The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-30
Toasts and Responses at the Jubilee for
the Benefit of Soldiers Families. at
the Court House i'll Chardon, Satur.
day, Dec gath, 1864.

the Court House i'll Chardon, Satur.
day, Dec Oath 1854.
OW Couni,y-Likc gold from the fur.
naco, may IT come out OF tue present strug
gl' With dross consumed, and made puier.
brighter moro enduring, as by ire.
RlsroHsU BY JUDGE cANrlELD.
Within the brief limit of remarks appropr,a,e
Ia Wis occasion, can neither review he history
OF mt country, nor trace the parallels in the his.
tory W other nations which might have afforded
rs onWGi1iiJn, instruction or CnruutpuuuIrtt in
luo w''st oi the fiery Orjca through whcn We
h"yu b'cn passing, nor GeiGsIte the golden Ia.
tuIci whose vlstas open to the eye o, faith and
nope. ] he Hood .iioc Ol dsus'C md devastation
Whch has swept over the land carrying min
desc ION and death in ils waves, and threaten.
lJC at times tu tear us from our moOfnps and
cash rs 10 fragments upon lee shurc,ur subfnrrgc
rs forever, has spout It's force, and is now rolling
back to tile dark CaVerhs whence it came; and
though its r"cCrlng waves bear away to Il return.
lees distance many loved object, and leave US
lnud sircwn with wrecked hopes, and pluwtd d and
quilted and devastated by cuntendiug currents
yctW stand once more upOE our tcet. erect in our
mani, cd, with our banner still iloyting. and piu.
Clp.Jt uusulIlud aud iiGmphdnt.lCULy 10 bend
2paOusIy 90 she work ui rebuilding the waste
place. oi uut XDun md rcCousuucuing our ma.
linnaI cdiigv with slavery forever shui out with
Freedom lur its corner stone, spanning hc cont.
uUut WITH it, nr,ues, aud az enduring u. the ever
l0stiug bills which torn lie colau.ns OF support --
The ordeal Nr have pas. ed has been fearful but
IL compcG.alions will be tound in the lessons VI
wl.d'm We IuYc learned. NJ d the tucrc asgd pros.
I,ri.y wli,h lr,e Institutions. univ, r,ully cs'ab.
nshcd, will bring us ns pcu le.
Bat you Hsk, what lessons haze we learned
t'Ht bear any comparison in value to the sucii.
fee. sc have made Pcihnps the sentiment
just read WIS assigned 10 me tor ic>porap. he.
cause OF the golden sirnie made use oi and NV
y
lums OF California. BE It so Every gold.
digger soon learns that lie who would gather
gold from the lapOl nature, where God hns pla, ed
it, must dig Tor it. The gliueriHg particles which
tie upon the sur ace, and which have tt tlutCd
many n tyTus ore but the yellow mica OF her
rock. aud sunds known by the initiated ns fools
gold. 1t is only Dy hard and per cvcrirg toll
that our eyes are permitted 10 bChsld, the re.
ward OF our cxrriuns, the virgin gold winch lies
deeply buried bencaih supc:lncumtent rocks and
soil. So with the nation. Whist TIE people
have been earnestly seeking safe exit from The
calaml,ics OF war, and the cturn OF the Govern.
mcnt tu the high plane OF universal liberty " Inch
i's iOunJers designed tito occupy. and from which
II hnd most grioyousy fallen, and whilst dovoing
all their energies to this object. political Sru-
erred out to them, Stay; cease your labor and
yuIr sacrifices we have discovered royal rOad
10 peace, through the gi dod arts Of stntcsmanshiI
and compromi-e." But it wus fools gold and
as he result showed, few save the sell stuluiied
Slavery, the stone cut out OF the mountain by
the hands OF Sntuu, md cast upon the virgin
soil OF the cOn,iheut had grown beneath the ge
nal skies Ot the sunny South. UNFIT it covcro,
every hill and valley irum the Chic 10 the Gulf
aud from the Potomac to the Rio Grande !
stood, huge volcanic pile, oyershadowng al
the land around It's summit hung n dark, i'm
pCnetrable cloud, ted unct ueiuply by TIE fire.
