Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-17
form about one o'clock and march To a grove
near town where speeches will be made by
President Hayes, Gen. Sherman, Gen. San.
derson, Gen. Kennedy, DR.. McCurdy and

President Hayes, Gen. sherman, Gen, SAN
derson, Gen. Kennedy, DR.. McCurdy and
Others. -, etf. 1.sB..,.,sst
The decorations are beautiful and very
profuse. The crowd, is very large, yasiously
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
weather iss all that, could be de.ired, and
everything.is Is favorable for pleasant time
this afternoon and evening. ssa
PREsiDENT,HAYEs' SPEECH. -
Comrades and Fellow Citizens: = After
almost y yesr spent in Washington.
'engrossed In public affai,s. 1t is q great
pleasure to visit again my friends in
Ohio, and especially to meet SO many
Of my old comrades Ut this yearly
reunion of the Twenty-third regiment.
Since We last met at Willoughby, . year
ago, there has been vast improvement 10
the business condition of our country.
Whstever differences Of opinion may be
still found among the people Of this part of
Ohio, as 70 the importance OF the resumption
OF specie PAYMENTS, and as to the methods
by whtchsl has been accomplished. there 10
Que kind Of resumption which .s very no
ticeable in youngstown, aud which is ma
king rapid progress 10 the whole country,
about which l Imagine we are all heartily
agreed. When last visited this beautiful
valley Of the MahOning, four years ago, the
financial crisis, and tie gloomy outlook for
business and labor and capital. occupied the
thoughts and depressed the spirits of the
people wherever met them, whether IN
public assemblies, at thetr places of busi.:
ness, or tthcir bospitable homes. Now,
however, how great and how gratifying 10
the change! All around US here, and
Throughout The country generally, we zee
cheering and hopeful indications of better
times. Not only have specie payments been
resumed, but business activity aud profita.
bic employment for capital and labor have
come also. The chief industry and interest
of this valiey-the great iron interest al
ready begins to share largely in the benefit
heartily congratulate all classes of citizens
vOrable business situstion, and ON the bright
and encouraging prospect which the future
holds out.
There is > subject interesting to every cit.
izen. and especially to those who served in
the Union army, in regard to which wish
t. say few words:
Since our last reunion, 10 several of the
ststes and 10 congress, events have occurred
which have revived the discussion of the
question as to the objects for which We
fought in the great conflct from 1861 to
1855 and az to what was accomplished by
the final triumph of the Union cause. The
question is. what was settled by the war
What may those who fought for the Union
justly claim; and what ought those who
fought for secession, faithfully to accept a
the legitimate results Of the war?
An eminent citizen of our state, Mr.
Groesbeek, said some years ago, that" wa,
legislator. He regarded the new constitu
tionsl amendments az part of the legislation
of the war for the Union, and said, with
significant emphasis, "and they will stand
The equal-rights amendments are the legis-
lation OF the war for the Union, and they
ought to stand. Great wars always legis
late. A little more than 9 hundred years
sgo, this land, where We now. are, was
claimed and held by France General Wolfe,
on the plains Of Abraham, settled that
claim, and the result was the transfer of the
title and jurisdiction of this eutire section
of the country to England. For few years
its chief ruler was the Eoglish king. The
revolution followed, and the question, of lte
ownership was again the subject of war leg
isiation. and II became a part of the United
States. no longer undersa rsa,m0nsrchy, but un.
der free republican government.
l need not enter into any discussion of
the causes of our civil war. We all know
that the men who planned the destruction
OF the Union aud the establishment of the
confederate states, based their attempt on q
construction Of the constitution called the
state-riRhts doctrine, and on the interest OF
the people of those states ia the extension
and perpetuation of slavery. The doctrine
otstate.fights was, that each state was SOW
ereign and supreme, and. might nullfy the
laws of the Union or secede from the Union
atpleasure. They held that slavery was
the natural and normal condition Of tho COL
ored man. and that, therefore, slavery in this
country could aud should be the corner
stone of . free government.
No man ever stated the issues of the civil
war more fully. moro clearly, or more sccu.
rately than Mr.. Lincoln. In any inquiry az
to what may fairly be included among the
things settled BY our victory, all just and
patriotic minds instinctiyely turn to Mr..
Lincoln. To him. more than any other
man, the cause of Union and liberty is In
aebted Tor Ito final triumph. Besides, with
oil bits wonderful saRscity, and wisdom, and
logical faculty. dwelling intently, and anx-
iously, and prayerfully, during four years Of
awful trial and responsibility, on the ques.
tlons which were continually arising to per.
plex and almost confound him, he at last be.
came the very embodiment of the principles
BY which the country aud its liberties were
saved. All good oitiseps may now we'll lis.
tea to and heed his, words, None have
more reason to'do It with resrect and con6.
dence, and 9. genuine regard. than those
whom hs addressed at his first inaugural
speech 40 my dissatisfied fellow country
men," The e1sA6er OF the Union cause was
so just and moderate. and patient and hu-
name, that mAny supporters of the Union
thought that he did not 60 far enough or
fast enough, and assailed bis opinions and
bis conduct: but now OIL men begin to zee