The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-08
NUMBER 21.
From the Ashland Union.
An EIoquent Perorntlon.

one of the richest oratorical treats they
ever enjoyed. His peroratiOn was par
ticularly eloquent, and we regret our In.
ability to give it to our readers as it fell
from the lips Of the speaker. Tho fol.
lowing is but an imperfect sketch Of the
powerful appeal with which the speaker
closed his argument He said:
p 1--WE have assembled together, not By
the permission merely Of our adversa-
rles, rot by the grace or favor Of our
rulers, but by virtue Of the Constitution
of our fathers, which secures to us the
unalterableright ofpeaceably assembling
together, the right Of free speech and
free press, the right to discuss the char
acter aud conduct of aour servants, the
right to denounce and point out corrup-
tion in high places, and the right to pc.
tition the Government for the redress Of
grievances under which we suffer.
THE Constitution with all its com.
promises is the political Bible of the
Democratic party, Upon this rock have
we built our church, and against it the
gates Of hell shall not prevail, over its
proud ramparts the Secession hosts of
the rebels shall never clamor, and against
its base the foam Of Abolition sanaticism
shall dash in vain. A Democracy with
the proud record Of three quarters Of Q
century, can well accord to their silly
foes the paltry childish privilege of call
ing names. The equauimity Of no one
should be disturbed thereby. But when
they go further, and, presuming too much
on the long suffering and forbearancs of
the peoples, attempt by threats Of vio-
lence and bloodshed to check the utter.
ance Of the thoughts Of freemen, they
will discover that we are not dastards
nor ignoble descendants of those who
baptized with their blood and transmit
ted to US the priceless boon Of liberty
regulated by law. The sooner this is
learned by the blind advocates Of force,
the sooner will there be presented more
formidable front to the Southern foe.
Democrats will assemble--will dis.
cuss--will think--will speak and have
voice in the attempt TO preserve our COM
mon country from meeting the fate Of
those nations whose Tyrants crushed
out free thought and speech, and which
now only live in the musty records Of
things that once we're, but are now no
more forever.
"You may imprison the body, but the
spirit Of man is not bound by chains
The aatterers and sycophants around the
throne of good King Cauute Of the old.
en- time, assured him that the winds Of
heaven and the waves of the deep were
! subject to his will; and the monarch, to
teach them lesson as to the true limits
of kingly power, bade them bring his
royal throne to the margin of the sea,
and to furnish him with massive chains
: wherewith to bind the advancing waves.
But the wild waters were nearing the
shore. They receded not before the roy.
al command. They tossed his iron fet-
ters in playful glee, and the enlightened
courtiers were glad to rush to the res.
cue of their monarch and save him from
the oceans wrath. And the poet, seiz.
| ing the legend, has beautifully and truth
fully said: am sal es.oIot
'Tyrants, in vain ye trace the wizard ring,
In vain ye limit Minds unwearied spring;
, What! can ye lull the winged winds asleep!
Arrest the rolling world, or chain the deepf
No! the wild wave contemns thy sceptersd
hand,
1t Itrollednotbackw when Canute gave command"
. "Nor can any man, in this year Of our
f Lord, whether robed in the purple gar.
ments of Kaiser, Gear, Khan, King, or
President, place himself upon the great
and boundless sea Of thought, and as
! the heaven.boFn emotions Of freedom
take to themselves the form and inter-
ance Of speech, bind them with chains or
fetter them with links Of steel; nor, at
the imperial sway of his puny scepter,
bid the wild waves be still n
, "They rolled not bask when Csnute gave com.
mand." sr. stf .g5s.si7U
, Free thought aud free speech will
break through the dungeon bars which
, entomb the body-will rise from the
gloomy vaults of the lowest and filthiest
, cell Of Fort Warren-will scale the bat.
!, Elements and lofty turrets of frowning
}, Lafayette-will catch the first glow of
the mornings glad beam-will penetrate
and illumine every dark spot where foul
! oppression is doing its cruel work, and
.. will finally triumph over all its foes, for
,, it is heaven.born gift of God to man,
|. and therefore can not--shall not per-
ish." f'
3 We copy the above extract from q
; speech made by John ]. McSweeny, at
: Wooster, short time since, It is Ger.
tainly one Of the most eloquent perora~
tions we ever read or heard. a sneak
ing pack of abolition blood hounds have
got to hunting Mo-, and instead Of run
ming him, be turned at bay and "squelch-
ed" the blood hunting thieves. A short
time since these blacksnakes wrote to
!. the State Journal that Nc. was q Van
Q Buren, Abolitionist. This being a
charge Of no ordinary msanness. no
wonder that It raised his ire,--or Irish,
--and that he 'went in on them7 as on
d ly Mac. can do.
"Tyrants, in vain ye trace the wizard ring.
n In vain ye limit Minds unWearied spring,
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