TINT .monldercd in the depths below. Ever mn,
anon, streams of molten lava issued from it,
smoking crater, and courscd down its sides
and spread out upon the free soil ut its base
withering and consuming the lrGi S ni iIee labor
driving of the laborcr, nnd setting ile hHck sea
OF its ownership upon every new acquisition 80
, 1hOughiees OF The ultimate issue, the PEOPLE hat
been accustomed to eat OF the tempting iru
grown upon It's sunny s.opes and drink tie rec
VINE oi its vintage. But now twas beCmniu:
10 cncroach upon their own homes and the home
oi their children. Its clouds obscuicd the sky -
It's ashes were in their kneadinu. tt"nuha unr
upon their tables; and on their lips It's da,l
shadows crepl in across the threshold aud icl
upOn the hcarthstouc and the heart. the ciadI,
aud the couch the coffin aud the grave. Furihc
aggression WINS forbidden, and rebellion aud wa
followed Alter mare than three years OF earlu
and bloody conflict with the Slave Power, ouI
people have learned ilia important lesson Il
have inirh in themselves; faith in their own in
tclgencc, power and patriotism; tnith in lhc
ability to govern themselves and maintain rh,il
institutions; iuiih IN God, and i'll the uitimal,
Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again,
cctcrunl ycnrs OF God me here;
Whilst error, wounded, wriihcs in pain,
And dies umid her wOrshipcrs."
What suhnCr spectacle was ever witnessed
than that exhibited by the people on lhc sIh al
November last, Wien, arising nom the dust and
smoke aud CurnuEc OF the conflict, unmindiul al
the threats and tauns and jters Of foreign oI
domestic toes, IN obedience To no mortal man.
date, but prOmptodhy "stil. sn all voice" Ike
Il. a al. 10,
stIoyng tempest and consuming tle had pneFed
by, the nauou's arm, foul with the lcpiosy o
adhcring parasites, was stretcht forth, in hope
md confidence md faith, and IN rstonishod worll
bcheld II ceanseh OF is leprosy, and clothed
with power, and receiving from the Divine ar
mory new Weapons and iIrsh strength WIN
which To sm!te and scatter and destroy its enc
mos. We have ceased To look lor Divincly
appointed Moses TO leal our people, or Joshua Y
, command our mles, and have learned lhGt th
nations arm welds the swold which leads on
armies ON tu victory, aud the nations hand hold
the rod " Inch smitcs the ilniy rock, Und bring
i forth liz gLshlug waters. As the youthful liar
, niba, at The bidding OF his father, sworc upon II
u noble warriors sword eternal tenity to Cnrihng
aud eternal CnmIty to Rome, 80 have we, beslt
n tl~ new made graves ol the iirsl.born throuaho
the land, vowed II lifelong tculty to Freedom al
hostility TO Slavery, and, with IA giant lhlth,
have SAID to that mountain, BE thou puckcd
aud cast into the depths ot :ho sea-" and q
sublime command IL being nlilIlrd. These y
v some ui tie lessons We have learned nud whl
is We huvo on Iefpelual record tor our children Al
tho world. Aud who shall estimate their yulu,
} Beside h,m, the diamonds flashing lighteApirC
z and the fine gold becomes dim.
10 But what 0l the turuIci The soundly. whip
- lcaucrs ul the rebellion who escape the sculoI
viii have learned TO respect us,uud lhRtl the III
step towards n lasting tachment. The mass
pt OF the SUulh have no Cssunllal cause OF COnfl
with us and, when once brought TO the
IS kuces by tie Raryug process which they n
now undergoing, they will find that, ins cad
n being their enemies, we are their best friend
and they will GLADLY accept at our hands irctd
from the oppressive rule OF n lyrannr
olIgarchy, n Tree soil. irCe labor, irce speech
tree press, nee schools, Tree ballot, tree gusl
and ircc grace, and enter with ircshcr zeal th'
ours upon the great race OF prosperity over lr
track, beneath lToe skies and breathing tr
air. A decade ul ytars will have ohIitcrat