The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-09-11

claim of the nation that sent him again
to power and his accusers to oblivion
When Themostocles, who had saved
Greece at Marathon, and added the rich
island of Lemnos to her possessions, was
about to be exiled, he was asked why he
made no reply to his enemies He said,
MY answer is 'Lemnos and Marathon
How grandly do the illustrious achieve
ments, the unstained fame and the un-
rivaled modesty of lthisslaureled first SOL
dier of the age answer the petty jibes and
impotent malice of his baff1ed accusers
And now SO inseparably is his name
linked with the grandest events of our
history, so imperishably is his glory in
terwoven with that of the lone sleepers
who, on hundred stricken fields, were
kissed by death and married to immor-
tality, but whose memory yet mingles
with his renown, while both are made
immortal. So abundantly has his quiet,
modest, practical wisdom been illustrated
in all those great measures of his admin
istration that have blessed the land with
peace and covered it with prosperity,
that you can hardly name your countrys s
triumphs. or defend her policy of peace
| full justice and wise progression, or rejoice
| in her miracles of growth and grandeur.
but you seem to be tracing his personal
| history and successes, and eulogizing the
name of Grant
Year after year the people have set the
seal of their approval on the Republican
party and its principles. 1t comes again
no pledge unredeemed, no trust betrayed.
| What has been done during the last
twelve years for the benefit of the coun-
try, for the cause of liberty. for the adj
vancement of the people, that is not its
work? But its mission is not fulfilled. 1t
passes on to grander heights to meet new
responsibilities. The party that has SO
nobly done its work in the past will not
fail in the great trusts of the future. In
| the peril of the nations struggle it made
a proud record, but now in peace, by or
der and security brought out of chaos, by
industry developed by commerce reviv-
ed, by confidence restored, by justice en-
throned everywhere, by the map of en-
pire enrolled, by an imperishable Union
and regenerated nationality, it places
our country before the world to-day more
illustrious than even by the triumphs of
her gathered armies. The preservation
of that party now is not merely ques-
ton of the success of candidate-it is
the triumph of a cause. Ny brother
Democrat you cannot stay the tide of
progress on which all things are moving.
The shadow goes not back on the worlds
/
again to roll the Dead Sea wave of stag
nant life over an awakened and advancing
people. This contest is not merely for
party power. 1t is a supreme antagonism
of thought, motive, principle, pelity. The
questions that divide us can go to but
one tribunal. The people will answer in
| October as becomes the majesty of free
men, and the import of the judgment
| For
"The years have never dropped their sand
| On mortal issues vaster or more grand
Than ours to-day"
Napoleon inspired his soldiers in Egypt
| by reminding them that from the pyra-
mids forty centuries looked down upon
them. The eyes of all the ages, past and
future, are upon u.s. The worlds tyrants
regard our power with jealous hate and
incredulous wonder, eagerly waiting its
overthrow, The longing hearts of all
the earths oppressed and the waiting
eyes of every friend of human liberty are
turned upon our country in joyous faith
or in approving admiration. Fugitives
from famine and sword and old-world
tyrannies crowd our shores and share our
blessings. The continent and its islands
wait to enlarge our empire and our ex-
ample is the worlds evangel of liberty
But best and holiest of all our trusts, our
country is the haflowed asylum of the
whole earth, sanetified by the prayers of
the prosecuted of every sect and crowned
by the blessings of the down trodden of
every nation. Truly ours is land of
refuge and benedictions-a goodly her
itage, not only to enjoy, but to preserve
and transmit May we be ever worthy of
trust SO sacred, history so illustrious,
mission SO grand By power without
wrong by justice without stain. by graft
! tude and trust in Him ''who ruleth in the
nations" and whose blessings have COW
cred US, may we merit his continued
guidance and care, that the regenerated
nation, closing forever the CHASTITY pages
of slavery, rebellion and war. may pass
on to the loftier triumphs of freedom and
of peace, pressing all its power to the
solution of the crowding problems of
industrial development and moral pro-
gress, still holding worthily its unchal-
lenged first rank among the nations of
the earth