Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-13

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nave cOnCr1OuJe0 eOTneLnlDR JOWdfuS UnO
mighty effort Of national strength which
that Deep dark gulf OF an all-embracipg
tSIlStsRtS' with WHEEL which itS ipspFe II
The people sOf the South are still our
cOuntrymen; and, Observation-Disclosures
full error which they committed, IN bring
ing on the Nations troubles, an error I'M
which the North itself participated they
are still as heroic, as magnaninhoils, as geu1
erous, as just. and as PATRIOTIC asltheir
countrymen Of, the North, or as any other
people the world contains. 1t must not be
forgotten thatthe peopleof the South have
ever contributed kheiri full PrOp0rti0nCto
that great aggregate Of private andpublic
virtues which have made this nation what
it is 4 Six hundred thousand people born in
the North reside In the South five huns
dred thousand people born In the S0uthFeT
side in the North; and, notwithstanding
the continued tide Of emigration from
abroad to our shores, no great nation on
earth bears upon its face so many features
OF family llkeness. Nowhere else Is there
to be found a great nation 60 characterized
by ihomogeniety of texture, and unity of
character; and It was this very homo
9eniety andIunity far more than the conf
figuration of the country's surface, which
rendered the disruption Of the political
Union impossible. o"s
o What Congress has TO do, isnot to restore
the Union but TO recognize the fact that
the Union has never been dissolved. The
Representatives of the South should be adj
mitted, not merely as a matter Of right but
with anurbaneand generous magnaniniiy.
They should be received--notwith sneers
and jeers--not with the vulgar arrogance
of a dominant material torce-not as en-
-slaved prisoners of warIto place behind
the car of the victor--but as the members OF
a common family, who have been estranged
for the moment by the unseen workings of
those natural laws which so often break
in uponthe artificial arrangements ofpollt-
ical communities, aDd exhibit plenOnlena
which all may see but none can interpret.
They should be received as children OF
common parentage-not With q 'clouded
brow and threatening spect--but with open
arms, with sobs and tears for the misery we
have been compelled to iDflict upon them.
IF Congress shall thus elevate itself TO a
high point from which it may survey the
nation as a whole, and feel the sublimity Of
its own position as the nations representa-
tive, the ominous doubt which now over
spreads the public mind will speedily give
place to the returning confidence OF the
people in their Government and In them
-selyes. What the people want is security
for the future-security which depends not
upon the sword, but upon VIII and Alice
tion-upon the mutual recognition Of the
rights of meu and of States-as those rights
are EXPIRE sed in the Constitution and the
Law, and practically applied through the
peaceful tribunals where none but the
ministers OF the law preside. With this
restored confidence, the reinvigorated en-
ergies of this great people will soon iill the
immense void in the country3s material
wealth, made by the wasteful fires OF war.
Each good citizen, with soul reanimated
by the bright prospects Of freedom and
security in the future, will put forth his
utmost energies to place himself In a situa-
tiOn to contribute his full part to that I'M
mense contribution from the nations
wealth, without which an unspairing bank
ruptcy must engulf MS ALL and turn the
country over to the perils of that social an
arcby which ever arises from the abnormal
-antagonisui of toll and capital, safety and
want, and which never yet ended In leaving
people free. - .if b.. .5sI- .fr-.cf,l,1
But have. talked beyond my just por-
| tion OF the time allotted to the speakers;
| yet, presuming upon that kindness which
the Democracy have ever extended towards
me, must ask for a moment more,if .isb
Medary, Medill, Allen. These three
names were Tor many years associated to-
|
racy of the State. My two friends have noe
been permitted to survive the calamities
of their country, but their names will lie
remembered with respect by all, and with
affection by the Democracy of the State,
as long slliberty. shall have any value in
the judgments of men. How often have
| they and /, and many of you now present,
We able and faithful friends of'the people
how often have we met together il. this
city on occasions like this. How often have
we boasted 10 each other-propdly and just
| lY boasted-that we belonged 70 party
which administered this Government
| throughout two-thirds of It's entire ,existl
ence-maintaining throughout libertyshArr
mohy and order-without having con-
strueted single prison, erected SIN
gle scaff0ld, made q single orphan
or Jwidow, without having shedIi one
drop of human blood orr wrungl one
tear from human eye, for political of
| fensev--A party which began its existence
by organizing for the rescue Of the Governs
ment from its tendency towards desp0tism
during the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and
twelfth years from ths dste q is Co9sElt!li
posed every single act, whether such
act related TO our international relations,
to the general police Of the ocean, sorlto
the internal administration--every act
which time aud public reason have
sanctioned, and which, as such, stood as
the publion law Of the country In 1850,
+A party which never, lifted, It's voice in
condemnation OF, single measure pro-
\ posed by the adverse party, aud which
measure has not beenbscondemn0db and
rejected by time andn the dTeas0n,IiOf
the people, A party which upheld
the rights and honor Of the nation la every
war waged with foreign power. A party
which acquired every acre of the vast ter
ritory which has been added 10 the original
Limits of the Republieu "A party which de-
yised that lbenefcent system for, tnp dispo-
sition aud settlement Of the public domain,
which placed the richest lands within easy
reach Of the pooTestman, whichthds IacilN
tated,theiri occnpancys and gave birthaac5
cessiyely to those laFgeand powerful States
which now fill up the great space betWeeh
the Gulf of Mexico and the lake lof the
Woods, and between the Alleghany Range
and the Pacifig QoeRn,a sA,party iWhichsbg
adopting 4, generous policy tpEssd the
honest and sIabori0dsp e6Al efEhts nom
the langient swarld, ,omnb protected itthsnll
when here agaiast the dangers OF religious
persecution, "a party which can truly sey
| that It has committed during It's whole ex-
istence but one single mistake, ana that
was, ,whemat Chaflbston q few ydarsag0,i
it allowed its rapksdt0 be- brokentftbua
making q breach, through which is ene7,
mics came into power, bringing with them
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