Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-19

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To the People Nef minnesota
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SAINT. r kUL,' July III / s67.
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thank you for this friendly greetinrg
nave fora long time desired to visit these
-whs has not ?-sof the FERTILITY OF tbei soil
oof1 theslbeautyisof their Iscenery,g iofn the
,healthfnlness of their climate, of the aw6ri-
fderfuit D Development, which has, asif bvsthe
.Inagiesof ar gfairyas sFand.s converted ithelr
forests iuto farms and citiesgo 3 had Ereah
sfromseae who. wrote with a masters power
eofthese greet central plains where the St
taLawrerice and the Mississippi kiss each
other before they separate for their long
tl0urneysnto the 5ioceaus--above which the
sun.at its zenith seems to 1inger in admira-
tion for moment in its ceaseless course to
the .Pacitic-where the ley blasts of fsthe
North are melted to cool bfeezes in the
warm embrace Of the suitry winds or tile
South-and where. under the influence OF
all that is beautiful in nature, and alt that
is impressive in the character of people
made up of all the families of our Caucas-
ian race, the soul of an American citizen
rises to the full measure of his country 3
opportunities and his own duties, But
wished to see them with my own eyes-to
know them by my own experience, that
might by the intimacy of personal associ-
alton, warm up still more, If that is posi-
Die, the fervor of my patriotism, and add
one more to the uniumbered ties of affec-
tion and admiration and interest which
bind my heart TO my country.
Il desired especially toiYisit Minnesota for.
.Hke him to whom Ihaye alluded, was one
of those who aided in admitting her to the
Union. [applausel and welcoming her to
the full possession of all the powers and
rights and dignities of the original States.
When your eomniittee invited me to meet
here to-day vast numbers, not only of my
own countrymen, but of that portion of
them who are one with me in q common
political faith, one with me in opinion as to
the true administration of the Government,
with the assurance that they would give
meSa hearty welcome, determined at once
to crafty my wish. And so I came
threading the valley of the Miami. trayers-
ing the fertile farms of Indiana, the vast
.prairies of Illinois. the teeming grainfelds
and dypicturesque laEessef Wisconsin. across
the Mississippi with its castellated- bluffs.
across the upland plains of your river coun-
ties, carpeted7with the most brilliant wild
flowers, and laden with the weight of the
coming harvest, to fod in your attractive
city. in this unequafed scene, at the very
threshold e ot your peerless State, every
promise of grandeur aud beauty fulfilled.
and every anticipation more than realized.
In Ohio they are fond of telling us that
the Democratic, party Is dead. The news
papers assert i..i the stump speakers an
aounce it, the State Convention annually
breaches its funeral sermon and writes its
epitaph. If their wishes were consulted it
would not only be deads but damned also.
1Loud cheers.l Let, them look upon this
scene. Let them hear the shouts with
which L have been welcomed. merely be-
cause / am an Ohio Democrat Tcheers,
and although they may assert again that
the old party is dead, they will do it with
the cheerful air with which the boy whis-
ties as he goes through the graveyard, look
ing with fearful glance behind, around,
over either shoulder lest the dead may
come to life again, or his ghost may be sit
as en0ye hs gssSXs ShisSrs The
L have been to, the far East, I have seen
the brave and constant and iinffnching
Democrats of, Mass achusetts; I. have seen
the Democrats of COnnecticub jubilant over
the result of their late conflict. 1Cheers,]
57haye seen the Democrats of New York,
and Pennsylvania and Ohio, marshaling
their powers for the contest in October
.f have seen the Democrats of Kentucky
vigorous, unfalteripg in the very midst OF
their fght-andb everywhere, whether in
the East or the South, or the great Central
States-in every. condition, whether enjoy
F..~sr r1E
of their forces. after the pressure of defeat
or putting, on, their armor7 for, another
struggle, L find it aliying, " igorous, active
energetic party; and here, "a Thousand
miles away, in the great Northwest, / find,
the same party, sustained by the same
courage, animated by the same hope, and
vitalized by the same devotion to the prin-
ciples and forms OF government which
have for seventy years permitted devel-
opment of individu al liberty and collec-
tive prosperity witho ut parallel in the his
tory of the world E =TATZ E=J
More truthfully now, perhaps, than ever
before. may we say that our party is neith-
er sectional nor local, but that in all the
Union from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from the lakes TO the Gulf, there is not a
State Orcounty, nor township, nor town.
nor neighborhood, nor family. nor house,
hold in which it mas not an adherent and
The Democratic party dead!ii 1t can
never die so long as free Government shall
exist. The active. vigorous being of the
oneis the essential condition of the exist
enee of the other. So long as the human
so1ong as the human intellect can trace
cause and effect, SO long as Government is
confided to the collective wisdom, and will
Of the people. rather than to the unlimited
discretion and irresistible power of one
man, so long will there be party which
seeks to increase the liberty of the citizen
and to diminish the power of the Govern
ment, to enlarge the sphere of his active
development, and to reduce the restraints
which are imposed upon him, to crafty
his hope of liberty, and to make effective
his hatred of, tyranny. There is such a
party in England to-day and il wrests
from Government a large form of repre-
sentation. THERE'S such a party in France
to-day, and the thunders of the Tribune
cause sleepless nights at the Tnileries
There is such a party even in Russia to-
day, and the Gar grants amnesty to Polish
patriots. lCheers.] There is such party in
Austria to-day, and its leader exchanges
every recognition of the right of tile House
of Hapsburg to the throne of St. Stephen
for concession to the rights of the people
of Hungary. There is such a party in
America to-days and it insists upon rigid
adherence to the provisions of our written
Constitution, and to the primary elemental
principle of the equality of the States
loud applause.1 .'-i'92''
And never in all our history has the exi
gency of the country demanded from tha
party such an exhibition of all its strength
all its intelligence, all its virtue, as now
ForInever--not in the cOrruptions OF sloth
full ease-not in the mad excitement of {
difficult and doubtful war-have its insti-
tntions been SO ruthlessly attacked, and it,
liberties SO greatly imperiled. Its enemies
have obtained possession of the powers o
the Government. and WELD them for its de
struction. GApplause and dissent.l