M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-05-12

tory than destroy "nr republican form
pI government. What our pc ,ple ,le
sired in 1861. and which | knowed,
though regarded AS uushaken, was
the preservation of the government
and the retention OF our Jurisdiction
over the who,u TERRITORY. They were
rightly willing 10 sacrifice every mate
TIA, ruusll,ral,r IA tor hat purpose
Land is nothing, Mr. Chairman. com
parcd to liberty We cxstel rs II Re
Iublic when the mouth Of tho Missis
sppi WAS held hy n foreign power,
when We had nothing west oi that
river, whch Florida was held against
ns, and We could exist again it by the
chastiscmeu; uf heaven We should he
cu:,ailvh ~ our o'd territorial dimcn
sichs For iiteon millions Of dollars
we purchased the whole OF that i'm
menso territory, and were il Il bnpd
red thousand time ne valuable its per
servsticn would not be worth our IL!
inirable form OF government. Pride
1T territorial ambition ia n vulgar and
low fGrm OF national greatness. Rms
sia and even China can vie with ia
IN lhat, but who would not rathe' rr
SIDE in enc at the Cantons IT Swift
1,rIanl, or IN Great Britain, than in
those countries. 1t is not in the eX
tent q territory that we possOss, but
in tho manner in which we govern i,
that renders us respectable. Many
gentlemen seem rather TO iooG 10 the
quantity than the quality.
Al! RepubIcs have been destroyed
by the thirst Of territorial aggrandizs
ment aud tho lust Of conquest, The
great object Of our Government should
b9 10 develop Ind cultivate the inter
nA' rrsomces Of those friendly to its
jurisdiction, rather than TO extend It
oyci hostiIe AMI foreign people. II lie
in that character that true patriotism
is to be cultivated and tue national
glory found; Especially should all lie
pubics cultivate the arts Uf poaco,
since It is by the war power that Free
Governments are commonly overtnrn
ed. The charge has been made that
Democracy is turbulent. warike and
aggressive, but il 30 it is a terrible
miaconception of its true interests,
for upon the people fall tho aShl ca
lan'ities Of armed collisions. An EN-
inent poet said-Lord Byron-that
war was u game which, il the people
were wise, kings and princes would
never play at. The venerable a..
Franklin, at the cOse Of his iI,u-;r-
Gus career, remarked, THAT There
was never good war nor ha |!
peace
We have made, Mr.. Chairman. by
this war, eight millions OF bitter Gu
cnies upon the American continent
While time shall last the recOllrcti-
Qua Of this bio0dy strife will never
fade from the memories Of the pc ople
North and South, but will be banded
down to the latest generation The
words Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg,
Murireesboro, Richmond. Yicksburg
and Fort Dcnelson, aru words OF Givi
sion and d;sunion, and will serve to
bring up emotions Of eteral hate. II
it we're true, as was alleged by ds-
tingnished Senator from Ohio, (Mr
Wadc.) in a syeech in Portland in
1885, that he believed that no two
nations on tho earth hated each other
as much as the North and South y
low much moro true is the remark
now, after they have been arrayed III
such bloody contests. II is the object
al the sword to cut and cIeave asun-
der, but never to unite. What union
is there between Russia and Poland,
between Austria and Hungary, be-.
tween England and Catholic Ireland
where the sword and the bayonet for
centuries have been employed In
stead Of conterring national strength.
they are sources OF weakness TO the
countries that hold them in subjectiou
and which would this day be stronger
without them than with them.
Mr.. Chairman, those lessons Of
history are full Of warning and ex--
nmplo. Much better would it have
been for US in the beginring--much
better would it be for us now to con
sent to a division OF our magnificen,
empire and cultivate amicsbIe rela.
tions with our esusnged brethren,
than to seek to hold them to us by
the power of the sword. Here let me
advert TO- the common, yet perfectly
gsring ard apparent error, that to
part with our jurisdiction over eleven
States involves the destruction of our
Government. The statement Of the
proposition demonstrates its absurdi
~. As we'll might one say, who had
form of two hundred acres of land
thai lie had lost the title deed to al,
of it because, by some misfortune, he
had parted with fifty. In losing tbe
South, no. one function OF our Gov,