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

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mean avetice. That general Intelligence
and Independence Of Thought which schools
Tor the common people and newspapers
breed, they revled as the inci.emens Of IN.
settled zeal. running easily into fanaticism
Ihey more thoroughly misunderstood The
profound sentiment Of loyalty the deep
loVe OF country which pervaded the COM
mon people Ii those who knew them best
bad never suspected the depth. and power
OF that love ofcountry which threw Il int
an agony of grief when the Gao vas be,e
bombled, how should thsy CONCEIVE Of i,
who were wholly disjoined from then, in
sympathy 7 The whole land rose up. YOU
remember, when the flag came down, as il
iDshired uuconscionsly BY the breath OF tbs
Almighty, and The power Of omnipotenee
1t was as when one pierces the banks o.
the Mississippi for rivulet md the whole
raging stream pluDges thr ougb with head
long course. There they calculated, and
ms csl culated
And more than all, they miscalculaied
the bravery of men who have been trained
under law, who ae civil zed aud halo per.
soual brawls, who are 80 protected by soci.
ETY. as to have dismissed all thoughts Of self
defence, the whole force of whose life is
turued TO peaceful pursuits These AFRO
giant conspirators against government, with
Chinese vanity, believed that they could
blow away these self respecting citizens as
chsff from the battlefield. Few Of them
are left alive to ponder their mistake
Here, then, are the roots Of this civil var.
II WINS not quarrel Of wild beasts, il was
an infection OF the strife Of ages, between
power aud right, between ambition and
equity. An arm ed baud of pesilent con
splrators sought the nations life. Her chill
dren rose up and fought at every door, and
room and hall, to thrust out the muiderers
and save the house and household. II was
not legiIimately war bettoeen the COMMON
people OF the North and South The war
was set on by the ruling class, the aristo.
crstic copspirators of the South. They
suboSned the common people with lies, with
sophistries, with cruel deceits and ISLANDERS.
10 fight for secret objects which they ab
horred, and against interests as dear TO
them as their own lives
l charge the whole guilt OF this war upon
the ambitious, educated. plotting, political
leader of the South. [Applanse, They
have shed this ocean OF blood They have
d,solated the South. They have poured
poverty through all her towns and, cities.
They have bewildered the Imagination Of
the people with phantasms, and led them
to believe that they were fighting for their
homes aud liberty, whose homes are uu-
threatened, and whose liberty was in nc
jeopardy. ..-., ayy
These arrogant instigators OF, civil wa,
have renewed the plagnes Of Egypt, no
that the oppressed might 60 free, but tha
the free might be oppressed. A day will
come when God will reveal judgment, and
arraign ct his bar these mighty miscreants;
aud then, every orphan that their bloody
game has made, and, every widow that sets
sorrowiDg, and every manned and wounded
sufferer, and every bereaved heart 10 all the
wide regions of this land, will rise up and
come before the Lord to lay upon these
chief culprits oi.modern history their awful
witness. And from thousand baltic
fields shall rise up armies of airy witnesses,
who, with the memory oil their awful suf
feringsehali confront these miscreants With
sh'ieks of fierce accusation aud every
pale aud arved prisoner shall raise his
skinny hund in judgment. Blood shall call
out for vengeance, and Tears shalt plead for
| justice, aud grief shall silently beckon. aud
love, heart smi,ten, shalt wall for justice
Good men and angels will cry out = :. How
long. oh Lord, how long Wilt'tt mo-
avenge
And then, these guiltiest and most re
morseless traitors, these high and cultured
men with might and wisdom, used for the
destruction Of their country these most
accursed aud detested Of all crimiaais, that
have dreuched 3 continent in needless blood,
aud moved the foundations of their times
with hdeous crimes and cruelty. caught up
in black clouds, full OF voices Of vengeance
aud lurid with punishment. shall be whrled
aoft aud plunged downward for evsr and
for ever in au eudless retributioD; while
God shall say, thus shall it be !. all who
betray their country (" and al IN heaven
aud upon the earth will say Amen -
| Voices Amen Amen -
But for the people mised, Tor the multi.
tudes drafted and drivei into this civil war,
let uot a trace Of s0inosity remain. ZAP;
plause.1 The uopent their willing hand
drops the musket and they return TO their
sllegiauee. tben stretch out your own honest
right hand 90 greet Them. Recall TO them
the old Gays OF kinduess.. Our hearts wtit
, for tbeF redemption. All the resources of
. ,epoVsted nation shall be applied TO re-
bull their prosperity, and smooth down The
fn,rows Uf war.
: EAt this point in his oratien Mr. Beech.
{ef paused, and said "I will thank the
band TO play al cir. aud you TO get up that
have been sitting down, aud you TO sit
down that have been standing and | will
sit down too, and rest for moment. -
When the band had ceased playing, be said !:
ave will now take our places again and
attend 10 our business" aud then proceeded
with his speaking.
Has this long aud weary period Of strife
been an unm'pged evil Has nothing
been gained Yes. much. This nation
has att aimed TO its manhood.
Among Indian customs is one which Cd
mits young meu TO the rank Of WARRIOR
only after severe trials Of hunger, fatigue
pain, endurance. They reach their station,
not through years, but otdeals. Our ma
tion has suffered, aud now Is suopg. -
The sentiment Of loyalty and patriotism,
pext in Importance TO religion, has been
rooted and grounded Ws have somethihg
IN he mani of and pride helps love- Nev