The Howard union. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-28
THE SPEECH OF PRESIDENT JOHN.
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This noble utterance Of the President
completes the chain that will bind Lincoln
and JohnsotsSnse seperably in all future his.
tory as fit jcumbents Of a chair that has
been adOfst1lf M Sf Washington himself. 1t
mi winter whicn< the future may de.
veloplate. We,sronfidently hope for the
best--it matters not even if the South
should insist upon her own destruction, or
the North be fatally torn by faction n--the
fact can never be erased from the tablets
Of history that Lincoln and johnson, who
were forced into the highest responsibility
that human liberty has ever devolved on
(rail mortality, have SO discharged their
| solemn trust as to put aside every guide
but that which speaks from the example
and teachings Of those sainted men who
launched our government on its grand voy
age. If the Republic shall be doomed TO
fall amid the confusion of factions, their
calm light will shine above the melancholy
ruins so proudly and serenely, and with
such a lu>tre, to guide the future ages to
the height we as a nation should have
reached, as to cSnvince all posterity that not
through them il was that the sun of our
freedom darkledi in the blackuess Of anarchy,
Modest, firm, common-sense, nobly am
bilious and unsellish Americans, Lincoln
and InhnSon soon to hova hosn ro;so1 a.
prophets by the Divine Hand, that thsy
might stand among the people, even in
these evil and jarrng times, as men TO be
aiieclionately claimed throughout all time as
Fathers Of the Republic; as those who did
not abuse power 10 the "thick of tempta-
tion;" as men exalted by their very humility
and conscentiousnes IS to the proudest height
that generous ambition can attain. But we
feel firmly convinced tha! their reward will
come and speedily, through the triumph oil
nEgsioS. We,npnot doubt this. Faction
must bite elq dssA ead patriotism be des.
t ltinsissti - Sils Ra.'iee of all our perils
land ssE s< Bgterno speech of the
Pr S The heart of the whole
nation, al flAys5ce Of loved and reveret
parent falls upon erring but manly children
whose pride, whose sentiments, whose in
teres,s, valor, and hopes are inseparably
bound up in the destiny Of the sacred ark
Of home, wherein are gathered all thci!
most cherished memories, and whose iuviin:
shelter invokes the prodigals to enter il
and be in safety and at peace.
II is the sentiment of President Johnson
speech that will melt the hearts of all tru
q. Union men into one as no force, as no logic
as no complicated scheme of Legislation ca,
: do. This address breathes from the hear
precisely as did the simple appeal of Lin
= coin, made on the close Of the war, that
yankee" band of music would gra'ir.
him by playing what lie called the "cap
,ured air Of Dixie" II is American love
> an American sentiment, that the ualio
needs as the panacea that is to repair, as b
magic, the ravages Of the past; and NOR
}. than all, and denrer than all, it is this, an
this only, that can hand down free and grei
u, and united America to future ages. Wan
ing this spiri', this fair land must desc Il
like clay without soul, only as so muc
territory under the partial rule Of 6ru
st force, and liable on every instant 10 mi
chiefs from lurking treason, open revolt, al
), foreign intrigue, And if all Of us can /
te persuaded to be ruled by the silken cor
>, SO tenderly suggested by the Chief Magi
81 trate, and TO accept the war and its cons
"a quences, not in a petty and selfish spir
81 but as a publication mercirully vouchsafC
RS "a. ~ Su'no'''t'By in order that we m.
become more Christian and strong
/, people than ever beCore--iP we can
ot persuaded thus TO receive the lessons
u, y, our chastsement, then our humble hear
IN will assemble around the holy altar Of
io ia, common country, and on that shrine we W
n make such sacrifices as shall regenera
,ot our souls, as will renew in us the patriC
p ism that gowed in Their hearts whose fc
st- bearanco and compromises constructed II
of nation. And under such an influence t
" now hateful memories and symbols of ci
ys strife will only be SO many props of streng
it, 10 that patriotism which we shall transr
to our children and our chidren's childr'
The reverse Of this picture we have l
me me the heart to sketch.
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