The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-21

a rect from the heart of ST. Anne's Church
which has offered if here tonight. Many o.
5 the members of that church are children By
9 adoption Of this country, being children BY
: birth of that much oppressed country which
r has been the home of poets, Of scholars and Of
statesmen, and it is my fervent desire that not
another nation may ever be called to pass
= through for her religious faith what Ireland
has passed through. The speaker referred to
some of the instructions which had occurred,
not for the purpose of stirring te life those un-
pleasant memories but as q warning against
the terrible consequences that follow collisions
of religious doctrines. The people of that
church know the value of religious freedom
and could not be otherwise than sincere IN
the sentiment that the destinies of our repub-
lie shall be so guided that true liberty shall
be made perpetual in its fullest significance.
J Can it be that those we have sheltered here
whengroWn to strength, as the Catholic church
must, that like a blind Sampson they will
sieze the pillars of our noble temple of iber-
ty, tear down the glorious structure and
involve US all in one common ruin2
The President of the United States is simply
on ideal character created by constitution
which had its birth with the people and one
of the grand principles engrafted into that
constitution was that in this land Of liberty
every man may worship God according to the
dictates of his own conscience unmolested and
unharmed. The speakers peroration was an
eloquent allusion to the hope and future Of
our country and expressing the fervent hope
that the time may come when the children Of
both countries may shout in happy chorus,
''The Union foreverI and Erin Go Bragh."
Sixth Toast The Governor Of the State Of
Ohio. Superior to every autocrat on earth
yet only one of millions of free men.
Responded to by Judge J. L. Greene, who
said: In passing through life we find very
many things to be thankful for, and I am tru-
ly thankful that am permitted to meet with
you tonight and on this occasion. am also
thankful that what appears to be oppression
and wrong, often rebounds to the benefit Of
the oppressed and wronged. But for the op-
pressions visited upon the people of fair Ire
land, the green gem of the ocean, tho rich eel
tic blood would not have perculated in the
veins of so many thousands of those who call
themselves, and who truly are, American citi-
zens. am also thankful that we have coun-
try large enough, and institutions liberal
enough, to receive and attract the oppressed
of all the world. We claim with pride, (what
appears to US to bo q just claim), that the
United States is in fact the asylum for the op-
p ressed of every land. We shouldbe, and I
trust arc thankful too, that our rulers are not
born with scepters in their hands, and make
no pretenions to divine right to rule, but
are called to their positions by the voice Of the
people, and in short are of the people, and are
their agents, and not their masters. am al
SO thankful that God, our Father, has given
us the fcirest portion of this earth. He created
earth to dwell upon and our patriotic faith
ers in fear and love of Him, established gov |
ernment in which every person might wor-
ship their God according to the dictates of
their own conscience, with mono to molest or
make them afraid. am also thankful that |
political liberty was guaranteed to US as well |
as religious. am adnonished that / am ex-
pected to speak of our Governor, the worthy |
Chief Magistrate of this our State, the fairest |
gem in the constellation of States In this broad
land. |
The speaker here gave abiographical sketch |
Of the early life of our Governor, from the
time of his birth in Massachusetts,, through |
the life on the field of battle to the time of |
his election as Chief Magistrate Of this State.
Tell me not that Republics are ungrateful. |
for no sooner did no return 10 the place |
when he was comparatively unknown before |
them the people, grateful for his services and |
sacrifice called him TO public and remunera- |
tive position, in which capacity he gave eVf
dence of large executive ability that attracted |
the attenti on of the people throughout the
State, and we called him to his present posi-
ton. In conclusion permit me to call your |
attention to the great duty We owe to this
glorious country of ours, its institutions, to /
ourselves and the generations to come after
us. and let me ask you to cherish this country |
and its institutions as the best temporal gift |
Of God to his people, and let US strengthen the
grand pillars upon which its liberty rests, let |
not discussions, either religious or political,
cause us to forget the duty we owe to our
country or the blessings it affords u.s. |
Seventh Toast. The Press. May it ever
be the guardian of right and the protector of
virtue.
Responded to by Geo. B. Pratt of the Ere
mont Journal. The speaker answered to the
toast by saying that at that late hour it was
only to prevent the sentiment going by de-
fault that he consented to respond. 1t is a
rule in the journalistic profession that matter
for publication must be submitted q certain /
required time before the tmo for its issue in
print, and in this respect he had hardly been |
accorded tho usual liberties of tho press, hav-
ing been notified but few moments before |
that he was expected to respond. Leaving tho
congratulations of the hour; the endearing |
recollections SO sacredly preserved through all |
the centuries that have elapsed since the |
matchless eloquenee of Ireland's great apostle |
was hushed in death; leaving tho associations
which make this event so dear to each and all |
of Erin's sons. LeaTing these with the trib-
utes which they have already received to- |
night, will simply respond with the thought |
that the sentiment offered is expressive of its |
own answer. If there is sincere desire, an |
ardent longing and fervent expectation felt
by the honest journalist to-day, and no less by |
him than the millions who read the thoughts |
which his pen fashions into sentences, it'll
that expressed in tho sentiment offered here |
tonight. The world recognizes as the two |
leading agencies of reform and educltion, the |
pulpit and the press, and though in place OF |
rank this order should be observed, yet in |
point of power for good or evil the press
wields the mightest influence When We
remember that while We are assembled here |
tonight thousands of fast flying pens are fill
ing the pages of rapidly melting manuscript |
with the sentiments, opinions and advice of
weary writers, all over this country, while in
thousands of lighted rooms the never weary
in type is Ieaping from case to hand to give
form and fashion to thoughts which, on the |
morrow in printed sheets viii meet the eye of |
millions of our countrymen, and either give |
greater protection to virtue, make more secure |
the fortress of right, or else expose it to the
assaults Of their enemies The speaker then
referred to the glorious privilege of freedom of
speech and freedom of thought vouchsafed by |
our constitution to evory one within our bor-
ders. From these the press derives hcencc
which makes it dangerous weapon in the
hands of evil men, or protecting shield If