The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-03-02


lseleyates and inspires our whole national. ex-
listenee, and the Constitution, SO often invoked
for slavery, butatelast in harmony with the
Declaratlon of Independence, will become
accoreing to the hol v aspirations of its folln-
ders, the sublime gaartliais of the inalieiiable
right of every human being to life; liberty
and the pursuit of happiness all of which
must be done iiilthe name of the sUfion, in
duty 10 humanity, and for the sake of sperma
nent peace. .5l!a sa13sFsa9 sfsuat9d1 a9at0
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MAJOR GENERAL EJ.A.GARFIELD,s
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EaaAt the opening of the Sanitary Fair, at
Cleveland, ON the 22nd day of February
General Garfield delivered the Inauguration
address to an immense audience. The Cleye-
land Herald gives an excellent report of the
speech, whiehtwer copy s ssa 9d3 HssE
Mayor Masters introduced to the audi
ence Major General J. a. Gaifield, who, on
coming forward. was received with enthusi-
astic applause and acheering.bs 1e ai7sm
8 Gen.. Garfield said he would venture tc
say that no one of us ever read or ever saw
anything like this before the beginning of the
present war. l. is wonderful to be able to
say " This istsomething new under the sum-
yet we may venture to say Of this thing 81
to-day, and Of all Of, which it forms a part
& This is, a new wsthing under the sum- And
there philosophy in this sjd.- 3a4S
- In the words we haYe Just listened to, we
| lave been carried back to a time of another
great struggle-to time of which it is said
ls"There were giants in thosedays.s There is
probably not a young man here who has moi
at some time wishedthat he had lived in those
days. But that wish is unnecessary. There
is now a. greater war than was carried on al
that tine.F The struggle and the stake are
greater now than then. aiesss1 a=aas -
efsAs theapiliar is greater than a single block
composing it--as the monument is greater
than a single stone-as the whole house il
greater than one brick-as-the glorious 6ru1i-
ment of stars is greater than single orb. sc
is the fate of3this nation of greater import
ance now, than that of the country wher
Washington lived. 1t has grown in size, il
grandeur, and in importance, and the fate o
the nation in its full grown manhood is there
fore of more moment, and the struggle fol
its preservation grander, than when the
country was in nits infancy. zzEssss szss - =
1t is too much our nature to magnify tbs
past. We seem to look at it through tele
scope, and we therefore magnify. its import
ance but we should never forget the import
aiee of the present. We are making history
eLetus not forget that, as Emerson said,y ,y"To
day is king indisglise.'' If you would Sc,
wonders-7if, ,you would see granddaughter
would see mysteries, open your eyes and lool
at the life we are living. Look at it closely
and you viii see that the Present is teemin:
with wonders. with grandeur, and with mag
nlheenee.i2 iIBl : ssta 7ta.t f38 q Jfasi
There Was nc, war like the present in time
| past., There have been many struggles, bu
/ ffething that was of the same nature as this
Now thenvhole nation is at war. Not al
army Of soldiers, or dozen armies, but al
| entire. people. here is a wonderful differ
ence between the mere warrior and the MAJ
between soldier who fights fer pay ant
TIE niar, who fights for principle Tits S,
with nations Nations send their armies t,
the field but the people are not at war. Tn
soldiers, whose trade it is, do the fighting, AM
the people look on, but take no active part
We have not only an army inithe field bu
are whole people fighting When It isa
at present-when every man, woman, an,
child, in their respective spheres, have gon
to war either fighting in the field, or workin
by the home fireside, or gathering in place
like. these to do the. essential work of tn
war, il is indeed something new.
We have made a discovery. We hav
found that there is something behind bayo
nets. The army is not made up merely c
muskets, and cannon, and wagons, and sol
diers with arms in their hands. The soldier
stand in the front rank, with unbroken lines
Behind them comes the civil power, backin
them up, and acting as a powerful reserve
Behind these again is another rank-th
great and mighty people, standing with fri
courage to support both the civil power an
the soldiers. Z Aud behind them ALL givih
strength and confidence to them al, are th
affections of home-the prayers and blessing
of the family circle-the active assistance Q
the women and children left at home Thu
the whole people are massed into one gran
arn,y.s There is one continual array, rank b
rank, from the soldier with his bayonet to th
child by the freside.. When you find this III
) divided front, this solid column, marchin
! forward with unbroken ranks to drive treaso
, from the land, it is indeed wonderful spec
tacle-and that is what we see terday, Th
: whole people are united into one grand arm,
: Those who are with us to-day. and upo
! whose shoulders are evidences of honorabl
! positions won by hard and perilous servie,
in the field, are here merely on visit of u
spection.
They are here merely to see what the re,
guardis doing. They wish to seerif the who
army is marching together and-inspirited wit
a the same sentim emit. In a few days the
will igoZ back to the front, and will report
? their comrades that all is we'll in the real
the 4
: ready for action 1,.x,u sseas szss t,fs %
II There is a revelation in this war. 1t b;
!, shown us many things we had not dreame
! of. They tell us that when the prairies a
! on fire you will see all sorts of animals tn
. were never supposed toinhabit that regio
: Great and tsmall.s fierce and gentle, are a
!. driven along in a body, and theirexistence ar
: natures revealed by the dangers of the sweel
: ing fire. Calamity is there, and has revealt
{ ! the hidden mysteries of the wide prairiesS
w hen fire breaks out in a city it lays ba
> strange places and stranger lives than ever hs
: been thought of. Vices, miseries, and seen
. hitherto successfully concealed from the pu
: lie eve, are, by ethe lur;d blaze of oalainit
: suddenly laid bare for examination. IS Seswi
!, nations, when great disturbance or; intern
: strife has convulsed the land, there is a SUI
= den and astonishing revelation Of character
: Nothing in the history of this nation
!, shown up the virtues and the vices OF II
= people so effectually yias theawar s,g Itohass r
7 vealed the beauty spots and the plague spo
i and taught us to appreciate the one and shrlr
! from the other
! . He knew one who said that he could nov
7 properly appreciate the story of the hon,
e found in the carcass of the dead lion uni
= this war came. He had looked long and d
3. spondingly, but out of all the wickedne