Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-26
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the seipios prevail to-day n these vailed
towns o. Italy; and though they have their
federahsts, unionisls. and repubNcanA yet
Sardinia, "a rec6nciled with Naples, and
Tuscanyswitll Venotia. All mlnoEdiffer-
ences are harn0nlzed In rational gnplon.-
Natlopsalpng the Mediterransap have sunk
beneath itswaves. until their very bones
CLEAN with phosphorescent corruption OF
the dead but Roman unity survives to-
day, because one, people Of one Feligion,
one language one code and one sentiment,
demand one government. [Applause. i
The secret lies in the recognition Of mu-
nicipalindependenc whIchmakes up and
strengthens national unity. come toeTDy
conclusion aud appeal to the people to take
the sceptFe from the anarchs ID power and
restore the rightful authority Of the
Constitution. [Applausesl Of the. Con-
servative,pI VIII only ask, If he desires
the safety of all that is good In our Gov
ernmeptst 10 plant his foot firmly .ageinst
the political 'changelings and changes OF
the hour. 10 the Radical, would say, if
you still hesitate, remember, that In this
contest for the repose and growthpf the ma
tion In peace, we have your old leaders
with u.s. William II Seward, whose every
word wasyOur gospel five years ago, Heads
the van in this contest for the Constitution.
Grant, the soldier, Farragut the ,sJilor,
Charles Francis Adams, the diplomat, and
wotld that / could add Beecher, the divine,
follow in his. wake, [Applausel TO the
Democrats Ihaye no word to say, either of
exultation or admonitloh. Without your
aid the President Is powerless. We have
gone through the fires OF the pastsflve
years, pleading, ''ln season and out OF sea-
SOM, fora Union under the Federal Con-
U acfa .oou NM rts .
revealed, If not our strength, nothing of
dishopor. 1t may be said of our party. as
was once said of the great Spanish tCardi-
nal: He was like, a. city on the mar
gin of deep waters, where no reeeding tide
reveals anything that is mean, squaiid, or
unbecOmihg" Some thought there was no
Union possible by war. While the Radicals
are making this language prophecy, let us
make it lie. Aye, the very Democrats
who spoke it are engaged in its practical
refutation. tAppladse.l To the Christian
l lave no appeal, save that still, gentle
voice, which Christ gave us from theMount.
As he gave us one hope, one faith, one
love, so like the seamless garment he'wore
in its Oneness,a as may be the union of our
future. That union VIII not come from
such prayers as that offered by the. Rev.
Mr.. Newman to the Radicals in Phila1el-
phia for revenge and violence. The Divine
Evangel kept time to no discordant notes
like those which disgraced plymouth
Church, when the congregation of fanatics
united in singing the ribald song of ven
geance and death upon a fallen Zoe; but it
does accord with the lessons of history
which teach that the love of country shall
only consist with the love of brother. [Ap-
plause,] Finally, to that history ! appeal.
Roman, Grecian, French, English and
American--all teach us the wisdom of re-
cOnciliation. Peace can only come to the
South ana us by inviting them within the
shadow of the Constitution. In that con-
fict for peace, let us have no distrust.' God
is just aud loving, and Time, as Glad
stone said of his Reform bill, is with us.
We dghtwith. and not against the Future.
The States will be restored. Our banner
will not drag in the dust, for it is a banner
with all the emblems of Union uponit and
will soon float in the eye of heaven. APP
plause-during which Mr.. Cox retired.
After brief addresses from VIM. E. Rob-
inson, the candidate for Congress, and
others. the meeting adjo6rReda MIA