The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-05-09

! NOAtN 'hAVuEhr lllC LllulSiSI, Sdlu :
hSThe right of the States, and the
condition of every human being ia
them, will remain subject to exact
I ly the same laws and forms of ,ad.
ministration, whether the reyolu-
ton shall succeed or fail. In the
one case the States would be feder-
ally connected with the new Con-
federacy; in the other they would,
as now, be members of the United
States, but their Constitutions and
laws customs, habits and institu-
tions in either case will remain the
same" And this was necessarily
the theory Of the war on the part Of
the Federal Government. Other
wise it would have accepted the is,
Psue, Of revolution; Otherwise it
would have taken up arms 10 effect
a change in. its own form and ma.
ture; and thus, transcending all its
power, would, in the forum of con
science and morals, have released
its citizens from all the obligations
hof allegiance. ,.., ~ .-.r 60.
While Mr.. Seward thus, on be;
half Of the Government, portrayed
the issue OF the war, this prophet
I a'Prophet said it. thing of eyili,trrrs
Prophet still, if bird of evil" ....r. ...
I "
proclaimed that the revolution was
progressing-that its result was
certain-and warned his hearers to
be ready to see that "old things had
passed away, and all things had
| become new" q 100 :gE 5H #t
| do not question his motives, nor
impeach his purposes, nor inquire.
into the sources of his information.
Did hespeak truly! This is the
question tonight. ID. .' " - "
! FARMER repulic-not warlike re-
| puGlic,y not growing repulie, not
magnificent republic, not liberty
loving republic--but Farmer Re
public. 1t is an expressive name.
Farmer, the synonym of honesty,
simplicity, frugality, abundance,
independence; the ideal of labor
without exhaustion, of luxury with
out eGeminacy, of providence with
out corroding care. of activity with
out hurry, of leisure without idle
t1iess, Of freedom without license,
of purity with out bigotry, of inde-
pen dence without intolerance, OF
that spirit at once hopeful and hum
BILE, which grows, out Of the ever-re,
curing realization. at all times and
in all vIcissitudes, OF the fultillment
ofthe promise that'while the earth
remaineth seed-time and harvest,
and summer and winter, and cold
and heat, and day and night, shall
not cease"
Farmer life! Freedom from the
noise and turmoil and dust and
smoke of the crowded city; free
dom from the daily struggle and
daily anxiety for bread; freedom
from competition with the crowds
which throng every avenue Of COM
mercial and mechanical industry ;
freedom from the close and daily
contact with vice and crime, which
the temptations, and opportunities,
suflerings Of a city life develOpe
freedom from the small rooms, the
crowded tenement houses, the tain
led atmosphere, the contagious
diseases, the unnatural hours, the
undue excitement, the exaustin &
pleasures, the glittering splendor,
the abject ctsqualor, the artificial Life
OF the citE7-and in their stead The
pure air; the abundant food, the
deep. the refreshing dews, the cool
breezes, the peaceful order, the
ample homes, the beautiful habits,
the cleanliness, the contentment
of the country, and that quiet ex'
altation OF spirit whichF springs
from the contemplation ofthe beau
ties Of nature, and theprocesses'ot OF
its activeJbepefcence::: :theIabsence
of the shrewd cunning, and the
acute sense, which the)competition
of trade engenders, and the pre-
sence of that large-hearted great
ness with which our mother .Eartf
rewards those who call on her fiiu
nifcence for the returns of theil
labor. 9,ss ,eaa,p
"In ancient times the sacred plough'
q q emblnved H-." %" ii''~''g 81
The Kings and awful fathers of mankind
And some. compared with whom your in
-' sect Tribes 8i'. .t- IIfiIlfrSItl IE
Are butthelbeings ot,a summer day. =.
Have. held the scale of empire, ruled TIN
.. storm ...,,,.. ,... ,.,,;f,,.,. ,,, .-..
OF mighty war ;then,with ufwearied hand
Disdaining little delicacies seized
The ploughand greatly independent lived.
And all these qualities of indivi
dual life find their representative
and collnterDart i'm national char