The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-03-06


Mr.. DICKINSON said Ladies and gen,
tlemen, the natal day Of the great and good
have been celebrated through all time,
wherever civilization has travelled, and
the memory Of Washington has been held
dear by the American people. Applause
He was one Of those who founded the
great Government Of equality, who repu'
dated the idea of heaven. descended rul-
ers, and with the first parents of this Re-
public, ingrafted the great and sublime
idea of equality. He, and those with
whom he acted, acknowledged no ruler
but the Ruler Of the Skies; no sovereign
but the Sovereign of the Universe; no
protector except Him who notes as well
the fall of sparrow as the destruction OF
an empire. It is this that has made the
memory of Washington dear. Well might
the shepherds Of the political Bethlehem,
if they had known the birthday of Wash
ington, have assembled at his birth to see
the stars in the east. He aided in found.
ing this great Government of equality,
and it is this which has made his memory
so dear. He discharged his great and
benign mission on the earth, and like the
prophet Elijah, passed away in fiery
chariot to heaven. "My father, my faith
er, the chariots of Israel, and the horse
men thereof was exclaimed by the
American people, when earth lost and
eternity gained a mighty spirit. Cheers.
But if the mission, if the history, if the
work of George Washinton was cheat
and delusion, if this Government was
founded only to blast expectation, only to
disappoint hope, then it would have been
far better that George Washington never
had been born, and that this Government
had slept forever in the wide abyss of pos
sibility. Yes, my fellow>citisens. far bet
ter that the birthday Of George Washing
ton had been cursed, as the ldumian curs-
ed his natal day "Let the day be cursed
in which was born, and the night in
which it was said that man child has
been conceived But this cannot. will
not, shall not be. Loud cheering
This Government is destined to pass on
by will stronger than human existence
to pass on to the glorious and great fru-
ition that awaits it, and we cannot only
see this mighty people Of this great and
glorious Government, but we can hear the
footsteps of the coming millions in the
distance. Cheers.l In this great con-
stellation OF political hope, these thirty.
four sons, and these blooming territorial
daughters, we can see in the bright and
beautiful constellation the Empire State,
our parent queen, unvail her peerless
light and shed luster and glory and genial
warmth upon all. 1t is the second land
of promise, like that region between the
Mediterranean and Jordan, full of all the
elements of greatness, full of all the ele-
ments of wealth, full of all the elements
of success, moral and material, that can
bless people. Look oul upon her nigh
ty expanse, see her great inland seas, see
her mighty rivers moving to their desti-
nation like human soul to the bosom Of
its father and its God. See its contribu-
tions to commerce, see the productions Of
its industry, see its letters, arts and arms,
see all its greatness, its internal improve.
ments, its bright and beautiful hills, its
sunny slopes, its silvery streams, its smil-
ing valleys, and then say whether this
land is not worth preserving, and Union
is not worth fighting for, that has such a
people.
"Breathes there man with soul SO dead,
That never to himself hath said,
This is my twn, my native land 7"
Applause.
In the midst of this, Rebellion is up
on us. This great and benign Govern
ment, that has come down to bless our
people, like that genial sunshine that
sheds its rays upon all Gods children
alike, that has come down like the refresh
ing rains of Heaven, or like the fertilizing
dews, unseen and unfelt, this great, this
good, this benign and uneqNaled Govern
ment, has put its nose into the water that
came to Rebeldom to drink. This wolf
Of Government has attempted to fasten
its fangs upon the lamb, the Rebellion
Laughter. What shall the Empire State
say What shall the Empire State do in
his emergency There is no halfway
are no compromise measures
here. There are two great antagonisms,
. Government and Rebellion, Govern
nent at Washington, Rebellion batched
n hell Cheers. Where shall she cast
Ter potential voice? She has taken up
Ter position with the Government which
he helped to found, and Of which she sits
crowning this mighty COURT
We say. the Empire State shall say =
Var, uncompromising war, loud cheer
ng, war to the knife. [continued cheer
ng, until the Rebellion is put down.
Applause.
Ii riot should arise in your city here,
would our friend, the Mayor send out an
Of peace. or would he send ,
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