Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-26
THE FnIlNnATInN

long as they remain intelligent, will be low
ers Of liberty as il may be enjoyed In Truth
and Justice, wherein the true interest Of
every one is inseparably connected with
and promotes the true interests Of all, and
the whole country's good is each ones own
10 watch, cherish and protect.
Our Union rests on real established JUS
tice in wholesome practice toward and in
behalf Of all and not on the permission Of
excesses on part Of some, at the great bur-
den and expense Of the rest Of mankind. 1t
is practical for the prosperity Of the nation,
in liberal pursuits toward that happiness
therein attainable by all and not an alb
stract sort OF justice, conceived and taught
by the oppressor to those he deems capable
of being kept in ignorance, and sustained
only by dogmatical dictlon. There is no
abridgement of intelligence coercion
in our laws and institutions--practiced to-
ward any for the good reason, they fully
recognize that all are alike created free and
equal with the same rights to freely enjoy
all the privileges Of liberty in that justice
which is wholly practical and tends only
TO promote the general welfare and at the
same time all individual good, and to Sc
cure and defend the beat condition posi-
bic to all citizens, than which there is and
can be no state OF affairs more desirable.
II is the same with the several States in
this Union; what is the good Of one is the
good Of all the States, and what really pro-
notes the true interest Of all tends only to-
wards the best condition and state Of affairs
to each; no State can fix herself as well
out Of as she is now fixed therein; there is,
there can be contrivcd or created no better
foundation than that whcreon, in the form
alton Of this more perfect Union, the people
ordained our constitution which, in It's spir-
it and power, is faultless; a sort OF practic-
al Justice in right, wherein men and States,
as they adopt it, become free to enjoy all
those inestimabIe privileges, attendant on
such state Of affairs, and are svef ready to
concedc the same to other States and all the
human race.
There is and can be no diversity OF inter
ests, no more than there can be opposite
good or antagonistic general welfare ol
mankind. The supposed opposite interests
North and South, arose out Of the mistaken
idea and dclusion that King Cat,on ruled, OF
that riches aud not people, united in this
Union on justice and right, was power: bu
where is King Cotton now? and of wha
avail were those riches heaped up from
wrong in the test Of the rebellion to whicl
auch idea with others not less mistaken
lead the blind Opposition That test open
ly declared to all men the falsity OF all sucl
ideas-the entire voidness OF the position
of the Opposition--the whole Opposition t.
this Union, by whatever good name o
specous pretense they may have or do We
define themselves.
: All such mon as talk Of the enthusiasm o
: the Union as dying out or as about to be
; come extinct, either have no just ooncep
tions Of its purport or are in heart at en-
nifty toward it; no odds where or what the
are, to say the least OF them, blind to thei
own welfare, if not enemies to this Uniol
and co-workers with those who directly
not to say malieioasly oppose themselvC
to it.
When the love Of liberty and justice die
: out, and not till then, shall the intelligcr
/ enthusiasm for our blessed Union die ou
!. The true Unionists Of the country and tn
power OF It's government, who i'll their in
v telligence readily perceive that while tn
/ only security to person and property de
pends npon its careful preservation, its tru
nature altogether ignores the thought of il
being broken up, or their love for il dyin
out And as mon CROWN intelligence they Sc
; the real purp)rt of this Union, and as the
get right conceptions of il, their love for
becomes as durable as their love for justict
and they are less liable to be shaken by !
nlacidl pdnics, or mislead by the noise an
wind of the Opposition. They so becom
more and more able 10 attribute results I
their real and not to any imaginary caus'
and are more capable Of appreciating ou
system of government, adopting it full
and suit ,g themselves to things as the
: really are, and so improve their conditio
as they become good citizens.
Our hard times do not come by any faul
in our system. Men, still blind and boun
with the golden chain," seek and strive I
get rich too fast in the deceitful idea, this
il is right to accumulate all they can, irr,
: spective Of the rights Of others, and so ha,
ing lost sight Of the honest and better wa,
totter on to the "rotten edge of despair,
2 fall in, and in their descent to the bottom
less deep, drag others who have mistakeT
=. ly taken them for guide. Men want
:. live too fast, and to have and hold MOI
than they can make good use OF loss {
confidence follows, enterprise ceases ant
e hard times the result.
= But even our hard times teach us mol
: and moro the incstimable worth OF our sy
= tenn, the trueness Of our Union to withstan
/ reverses, on this certain foundation, an
: Union men get to perceive better how, whel
$ and at what 10 work.
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, II Had Leisure.