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

of the Republic the victorious legions
! lofGrant, Sherman and Sheridan have
passed in review before the eachief Of
fcers Of The nation, aud the ropresen-
tatves Of Boreigns Goycfnme nis; inn
pressing all -beholdersiwith Me- idea Of
the grandeur and power Of nation
who could bring into the feld such an
army ofycteran heroes. ,., -s.
But we desire to-day to extend to
our soldiers a more cordial welcome,
n more heartfelt. greeting, to meet
them face TO face, take them by the
hand and say to these noble men in
lporson, we'll done good. and faithful
seryants -. { T. q r
When two years ago VIC SO often
met together and urged the citizen to
become a soldier, we assured him Of a
Nations gratitude, and the kind re-
mcmbrance Of his fellow countrymcn
when the trials and dangers OF the
camp and the 6eld should be cxchnng-
cd for the avocations Of peace. To-
day VIC are to rcmind them that these
were no Idle words, and that wo yet
remember the promise then made.
a 1t has been said that republics are
ungratelul. We are sure that Amer
lea will show hersclfto bean exception
to this rule. Her defenders always
have been, aud always will be, her
idols. She has erected to their mem
Dry monuments Of marble and brass,
and their heroic sacrifice and self
devotion will be remembered and
cherished by a grateful people, when
marble shall have crumbled, and these
monuments become n mouldering
ruin. While time shall last, and the
seasons come aud go in their censoless
rounds, and until the earth shall
perish and the Heavens be rolled to-
gether like a scroll, will this proud
and mighty Republic preserve the
memory Of the deeds of the heroes of
'6l, The conqucrors of q hundred bat
tie fields. .,..., ......
Our country will now enter upon
new career Of greatness and useful
ness, The FIRST period Of dur Nation
al existence has closed with the lapse
Of less than century. Inaugurated
in scenes of strife aud blood, where
patriotic devotion contonded with the
military power of Great Britain, it
has closed amid the awful terrors of
the greatest battle fields of the world,
where the same patriotism has sue
cesstully met in arms the enomies of
the great ideas of the elevation of the
the dignity Of labour, uniyer-
sal suffrage. freedom Of fthought,spec
and action, and the government and
institutions established by the men of
70. That period has gone into his
tory, glorious, beautiful and grand,
and It's achievements, which have, been
the wonder of the world, arc Ibid
among the archives Of the natlbhs.
And historywill pronounce the verdict
that in the arts Of peace America ri
vailed theiworld, and in tho nrt or war
has eclipsed the lustre ofboth ancient
and modern Europe. rll s.idu4 ooi
I. Looking lack over the past four
years, with its hopes aud fears, IFS dis.
lsters and its triumphs, its agony and
It's joys, what have we as, the RESULT 2
At the, commence ment of the war wo
counted the cost, weighed every cir
aud firmly resolved to I'M
aertako the task; by many pronoqneed
tobe impossible; the work being aecom-
plished, have we sufficient compen-
sation Cor the tremendous 'saeri6cc n
i'HAs one of the results Of the great
conflict wc have developed a Wing
glowing patriotism, which is the life
andisoul Of a nation, and without
which no people can become great or
powerful ,3i.gIHT GJIs DO lIii'
We have called into being an army,
before which the legions Of the poten-
tates Of Europe would be as but ehaif
before. the wind, aud relying upon
which We may bid defiance to all our
enemies both at home aud abroad.
We have created a navy, theproud.
est that is borne upon old Ncptune's
mighty bosom, and which win defy
he world, aud make America "Mis-
ress of tho Ocean" .' ''' ."H s' ''I
We have established the fact that
he Republic has the power to pre-
erve and protect herself from external
md internal foes, and that devotion to
no Union and Constitution as our
Fathers made them, is no myth, and
hat the threat to Dissolve the Union,
atcly so ilippant upon the tongues Of
when attempted, constitutes
reason. ...... ..-..t...l ..f..5 .,.....r
We have restored tho integrity of
he Union, aud brought back eleven
States to their allegiance to the Con-
ititution and Laws of the Nation.
We have "baullcd down" the flag ofI
reason and rebellion in those eleven
tates, scattered to the winds an army
{ q million Of men who attempted to
eiend IL, and pnfurled the banner OF |
he Whole Union,in its stead, so that
I now floats IN triumph over every
DOT of soil over which we cldimed jur. |
sdictioni and which is now in truth |
'the land Of the free and the homo Of
'hebraScio o-..pI lm 'FgwHrrsut
''Aud allthis we have accomplished;
if our enemies in the Sou,hana croak
sts nthe North arc to be believed,
winning but two or three of
the many battles fought with the re-
bells, and after a period of continued |
and unmiilgatsd disaster ia tho field,
during the whole war. According to
their logic, we have the strange ano-
maly Of the yietors Of a hundred bat
ties 'speing Tor mercy, aud the yap5
pushed celebrating a complete and
Signal triumph. '1
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