The New York herald., 1877-09-08

pUWVr OF urf19 ana INC sWOrd. anu VIC
fought bravcly Each section OF the country fought
Tor what IL thought right What was the resuitY
Why the south was defeated and as men and soldiers
they were bound TO submit with good grace to the rc
suit ana admit that the result vas rights tnat the
tribunals they had selected had decided the contro-
versy against them SIRE this the victory. This
is the triumph The verdict was against US.
Tho judgment was pronounced against us and
what was ~ IL was put In the three amendments TO
the constitution. The first declared that slavery
should never exist anywhere in this broad land; the
second declared that every man who was born In tho
United states should be citizen OF the United statcs
al men, whltc or black, were made equal before tne
law Not only this, but they declared That The public
debt OF the United states should never be rcpudated
they declared that claims should be made for eman.
cpated slaves; they declared IN short that we should
be Tree country that the flag OF the Union should bo
The lag OF she people everywhere and today we nave
but one country but g. but one Union, ana that
Union Is inscparabe. Great cheersj
DEvESs' SPEECH.
President Hayes tncn introduced the Attorney GEN
era saying that he came from that part OF Massachu
sets from which the original settlers oil Marietta came
General Devcns said:-
thank YOU fellow citizens for your reception and
thank the President Tor ms alluslon State. IL
certainly most Interesting TO those OF MS who from
New England to to great State which looks back
TO New England ITS fatherand. AZ we in New Eng
our patcrnal home, so the citizens OF ONO, Of this
section, IN certain sense look buck to Now
England as their paternal home II is truc that
somewhere in 1888 or l7S9 when the expedition set
out to settle the OHIO country under the auspices Of
the Ohio Company in a lew wagons, which were con-
Quoted by DR.. Cutter, that, IN tho language of Mr.
Everett the whole State OF Ohio was found under the
canvas OF DR.. Cutters wagons u.aughleE) We como
here; New England men come here TO Marietta was
told, there, that Marietta and the 90, 900
OF land around about 1t are not the most fertile
lands in OHIO. Certainly. TO my eyo. nothing
could be more beautiful than this expanse
o hill and dale, Of cultivated meadows and
lovely farmhouscs To MASSACHUSETTS cye, at least
II looks If nothing could be more beautiful. Per-
haps may be that they were attracted by these very
hills above US, and that they looked lovingly back to
their old homes as they came here TO lay the ounda-
tions OF State in the wilderness Aud at that day the
valleys had hardly known the shadow OF wnitc
man, unless that OF wandering hunter; the
streams had never washed the loot OF white
man. save some advcnturcr; and the highest
honors that We Can pay-as Senator Edmunds
said we'll in the beautiful little address
at Bennington, w., fcw weeks ago-the highest hon.
pay arc to the founders OF Sta es and
these we're the founders OF State. And behind
these men thcro was another man who oversaw the
ONO River, who was son OF Massachusetts, who
everywhere Ohio should be cntioned with love
ana reverencc-Nathan Dane, OF Bcverly-who wrote
the great ordinance OF 1887. winch provided that
In the whole northwest territory there should
be no slavery or involuntary servltude-
(chccrs)-a man amablc, gentle,
excellent; whose whole lite was spent IL
doing good. and who the close OF 1t founded that
law cvllegc-the Dane Law College-where our Presi-
dent was educated and whero had the honor 10 be
ono Of The least worthy o its students Ia my day. by
that act you were released and rceved from the great
lbus that pi upon the States south O you. by
thatact tins territory, the most masncen srelch OF
land that the world knows, that IS covered today py
relieved from that curse which has
weighed down portion OF our country.
Surely to-day, standing in tho light OF that
renewed freedom which now knows no limits whicn
is coextonstve with the whole Union from tho At
lanlic to the Pacific, surely We may remember with
love aud reverence old Massachusetts, lawyer who
wrote the ordinance OF 1883. CoDtemporancous with
that almOst-I think IL was In l7SS-came the first
settlement Of this territory and in 1883 came the con.
stitution of tho United States. Thus State Is the
product OF that constitution OF the United States.
