Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-06


marked difference. The materiesof war iorthe in
surgent States were furnished, 10 , great nyaspre,
from The workshops Of Get Brtain; and Brush
receiving British ornaments, sailed from we ports
oi,Gr at Britain Y make war on Auerlcen " sVmo IN
nsn sont States These ships, having once escaped
from British ports, ever afterwards entered them IN
every part Of the world to Ieat, and % % renew he
wore most disastrous 10 the States then IN rebellOn'
increasibg their desoation and misery BY the pro
lOngatiOn of our civil contest. 10 bndr moreover,
The effect to Ar Mt extent, 10 drive the American
flag from the sea, and 10 transfer much o. our SHIP
ssS aI creSea Se necessity for such change
These events took place before was caliea 70 Ino
administration Of the shOsI1 aS ny o9 20
Il sire for peace by which am animated ied me 70
approve the proposal, already made, TO submit the
question questions which SA lhss arisen belysoo !hscoun
tries to arbitration These questions are OF such
msno oHt that they nust have landed thsetten
on Of the great Powers and are so interwoven WIN
the peace and interests OF every one ol tnen ~ 70
4 form you tEat Great Britain declined the atbtra-
ment, but on the hand, nvi cd US to the form
BET cen the ounires, flom which those for the
depredatiOns before mentioned should Pc exclnded'
The ProP9sitiiOn in that very unSatSiactPTyI IYFn
an imp aehn gpsof tbe Eood faith Of Power which
involving questions Of public law Of whlch the set
! tem,rG is essential to the peace Of natiOns and'
Sens Would have followed Intellectually on 4 decs-
lon aSainst tIrest Britain, such compensation was
not their primary object. They had higher mo-
to establish important principles of internnt'o' al
lave The correspondence will beplaced before you.
\ The ound on which the British Mnstef rests his
justification is, substantially. that The municipal
law of nation, Snd the dOmestiG intsrp Citations Of
aw %e3iSTS % diIS,o q s opsn .o! yoa
anbefore the world, that That ufttneat0n oaPngt.
be Sustained before the tribunal OF nations AT the
sHS S PAYER H III c future.
lfriendshp between the two counties must rest on
From the moment Of the establishment of FREQ
Constitution, the civilized world has beon cOnVuls.
cd by revolutions in the interests OF or0t
URitod States have wisely and firmly feldl Cd 70 bgt
come prOpagandistS Of republicanlsn tls the only
IIgovernment sui!ed ~ our condition. ouI W. pave
never sought to impUsei it upon Otuers aud we have
llconsstenty followed the advice OF washington 70
re6oIn nend itohly by thecareful preseHatidn- and
prudent use Of the blessing: DurtAg all the inter-
yenjng period the policy Of European Powers and Of
the United States has, on the whole, been harm0-
NOUS. Twice, indeed. .rumors Of the tnyasl0n OF
| some parts of America ia the interest OF mQnar-
| ehSg have Prevailed twice my predecessors! have
had 70 announce the views OF this nation IN
relnons trance OF the United STATES was IeepGoted,
from a deep conviction, Ou the part Of European
Governments, tnat the system Of non,interiertnoe
ana mutual Dstinence from propagandlsm was the
true rule for the two hemisphtres. Since those
times we have advanced in wealth and power but
we tam tho purpose to leave the nations OF
Europe 10 choose theI own yDa ties and form helr
| own systems Of government, This consistent NJ d
srati1n mat Justly dena CORE ponding rnodera-
ourselves. TO- the cause n good government. and to
the peace Of the world, should any European Power
chiIlense the American people, as IT were, to the
defense Of TepublicAnsm against foIegn interter-
ence. " eCanhOt ioresee ahd are unwilling 10 con-
slider what oppor .unities might present themselves,
what combinations might offer to protect ourselves
agHi designs inimieal TO our form Of governments
The United Stutes dese to act in the future as they
hSye eyeEseted heretkofGri t1sy seVfS s1l peqEl
ropean Powers; and we rely on the wisdom and JUS
tce Of those Powers to respect the system + nom
interference which has so long been sanctioned by
time, and which, by its good es1lts. has appr9led
The correspondence between the, United States
anu France, IL relercIcs to questions Which yh4Ve
become subjects Of disc cusson between the tw G0Y
erhhents, Will, alta proper time, belad before Coz
When, on the organization Of our Government,
under the Gnnsttu ion the President OF the United
STAGES delivered his inaugural address to the tFS
