Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31

lied from hS~~ing the eloquent voice of nv
absent frienG, you will nevertheless take
the will for the deed, and believe me when
say, that in my opinion, no American citi-
zen can do justice to the thoughts that
crowd for utterance when he comes to
speak of Our Country Two words! and
yet what volume do they express? Shall
| talk of the land of our fathers, limited in
population to perhaps less than 100000
of souls, distributed i'll sparce sediments
and comparatively insignificant towns, stu
ated upon the sea, with u back country
bounded by the Appalachian mountains, and
forests inhabited by savage beasts, "and
men more savage still than they" beyond
which all was terra ipcognita; and to pene-
trate which required courage such as only
the Teutonic breed possesses? Or, shall
begin at later period, when government
like the dews of heaven, showered its bless
ing upon all alike, irrespective of class or
condition; when capacity and virtue were
alone the qualifications for official trust;
when the industry of frugal and thrifty
people, whose exhaustless energies, and in
domitable courage, wisely fostered and en-
couraged by benign and gentle govern
ment scaled the mountains; spaned the
rivers; leveled forests; opened farms; rear
ed cities; mined for us; erected factories;
constructed canals and railroads; fostered
commerce; established schools and houses
of worship; acquired territories; and extend
ed our Jurisdiction from ocean to ocean.
and almost from tho frozon 1ona 70 +ha
tropics ambracino a belt of country no
whore unon Gods Garth so bIast With tba
noons IF +bo birbos+ two Of c;,-;i;zo+;o,,
Inoy-, 70 ,,anl-;nd9sO,. ch.1I ro+bo,. sol
f 4Ia+ An 1a+g ,ora -
history, when, numbering a population of
100000 of people: when great cities;
1,,b,.o 80 l,ra,.>4II, ,-o;+aS A. of
tho ,,-orId .N1,sbon o-.rocosS;t;as If co.,
n,orco in1,ont;n, now ,.a,lid ,,,odos of Iocn
n,otioI, snannd fba continar+ I'll ,;hH of
e+ooI and enhs;d;god +ba oio,,,orts 70 no1Y
yav infelIirenca aud the nrodncts Of indus-
H. 7,on,,1atio,, 1,,,!l+;rli.eI1 1tfo
never dreamed of in the fondest imaoinings
of the founders of the Republic. when
wealth increased with \ raniditv that unset
all the rules Of ACQUISITION taught in the
soundest theories of political economy ?SOr.
passing all these considerations. shall / di-
vert upon that later period still, when. for
getting the teachings of our fathers: when
unmindful of the lessons of history, pride
and the kindred vices it engenders, begot
disregard of the Constitution and obliga-
ton to its provisions. and under the lead of
bad men. war, and all the desolating evils
which follow in its train. desolated the land?
/ IL, -,
allegiance dropped the peaceful pursuits of
| life. and took up the trade of "civil war"
| for the sole purpose of preserving
| Our Country and when that was accom-
plished, again resumed the grander charac-
| tor of the citizen. l say, fellow citizens
which of these grand topics shall | discuss
| on this conVival occasion? Amid the fes-
| tivities of your reunion can do Justice to
neither. Enough, to say, that to-night you
meet to commemorate the trials, hardShips
and sufferings which you endured to save
Our Country" from the vandal hands of
those who undertook the vain task of de-
spelling the country and rendinr it's consti-
tuition. But while we will not, on occasions
like this. attempt discussion of the early
past, with its sublime promises, or yet the
recount the snfar;ngs ,ti and tras Wbicb ouT'
selves have undergone to preserve the lib
critics bequeathed us by our fathers, yet a
WORD OF OF Two wv upon tle lesson ol experience
You are assembled tonight in this ban
quet halI-you men of the Goth with your
comrades of the other regiments, to con.
graduate yourselves upon me successful u
lSo Tour om3atriots for a the nreserrafon OF
the Union and the Constitution of our ia
Ni'NA7' ~ N@AA NON )
,ms pui sne iSre 81 Io,,,i' Id IN iii
hons Which assures the 1ovaItv of citizen.
ship, has impelIed you to meet not to ex-
ult over your victory, but as you recount
the dangers suffered together, ana pro,
~ 9o,l'4t - - oII Eli
nntil the bnoIe notes of the ss1ast dav', shall
sound the final muster-you will, by all
the sacred memories Of the past; by all the
fho tUa ieTis NJ | blond and treasye ny a.
has cost to preserve the Union. renew you1
patriotism, and swear upon the altar o.
Our Country" tnat " 50 lar lar as IN you hes
l.9 ,o1 sboii a narntatad % .atT 0 'H'i'
SECOND toast'-1 ne ffesldent OF the Y
s." No response.
Music.
Third to,st-.sTbo Army and Navy, n,
response
Fourth toast.-"OuT Guests"
Response by Col. H. B. Maynard. \,