The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-09

makes operative al JlNiH1 i--"''
of Americas most eloquent orators Has
said, EVERY step OF the worlds on
ward progress has been from scaiiold
to scafioId, and from stake TO stake. "
We only need 10 read history. W e
find in all its pages the story "I
lives sacrificed by the lingering dun
seon; by wearing famine and disease T;
hy the short, sharp agony "f rope or
scaflold, or stake; living true {" iioer-
ty; suffering willingly in its behalf !;
dying, sealing their testimony with
their blood. It i true also the law oI
all physical life. The atmosphere, for
III own purity, requires the tempest,
and the ocean the agitation of it, Wa
, tsrs. GalileO fought In the observatory
and suffered in prison while establish
ing new truths in astronomy. OTIS and
Henry, and Adam pleaded with prize
set upon their heads. while they clear
ed a space for the sunshine and growth
oG enlarged liberty. John Hampdrn
gave his life for legal justice, and it
was necessary that Aisern"n Sidney
should consecratc himself Ia his cOun-
fry. The bcginnii,r uf thr nation
could only he cSi:iiiisiie.! iy a long
struggle by tie example Of several
virtues--by the sacrifice Of bl0Ud-Ey
the increasing avowal Of truth and 10y
that nevcr-faiIinS enthusiasm which is
stronger than any misfortune. IL could
only be maintained 10y the tcaTsnf wo-
men and the Llo,d Of brave men. The
strength of ihp Government must
rest in the affections OF the governed.
Government cannot he imprOviSrd,
they are = growth net u creation.
They must spring from tie very heart
of the I,c0ple-fronl the history, therd
ucatiOn, the sOcial organization, the
habits and tendencies of the country.
The people must feel the moral duties
of citizenship; they must not he passive
subjects so much Is participating citi-
Zpns. The war was a peoples war and
was sanctiiied by national purpose.
The cause for which they fnu"iIt WAS
their cause; the reward of victory
was their reward the effort To obtain
il was their effort For that reason IL
excited to an insT ired life and an eX-
alted patriotism, all those capacities for
struggle and for sacrifice which are
50 easily kindled in the hearts
of people, who love their institutions
and who value their liberty. They felt
the proud consciousness that the conn
try YVES their their glory their
sign among the nations of the earth.
That sentiment Welcomes death and
disease, if Necessary, ami when i'll
scribed on the banner Of an army is
stronger than lis baynnclS.
TIIF AWAKENING OF THE PEOPLE
The assault oh Sampler was the
awakening of a real people. IL Vas
the sublime moment Of the Republic.
Ii was the day of Pentec0,t for a ma
ton. II developed patriotism which
astGnisIte,; The mnnagchies Of Europe,
where military duty IS compulsory. II
was tie volunteer and not the COLI
script system that organized orr armies.
IL manifested that the people Of these
States have an attachment for thr
Constitution dcarcr even ihan life it,
self, and that one million Of men
were yiiiiir ia die for nIeir country.
10 has made Nar impossible at
home and has given us dignity
and consideration uGtGad. lt ac-
complishci more for the Geneva arl,l-
tratiOn than all the law and ;il the Iii
plomacy u the Commission. Ii IS
said that the forests 81 u,e tyTerean
moGTt4ips having been set on fire and
the heat having Prnl trated ihe soil, a
stream of pure silver g'Ished forth flCIu
the earth and revealed for the first time
the existence OF those miHeS which
We're afterward SO celebrated. II Inns
requires the trial of war to devcIopc
the resource cf the nation. When In.
war commenced we mad l.. en- at peace
so long that there hal been no mani
f,-statiOn OF pnpI:iar patriotism for two
generations. THE war Of Isl: had been
over for almost half century, and the
battle of New Orleans had long passed
into history. We had war wiih Eicy-
leo but there was no appeal 10 the ma
iiGHal strength and no draft Of moment
upon the national rosogrcts. Al the
call 10 arms The sled%e slept nciseiess |
on the anvil, the shuttle forgot lis cum
ming, tie plane lay iilr G.i fhr work !
bench, AMI the pinw rested IN the half |
finished rurnw. Fidelity 10 principle |
perYaded the masses. IIrroism greater |
than That Gf cLiyIlTy, called into ac-
tim all classes. Gf mcn. I.lttaliiOns |
sprung up in a night from spontaneous
patriotism. Youth and genius freely Of
f"red themselves for tii, puI.lic welfare.
Even the natives of other lands fDr.ui !
their kindred and memories Of home,
and without even the fIrinaliiy Df cit
izenship enlisted under the standard
! one seaiion woaId make war rather
than let the nation i've, tine other
would accept of war rather than let
the nation die. The people. were equal
10 every emergency. Defeat in the
field was not followed Ly discourage
inent. IL only aroused iD more yiSnf-
Dus action. When The war closed there
was an army in the field Of more than
a half million of men. They had been
i'm labor, devoted in patriot
im, ardent in action, generous in vie
or and unfaltering im death. The
statesmen Of I.GTGpc did not distinguish
anarchy and repuIiicaHism.
they did not hesitate to predict tEr
downfall of republican institution.
We haye earned in blood the right nf
elf-g0vrrnment. Ihe Government,
Ifter the terrible ordeal Of civil war, -
afe in the confidence and affections of
me people. When the flag again float
d in triumph, peace sHpplanted war,
he guns were returned tO the arsenal, !
he hayOnets We're returned t1 Tie
the dust gathered in the :
RUNS that had 81 lately beaten the
lng roll, while the srlndest army that J
yer indicated national integrity re-
Irned Ia the pursuits Of peace. y.
Nearly all great civil revolutions i
ave ended in adictaf1rsiip. An iron /
i'll builds gp despoli-m on the ruins {
war The people here a; CEec direct .
| public affairs. The will of The ma =
riiy is the law of the land. :
THE RESULTS OF THE WAR
The result Of the was decisive. Of two