The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-21

EASAAN' M N
y Col N. B. owpnsa sub. cieetor for this
County will commence the work in shoot
time. Democracy viii culver in every 6Age
Of its foul and loathsom. body under his sx-
eoriatiOns. Col. Ovens has been a strong
and uucomprehising Radical 40 iaiio, at no
time sweFyinE the breadth Of a hair from the
Republican policy. His speeches, We have
no doubt will rebound 70 he triumph Of cur
cause in this county,
Need Of statesmen gen. Grant.
The science of government is a profound
study, whose intricacles challenge the aea-
men, the probing investigation aud logical
powers Of the mightiest iItsnScts. To con
ceiyc and v~iiali4e those public measures,
which work the greatest good to the, great
est number and the least de,riment to The
fewest is an attainment Of stateamapship dis
tinguished by the highest gadatioa in the
scale of political proficiency and tradition.
Every rank and condition Of man, trade, com
merce, educational enterprise aud religions
effort, in their weblSe qualifications through
the structure Of society aud civil polity, must
come within the purview Of legislation and
executive management. In all governments,
as there is a diversity of feelings, opinions
and aspirations, so there win be a diversity
and controriety Of interests, which, if not
most judiciously controlled, viii pro luce
those discords and %strifes, which the sword
and bayOnet can alone suppress, The popu-
lar idea Of what government should be, has,
happily for mankind, KEEP, pace With the
march Of education and Christian c%iviliza-
ton. 1t has followed the standard Of Moral
Reform from the dawn Of the Golden Era and
witnessed its signal and brilliant yietories.
It arose a I" star of hope and promise high
when Light and Truth broke over the cbaot-
ic darkness of the Middle Ages, Terminated
its inexorablc expressions and remorseless
Cr%ueltics, and substituted mans respect and
love Of his fellow, for the rack, the stake, the
dungeon ard the scourge. It's course is tracked
by fallen thrones and shattered despotisms,
and it has sent a current ofnew life and encrgy
into the body of almost every nation upon
the face Of the globe, and enslaved hearts
have throbbel and burned and manacled
hands have struck for the inherent rights Of
manhood, under its inspirations, This idea
Of government has revoked the mandates of
Dcspotism, refuted the doctrines o. Kings,
dissipated the false and UtOpian theories Of a
standardization and metamorphosed the Po-
litical phasis Of both hemispheres. Whilst
one false idea is being tested ami condemned
it leaps forward into popular favor and ac-
ceptance more than a e. cycle Of Cathay."
This is mans God-given right and ability
to govern himself 1t is co-extsusiye with
human progress and cnlightment, mans no.
blest aims, grandeqt and most 5enefcient en-
.erprises and the highest and mos. compre-
hensiye scuse Of bis individual and national
obligations. From island to island and con-
tiueut to continent it goes hand in baud With
the Gospel message Of the saving efficacy of
the A@touement, Battlefield echoes it to bat
tle-fcld from Thermopylr to the Wilderness,
and as a silver river, It rolls its tide Of re-
desming beauty and glory through the blood
lest histories Of war. It is the morning dawn
bursting in immortal and inspiring ehulgence
upon lands, over which has brooded the night
Of tyranny and bondage for countless years.
Il g., ,bo ;nritor,c,fo If srery rarort gowards
the Liberation Of mind and body and the vim
dication Of their nobility uad greatness. 1t is
the talismanic cry Of millions, loyalt to the
cause ct humanity and freedom rs thsy
charge the rampart5 Of error and tyranny aud
the burlhen Of their loudest paoaus Of victory.
Cesar added kingdom amer kingdom to The
imperial dominiou Of Rome, conceived,
planned aud accomplished The conQues. Of
The naughty Eauls, yet in the palmiest glory
Of bis undispu,ed sway and the succession
Of bis victories, no such conception Of the
high mission and dignity Of government
forced an entrance into bis MUD, oyercrowd-
ed and busted with the schemes Of sell-pro-
motion aud aggrandizement and the degr
dation and enslavoment Of others. This
principle Of national prosperity and power
beamed with un6ickering lusire in The rising
star Of Napoleon, but from the sumuits Of
the Pyramids forty generations looked down
upon its overthrow BY sword and b%ayonet,
aud the dawn that gilded Egypt dark in Der
mysteries and superstitions, giving promise
Of an early sHd perfect day Of liberty and re-
generation, was turned back into the Cimmsr-
ian shades Of hopeless aud irrenediable au-
arehy aud bondage. The yollsyed thupdsrs
that measured the devastating march OF The
flushed and sanghine army Of the Duke Of
Wellington from Torres Vedras 10 Waterloo
were the herald Of lis doom. There was no.
siu'litude or magic spell Of conjunction be-
tween mans right aud ability to govern
himself and " England expects every son to
bis duty, and the enaetmenis Of her Parlia-
men, and the ediets o. her rollers opened no
I cba,reta for the epread of ibis enn0bling