Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-08

WASHINGTON March Sth, 1865
The transfo! nation is steadily pi oceed
ing. Schools, habitable homes, crowd d
churches, thrift, enterprise. laudable am j..
lien, neat, attire and courteous name 8.
moik the complex me,hCd' by which ih S
long depressed ruce ore becoming free ci i
z-ns of Republic. O.d Senator Bradlee
of Vermont, one Of the most sagacious.
strong. headed, expe, fenced statesmen of
New England, said to me, wo weeks ago,
holding out both hands, nld his fa,e all
aglow: Let me congratulate you on The
ten st'ike ycu made by iuri irg "a colored
IN mister TO preach in the Capitol. That
was hitting The white in the target When
Scna' or Sumner introduced Mr.. r ck, a
| colored luwyer, as his peer in the Sup enc
Court, and you, as Chaplain, introdu cd
Mr.. Garnet as your peer in the preachers
desk, in he Church of the Peop'e. The
doors oi Church aud State were opened for
the negro in this nation, never TO be closed
again. If any Of the young polite ans in
Congre ess hpd fuult with your rGdicalism,
tell them that an old Democrat, friend
for years of Gen. .Jarksea, who has been
behind the scenes for TWO generations,
thinks yon did exsc'ly right.
Verify +! Verify cd John 3 own. soul
is marching on.
fon onght to have cen. on the steps of
the Capitol on lnuugu ution day, and heard
that simple hearted eonfession Of The Piesi
dent, aud seen tic faces Of the listening
crowd. 1t were to live TO the age OF
Methn eiah, could not expect ever to
witness such spectacle agtn Call TO
mind the inaugura ion Of 1861, with the in
famous author of he Dred Scott decision
administer ing he oath the half lreacher-
Gus crowd OF Shareholders and he half timid
oand ofPatriots The impending gloom Of
The ccmi z tornado of civil war, aud an iu-
experienced Western politician called TO
assume more awful trust, amidst more
appalling d fficultes. than any statesman
OF The Oldest nations had ever been forced
10 confront, befnre SEQ GGnl, sneering,
on-lookE&g world. represented hy Superclli-
Gus diplomaists How could Tie Address
OF at uuuied PIesideni under such crcum.
stances, lie otherwise than deprecutory,
almost 10 the verge of weak concession
And now mark The contrast. the actu.
al Incredible contrast! Calmly triumph
ant, the approved Chef of Free People,
all but unanimously re elected by the ma
tlo1, ia couhie hope that he would best
carry through, 10 peaceful cousumation,
the terrible war so unwi lingly accepted
bot so unninchingfY waged, stood face 10
face with Chief Justice appointed by him.
self TO that high flee, because pre.eminetly
distinguished as the advocate Of The rights
of the Negto Slave; amidst vast multitude
whose cheers rent the air here black fac
ed soldiers. in blue uniforms. with glisten-
ing bayone,s, were ranked with while faced
comrades where colored Masons and Odd
Fellows, 10 splendid iegala, symbozed
The frateTnal charities OF peace " here re.
tugees for freedom, in their coarse, brown.
ragged plant alton clothes, were intermiu-
g'ed as equals wi'h velldressed citizsns
while the world gszed on the sight with
awe q; the mighty judgments Of Provi-
denee
Imagine ell this. and then conceive that.
Jasi as the President bare bis hea TO take
MS oaih before the People, the clouds part.
co. ana The snnbeams fell upon him, while
iar sooVe, on The summit Of The dome, The
Uoddess OIL Liberty was crowned with light.
lie heart must have been cold, the imagi
nation dull indeed. that did not. OF such
moment. feel as If Cbrisn Of the Light Of
Nation.
And The Address itself / read It with
beating heart aud brimming eyes To my
5uogment, that Speech stands isolated a.
midst me public addresses of this nation or
asy other nation. for lis intense sineeyitu
Ia simple truthfulness it is sublime. Think
\ eti' Here is the victorious Ruler Of !