The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-09
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TboDgh human vision is not permitted
70 penetrate fnturity, We msy conjecture
F,on, the well known effects always pro-
duced BY individual Is well IS national
success, power and courage. IS to the posi-
ton the Republic IS destined TO occupy
among the nations of the earth. The
greatness, respect and honor which are ae-
corded 70 any people, are in exact proper
tion to the magnitude of the obstacles they
have surmounted in achieving andsustain-
ing their national existence. Ii these dli-
iculties were few and Insignificant, the I'M
precision will, of course, be corresponding
" weak and transitory; but i, on the con-
trsry. they were numerous, powerful ana |
obstinate, the pen Of the historian snd me
poet and the pencil of the artist viii trans
init them in eloquent Language snd glowing
colors TO the remotest ages. The deeqs
which every ancient or modern European
mower loves most 70 hold up IS examples
for the praise and emulation Of the world,
are the victories won upon land and sea BY
the brave hearts and strong arms OF their
sons.
Military power and glory being, there
fore essential qualifications in order TO give
rank and place to q nstion, ii is not pre-
suming Too much to suppose thst the UNI
ted States will not be questioned when
they assert their claims 70 be recognized as
one of the first if not the very first
power in the world. So soon as it is under
stood throughout Kurepe that the great
American rebellion has terminated, that
the integrity of the Union is restored, that
slavery is forever Abolished, that none OF
the numerous predictions of the emissarles
of treason have been verified, that not only
labor, land and education, but perfect free
dom of opinion in religion and politics,
can all be secured and enjoyed here in
greater degree than under any other gov
ernment in the world, the tide Of emil
grafton TO our shores viii become deeper
and broader than ever before. The sdvo-
Gates of liberty and progress, who have
battled for their principles under the iron
hand of despotism, who have anxiously
watched our eventful struggle,
knowing that their lsbOrs would
be retarded or prospered by
the result, will rejoice with s joy surpassed
only bv our own. Rulers who have been
almost impereeptibly enlArging the powers
of the sovereign, and endesvoring to sup
press the spirit of liberty, will behold in the
federal triumph the most formidable ad-
versary of their schemes that has ever
arisen TO contend against them Among
the most momentous results will be the lib
Grafton, in process of time, of every bond
man whose unrequited toll has maintained
in luxury and idleness hesrtless, selfish,
and inhuman sristocrscy, numerically in
significant when compared with the vast
multitude of suffering vietimG Our perfect
restoration will mark new epoch in the
history of human progress, and furnish an
irrefragsble argument in support OF mans
capacity for self government
The United States will become the ely
sum which every son of toll, anxious to
improve his own and his childrens cOndi-
tion, will make the object Of his longing
aspirations. Every land will do honor to
the flag as the symbol of great and pow
erful Republic, which is no longer sn ex-
pertinent in free government, but founded
upon basis as stable and enduring IS its
lofty mountains and broad lakes. Second
70 none in craftsmanship and intelligence,
heretofore, the student of the art Of war,
viii, in all coming time refer with VVOndNr
and admiration, to the splendid strategy
crest campaigns, and terrible sieges in
which new principles in military and
naval science were originated.
In the past our position as q nation
abroad was grudgingly accorded to our IN
domitabls perseverance and self-assertion,
more than to our supposed military power,
or the resources of which we we're pro-
verbally fond of boasting- OF
whose magnitude events have shown we
had but an imperfect conception ourselves.
At the best We were regarded with sus-
picion, not unmixed with dislike, as q ns-
tion of shrewd traders to whom the al
mighty dollar" was of far more moment
than the most important principles. We
shall now, by common consent, take the
high place to which the signal favor of
Providence has assigned us.
To deny the perpetuity and stability of
the Union, in the light ef past events,
would be no less Quixotic than TO doubt
that divine will has supported, strength
ened and encouraged US through the many
dark hours of cur long struggle, and at
last given US the victory. No other Gov
ernment in the world posses 80 broad 8
basis of education, freedom and patriotism
IS its foundation. The heresy of State
Rights, in the Calhoun sense, is forever..an-
initiated, and the States cemented together
BY the common memories Of bRttle-felds
and acts Of heroism unmatched in all the
histories of the world. In word, We
have at LAST attained, in the eyes of the
world, the dignity of Nation, whose opn-
iens, friendship or enmity will become i'm
portant elements in sll diplomatic calculs-
tions which involve questions of interna-
tionAl policy.
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