The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-11-06
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he more readily ,c9mprchended thai
now. Rome saw ip her early war
that ACKNOWLEDGMENT was death o
slavery II was evident that If the
were hut hble TO sustain thcmselve
with their whole power, they coul,
not do it with half They had also
nroupd them petty nations dissolv
ipg-constaht examples Of what neg
.oct or cowordice would bring upor
them. >t", "a
We, on the contrary, cannot com.
prchend the worth Of our ns.ionality
from It's vostnnss. Wo have enjoyed
iRdcr our Constitution civillibcrty SO
ample, religious liberty so complete,
commercial prosperity so extensive,
social privileges ofsuch a high order,
popular education so genial, and O
respect ff3pi other nations 50 pro.
found, that we began to feel that all
these were created for us, and secur
fd to us by Omnipotencc itself. We
were about forgetting the sword with
which our fathers had carved out
thesc BLESSINGS for us We forgot
that as precious jewels they are nli
enclosed IN the casket of nationality,
and were almost ready to cast that
caskct into the sea. We had not ut
our G?nd an example of wreck so
great ~ ,+hat of our nationality
True, VIC had sool the wreck of little
Poland. She had gone down in blood
and poverty, and tears and curses; -
and VIC thought she had sunk forever.
We had not yet seen her heavcd to-
the surface on the fond memories of
II people once free, TO startlc turQpc's s.
tyrmts with an apparltlon more fear
,ful than the boody head OF Banquo.
The fearful wreck of Rome, which
slpSe could bear any analogy to ours,
had by the slow lapse of Il thousand
years been partially repaired. We
had not seen the anarchy, and not the
vice and shame, the ignorance and
tyranny consequent upon that event;
and We had forgotten history. Yet
one of our poets from n generation
back, could look at the glory qndI
greatness tshich. had sunk with Rome,
and say:
''Alis for earth, for never shall VIC SEQ
That brightness in her eye, shj bore when
Rome was lree.'
SO profoundly were VIC at rest; so
rusty was the sword, so intent were
we on poacefnl enin and ls~r";nss, chat
petty tyrants who had lashcd and
iuGsed Alaves aNthcir lives concluded
it was n good time 10 ,cpslayo US
Knowing that we would n9t directly
asseat TO he slaves, they malc such
approaches apoa Hs as the old hag, of
whom Franklin speaks, made upon
ihe yohng lady's virtue. She merely
asked her TO give up her modesty -
So tyrants and traitors only asked us
to give up Dur nationality. All else
would follow of course.
,Epr . month before the firing upon
Sdmpter MANY sopposed.that our nar
tional existence was at end, and that
a scone.of anarchy, such as Webster
prayed God he might not ike to see,
was about being inaugurated. That
event wakcdu Us. We determined that
the ,lsFzS should be enforced, and our
national existence sustained.
After ayedr and a hairs stcady,war
for nationality without liberty, duringI
which the defenders of tho Constitu-
tion were too often second best, wcI
Determined that the glorious MOTTO
given ns by Webster was the one forl
our nag. Liberty and Union, one
and inseparaile npw aud forever
The intelligence of our people hasl
the motto, and God las
smiled upon our flag, We sheilqbe.
one people still.
In the time to come, when our in
sllthtion shalt bc unique, aid ourI
countrymen a band Of 'brothers, tile
sons of the South vii! say as Philips
said OF Washington: Though il was
by the defeat Of our arms, and the
disgraea'of our policy, we BLISS God
that the'nation Succeeded; for those
sons will enjoy, in common with the
children of patriots, the blessing Of q
country without II u, Al and without
a stain oil ITS honor. If The W0Ed
was abtonishcd atthe libertyofAmer
ica while slavery fattencd on its briSht
.est field, what shall lie its feelings,
when Geofgi@oscpmes a second New
York, and Alaba.patakos 'hoi seat be
side Ohio9 Ip shat day eath's eye