Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-14

. of being principles that should be impresse
2 upon the heart and mind Of every American.
tell you why am full OF hope that our libertie
: Will be maintained, our nation restored, and or
! DER once again prevail over this land of ourA
, IL Ia THE: Examine yourselves, and I ask 70,
! how many men there are within the sound o
my voice who knew twelve months ago what tht
J Constitution Of this country vast lido not say
that you did not understand IL intellectually
do not mean to say that II had not received
! your assent; but 1t was not until we were made
TO feel, as our fathers felt, the value Of this dec
laration, that they had put forth, that any OF ul
could ever see the Significance of the Constitu
ton OF the country and the Declaration Of In-
i dependence. applause.
u We have accepted IL, as said, mentally and
intellectually; but why was II, when these IA
miliar words sounded upon your ears on thii
occssion, as you have heard them often before
on the anniversary Of our country's liberty, thai
they stirred your very hearts within you, an6
made your blood tingle in your vBins7 MI
fPlends, We have not now o mere intellectual
knowledge of the Corsti!ution-We do not give
it now mere mental support-We have now,
upon that subject, vital, living piety, that
makes US better men and better patiots and
wherever You 60, all over this land, you find
these sentiments now exist In the minds Of more
than majority Of the American people. They
are now fervent 10 their faith; fixed in their
purpOse-fanatlcs II you please, for the great
principles Of liberty, and fanatlcal In their de-
termination to aee that those rights and liberties
are established. Great applause We have
seen in our land two small parties, each an in.
considerable minority in the section Of country
where they existed, but men of purpose--men
of zsal-men of fanaticsm. We have seen
them wage war upon the Constitution OF your
country, with persistence and power that has
at last shaken il to it's very foundation and
brought us to-day to the very brink national
ruin. We have seen what zeal and purpose
could do when Il was opposed only by dull
mental acquiesoence In great truths. What
may We not hope that We may do when the
great majority Of the American people have a
fervent and vital faith In these principles which
you have heard and read, and who propose to
maintain them at every coat and at every haz-
srd2 (Great applause Doyou wish for peace7
Do you wish for victory? no you wish for the
restoration of our national privileges2 Here
lies the pathway, and let the American people
once learn the full value of their liberties as
our fathers did, and the battle ia fought and
won. Without this, my friends, war can bring
you no success-7peace can give you no quiet
until the American people are thus aducated
and elevated; andl believe they are rapidly
becoming educated and eleyated-until that
takes place, war or peace are the mere incidents
of the great underlying causes of convusion
which have affected our land, and shaken our
institutions to the very center.
Your particular views may lead you to at
tribute IL to one special cause or another special
cause, but there is one great general underlying
cause of this war which must be removed before
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indifference to our rights, indifference to our
liberties, and want OF an elevated wisdom that
could understand the duties of American cit.
zenship. When you have gained this peace will
bt restored when you have gained this all the
world can see that we have gone back To the
wisdom of onr fathers and that We are again
sustaining institutions that invited tho whole
world to their ehelter and protection-lnsiitu
tons that made US but three short years ago
the most glorious nation on the face Of the
earth. When We have again restored that vr-
tue and that intelligence, our country will again
be restored ~ its former greatness, and to its
former glory. Great applause. But, my
friends, any thing short OF this will disappoint
your hopee. No victory can restore greatness,
and glory, and power to people worthy Of lib
erty. No peace will bring back prosperity to
land which can not understand the great prin.
ciples upon which Governments should be pro.
tected, and the great objects for which Govern
ments are instituted. But, my friends, / must
close. ("Go on 60 on !") Let US now, upon
this sad and solemn, as well as glorious oooa.
sion, rededicate ourselves to the service of our
country in pure and fervent patriotism, putting
aside passions and prejudices as far as we may,
and preparing ourselves to assert and maintain
the great principles stated In the Declaration
OF Independence, and secured 10 US by the pro.
visions of the Constitution OF the United States.
Let US resolve from this time on 90 do our duty,
and TO demand our rights (Great appause.) J
In all that digni6es us, and 80 TAR as they O, Q
acting In the sphere Of their co stitutional pow
or, let us be obedient to our rulers, let US SUBJ
nit cheertully, patiently and willingly to those
commands which they have right to issue,
| whether We like them or not. When we have
! done our dusy let us claim cur rights In all
their completeness, and in all their perfection.
He who does not do bis duty without regard
to The misconduct of others ia untrue to his
country. He who does not claim bic rights Ia
untrue to liberty and to humanity. (Applause) }
Our pathways are clear before US If We will but
accept the simple and wonderful teachings OF
our fathers. From this time let us resolve that
we will uphold all the ust powers OF the General
Government, and the rights OF the States Zap
plause) and the rightsoi persons, and, above all
as their surest shield, the independence and pu
rty Of the Judiciary. (Applause.) We stant
to-day amid new made graves; We stand to-day
in land filled with mourning, and our soil il
saturated with tho blood OF the fercest conflio
Of which history gives us an accouns. We can
lif we will, avert all these disasters, and these
ealamities, and evoke blessing. five will d.
| Fhat7 Hold that Constitution, and Liberties
] and laws re suspended--ba nntrua to them--
shr.Hk back from the assertion, of right2 Will
snat restore them2 Or shall We do as our faith
ere did under circumstances Of like trial when
they bAttled GgAinss she powers of crown
DID they say that lioerty was suspended Die
4 they say that men might be- deprived Of tht
right OF trial by jury2 Did they cay that mel
might be torn from their homes by midnight In
trudersf Tremendous and consinned applaus
If you wodId save your couatry, and your lib
critics, begin right, begin at the hearth-etOnes
which are ever meant 20 be the foundation ol
American institutions; begin in your family
circle; declare that their rights shall be hsl(
sacred; and having once proclaimed your owl
rights, take care that you do not invade you
nelghbOr's rights. (Applause.) -, d.
Claim for your own States that Jurisdiction
and that governments which we, better than al
others, can exercise for Ourselves, for We bes
kuoW our. own inIerests, and that which will d,
the most to advance the happiness and prosper