Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-05-22

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his gaze as the cars sped their way OF
to the level, exclaimed with the voic'
of q Senator, Attention, the uniyersa
Nations, about facet Before you, lie
the granary Of the world I" For Their
is not q nation of Europe that does no
live by spinning and the cotton raiseC
in this valley, and who does not ca
wheat and corn which is also cultivated
therein.
Now, my friends, with these vas
and varied resources; with the hnesi
cotton fields in the world; with hemp
fax and all other fbrous plants which
the industry of man weaves into arti
cles of beauty and utility, why should
we not be the greatest manufacturing
nation of the world7 Why should moi
ships of the world come to New York
for their assorted cargoes? Why should
not these great central portions of our
country develop and use their coal and
iron-the development of which have
made England what she i~s-ehanging
from the rude and raw condition the
elements of wealth into forms of beauty
and utility Look at Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Southern Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and IN Virgini; baehold the
large fields of iron and coal, interspers-
ed with gold and silver, especially Vir-
ginia, and with porcelain clay from
which might be manufactured wares
rivslling the exquisitly fine productions
of SeTres, OF the more opaque wedge
wood ware. Why should thera not be
q great home industry of this kind, in
which there would be employment
each day for every man and woman,
that they may feel when night comes
that they are entitled ito a fair nights
rest because they have earned a fair
days wsges by an honest days work ?
Let me explain briefly to you the
cuases of the war, and the difference in
the character of our civilization. The
war was q war of ideas that had to be
decided with the musket, the sharp
saber and the heavy guns. 1t was a
war between two orders of civilization.
It was not a distinct war for the tri-
umph of party. If so, it would have
settled the fate Of the other. It was
not q territorial war, for the acqui
sition Of territory would have settled
it in thirty days It was var of ideas
between conflicting systems of civilizs-
ton and and that which triumphed
proved it was best, because it was the
strongest
Let me illustrate. 1t was not even a
war between States. West Tennessee
was for the Confederacy, and voted for
the dissolution of the Union. She
in slaves-Was the home of
the oligsrchy. East Tennessee is noun
famous; slavery did not thrive
there. Comparatively few slaves were
found in that direction and the fdeli-
tY of Union men IN Tennessee made q
record of romance which exceeds all
the stories Of the Scottish border feuds.
Let me take another illustration, for no
general law should be dedueed from a
case. What West Tennessee
was to your State, East Tennessee was
to Virginia. Il was the home of the
sl~ave-hreeder, for slavery had so ruined
the land that planting was no longer
profitable, and the old dignifed Vir-
ginian had degenerated into the slave
breeder; human beings became the
article of export. In West Vir-
ginia, with a climate like that of East
the oligarchy of that State re-
lieTed itself from taxation by imposing
upon the mountaineers of West Vir-
ginia. No slave under twelve years of
age was subject to taxation, and no
slave, be he ever so valuable, was as
sessed at a value of over three hundred
dollars while the poor farmers colts
and calves were taxed as so much per-
sonal property. Every dollar of his
property wss taxed, while the greatest
source of wealth, the slaves, were free
taxation. The people of West
Virginia adhered to the Union, and
you know that in 1862 they assembled
in Convention, elected a Legislature,
members of Congress. and were formal
ly admitted to the Union, and a new
star was added to our flag on the next
Fourth of July, the day on which all
new stars are added to the flag.
You see that where freedom prevails,
there the people were loyal. Why was
it that Iowa and Missouri, separated by
an imaginary line running through a
where 1t would require the sur
Veyor TO ascertain which one of two feet
of ground lay In the State of Missouri
and which in Iowa; where no mountain
range, no great river marks the line
but where slavery prevailed there wa
devotion to the Confederaey, and where
free labor prevailed there was loyalty ?
| do not mean universally. There were
Northern men who wanted to fight for
you; they lied to you; they told you
that they would stand by you; that if
the war came blood would flow in
streets. You got but two
distinguished soldiers from the North,
Lowell and GustaYus Smith.
Although the Democratic party was in
the majority, we elected Mr.. Lincoln
by the detection of the Douglas and
Breckenridge party. They hurried you
into the war, but what contributions
did they send you? Precisely the same
that the little girl proposed to give to
The missionary cause. Each of the
children had set aside so much for the
fund, except Mary. "Now,
come, Mary, what will be your contri-
:" Said she, al don't think
that I can give anything. I don't get
much spending money, you know. 1
put something in the purse at
the church." "Well," said her grand
mother, cannot you save the sugar out
Of your tear" At first Mary seemed to
favor the idea, but said she. No,grand-
ma, I will tell you what I will do; 1
I win give the cause my prayers
Laughter and spplsuse. After having
hurried you into the war, the Demoe-
raey gayeyout their prayers. Applause.
Now your old leaders, not undeceived
by such an administration. ask your
aid TO reconstruct the Democratic
corpse; but you are not going to do it.
The South Is going to be I-egenerated,
under other principles. If my theory
be right. that the ideas of secession and
the divinity Of slavery prevailed only
slavery prevailed, let me ask,
what was the cause that made the war
Was there really an ire
pressible conflict? Yes, my friends.
there was. Let me ask you to consid-
er the different light IN which Hers
V. johnson placed it the nights
when he spoke upon the ffty-sixth an
niversary Of the Constitution, in indie.
pendent Square. Philadelphia, on the
spot where the Declaration was read.
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