them TO the country, and to mankind that the Pfc
servation Of the sacred fire Of liberty and the des-
tiny of the Republican model OF G0yernment are
justly considered deeply perhaps as finally staked
| on the experiment intrusted TO the AMERICAN ipeo-
ple." And the House Of RepIresentatiyes answered
WashingtOnby the voice OF Madison: I'VE adore
theinyisibe hand which has led The American peO-
pie through 50 many difficulties, to cherish con-
sciOus rsspShsiPit for the destiny Of Republican
away i Since The these words were ~ ipoEsp; the 6nted
States have passed through eyerer trials than were
fOIeSeen; and now, nj tns new epOcn IN our eXlst-
en-, as one nation. with Union purified by sOr-
rows, and strengthened by conflict, and established
by the yirtueof the people, the greatness Of theoc
easion invites usonco more to repeat with sOennty,
the pledges our fathers to hold ourselves ansWea
BILE before our fellow men for the successor the Re
publican form of Government. Experispce has prs-
we'd its sufhiency in peace and in war II has v4di
Gated its author ity through dangers and Affections
and sudden and terrible emergencies, which would
have crushed any system that had been less firmly
fixed in the heart OF the people. AT the Inaugural
tiOn of Washington the iweisn reations9Gt the copn-
regulations now ali the ciSizod nations, Of the
\ globe welcome our rcOmmerce, and theiEgOYernments
profess toward us amity, Then onr country felt its
way hesitatingy along an unu cd path, with states
so little bound together by rapid means comm ami
i cation as TO be hardly known to one another, aud
with historic traditions extending over veryfew yea
wintercOurse between the states l. swift and IN
innate; the experienceOf oentur es has been crowd
ed into few generations, and has creAtea intense
i indestructib nationality. Then our jurisdiction
did not reach beyond the incOnvenient boundaries
i of the territory which had achieved independence;
now, through cessions of anqss first coY9ized by
c.plex character, and 6ASfor itshst6fa idlits the
cham, of Lakes the Gulf of Mexico and on the east
the west the S two H GseaG oSsr Das
necessary degiee : Of unity the
latent conviction that form Of government is the
best ever known to the world. has enabled us' to
emerge from civil within four years, with COM
plete vindeation of the constitutional authoIitybf
the General Government, and with our local hber-
II ties ant State institutions unimpaired Thethrongs
Of emigtants that crowd shores are WITNESSES Of
the confidence of all peoples in our permanenoe.
Here is the great land tree labor where industry
IFS blessed with unexampled rewards and the bre ad
OF the workingman is sweetened by the conscious
ness that the f the c0untry"is his own cause
his own safety his own dignity" Here every one
enjoys the free OF his and the chOice Of
activity as a natural right. Here, under the com
bined influence of afruitfu soil, genial climes, and
happy institutions, pOpuatOnlhas increased flteea-
fold within Gentugy, Here, through the easv de-
creased with twofOd greater rapdity than numbers.
80 that we have become secure against the financial
vcisaitudes Of other countries, and, ahken buSi-
knessdndin opinion, are seheentered and truly in
dependent. Here more and mole care is given to
Here religion, released from political connection with
the civil gOvermens refuseBto subserve the craft of
statesmen, and becomes, in its independence, the
spiritual life Of the people, Here liberation Ia ex-
tended TO every opinion In the quiet certainty that
truth needs only lair field TO secure the Victory
pursuit Of science TO collect stores Of knowledge and
ACQUIRE an embarrassing mastery over tue fdces
Of nature. Here the national domain Is offered and
held in m iOns Of separate freehOlds, 80 that our
felow-cit lens, beyond the occupants of any other
part Of the earth, constitute in reality people,
Here exists the democratic form Of sgoyernIusnts
and that form Of government, by the confession OF
other form is CAPABLE because II Incorporates every
man with the State, and arouses every thing that
belongs to the soul Il"
Where, in past history, does psralled exist to
the public happiness which is Yithin the reach of
the people Of the United States Whe o, in any
to their habits or 50 entitled % their love as their
own free CONSTITUTION Every On Of th6n, then, in
Whatever part of the land he has hishome IN ust wish
itspetpet1ity. WHO of them will 1ptn1w adknoyl-