Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-05-06

suleies thy whiteness Thy red is not th,
blush Of shame, but The blush OF joy 4 Tel
the dews that wash thee that thou ar
pure as they. Say to the night, that thy
stars lead toward the mornings; aud tc
the morning, that brighter day srises
with sealing in its wings. Aud then, oh
glowing flag, bid the sun pour light on oil
thy folds with double brightness while thou
art bearing round and round the world the
solemn joy--a race set freel a nation re.
deemedl
The mighty hand Of Government made
strong in war; by the favor OF the God ot
Battles, ipreads wide to. day the banner OF
liberty that went down in darkness, that
arose. in light, and there il streams. like
the sun above II, neither purceled out nor
monopolized, but hoodibg the uir with
light for all munkind. Ye scattered md
broken, ye wounded and dying, bitten by
the fiery serpents of oppression, everywhere,
in all he world, look opon this sign, lifted
up, and livel Aud ye homeless aud
houseless slaves, look. and ye are free!-
AT length you, too, have part and lot in
this glorious ensign, that broods with i'm
partial love over small and great, the poor
and the strong, the bond and the free. at
In this solem hour let Us pray for the
quick coming of reconciliation aud happi.
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But, we must build again, from the
foundations, in all these now free Southern
States. No cheap exhortatious 10 forget.
fulness of the past. to restore all things as
they were, will do God does not stretch
oul his baud, as be has for four dreadful
yearC, that men may easily forget the
night of bis terrible acts Restore things
as they were? What, the alenations and
jealousies? the discoids and contentious.
aud The eanses of them? No. In that
solemn sacrifice on which nation has
offered up for its sins so mapy precious
victims, loved and Lamented, our sins and
mistakes be consumed utterely and for ever
NO, ue'er again ahall things be restored
as before The wer. l. is written in Gods
decree of events fulfilled, Old things are
passed away. That new earth, in which
dwelleth righteousness, draws near. il
Things as they were? Who has an
omnpo, ent hand to restore million dead,
slain 10 battle, or wasted by sickness, or
dying ofgrief, broken hearted? Who has
omn sciepce to search for the scattered
one ? Who shall restore the lost to
broken families? Who shall bring back
the sous Jndered treasure, the years of in
dustry yusted, and convince you that four
years OF guilty rebellion. and cruel war,
are no more than dirt upon the hand, which
a moments washing removes, aud leaves
the hand clean US before? Such war
reaches down 10 the very yitals of society.
Emerging from such prolonged rebel.
lion, he Is blind Who'll tells you that he state
by mere amnesty aud benevolence oil
Goveremeut, can be put again, by mers
decree, in its old place. IL would not be
honest, it would not be kind or fra,e.nal
for me to pretend that Southern revolu
tiun against ihe Uaion has not reached
and wrought revolution in the Soulher
states themselves, and inaugurated nev
dispeusatlon.
Society here is like broken loom, anC
the piece which rebellion put in, and wa
weaving, has been cut, and every thread
broken. You must put in new warp an new
woof, and. weaving anew, as the fabric
slowly unwiuds. We shall see in it 10 Cor.
gon figures. no hideous grotespues OF the
OLD barbarism. but the figures OF liberty,
vines and golden grains, framing in the
heads Of Justice, Love, aud LiOeriyl
The august convention of 1881 framed
! the Constitution with this memorable pre-
ample: We, the people of the UuiteC
SAFES, in order TO form q more perfec
Union. establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common de
ieuse, pormote the general welfare, and Sc
cure the blessings Of liberty to ourselve
and our posterity, do ordain this Coustitu
tion for tie United States of America.
Again, in the awful convention Of wal
the people of the United. States, for th
very end just recited. have debated, settle,
and ordained certain fundamental truths
which must heucefortb be accepted suo
obeyed. Nor is any state, or any individ
ual, wise. who shalt disregard them They
are TO civil sffairs what the natural law
are to heallh-ndispeusabls conditions o.
peace aud happiness.
What are the ordinances given by tbt
people, speaking out of the FIRE darkness O
war, with authority inspired by that sam
God who gave the law from Sinai ami
thunders and uumpe, voice? 5as3
| l. That these United States shall be on
and indivisible.
2. That States have not absolute soyeI
eighty, aud have no right 10 dismember ,h
republic, .a5 bsoo diin.ffts
8. That universal liberty is indispensab
10 Republican Government. and that 81,
very shall be utterly aud for ever abolished
Such are the results OF warl These q,
the best fruits Of the war. They are WORT
all they have cost. They ore foundaiio.
of peace. They will secure benefits to a
nations as we'll as to ours. 'I
Our highest wisdom and duty is to a
cept the facts as the DEGREES of God. w
are exhorted to get all that has happeuel
Yes, the wrath. the condict, the cruelt
but not those overruling DEGREES of &C
which this war has pronounced. As so
emnly as on Mount Siuai, God says. "R
member remember! Hear it to day. !
Under Ibis SUI. under that bright child ,
The sun, our banner, with the eyes oi Oh
nation and Of the world upon as, We repe,
the syllables Of Gods Providence and r
ci,e the solemn DEGREES
No MORE DIsuNIoN
No MORE SECESSION
No MORE SLAVERY
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