South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-15

RoMNEY. FRIDAY. OCT. Is. 1875.
The President Speaks.

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General Grant is not given to much
speaking. For the first time in HE Pre-.
sidential life. he has made q set speech
before the people. in the field. And be
spoke to the purpose. like soldier
right to the poine Like patriot. on a
question vital TO che nations interests.
His words have - ring Of true Ameri.
Can principle, intelligence. foresight and
wisdom. washins1sa said nothing in
his Farewell address more essential to
the perpetuity ofour liberties, than Grant
said to the surviving soldiers or the Ar.
my Of the Tennessee. We have only a
synopsis Of his speech Mt Des Moines.
Iowa. in the crowded Opera House, Sep.
TENDER 30th.
He said he had concluded to disap.
point those who called on him first i'm
the expectation Of getting short speech,
and had jotted down something he wish.
ed to say. He then expressed his graft.
iication in recalling the days when they
had suffered together to preserve Go.
vernment they believed worth fighting
Tor. and even dying for. We will not.
said he, deny to any Of those who fought
against us. any privilege under the Go.
Vernment which we claim for ourselves
On the contrary, we welcome all such
who come forward in good faith to help
to build up the waste places, and to per.
petuate our institutions against all enc.
mics. as brothers in full interest with
us in common heritage; but We are
not prepared TO apologize for the past.
10 guard against a recurrence of those
days. we must begin by guarding against
every enemy preventing the prosperity
oil free republican institutions. do not
bring into this assemblage politics-cer.
tainly not partisan politics; but it is a
fair subject for the soldiders in their dc.
alterations to consider what NAV be ne.
cessary TO secure the prize for which
they battlcd.
The President urged the cultivation
OF intelligence among the people in re.
gard TO political matters. and said if we
are TO have another contest in the near
lnture OF our national existence, l pre-.
DICT that the dividing line will not be
Mason and Dixon's. but between patri.
otism and intelligence on one side, and
superstition. ambition and ignorance on
the other. On this centennial year the
work OF strengthening the foundation
OF Tie structure commenced by our fore
fathers hundred years ago at Lexing.
ton, should be begun. Let us all labor
for the security of free thought. free
speech, free press, pure morals. unfet.
tered religious sentiments. and canal
rights and privileges for all men. ire.
spective of nationality, color or religion.
encourage free schools and resolve that
not one dollar appropriated to them
shall he applied to the support of any
rcctarian school; resolve that neither
State nor Nation shall support institu.
lions, save those where every child in
tue lanu ..'rv get 3 common school cCiu.
catiJr, unmixcd with atheistic, pagan or
Sectarisn teaching. Leave tie matter q .
religion TO the family altar. Keep the
Church and State for ever separated
With these safeguards | believe the bat.
ties which created the Army OF the Ten.
nossee will not have been fought in vain.
The two great points here enforced
are perfect equality ofSouth and North,
irrespective of the past if all are now
equally ready to stand by the Union !;
and secondly, uncompromising hostility
to the Roman Catholic policy Of Secta.
rian appropriations Of the peoples mo-.
ney. These are broad, national, sensi.
BILE, constitutional, American, Christian
sentiments. Every good citizen. every
true patriot, every man not a fanatic in
politics or e sectarian bigot in religion,
will give his heart and hand in support
OF both these principles. We are re.
joiced to know that the President OF the
United States, has announced them dis.
tinctly as the basis OF Union and the
condition ofnational liberty.-Ne,o York
Observer.