The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-18

hnu the aQvenLurOus energy WIN
which, their development is pushed,
leave nothing 10 b desired ino 10 husi,
ness point Of view unless IL .be an in-
crease of that saeacious caution which
may save US from the danger7of those
commercial revolutions which have,
with considerable regularity, followed
great expansions Of the crrrepcy,--
The late change in the banking sys,
tenn Of the country has transferred the
control Of the circulating medium to
Congress, and comparatively little can
be done, by us directly to provide
against the threatened evils to which
i have alluded except to exhort our
fellow citizens 70 prepare in season for
every contingency ss'g9zo adt' .
| The largo tracts Of valuable lands
within the State which are still ,uncul.
tiyated remind us Of the desirability Of
encouraging immigration, and Of the
evident policy Of seeking to attract
the most thrifty and valuable classes
Of immigrants within our borders
Wise foresight and prompt action may
unquestionably do much to induce tho
best class Of tus foreigners who nre
fiocking to our sho. IS to settle among
us, where they will find in the high
est degree the advantages which have
allnred them 10 this country, with
many ofJthose pleasures ofsociety and
Of, an older civilization which they
unjust forego in the sparsely settled re-
gions Of the far, west, to which the
great current of migration is tending.
IT will also be our duty 10 promote the
most rapid assimilation Of the forego-
ing element with. our native popula-
ton. The events through which we
have just passed have proven how rap.
idly the foreign settler has become
American in interest; in thought and
in patriotism; but the good results we
haye seen should only encourage US to
more systematic use of the means which
tend to SO desirable a result. A nation
is strong in proportion to the homoge-
neity Of its people, To be countrymen
should in i;se,f be o pledge Of brother.
hood wherever we meet. and brother.
hood implies community Of language
and similarity of habit and thought
To encourage and stimulate our natur-
allied fellow-citizens, and the new
comers who purpose becoming such. to
adopt our language, to educate their
children with ours, and to identify
themselves with US as rapidly rs pos.
sible, is the dictate of true patriotism
in US, and, at the same time, is the
tbest welcome we can give thom, since
there can be no question that they will
thus become most quickly acquainted
with their rights as citizens. will be
least likely to be overrcached and
made dupes of in business or in poll.
tics, and will find the road to pecunia-
ry profit and personal advancement
most rapidly open before them. , ...
Our common school system is TO be
fostered and improved, and there is
nothing in which our people have u
deep interest than this. Ii there be
any one thing TO which. under Provi,
dence, more than to another we owe
our safe passage through our recent
perils, / believe it is tho intelligence
which our common schools have uni
versally diffused. Ithas, not been sim.
lply the power to read, but that larger
and wider culture which has made the
American people capable of weighing
and deciding upon grave arguments OF
right and of policy in tho midst of
greatest excitement. Tho Govern
ment appealed to them as men able to
comprehend any arguments CT State
policy and the steady loyalty of the
people and their persevering support
of the national cause was in direct
proportion to tho intelligence and ed
ucation of different States or commu
mites. will even go further, and dc.
clare my belief that, outside of the
immediate theater of hostile opera
tions, tho cause of the Government
never lost anything by the most un-
trameled freedom Of public discussion,
and printing, because the people were
always able to detect the sophisns of
disloyaltys and their patriotic purpo'
ses were strengthened rather than
weakened By seeing the whole force.
of the enemy they had to meet. Among
the safeguards ofliberties and guaran-
ties of tho perm anence of the institu
tious, recken our school system the
very chief Blind and devoted love
of country may exist under a despo
tism, if ignorance be the mother of a
superstltous or childish attachment ;
but liberty and republicanism can be
built on no other solid foundation than
intelligence in the whole mass of the
people. A wise self interest is made
the basis Of q scientific political econ
omy, and when whole people have
learned to estimate that interest truly,
besides loving their country dearly,
you have ground for faith IN the sta
bility Of their government, such as can
be got in no ether way. It's because
of the general conviction that our
common schools may be made to SO.
cure this result, that there is an equal.
| ly general belief that no money used
for public purposes is SO we'll invested
as that which supports our school sys,
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p No statement of our condition and
our duties would be complete which
did not speak of tho debt we owe to
tho sad array (almost an army in it.
self Of the maimed and disabled he.