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

IANPeSiANS'- a-@irJ 80 fNAAt w 2 - tIIAr
TEN different from that Of Athens,
Tor Sparta, or Rome, or Neniee. ror
1.-THE Achnan Ieaglt, 81 the Dutch
Republic, or the English Common.
wealth. 1t sYas a federative re.
public; or, as KOssuth called it-a.
'repubjc 9fFepublies,p With checks
Eand balances. It's Sanction Was
mot The Pqpgl Al, viii expressed ipT
the Simplest form. It placed limi;-
tatienY aud restrict ions: On the pow
erSof TIE people for ITS Ranth6fs -
knew that "tyranny may flow from
1.-The workshop O, the artisannas well
! as from the palace Of the sovereign,
1.-The dreamers Of the French Revo-
luton, and the liberals of other
countries; before the reaction from
that wonderful event, atook place,
found in these cheeks audi hmita-
I5tions treason to liberty. mo man
respects more than1 the Repdbli-
cans, and Democrats, and Reform.
ers OF Europe, by whateVernnahe
they may be known; their heroic
courage, their unshakefi faith,i their
answering allegiance tothe cause
Of progress.~Bu But how ~immeasara--a
bly, do they fall behind Washing
ton, and Franklin, and Madison,apd
Jefferson, and Hamilton and Jay ln,-
practical knowledge of mankindG
and in the wisdom of its, appliea7dl
ton. Honest, intelligent, and wisead
men OF l7S7 | it will be-
long before 1.-THE world nwill again
see their equals. 1t is held stupid
I ity now--I believe it is elasticity.
called Bourbonism--to admire their
wisdom, to regard with affection
the work of their hands, to believeJ
that all changes in it are not re- -
forms, to doubt that every village ?
schoolmaster, OF Cody preacher,or
aspiring lawyer, and above all ev-
fery "loyal man" is a safer states
iman, more skillful architect of
government than they.9H 3ahj ll.
+ Twill not analyze more closely
their system Of government Its
endured from 1889 till 1860. sv 20,
Shall ] recount its history? Shall
] recall its results? Shall / remind,
byou that at first it meet with seri. =
GUS opposition, hut that wisely adj
ministered it proved its benifeence5
and fixed itself firmly in the tlIeartsG
OF the people-that it waged wars
/ Of conquest and wars Of defense---
that it felt the evils of domestic
dissension-that it encountered the
perils Of neutrality, and all the diff.
ficulties of struggle for CONNER
cial supremacy, and all the vicissi
tudes Of national life, and that this
Constitution of government was
sufficient for all these thingsl SnallP
tell you the story which hangs on
my lips--that obeying lawful ,au-.
thority, observing the precepts Of
paternal affection, exercising modli
Grafton and kindness, and, above
all, revering the patriotism andthe9
virtues Of the fathers, and seeking
toimitate them, these States and
this people woed the genius of wis.,
dom, and found, indeed, ''its wayse
are ways of pleasantness, and alL
its paths are peace;Y that liberty
was il mansion and in cottage, In
city and in country; that prosperi-,
ty crowned the husbandman and
4 the artisan, and the merchant; that!
| wealth and power, and science andJ
4 art, and learning and religions land
| the kindly charities of q robust and,
manly philanthropy, did constant,
! homage, in their rapid develop
lnent, to the benefcence of tlie'
Farmer Republic2 ~ ,m't 15i Oh %
! s'And has it passed aways' 81 t'o1ib.
why shouldanot this system, SO
5Ifnll of blessings, have satisfied the
aspirations Gof oltr peopleho Why
the perpetual longing of the human
mind to leavethe well-known track,
J and to encounter the perils Of "ih.t
novation and experiment. ,qejs ID
During the closing years OF this
Il period, great Dissatisfaction with
: ouppolitical system smamifestedlits
, SELF 1t was pepulaIsto propose
radical changes, in the government
established by the fathers. The
declaration was made that the
i Union of slaveholdihg and nOns
slaveholding States could notAens
f dure, although such Union had
been so brilliantly successful for
i. three-quarters of a century. Light
lrad suddenly broke in on the mind.
The wisdomof the past had become
darkness before the -surpassingoef.