The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-03

aud love, heart-Smittcn. shall wait for JUS.
tiec. Good mon aud angels Will cry Out
"llow long, o lcrli will Thou not avcugcy
Autt then these guiluest and most rcnorso.
less traitors these high and culured men,
with might and wisdom used for the DIES.
tructon of the country--thcsc most ac.
cursed aud dctcsted OF all criminals, that
havc drcGched nation iunecdlcSs blood,
aud moved The foundations Of thcir tines
with hideous crimes and cruelty caught
ny IN black clouds. full OF voices OF ven.
geancc, aud mrid with punishment, shall
he whirlcd aloft aud plunged downward
forever and ever IN an endless rclrihution.
while God shall say, "rlus shall II be TO all
who betray their country; and al In
heaven and upon earth will say kncn!
(Noiccs--Amea Amen9 But for The
people misle5, for the muliudrs drafted
and driven into this civil war. let not
trace OF animosiiy remain. applause
Tho moment their willing hand drops the
musket, aud they return TO their allegiance,
then stretch ont your honest right hand to
greet them Recall to tlicm the old days
! OF Kindness. Our hearts wait for their re.
/ demption. MI the resources of rcuova.
ted nation shall hc applied to rebuild their
[ prosperity and smooth down the lurruws
Of war.
A people educated and moral are com.
potent to all the cXigcncies oi national lie.
! A vote can govern better than crown.
| We have proved it. Applause, A
people, intelligent aud religions, arc strong
\ in all econori;cai elcmrnts. They oac fitted
| for peace ana competent to war. They are
not easily irllamed, and when justly in
conscd not easily extinguished. They are
patient in N,lvorstics. endure cheerlully
nccdiu burdens, tax themselves lor real
wants more royally Than any prince would
dare to tax iis people. They pour forth
| without stint rcliei Tor tho aulfrrings OF
war; aud raise charity out Of tho realm of n
dole intoa muniiicent duty ot boncliconuo.
The habit OF industry among freemcn pro.
/ parcs them to meet the exhaustion at war
with increase of productivcness. Cm.
uieasaratc With tho need that exists, their
habits of skill enablo them at once 10 sup.
ply such armies as unly freedom can mus.
ter, with arms and munitions such as only
free industry can create. FREQ society is
terrible in war. aud afterwards repairs the
mischief of war with celebrity almost Is
great as tina. with which the ocean heals
tho seams gashed in il liy the keos of the
| blowing ships. Free society is fruitful of
| military genius. IL com's when called (;
when no longer needed il falls back as
waves do TO the level of the common sea.
! And no wave may be greater than the un-
divided water With proof of strength so
great, yet in its infancy we stand up along
with the nations of earth, asking no privi-
! ligcs, asserting no rights, but quietly as.
suming omr place and determined to be
second to mono in the race OF civilization
and religion. OF all nations we are the
most dangerous and tho oast to be feared.
| Laughter and applause.
There is good day coming FOR the
South, Through darkness, and tcars, and
blood she has sought it. 1t has becu an
unconscious va Doiorasd, but in the end
it will be worth alb it has cost. Her in.
| strucions before were deadly. She nour-
ished death in her bosom. The greater her
secular prosperity, the more sure was her
ruin. Every year of delay but made the
change more terrible. Now by an earth,
quaSe the evil is shaken down, and her
own historians in later day shall write
/ that from the day the sword cut of the
cancer she began TO find her health
| What then shall hinder the rebuilding of
this Republic? The evil spirit is cast oni
EWhy should not this nation cease TO wau-
der among tonbs cutting itself Why
should it not come clothed aud in its right
mind to sit Mt the feet Of Jesus. Is il
feared thtt The Government will opprCss
the conquered States? What possible mo-
tive has the Government to narrow the
base of that pyramid on which It's own pcy-
manance staIidS 7 j. it feared tliat .
rights of the States will be withhchl .e
South ia not more Jealous of State rights
than tho North. State rights from the
carlics colonial days have been the peculiar
pride and jealousy of New England. In
every stage of national formation it was
peculiarly northern aud not southern
statesmen that guarded State rights as we
were forming the constitution. But once
united the loyaf States gave mp forever
that which had been delegated to the lia-
tional goverI ment. and now ia the hour of
victory the loyal States do not mean to
trench upon southern State rights. They
will not do it or suffer it to be done.
There is not to be one rlle for high latitndes
and another for low. We take hothiug
from the southern States that has not al
ready been taken from northern. Tho
Sonth shall have just those rights that
every eastern, every middle, every west
ern State has---no moro, no less. We are
not seeking Our own aSgrandizement by
impovcTisling the South. It's prosperity
is an Indispensable element of our own,
We have shown 10y all that we haze sui--
fcrcd IN war how great is orr estimate of
tho Importance of the southern States af
this Union, and we will measure that esti-
mate now in peace by still greater cXer-
tions for their rebuilding.
From this pulpit OF broken stone We
speak afresh our earnest greeting TO all our
land. We offer to the President Of these
United Statcs our solemn congratulations
that God has sustained his Life and health
under the unparalleled burdens and suf-
lerings of four bloody years, and permitted
him to bclold this auspicious consuwIna-
tion Of that national unity Gur~wlIich he has
waited with 50 much patience and fort.
lude, and for which he has labored with
such dsintcrcsled wisdom. lipptaIse.l
To the members OF the gpYernmeAt assoc-
atcd with him in ihe standardization of per
ilous affairs iI critical times, 10 the seua-
tore aud representatives Of tho United
States who have eagerly fashioned the IN
struments by which the popular will might
express and splurce itself, we tender our
grateful thanks. Applause. TO the Of
6cers and men OF the army aud navy who
have So faithfully, skillfully and gloroHsly
upheld their couhiry's authority by suif r
irg labor and sublime courage, we oiler
here tribute beyond the compass Of
wnrds. Great amilausc.I Upon these
true aud faithful citizens. men and women
who have berno up'witii nntiDchng courr
aao in The darkest hour aud covered the