Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-01
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snational pacffeation'' had been finally ac-
cOmplisheds His last earthly gaze was,up-
OF the glorious prospect of free, united,
and prosperous people How 1mustthis re-
ftsction have cheeTed ana sustained the
heart OF the dying patrie6tp tp ItLWas more
precious to him than all else besides, save
his schild-like faith in the promises of God.
Hetadded the erowning q glory nf1the Martyr
TO the spotless chsrs eter of tl1 e Patriot! So
II need not say that isidelity GoJronstitu1
tional obligations, forgetfulness OF his pre-
cepts, and disregard of his warning voice,
have fulfilled the 1predictioHsFofi hisVpro-
phetic spirit in all their terrible reality.
Thei peaceful and gorgeous ssunser of his
glorious life was soon succeeded by the
HURRICANE and tempest of civil war. That
war has accomplished its terrific results.
But the Unionis not restored? It's restora-
tion, under the benign spirit of the tConsti-
tut IS a problem yet to be solved" ..nsn
which gives such meaning and iniparts
such thrilling interest to the unvailing of
that noble statue.9 az AZ syii Nj 20
13 Lo that caln high majestic look 1stHa-5Iq9T
t1a Thatb binds our gaze as bya speil-'iog aiiE12.
It's the same that erst while shook 40 aoi5sis
.sT8 The traitors ON whose souls it fell
40 Oh, that he were again in lifel T.rg Eur1ra
To Taye as once bis wand Of power, 10 smsu
si And scatter Tar the storms Of srlfes Eus9 50
brs That DER our country darkly lowerL aoisi7sb
But his example still lives. 1t was the
sublime sentiment Of his life never TO des-
pair of the Republic That sentiment must
be ours, and, catching the Inspiration OF his
heroic spirit, We must deem no sacrifice too
great to maintain and perpetuate the prin-
ciples of the American Government. With
that practical wisdom tor which, he was
ever distinguished, we must accept ac-
complished faets---we must yield as best
we may to 'sthe einexorable logic of events;,'
we must not cling to the prejudices and
traditions of the past, but endeavor to give
shape and strength to the stern realities of
the present. There is a deathless vitality
in the principles of civil liberty, which will
yet survive this last baptism of fire and of
blood. .oolzil T<it
The calamities of war may be overcome;
the disruption of domestic institutions may
be borne; an Impoverished treasury may be
replenished; our fields, now wasted and
desolate, may grow green again, and ripen
TO future harvests; there are no evils which
may not be remedied, no difficulties which
NAV not be surmounted by the mighty en-
erp1es of a free and virtuous people. .-,..
All this may be accomplished if we are
true to ourselves, our country, and our God.
But" in the language of one of Americas
greatest statesmen, "who shall reconstruct
the fabric ofdemolished Government? Who
shall rear again the we'll -proportioned col
umns of Constitutional liberty? Who shall
which unites National Sovereignty with
State rights, individual security and public
prosperity? Now, if these columns shall
fall. they will be reared not again. Like
the Coliseum and the Parthenon, they will
be destined to melancholy, mournful inn
mortality Bitterer tears, however, will
flow over them than were ever shed on the
monuments of the Roman or Greeian art,
for they will be the remnants of more
glorious edifice than Greece or Rome ever
sawTthe editice of Constitutional American
Liberty - .y-.eg .-.s1 .a,.u nj, j.. f.s-i
Among the distinguished personages
present were General ROUSSEAU, U. S. A.
Gov. BAKER and Senator HENDRICKs, Of
Indiana, Gov. BRAMLETTE and JOHN w
STEVENSON, of Kentucky, and CARTER LEE
of Virginia. p, slsl s.s ias ~ l.lg s5vsi-
Letters were received from Ex-Presi-
dents PIERCE and FILLMORE, from Secretary
SEWARD, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, a. II. II
STUART, HENRYW. HILLIARD, Gen. ROBERT
E. LEE and ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS, Gov
ernors ENGLISH, of Connecticut, BULLOCK
Of Mississippi CHAMBERLAIN, of Maine, and
CRAPo, of Michigan; a portion of which
we will take an early occasion to lay be-
a.