The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-04-28

country. | am with you, soldiers, sail.
ors Hd citizens. Who has sacrificed
or periled more than the humble indi-
vidual who addresses YOU? Has not
my all been put on it My life, my
property, everything sacred and dear
to man, has been staked upon it, and
can | now be suspected Of ialtering at
the close Of the ordeal
Where is he, in public or private life,
who has sacrificed more, or who has
devoted more Of his time and energies
to the accomplishment Of the great end
than II And have done it from the
promptings Of my own heart. be-
lievc it was right and with your hearts,
and your comtenances, and your Ell,
couragcment, shall 90 through on
that line. Cheers and laughter.
And when | come to talk about sail
ors and soldiers, about this to be done
and that to be done, all want is for
you to wait and see. So, as laras You
are concerned, wait and see if | don't
stand by YOU, a.ohough every other
man may falter and fail. Cheers.
| want to see measures Of policy
brought forward that will advance the
interests Of the people, and of that
portion who constitute the gallant and
brave men who, in both branches Of
the service, have upheld the national
flag and sustained the country in the
recent struggle.
/ thank you gentlemen, for the en-
couragcment, thank you for your
countenance on this occasion. 1t cheers
me on, and gives me strength to per
form the work before me 1--we are
true to Ourselves-if we are true to the
Constitution--thc day is not far dis
tant when this Government will be re
stored. Let us 60 on and restore the
Government Let us enlarge the area
of our commerce and trade, and let lis
not only Inspire confidence at home,
but respect abroad, hy letting the Na,
ton reassumc its career Of greatness.
| know that some will find fault with
me and say | am too lenicnt. too kind,
and all that II we were all to be put
to death, or punished, or thrown away
for one ollenSe, or for the second Of
Tense, and were to be lost and cXclu
dcd from society and communion with
our fellow-men, how many OF us would
be left.
We must reason with each other, and
understand our nature, and what isl
necessary to restore peace and harmo-
ny and concord TO Il distracted and di-
vided people. In time Of war it is
right to burn villages, sack cities, and
dcvastate fields, to lay waste country,
and cripple the enemy, but in time of
peace the converse Of that course is
precisely the right oyc, and the true
policy of "A nation is TO rebuild its cities,
restore its villages, and renew its field
of agriculture.
| know there are some who have
been at home calculating during the
war, and who bring to the consdcra-
ton of the questions OF peace, harmo-
ny and the avocations OF civil life, all
the feeling Of resentment which anima
ted us when the war was running high.
But take the brave men who sustain
ed the hag on the field and on the
wave, ana you will iind better feelings
and better Judgment on those questions
than you will find with those who have
been sitting in the closet, and never
smelled gunpowdcr. Cheers.
Yes, from the private to the Gcnor
al, they know how to treat the present
circumstances better than any or those
closet patriots and hummitarians.
Then, my countrymcn, fellow citl-
zcns. soldiers and sailors, let us rejoice
that peace has come--lct lis rejoice
that the relations OF States are about
being restored. Let us make every
effort we can on the proper principles
to restore the relations which existed
between the Federal Government and
the States. | thank God that
peace is restored.
thank God that our brave men can
return home to their families and homes
and resume their peaceful ayocations.
| thank God that the balclul planet OF
fire and blood, which short time ago
was in the ascendant, has been chased
away bv the benignant star of peGce.
Now that the star Of peace is sls-
pended in the heavens, let Us cultivate
the earth and the relations OF peace,
and all those associations which apper-
tain to men in peace. The time is not
distant when we can have a political
millennium, a politica! jubilee, and when
we can proclaim TO all the nations ol
the earth that we are again Il united
people, and that we have triumphantly
passed through our third ordeal, hav,
peace at home and power to bid de
liancc to all the world. (Cheers.)
Remember one thing, gentlemen
that in my past life, though slandcrer.
may misrepresent. nonc can say that
ever deceived or betrayed them. 1t vii
be for YOU see in the future WHO vii
redeem all his promises, and who vii
be most faithful. ] thank you, gentle
men, for the compliment you hav'
paid me.
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