The Old provincial grants which had been made tho
older States OF Connect cut, Virginia ana Massachu
setts wero all surrendered except trivial
claims made by Connecticut and Virginia, and this
territory was their gu. to the American unon, ana
doIe Tor Us; II you ask what the American Union has
done, look upon the State of OHIO. One of the most
splendid monuments in Europe OF architectural beauty
is the st. Pauls Cathedral with its many columns its
inc arches its towering dome, and you descend it
It's lowest cellar there lies the tomb ot the arch-
tect who built It. 1t bears in good Latn.-perhaps
shouli give it In Latin, as ono OF The
professors 's on tho stand-the inscription =
''It you seek Tor monument. look around
you" And SO say II you seek Tor a monument OF
the American Union, look around you. Cheers) This
State coevai with that Union. This State which
now supports many thousands in their happy
homes; whose highest honor and highest glory are
the thousands anu hundreds OF thousands Uf happy
homes (tIere terrific blowing OF steamboat
whistle interrupted the speaker Tor full minute.)
Whose rivers vocal with the sounds OF Industry.
daughter and cheers Yes, my friends, IT Is not tnat
OHIO contains alone the great and splendid cities OF
Toledo, Cleveland and her great Qeeen City, Cincin.
vast extent many thousands vi happy, comfortable
homes There is nothing that can exceed tho virtues
that eunooe and dignity, and the love that sanciles
Union has done for you, and know, and know well,
that as speak Ohio has given proudly ana gem
erously back IN her love and devotion TO It, Sho has
statesmen wise and great In council to and us IN
all the debates OF the Union. She has sent her
brave soldiers to the field, her Shermans and
hedans, and she has sent her hundreds OF thousands
OF men who went from no aspirations oil lame, no
hopes that they would gain greatness or gory but be-
cause in their devotion 10 American Union, they
felt they could discharge duty that way and in
no other her officers and her soldiers lie sido by
side many field, having fought galant.y Tor the
,,a fne inhl inf ThAtR io
done. The great army TO which they belonged Is dis
pcrsed. No more will It's bugles make grand
echo as the rereiUe pr0clairs the coming day. No
more VIII the rolling tattoo salute the departing day
~ It dies away Its tents struck and Its work
done bat that work has passed into the history OF the
country aud 1t is to endure forever 1t has settled
forever the indeslructibty OF the Union. 1t has set
lied that there shall be one country and one alone
IL has settled that in that country n men shall
stand as equals before the law, entitled to every
right that their peers can ciainn No one of
u.s. / am sure, Will salute more heartily.
No man can be saluted more heartily than you have
,aluted Judge key today who was on the other side
who recognized with US that the thing is over ana
that these principles are TO govern the
American States forever surely my friends, II we
Who have desired and felt 1t our duty In the oden
ines to shoulder our muskets because the times
seemed to call upon US 10 sustain the Union by
rms, today would strive most earnestly
IND generously to meet all those who were
orinorly our opponents, who should come on to
his great PLATFORM The constitution and It's amend
and all IN full recognition OF the freedom and
qual rights oil all Those men had views of duty and
NC cannot gansay. But now the battle is fought ana
he victory won. We call upon them as country
nen. We call upon them 10 unite with us
n making this great government purihed as
has beou by the fires oil rebellion, government
rsnder and more august than even its great founders
lreemed. Imposing upon them no restraints that We
readily submit TO ourselves; yielding 10 them
very right that demand Tor ourselves,
se meet them in the cordial and iraternal
pirlt OF those who feel that they can stand
md safely stand The platform of the issues
hat have been nnay settled and determined by the
n. In Hal md lruf nj knIr
We ask them to stand with Us in behalf of the rights
all the people, of all sections, OF all races ana
nothing oil this talk OF ''soid Svuth"
''soIid Northn but do want 10 talk together of
solid, lrmly compacted, strong Knit union-(loud
applause)a union IN watch section struggles be
the master OF any other section; n union ID which
no class order struggles to be the master or
troller OF bny ohcr but union of hearts ana OF feel
ings IN the belief that our mutual interests bnd us
together, and that mutual love and mutual respect
Will cement the bonds. feel, brethren, that | talk
too long and too warmly In what say. l thank you
cordially for listening 10 me. II affords
great pleasure 10 meet ONO regiments. some
O whom | served with, and OF whose
yain 4 Il hus OF me- plo, IN tan,