The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-05-30
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the great Republican party d tho
North Thst party Is based On,
viviied and cemapted, by two son
ltiments-lovo for the union,aud
devotion 10 human freedom It's
whole creed may be snmmed up ID
the phrase, perfect, and indestpuc-
tiblc uuity Of the States, With the
perpetual maintenance Of the lar.
gest liberty Of the individual. con.
sis;ent with tho general wolfareT
| you fail to give full scope and
power to eithea of heeeaentiments,
you will in so far fail short Of the
! due Performance Of your mission.
Justice is blind, and knows no cols
or; and justice is the law Of the Re-
publican party. In enfranchising
our fellow citizens Of African de4
scent, we must accept them as on.
titled 10 all the rigbts, privileges,
and amenities Of citizenship. We
must not give mere intellectual
assent to the propositions on which
we base our action but accept them
as animating and controlling senti-
ments Rights not guaranteed by
daily practice are not secured. Es.'
tablished habit is the only sure
safe guard Of personal liberty in
our land The Constitution of the
United States has guaranteed 10
every citizen the rights. privilegesI
and immunities Of citizenship to :
the citizens Of each State in the
several States. But when, before
this war, was /, or men who held
opinions in common with me, safe
in attempting to exercise that con-
siitutionaI right in any slave State.
AS l have shown yon, dominant
sentiment may override constitu-
tiouaI and legal provisions. Rest
not, therefore, your experiment up
on the embodiment 10 constitution
or law, of abstract principles but
see TO it that they are embodied
practically in the organization of
primary caucus and convention,
and ultimate organization Of city,
parish, and State. If you rise 10
the prompt accomplishment of this
great work, the day Of strife will
have passed, and the American
sword may be beaten into a plow-
share. A homoger eous people;
bound together by the immense d.
versity OF their varied interests, by
the most unrestrained personal in
tercourseand thefrecst interchange
OF thought through a froe
press, will find no issues that leg
islation ordiplomacy may not settle.
And a nation that, in its infancy,
put into the field, and kept there
for four years, during which tho
bloodiest aud best contested battles
of history were fought, armies each
numbering more than a million Of
men, need fear no foreign war
CApplause The prestige Of this
war is at the back OF our European
and if We listen to the
voice of reason in our demands,
American questions will be matters
of easy and speedy solution by the
Courts of Europe. Let US, then, not
grieve over the past, but batting no
jot of heart or hope, move onward
in our great work, and the strug-
Cling millions of Europe will find
encouragement in our labors, and
innumerable posterity will rise to
revere our country s flag, and call
those who fell martyrs in its main
and those who, through
the civil strife, completed the work.
blessed among men. Long and
applause.