The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-25
WELLINGTON, O., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1879.

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PRESIDENT HAYES.
| COMRADES AND FRLLow CIrIzBNs: After
almost year spent In ,WAshington, engrossed
In public affairs, It is great pleasure to visit
again my friends In Ohio. and especially to
meet so many of my old comrades at this year
Since We last met at wiiioIehby, : year ago,
there has been vast fmpfuvement IN the bus
iness condition OF our cduntry. Whstever
differences Of opinion may be still found
among the people OF this part Of Ohio - to
the importance of the resumption of specie
payments, and - to the methods by which It
has been accomplished, there Il ONE kind of
resumption which ts very noticeable In Youngs-
the whole country, about which / imagine we
are All heartily agreed. When I last visited
this beautiful valley OF the Mahouing, four
years ago, the financial crisis, and the gloomy
outlook for business and labor and capital, oc-
cupied the thoughts and depressed the spirits
OF the people wherever / met them, whether
In public assemblies, It their places OF buei-
ness, or at their hospitable homes. Now, how
ever, how great and how gratifying is the
changed All around MS here, and throughout
the country generally, we see cheering and
hopeful indications Of better times. Not only
nave 8Dccle payments Oo6n I68Qme0s Ouy Ou4-
iuess activity and profitable, employment for
capital and labor hsvc come also. The chief
industry and intesost OF this valley-the great
iron interest-already begins to 6hare largely
1 therefore heartily congratulate all classes of
citizens in this large Assem- blsge on the pres
ent favorable business situatto1, and on the
bright and encouraging prospect which the
There IL subject interesting to every citi-
zen, and especially 70 those who served in the
Union army, In regard to which l wish to say
Since our last reunion, in several Of the
which have revived the discussion of the
question as TO the objects for which We fought
In the great conflict from 1851 to 1855, and -
to what was aoconplished by the final tn
what was settled by the wafl What may those
who fought for the Union justly claim; and
what ought those Who foughs for secession,
e fsithfully 70 accept = the legitimats results
An eminent citizen Of our stsse, Mr.. Groes,-
beck, said some years ego, that 'swae legis-
lates." he regarded the new constitutional
amendments as part of the lek1slation Of the
emphasis, " ana they will stsndne The equal
rights amendments are the legislation of the
war for the linton, and they ought to stand.
Great wars aways legislate. A little more
General Wolfe 1on fhe nJaIne az. xhrske.
settled that claim, and the result was the
transfer Of the title and jurisdietion Of this
: few vssr. ~ ch,ss r,Isyr - tS.
R,r- ~ ,.vc,ntin,, s,iir~.C ~ *. S,,n. -.
tion Of its ownership Was again the subject Of
war legislation, and It became part of the
INIT ,,S,,sr = 80 Rer,shiicsn Grvs.r,-.~.t
7 need not emter Spso anv tsissn:sirr ~ u.
causes OF our civil war. Veal know that the
Union and rSe estsblishmsnt ~ the Con f.Sers
Ate States. has;.d thrir sttemnt an q ronstrnc.
tion of The CGnetitntion ceIled fhs at.ts-
riofts doctrine andnn the intere.t of tn -
"a ~ thSsc Sssssse ~ The evtsrsics 80 - -.
nstnstion of s1svs,v THs dcct,ses - S 49,
r;rhts ~. that .sch at.ts ~ ILL " 49,. -,
s,snrs,n. =, end ,n,rht n~ii,sr ~ - =
Union or secede from the Union Al pleasure. re-
ror,I.i corJst;oo ~ yh. o,soSS SoS s.su4 snS
that +hsrexora s,svarv =, thss M.ss an9
and shonld h The cornsr-strr. cS - SSu,,A ~,
eminent. .'1 - >'.- - - = 's S'-s = IVY
No man h.. aver .t.t.d n. ..s~s4 ~, Al.
civil var more fnliy more cless,v r,os. s~e sn'
curstely than M. lincoln. In sn{ inonirv =,
to what NAV fairly be ipclI1tssl3 s.in6Y,r me
things settled nv our victnrv :, All inst snd
patriotic minds instinctiyely turn to Ar. Lin
coin. To him. more Than 10 anv other man
the cause of Unien and Hhertv r. indebted fo,
its anal Triumph. Besides- with All this VIM
derful saoacitv. and wiedom and lo0icsl fsc-
uIty. dwelling futeutlv. and Yfouslv and
pr:yerfuily. dnrinS four wears Of sWfni' trial
and responsibility,- ON the ouestio1s which
were continually arising TO perplex and Al
most confound HIM, he at last became the
very embodiment OF the principles by which
the country and its liberties were saved All
good citizens may now well listen and heed
his words. None have more reason 10 do It
with respect and confidence, and 4 eenuipe
regard, than these whom he addressed in his
first inaugural speech as "my 'd,ssattsded fel-
iow.countrymen.n The leader of the Union
cause was so just and moderate, and patient
and humane, that many supporters of the
Union thought he did not 60 far enough or
fast enough, and assailed his opinions and his
the plain people, who At last came to love him,
and to lean upon his wisdom and firmness
Win aoeoiute trust, were a.togetner right,
ana tnat In aeeo ana purpose ne was earnestly
aeSoseo S III 70 .ne Sesisre Oh tne Wnoie country
an3 p.tn TL Al iss th.s lnnapltsnts. W. f; .. - . :
peneung Inat Mr. Lincon's opinions are
o. nigne. thoaorisy ,hc on tne oues.,ons Oh the
war than those OF any other public man on
sent them quite fully In his own language.
In the third year OF the war, and while its
result was stin undecided, Mr.. Lincoln made
his memorable address at the consecrstfon Of
the Gettysburg National Cemetery, ON tho 18Th
of November, 1853. He was standing on the
aeld of the greatest battle Of the war. He
was, no doubt, deeply impressed with the
heavy responsibilities which he bad borne SO
long. de spoke not as . partisan. embittered
and narrow and sectional, but In tho broad
and generous spirit of . patriot, solicitous TO
say that which would be worthy to be ponder
ed By All OF his countrymen throughout all
tinne.f In bis short speech OF only two or three
paragraphs ne twice spoke OF the objects G
the war, once in its opening and again In s
closing sentence. The words have been ofts
quoted, and they cannot be too familiar. Th
bear clearly ana forc1Diy on the question
are considering. Sos sigb 11 -
-Four score and seven years ago." sal
Mr.. Lincoln, sour fathers brought forth on
this continent new Nation, conceive6sin
liberty and dedicated to the proposition that
gaged IN great civti WA, testing whethe.