Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-20

WudJ COLsClclCt, DelleVeu, TCQulIVu LhO w
do. [Applause.l SO believing, intend 10
stick 90 my position, relying on he judgment
and He Intelligence Of the people. The soldiers
and sailors expressly. [Cheers. Then, for
my life, can not see where there Is any
tyranny.
1t Is very easy to impugn motives, and
suspect the purest and best acts of a mans
life. If you come forward and propose a
certain thing, your motives are suspected
ard condemned; and il you withhold your
opinion you are regarded as being opposed
to the matter; so that 1t is very hard to
move one way or the other, so far as cer-
tain persons are concerned. In the Ameri-
can people is my hope for the salvation of
the country. am with you, soldiers, sail
ors and citizens. Who has sacrificed or
periled more than the humble individual
who addresses you? Has not my all been
put on it My life, my property, every
thing sacred and dear to man has been
staked upon it, and can | now be suspected
of faltering at the close of this third ordeal
of the nation?
Where is he, in public or private life, who
has sacrificed more, or who has devoted
more of his time and energies TO the ac-
complishment of the great end than ] +? And
| have done it from the promptings of my
own heart. | believe it was right; and
with your hearts, and your countenances,
and your encouragement, shall go through
on that line. Cheers and laughter.
And when come to talk about sailors
and soldiers, about this to be done and that
to be done, all want is for you to wait and
see. So, as far as you are concerned, wait
and see if | don't stand by you, although
every other man may falter and fail
[Cheers.l
Iwant to see measures of policy brought
forward that will advance the interests of
the people, and of that portion of the peo-
pie who constitute the gallant and brave
men who, in both branches of the service,
have upheld the national flag and sustain
ed the country in the recent struggle.
| thank you, gentlemen, for the encour-
agement. l thank you for your counten-
ance on this occasion. 1t cheers me on, and
gives me strength to perform the work be-
fore me. If IRE are true 10 OurselUes-if zoe
are true TO the COnStitutiOn-the day is not far
distant lohen this Government aotU be restored.
Let us go on and restore the Government.
Let us enlarge the area of commerce and
trade, and letus not only inspire confidence
at home, but respect abroad, by letting the
Nation reasSume its career of greatness.
know that some will find fault with me and
say I am too lenient, too kind, and all that. II
lce iCere all TO be put TO death, or punished, or
hrOlon dloay for one otenSe, or for the second
O6eHSe, and loere to be lost and excluded from
society and communion SCith our JellOtU-nloR
hOl1 many Of as 10 oJutd be leftP
We must reason with each other, and un-
derstand our nature. and what is necessary
to restore peace, and harmony, concord
to a distracted and divided people. In time
of war it is right to burn villages, sack
cities, and devastate fields, to lay waste a
country, and cripple and reduce the enc
my; but in time of peace the converse of
that course is precisely the right one, and
the true policy of nation is to rebuild its
cities, restore its villages, and renew its
fields of agriculture.
know there are some who have been at
home cultivating during the war, and who
bring to the consideration of the questions
of peace, harmony and the avocations of
civil life, all the feelings of resentment
which animated us when the war was
running high.
But take Me brave men aoho sustained the
flag on the field and on the udue. and yOu acilL
find better feelings and better judgment on these
questions than yOu loiU find lOith those toh u,
hare been sitting in the closet, and neUer SmelLed
9unpo,0der. [Cheers.l
Yes, from the prigdte to the General they
kROW hOlo to treat the present circumstances
better than any Ct those closet patriots and hu-
ndnitdrtdRS.
Then, my countrymen, fellow citizens,
soldiers and sailors, let us rejoice that peace
has come-let us rejoice that the relations
OF States are about being restored. Let us
make every effort we can on proper princi-
pies 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 re-
turn to their families and homes, and re-
sumo their peaceful avOcatiOns. | thank
God that the baleiul planet of fire and
blood, which, short time ago, was in the
ascendant, has been chased away by the
benignant star of peace.
Now that the star OF peace Is suspended
in the heavens, let us cultivate the earth
and the relations of peace, and all those as
sociations which appertain to men in peace.
The time is not distant when we can have
a political millennium, a political jubilee,
and when we can proclaim to all the nations
of the earth that we are again united peo-
Pile, and that we have triumphantly passed
through our third ordeal, have peace at
home and power to bid defiance to all the
world. Loud cheers.]
Remember one thing, gentlemen, that in
my past life, though ISLANDERS may misrepre-
sent, none can say that l ever deceived or
betrayed him. 1t will be for you to see in
the future who will redeem all his promises.
and who will be most faithful. l thank
you, gentlemen, for the compliment you
have paid me.