Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-02

hiuu tuom' hubt ~ may 10 pfunbhDlo on bnlt
occasion, as the call of our meeting suggests,
to revive the memories Of that heroic epoch Of
the Republic, even though they come laden
with regrets, aud bold up shat period of our bis
tory In contrast with the present. Though they
come to remind us OF what were our relations
during the Revolution aud In later years, prior
to 1861, to thst great Commonwealth which we
were accustomed to refer TO by the name of "ths
mother Of Statesmen and Of Statesj" and Of
what those relations noE ara, Can 1t be that
we are nsvetsto thibk Again of the land where
the dust of Washington and Patrick Henry,
of Jefferson ami Madison repose, with emotions
Of gratitude, admiration aud flial regsrd7 Is
bate for all that Vifginis has taught, ell that
Virginia has done, oil that Virginia now IL, to
take the place of sentiments which we have
cheiished all our lives2 Other men may be
asked to do THE, but 1t Is In vain TO appel II to
me- So far as my heart is concerned, It is not
a subject of volition j While there may be those
In whose bressts such sentiments as those ava
ken 10 responsive. fesling, feel assured, ,as. !
look ,oTer this vast assemblsge, that the grate-
ful emotions which have slgnalizsd this ami.
verbsry 10 all our past his oty, are not less
yours than they are mi1e, to-day, Let us ,be
thankful, at least, that we have eve. enjoyed
them that uothlng can take from as the pride
and exultssioa wei have felt ss NE saw the
old flag unfold over, us, and reaflzsd its glorious
sccretion Of stars from the original thirteen to
thirty four that we cay much, when we cay,
In the language Of New Hswpshlre's greatest
500, II we can with assurance say no more,
"The past Atleass ia secure" Bat If we can
not be joyous, my frieuda, as We have been on
this anniversary, le: us chow that itis our privi
lege, with the blessing of God, to be consider.
ate, brave and wise If there be any thing Of
the great inheritance, under existing olreum
stances to save, may we not In an humble, ear
nest way contribute to that salvation II we
can not do oil for which our hearts yeaFD, NAV
we not at least approach its consum nation, in
that epirlt of devoted loyalty to the Constitu.
tion and the Union which we feel Let the
disregard of others for what the Revolutionary
Fathers achieved, and for the compact which
they made, subdued as they were in all things
but a sense of right aud honor by the suferings
OF o seven years. var, now stand out before US.
Lat the people sealizs what this constant ring
ing In their ears Of the charge that the Consti.
tuition 10 O covenant with death and league
with hell" has Drought about, And then let
them see and feel what We had in eighty years
of uuex,mpled prosperity and happiness under
that Constitution. Lst them LOOK back upon
thDse eighty years of civil liberty, of the reign
of Constitutional law; eighty years OF security
TO our homes, OF living in our oas.les, humble
though they may have been, With no power to
invade them by night or by day, except under
the well defined and exhibited authority Of Law
"a written, published law, enacted by them.
selves for the punishment Of crime ard for
their own proIection-eighty years Of the great
experiment which astonshed the world, II
e. ID
lieVe that we are 80 anitien by judicial blind
nessi that the great mass Of our population,
North aud South, viii ilinoteome day resolve thai
we come together again under the old Coasti.
tuition. With the old Tag - Applause Il will
NOT bsl!eve thasithisl experiment of man g CO
p4cisy for rtelf-g6vernment which was co sucl
oeesfnly illustrased until Dill the Revolutionary
men bad passed to their final reward, is to prove
a, bumiliatiUg failure. Whatever others may
d0,we Will never abandon the hope that the
Union 10 to be restored. . [ Applause What
eyer others may do, se win cling to is "as the
mafinsr clipgs TO the last plank when night
and the tempest cloee around him.n No
matter what may have been done North or
South to produoeiti THE terrible ordeal Of blood
which, has been visited upon US ought to be suf-
h9ibnt to bring u back to CONSCIOUSNESS Of
responsibilities and dulles. The emotions Of
all good men are those of sorrow and shame
and sadness d. now, over the condition
oi their country, when they retire at night
and when they open their eyes upon the dawn.
ing day struggle sg sinstthem though they may
Why should they attempt to disguise it7 So
licItude which hinges upon approximations Of
personal danger or personal loss, and that alone
is c,ntembtbIs. Triflng men may indulge in
tnaiDg WORT and thought, while th foundations
laid by the fathers ere crumbling beneath theiI
iset; but the erbi6csrs who laid those founda-
tiops fonpd no time while engaged In theii
grand and serious work; nor osn you. They
could Life up their soals Ia prayer; bat they had
no heart for leyity aud mirth. NJ friends, you
have had, most of you have had great sorrows,
erwhelming personal sorrows, Is may be true;
bot rone7ikethsse, ,uoneilike these, which come
yelling up, day bf daystE the great fountain
of natioDals disaster, red With Ihe, best and
brSvest blood of the country, North aud South;
red with ths blood OF thos59In both eections of
the UDion whose fathers fought the common
battle of Independence. y Nor have these .soF-
rows brought with them any compans ltion,
whether Of national pride OF Of victorious arms.
For is IL not Vain TO appeal To 'you 70 raise 0
shout of 10y becanselt the men from the land Of
Washington, Mario1aald Ssmier, are barring
their breasts 70 the steel Of the men from the
land of Warren, Stark aud Stockton ;or because
If this war is to uontinuesto be waged, one or
the other mus, 90 ia tae yall--nuat be consigu,
cd TO the humilisirg srbiagauon3 This fear-
full, fuitless, fatal ciyil war has exhibited our
amszing resources and vast military power =
Is has shown that uuised, even in carrying out
Ia lie widest tinterpretstion,she Monroe doctrine,
on this continent, we could with such pro,ec-
ton as the broad ocean which Hows between our.
selves and European powsrs aAasrds, have stood
against the world in armsb Ispeiki1ftheWar as
fruitess; for it tis clear that prosecuted upon the
basis of the ptoclametions Of Sept. 22i and
Sept 24Sh, 1862, prosecuted as | must under
slsad those proclsmstions, 70 say nothing of The
Kindred brood which has followed, upon the the
ory of emancipation, devastation, subjugatio
Ii cannot fail to beifuitless In everything ex.
cept the harvest Of woe which II is rlpening fol
what was yonceh the peerless republic. lap
plauses1 rhsylegafgfsf- d. ..1 .s.ls sst esss
Now, fellow-citizeps, after having said thu
maoh, il Is fhsright that you should ssk me VIII
would you do In shis fearful exwemisy7 I ropIy
from the beginning Of shis struggle tothe preaen
moment, my nops ss,been IN moral poWsr.-
There It reposes still. When In the spring o
| 1861 ! had occasion TO addfessI my fellow citI
zens Of this city, from the balcony ofithe hote
before ~, then said had not believed, an
did not then believe, aggregation BY aIms We
either a suitable or possible remedy for ex ct
ing evils. lApplause.l All that hiss occurre
sincs then has but strengthened and confirme
my convictions 10 thisasegasd, i repeat, thel