and admiration OF all mankind.
But our article is becoming too long, anl
We dare not continue this train OF thought
We must, therefore, content ourselves will
merely slatjug few other facts which SHOW
the value OF our glorious Union She ha
furnished home tor the church OF the liv
l@g God, where Christianity is free, and ma,
unfold its power aud beauty without let %
mudrance. She has developed the tru
principles Of human governmental gov
ernmcut by the people, and demonstrate,
their ability to govern Themselves AM
she has eNcrtcd = most powerful and happ
influence upon foreign nations and govern
e mcnts, SO that tho chains of bondage ar
D everywhere hciug relaxed throughout Ia
world, nud tho oppressed OF all nation
: breathe the more freely.
II ,s the American tGOn which has don
l all this, and a thousand tiInCs more, whiC
We can not even hint at, The Union, no
severed not distracted, not torn TO piece,
- bat this Union "a whole aud undivided
Such lcsultS could have been rendered i
! uo uthos way, \ dolon, or twenty, or lift
y little petty republics kiugdoms or empire
could never and would never have don
: any such thing, They would long aso,bav
destroyed themselves, and one by one tl
great powers of Europe would have cate
them up. How dare we, thon, let the Unio
4 60? At all cost of lite, llNod ami trcasur,
, itmust he maintained and AL rebels an
, traitors put down and punished. 50 hel
, MS God.
pErou1NsNr--A heliryrr's holy dopor
meat often gives a check TO the sins u otl
\. orS, The protluo stand in awe, whom gra,
; comes forth, and sits like ruler in the gal