The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-03
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primrose, and no, more to, all such
Mr.. Reyels is . thousand-dollary das.E
key Bnt I confess to e5dispositiomi
to look on him in 2 far more exalted
light, 4 see in him 2 three7thoqsand49
op7dcllara dsrkey; + hear in his,
voics the thunders Of Denelson, Shi-d
lob, Yickiburg and Gettysbprg ;s and
In his foptsteps the. tread OF, mightiertt
armies than Napoleon marshaled fora
the conquest of Europe. The eiee-
ton of Reyels is the net proceeds of,
all that war and bloodshed. !. He drep-e
resents the asaets and liabilitiesrpf the
four years struggle; he is e the .glo-g
rious fruits of union and victory"
whereof we have heard so much. eff
this be notso,l lot the reader point cut
some other solution to the pFoBlem.L7
Why Wasl the war fought IL not to-
electlu uRevels r. And now that it isl
oFery rywhatiIis there to show for its
million graTes and its three the6saiids
millions oFsdOllars, except the electioho
of Rsvslsa ! Ifithere are otheFIfesuHse
to- the. great struggle, name 4EenEsa2e
But, at amy rate plet us not be iFfe4e-g
rentionahel subject of iReYelsA Alet tisa
aetibelittie him intoa thoasan didollar
dafkeygl butaIet us rather seedn hiffs
the great living representative of the
issue which it took SO many precious
liVssadid so much precious treasure to Il
bring to'a victorious iconel6siofla; and
soi regard ding him; let us appfoaaeh him
with n1Sovered heads, and bow be-
fore him as TO great D ove himself" iaff
REATHsOF AEREE sevERNMENE., 8
Itis1a melancholy spectacle to nbe-.ii
hold free government die! THE -
world, it istrueyis Riled with evidence
Of decay. All nature speaks the voice
Of dissolution, and the higbWay of
life is estrewn with the wrecks which
time, fhe great despoiler, has made
Bnts the hopsa Of the future, bright
visions Of IreEiviHg glory are nowhere !,
denied TO the heart Of mansssye as her
| gazes on the downfall Of legal liberty.o
He llistens, sosro wfull y to the autn4n
winds viz ~ they Sigh thyapgh the disas
msntlsd forests, but we know that
their breath will be soft and yernal in .
the spring, and that the dead flowers
ans, ,withered foliage will blossom and
bloem again. He sees thess sky oEer4 $
caatMifh angry frownsaof the teaip=d
1 est, Bat he knows the sun will reap 2
/ pear, ana the emblazonry Of God can.
| not perish Man himself; f;this strange
! connecting link betsseen1dust andadea
tity, totters wearily onward hnderr the
! weight Of years and pain toward the
! tomb, but haR briefly his, life fingers
| around the dismal spet.ieIt is tilled
with grief and tears, and the cypress
gather around it with loving but
mournful embrace. And is this alla
Not SO. If man die shall he notiliye
again! Beyond the grave in theadis-
! tant Alden, hope provides IN eisysi9m
4 of the soul where the, mortal assumes
4 Immortality, and life becomes an end
less splendor. ButMhere, sir, aino all
the dresry regions of the past, filed
with ulsions,9 wars and crimes,
i can you point y0ur finger to the tomb
Of q free commonwealth ON which the
angels of resurfection have ever des-
cended, or from whose sepulcher the
stone Of 7despotism has been rolled
away? Where, in. what age; and i'm
; what cline have the reins of consti-
tutional freedom renewed their youth
j and regained their lost estate BY
4 whose grip has the dead. corpse of the
Il republic, once fatleno5er, -Beenaaised.
The mefoifali maker who walked up
4 on the waters and babe the winds be
!, stiii, left no ordained spostIes with
4 power to wrench spart the jaws of na-
tisonal debt and release the victim of
Il despotism. = The vail Of the heart
broken over the dead is not SO sad to
ms as the realization of the fact. But
\ ali. history. with . loud, unbroken
1 voice proclaitns if, and the evidence
Of what the past has boen, is eonclu-
i ave TO my mind Of what the future
win be. Wherever in the domain of
!, human conducta people once possess
ed Of liberty, have surrendered these
j great gifts Of God at the command Of
the usurper, they, have never altar
] wards proven themselves worthy, to
! \ regain their forfeited treasured.
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sasKEkr HlM Dows.' a poor
|, man attempts to rise-attempts to
show that there is no monopoly Of
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