Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-02-24

/ remember that the long range oi
mountain stretching from western Virginia |
through Tennessee aud Georgia TO the
sand bills OF Mississippi, stood like q
promoo.ory Of rock 10 he 6ery ruin with
which the rebellion had iavolvcd the Il,
public. remember that East Tennessee
wi h It's loyal thousands stood lihe rock
in the sea Of treason. / remember tha
thirty I've thousand brave men frJm Tenne'
sse stood beside us to assist in putting
down The rebellion. They ore not enemies
Of the &C un,ry, and never were; and it is
cuellv wicked, by Any fiction OF the law,
TO call them so To those patriotic mea
Of Tennessee let me say. | want them to
.how that there Is behind them loyal
STATE government, based on the will OF
loyal people, aud that districts OF loyal
constituents have sent them here, When
they do that, they shall have my vote 10
favor of their admission. Bat the burden
Of proof |, on their shoulders.
Mr. Speaker, let Us learn lesson from
the dealing Of God With the Jewish nation.
When his chosen people, led by the pillar
of cloud and 6ee, bad crossed the Red sea
aud traversed the gloomy siderness With
its thundering Sinai, its bloody battles,
disastrous defeats, and glorious victories;
I when near the end Of their perilous pill
, grimage they listened to the last words Of
blessing aud warning from their great
leader before be was buried with immo ial
1 houors by the angel If the Lord; when at
$ last the victorious host, sadly joyful. stood
!, on the banks Of the Jordan, their enemies
{; drowned in tho sea or slain 10 the wilder
L ness, they paused and made solemn pr eps
ration to pass over aud possess the land
, Of promise. By the command OF God
given through Moses and enforced by hi
great successor, the ark Of the cove pant,
: containing the tables Of the law aud the
7, sacred memorials OF their pilgrimage. wa:
: borne by chosen men two thousand cubi 8
!, in advance OF the people. Oa the furtber
Shore stood Ebal and Gerizim. the mounts
of cursng and blessing. from which, in tb'
hearing Of oil the people, were p onouncec
the curses OF Gpd against injustice aud
disobedieuce, aud His blessing upon justice
aud obedience. Ga the shore, between
!, the mountain, aud 10 the midst OF ,be
= people, monument was erected aud on il
was written the words Of the law, to be q
J memorial INTO the children of Israel for
ever and ever. Let us learn wisdom from
y this illus,rious example. We have passed
the Red sea OF slaughter; our ga: mems ar'
yet wet with ito crimson Spray. We baV'
crossed the fea, ful wilderness Of war, ant
. have left our four buudred thousand heroes
y to sleep beside the dead enemies OF the Re
" public. We have heard the voice OF Go'
amid the tbuDders of battle commanding
J us to wash our hands of iniouity, TO pro
y claim liberty throughout oil the land un'c
y all the inhabitants thereof When W.
spurned His counsels We we're defeated
e and the gulis Of ruin yawned before US -
o When we obeyed His voice. He gave ~
victory. Aud now at last, We hav,
u reached the confues ofthe wilderness -
Before rs is the lad Of promise, the land ol
, hope, tbe land Of peace, filed with posi-
!, !, bities of greatness and glory too vas
for the grasp Of the Imagination. Ar
J. we worthy to enter III Ga what condition
's may it be ours to enj,y and transmit Il
y our children? Let US, pause and make de
N liberate and solemn preparation Let us
as Representatives Of the people, who's
u servants we are hear in advance the Sd
~ cred ark Of republican liberty, with it
" tables of The law inscribed with The "ir
O. reversible guaIntees of liberiy. Let u
', here build o monument on which shall b.
~ written not only the curses Of The la'
against treason, disloyalIy, aud oppression
- but also sn everlasting covenant Of peac
" aud blessing with loyalty, liberty, au
re obedience; aud oil the people will say
W Amen