Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-07-15

militia men, but it could not have q
standing army, or expect to excel as
a military power They are huge
and strong, but their strength is so
distributed that it can not be con
centrated. War means concentra-
ton of power, and, therefore, this
republic conld not be q warlike na
ton. l refer you to any nation on
the face of the globe, no matter how
rich or extensive, who could in so
short time muster million ofsold-
iers as the North did land nearly the
same mum Der in the South When
the people thus determine their laws
they get them when they determine
their policy they carry it out, and
when the people say war there is no
other government on earth like a
fir e popular government to make
army, if you have the officers pre-
pared. God forbid that old West
Point should go down-that is your
standing army. Put West Point
down and you either become feeble
or else you are obliged to enlist
twenty thousand men to uphold the
Government. Educate officers and
you can dispense with the army, for
it takes bat little time to discipline
the men and put them into perfect
organization. Educate the officers,
or you must substitute for them a
standing army. They are cheap, too.
rT1boro 10 no hnJu 1,f ,,,a,, lass Nov
like than military officers laughter
therefore we are not in danger from
them. | set out to make that sober,
but [ could not resist the temptation,
though 1 Go assure you 1 had not
Mcclellan in my thoughts Great
laughter. We have raised a million
and a half of men, and never was an
army better served, better clothed
and handled ana better organized,
just SO soon as they had learned to
adapt their military education to the
pattern of the magnitude of this
continent. And three or four years
such fighting as they experienced l
hope never will again be seen in this
land. The conflict that las been
settled could not be avoided But
!. methinks, there has been enough OF
bloodshed, and that the sacrifice
made should stand for ages before
J God. Well, it was predicted loudly
that just as soon as our army be-
came disbanded there would be no
earthly power to restrain the am
bilious officers, and that there would
be no peace from the disbanded
, soldiery who came home with the
habits of the camp. AS near as ]
can observe, it is certain that they
spoiled a good many boys, and it is
just as certain that the camp saved
as. many Others. A great MANY went
into the war good, and broke down
) under temptation and became bad
and came home sorrows to thei1
friends; but it is just as true that
there were hundreds and thousands
| of lame -limbed, purposeless boys
who went into that camp-their
/ patriotism became fired even to theil
) fingers ends-and they came home
; citizens, of whom we should fee
!, proud. And as to the demoraliza-
) ton of the army, the snow that
melts on the hillsides fails to leave
| a freshet; nor is it possible for the
} storm which bursts over the noun
| talns not to upturn banks and under
mine some trees; but you are wit
| nesses that in the disbandment OF
this army, in no city or county O,
town in these States was any com
, plant made that any one suffered
J 10y the incursion, or by the miscon-
duct Of our soldiers. TCheera.1 Il
IS testimony desire to have borne
over the world, that million OF
American soldiers went back to the
: farm and shop, and no order Of So
ciety and not one law of the com
} munity tarnished by their return
1t IS testimony they deserve. 1t is
! testimony to the Institutions under
which they have had their training.
, 1t is said that a republican GOV
ernment could never pay great
debts. The bonds of such
a government could never be
negotiated,and the people would not
, pay them if they did not like to be
taxed. Well I will admit that if you
, had studied, and got the devil to
| help you and he is a good student)
} you could not have brouffht to beal
on this American people tempta
ton that would be more irving
This Government was encountered
with a debt of three thousand mill.
ions of dollars, and on its effort to
repay that debt, I looked with in
terest. [ prophesied 1t would pay
it. l have proyhesied other things,
and, let me say, that one half of me
is as good a prophet as you could
find, and if you could bring up the
other half, [ would be better salts
fed with myself. ! was abord at
the time. I was aware Of the peo-
pies willingness to pay national
debt incurred in maintaining the
unity of the Government, and J had
a personal interests in its fufillment.
! And how is it now? I do not only
declared that we have proved our
selves great people, bat I aver.
take it man for man, that there is
not such wealth producing popu-
lation on the globe as the American
people. We make more money per
year than and other people on the
globe, and it will be joyful tidings
to most Of you when | say we shall
) continue to make it. We are peo-
pie to whom proverty is a spur. and
| Ii rirfiS us III 10 make rs work har.