The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-10-07

Ior. How many of our comrades maid
me 1ne latter price for our preserved
Union! Let their heroism and sacri.
| nee DC ever green in our memory
aet not the results of their sAeri'
| nee De destroyed. The Union and The
iree institutions for which they fell should
;u uG neiu more dear for their sacrifices. We
VIII VIII: not deny to any of those who fought
annss US any privileges under the Gov
einlnent which we claim for oiirselves
n ~ tne contrary, we welcome all such who
come forward in good faith to helm bniId
up tae waste places and to perpet,;ate orr
lnstitu.lons against all enemies as brotb.
ers IN lull interest with us in common
ie:l.aSe' put we are not prepared to apol.
ogize Tor the part we took in the war, II
Is 10 De hoped that the like trials will
never again befall our country. In their
se.IieinAt no class of people can more
;ay nG;aItliy JON than the soldiers who sub.
fitIeu nf tu 10 the dangers, trials and hardships
vi tne camp and the attle-field, on which.
ofeI sue he may have fought. No class
on People are re'interested in guardin~
@s "thst th recurrence of those days s
on, uo, anea, begIn by guarding aga' Let
inStit.i ] 70 t prosperity of f. eo Inst every
no,it: III GO not brinSs into tbis ,
but i. 80 . '.inly not Partisan i noIitics
thu is : fair subjec.. for the soldiers in
b. q ~ II uellberations 20 consider what nav m
+ oou Ihessdly h%ty 70 secure the prize for which
, ,vh9re t1..'e' th. In Republic like ours,
oficic- .e citizen is the sovereign and the
o. -aI the servant, where no power is ex-
.fclsed except by the will of the people, it
is important that the sovereign people
should foster education and promote that
intelligence which is to preserve us as a
Tree nation. Ii we are to have another
contest in the near future of our national
existence | predict that the dividing line
| Will not be Mason and DiXon's, but be-
tween patriotism and intelligence on the
one side and superstition, ambition and
| ignorance on the other.
Now, the centennial year of our ma
tional existence, believe is good time
| to begin the work of Strengthening the
foundations Of the structure commenced
by our patriotic forefathers 100 years
ago at Lexington. Let us all labor
to add all needful guarantees for the
| greater security Of free thought, free
speech, free press, pure morals, unfct-
| tered religious sentiments, and of equal
| rights and privileges to all men, irrespect-
! i've of nationality, color, or religion; en-
courage free schools and resolve that not
one dollar Of money appropriated to their
support shall be appropriated to the sup
| port OF any sectarian school; resolve that
neither the State nor the nation, nor both
combined, shall support institutions of
learning other than those sufficient to af-
ford to every child growing up in the land
the opportunity Of a good common-school
education, unlnixed with sectarian, pagan,
or atheistical. Leave the matter of re-
ligion to the family altar the church, and
the private school supported entirely by
private contributions, and keep the church
and the State forever separate. With
these safeguards l believe the battles
which created the Army Of the Tennessee
will not have been fought in vain"