Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-13

} oil minorities in proportion TO their number.
II Is better aud safer that minorii v
however hostile to us 10 principle, should
be so represented as to be opeuly heard
and answered, than that II should have
, the advantage Of winning sympathy and
gaining psrtisans by making issue upou
the question Of The right Of representation
instead Of upon the falsiiy OF i,s obnoxious
principles. .t--A l1t.
Military government is 10 Its very es
sence despotsm, and any long conliuu.
auce of il after the cessation of armed re-
si.tsnce is contrary to, and confession Of
the failure of republicaism.
These aud many similar general msxims
Of government are the intellectual diet up
on which every living American has been
bred, and Of which we' have been such
earnest propagaudiSts that no one Of Us can
deny them without incurring the contempt
of The civil zed world They are mere
abstraction, IL is true, but we need TO bear
them 10 mind uoue The less carefully for
that. An rules are distractions, wbe,her
they be the formua for solving The prob.
lens OF government or of other sciences.
We recall them to test our work, and VIC
reckon ourselves to have made good pro.
gress in proportion TO the faithfuluess with
which we have adhered TO them.
In the heat Of our jist wrath against
those who would have swept republicanism
fom ,be continent, had they been success.
ful, we are in danger of forgetting prin-
| ciples 10 which We owe allegiance, and
| therefore we should not excuse ourselves
from The tha0kless task of reminding each
other OF them To follow these rules aud
yet provide that the national safety be
not endangered, to determine who of the
late enemies of the Government are without
the pale of clemeney. and yet to extend
amnesty to the other millions Of those who
were rebels, TO restore political privileges
to those who were 70 n erly masters, and
vet protect the ieednm of those who were
formerly slaVes--.uch is the fi.ult aud
delicate work before the executive aud The
legislature Of the Nation, aud they may
rightly claim us all such appreciation Of
their task as shall make us most kind
and charitable judges Of their difference.
fiom favorite measures of our own. We
have, indeed, reason 10 be devoutly thank.
ful tha' the work has fallen upon men iu
whose patriotism and wisdom we have so
Z eat cause for confidence, aud that the
progress they have already made promises
u. conclusion which shall be rea> a>onabiy
f speedy and generally satisfactory TO the
county.
In the presence Of the vast interest which
are before Us 8s pait Uf the Nation, the
local couceI MS which affect US as o State
t alone, are likely to be dwarfed and lose
their proper attention. | do not propo G
TO enter iulc any detailed or elaborated ex
animation, or to make recommendation OF
{ legislative action This has been fully
), and ably done by my predecessor shall
only glunce at the outlines of sf, ,irs and
content myself with the briefest aud most
cursory view of the situation. In our
official State duties we find 10 such
heavy responsibility as rests upon shoude {
of The officers of our national Govern
ment. The close CT the war has taken
from us The necessity for putting armies IN
the field, and received US, in our State
capacity, of the lubors incident 10 close co
| operation with the Gene al Government
in all the great affairs which have
made the. past five years so menora
ble in onr history We are subsiding into
The quiet routine Of peaceful times, aud as
cur young men are returning to their
farm, thel merchant zs aud their shops
/ be great drain upen our. physical streng, /
+ belug removed. the energetic use of iuteli
gent labor will soon prove how rapidly The
rceuperative powers of this people act, and
how true it is that the times which max,
: least show in the worlds history are very
commonly those of greatest real happiness
! and,p osperity to State. Our veteran,
Will not be adding new names 10 the long
lists of their fields of glory, but they viii
be winning victories over physical nature
and Transforming the fruits Of the soil aud
{ and the minerals of the earth into that
5 wealth which shall spread comfort and
happiness everywhere. We, who have been
, called TO guide the movement of orr State
Government. will connect our names with
no such brilliant acts as have given wide
spread reputation for high statemanship to
the succession of State officers who have
} preceded Us dur Dg these troubled TINS
but in the humber duties which will fall
TO rs we may rejoice that these quiet day.
, are, in some sense, our best days, becaus
they are, as We hope, the beginning of aI
, era of pure aud more rapid advancement il
: everything which tends to the bighes
civilZ ttion.
The habit OF grasping great thought,
and of daring 10 do great deeds has appa
rently begotten 10 our people disposition
which makes oil business enterprise TAX
wider scope than heretofore, and the kee
insight with which oil our resources ar,
I scanned, and the adventurous energy will
> which their Development is pushed, leav
: nothing to be desired 10 q business poin
of view. uuless il be an inc ease of thu
sagscous c,nlioD which may save us from
the danger Of those commercial reVulson
: which have with considerable regularity
followed great expansions of the currency
! The late change 10 the banking sys em Q
I the country has transferred the control O
the circulating medium 10 Congress, ant
$ comparatively little can be done by Vi
! directly to provide against the threatened
j evils 10 which have alluded, except I,
exbOrt our fellow citizens TO prepare il
9 season for every contingency. s.a
The large tracts of valuable lands with
lie the State which are still uneultivate,