The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-08-24

passed AWAY, and we owe it alike &
humanity, to their memory aud t
Justice. TO search the earth for thci
mrdcrcys aud bring them to tcrribl
punishment.
SOLDIERS In these droary years o
your absence, whilst standing up,
living wall 10 save the nation yo'
were not forgotten. Our wives, an,
our little ones remembered the sol
dicrs in Hospital, ind cyoty train bor
away from us our best gifts for tn
relief of the sick aud wounded Ev
cry loyal heart, was duickcncd Il
works of generosity and Kindness -
whilst from every altar aud hearth
stone, arose earnest supplication e
the God Of mercy, thht ihe might b'
with you in battlc---crown your oilort
with victory, aud return YOU in saiet,
to your homes. ~. rr,
! But, you have passed through Tho
smoke and storm of battle, and are
permitted to behold the return of al
honorable and permanent peace. -
Peace has lis duties ns well as war
lhnl III the work before us, as nation
we appeal with confidence to the sol.
dicrs. whose love Of country hns been
tested ora hundred battlc.nelds i
What's before us2 Tho spirit Ol
prophecy stands awcd in tile presence
Of our immediate future. ..ff LG &
Our country rising before US from
sea of wave, like the Venus Apho-
ditc, appears more beautiful, for tho
fuam of tears and of blood sill cling
ing to her garments. Again smiling
plenty visits u dcsolatcd land. Again
We have the noise of million spin
dies the music of the forge the low
ing ofcattlc "on a thousand hills, "
and the merry song ofthc reaper in
the valley opiilant with golden grains
and fruits. Agai,i are our ships be.
ginnioing to whitcn every sea, unter-
tered Wy rebel privhteora or 'onglish
pirates Again our swrthy looms
are spinning ont the iron threads, that
shall bind the Alississippito the Sac
rcmonto, and link the Columbia aud
the Riolrande. Again tho oppressed
of all lands look to this noble re-
iigc from, dcSpotie powers, and tenr
of thousands are fastening to Gus
shores TO claim u heritage in. this
- Lond oihc Free. "
1t IS an age grand in action, and
the soldier Of the great rebellion must
show himself as wise and on
tcrprising in peace, os he was pru-
dent and rcsolutc in battle. biIIcmast
ioinin repairing tho wounds of war,
and giving prosperity to the nation
Let great corps of free men 20. down
to occupy the conquered States, and
lotship loads of Europeans lie invited
10 the sunny South Northern enter
prise combincd with European ocono.
NY and perseverance, will in q few
;ears deck the shores of every. bay,
ND gulf aud river in the South with
'opulous cities and prosperous villa
;cs tcamiug with industry, and invit-
ny the visits of tho world commerce:
rs vast plantations once titled with
cryilc labor, will become so many
cats OF prosperous communities of
Zee met, and regions, once intcllcc-
oal and. moral wastes, will soon be
adorned with churches iandi school
iouscs. iim which millions will learn
ihd wayslof duty aud OF liiag9yopl lo
% Before IA, His cheering, five but
lo our duty. The oyes of the world
arc upon us. We have demonstrated
that Government founded upon the
virtue, intelligence and sclf-rcspeot
lf the masses, is at once the most free
lnd most powerful. Lot us all stand
Iirm for the right, and in all our re-
Iotions to society prove ourselves
worthy ofthc great trust confided to
our Keeping. But, az you are 10 be
addressed, at length, by gentlemen
who have shared with you the perils
aud glorics of the camp aud battle
iold, must closc.r '.|.u3 aJi fs
'oGcrc beinrc' us, as guests whom we
iclight to honor, are tho men of 1872
heroes of tho second War of Indo,
,endenoe, IcaeroLle mcni WehWiI
'ou as relies ofa past and glorious
&c. Your deeds are sacred in his,
pry! We can boast no brighter page
II our national annals, than that
Which records the encounter ut Platts-
,urg, the bloody conflicts at Chippa7
VA and Lundy's-Lanc, and the battle
for the Mississippi, when Jackson
and his brave army sent the naughty
Brion bleeding 10 his ships, You
have witnessed the. fruits 6f your tolls
n the multiplication Of States, and in
hc prosperity of the people, whose
yOu fought 20 vindicate
nd secure. You have lived to know
hat your sons arv worthy nhthem saos,
nd that tho natiouls, ollie audi, pros-
srity ispssured, in the patriotis she4
oism ofits youth. .swliv % uosirBql
, Aditvw,litisess Ror the bdroeD of
Sl2 We want three, rousiog chses.
Chcering.l And VIC leanuot at this
lQpr of our rejoicing forget our NaEy,
With is four hundred shipsrrits four
houssud guns, and its brave sailors
md marines. II is represented here.
to-day, III the person Of young men
from Seneca County, who have shared
i,s conflicts and its glory, We cam
not fOrset, nor viii the worla soon
forget, how our Western tars closed
with the rebel R,,ms at Memphis, aud
along the Mississippi; nor are we
unmindiul OF the sublime spectacle OF
our acet, led by Farrsgut, aud Porter,
ilartingpast Forts jackson aud 81.
Philip, destroying the rebel armada.
aud opening the father of wategS to,
We slill remember Mehla,
ond the triunphs of our navy in cyery.