Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-13
THE SOLDIERS REUNION AT col
UMBUS.
Address OF PRESIDENT HAYES.


COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 1.-THE following
are the remarks of President Hayes at the
Ohio soldiers reunion to-day:
The citizens OF Ohio, who were soldiers in the
Union army and who have assembled here in such
large numbers, have many reasons for mutual con
grarulatons as they exchange greeting and renew
old friendships at this state reunion We rejoice
serving on the right side Of the great conflict foT
the Union and for equal rights. The time that has
passed since the contest ended IL not great hui
we can without effort recall freshly and wildly the
events, scenes, feelings and associations of that
most interesting period of our lives. We rejoice
also that We have been permitted 10 live long
enough TO see and enjoy the results of the victory
We gained and to measure the vast benefits IL
ferred on our country and the world. / shall
not attempt TO make a catalogue of those benefits
or estimate their value. The single fact To which
call your attention will sufficiently Illustrate fos
my present purpose the immeasurabe blessings
conferred upon the United States by the OF
the Union army. The statistics of emigration show
ing the movement OF population gong on In the
world, afford very good test OF the comparative
advantages and prosperity of the various civilized
nations. People leave their own country and seek
new homes In foreign lands 10 better their condi-
ton- immigration into a country therefore is an
evidence OF that country's prosperity. II Is
| also the most efficient cause OF progress
of the country which receives it. During
| our civil war and during the disturbance AMI
followed IT. immigration fell on and became
paratively OF small Importance But ROW
countrys prosperity, the stability OF govern
ment and the permanent prevalence OF peace al
home and with foreign nations. bessings.that could
not have been enjoyed by this country ltthe Uniou
arms had failed have given 10 the world confidence
in the future welfare and the greatness of the
United States, which Is pouring upon our shores
such streams of immigration as were never known
before This is fact of the most pregnant sgnif-
canoe In our present Condition, II we take u
suryey:ot the globe We shah ind everywhere among
civilized nations especially among people eagerly
looking forward 10 the time when they can emig-
! rate TO some more favored land. thai only one u
the great nations In no danger of losing its cap
tal, laborers and skill by emigration We fnd only
one which by immigration Is gaining rapidly IN
her wealth and power. AL are losing py this cause
except the United States The United States is al
ways gaining. Other nations see their people &C.
ing, going, and we see from every quarter the peo-
pie of other countries, coming, coming coming
There Is one flag, and in all The world only one
whose protection good men and women born under
II will never willingly leave There IS rag and
only one, in the world whose protecting folds good
men and women born under every other fiac that
floats Under the whole heavens are eagerly gladly
seeking That tag SO loved ar home, so lOuged for
by millions abroad, is the Old nag under which vi.
marched TO save what in our soldier days We were
fond of calling Gods Country" 1t IS easily Seen
what II Is that chiefly attracts the immigration II
goes where good land Is cheap; where labor AMI
capital iEu profitable employment, where peace and
social order prevail, aud where civil ami religious
liberty are secure II We draw nearer 10 the sub
ject and ask where in our own country does this in
migration mainly go, the recent census, wl1se re-
census shows US parts of our country where land 10
cheap and where capital and labor needed, THAI
are not rapidly increasing in population. Ii these
states il will be found two things are wanting =
the means for popular education are not sufficient
" provided and the good order of society is DIS
turned by the practical popular refusal accept the
results CT the war for the union. These defects
wherever thay prevail IN our American society, are
hostile TO an increase OF population and prosperity
They are found generally 10 rest tocetIcr Where
popular education prevails the equal rights amend
ment TO the constitution OF the United states en-
bodying the results of the war Inv iolable 1.
must perhaps be conceded that there was one great
error in tne measure BY which il was sought to Sc
cure the resulfS-to harvest the fruits of
our union victory. The system of slavery
IN the south OF Necessity kept in ignof-
left unproyided with education a large rllInbe- Of
nou- slave-hoding white people. With the ending
OF the war, the slaves inevitably became citizens,
and the uneducated whites remained Us they had
been also, citizens Thus the grave duties anu
responsibilities OF citizenship were dey clyed large
ly in the States lately In rebellion upon uneducatel
people white and colored and with what result Lib
ery and the exercise OF The rights of citzenshDa are
excellent educators In many respects We are glaa
10 believe an encouraging progress has been made
At the South. The labor system has been reor2au-
!Zed material prosperity Is Increasing. prelE-
iices and antagonisms have Diminished The pas
sions and animosifies of the war subsidlng and
ancient harmony and concord, AMI patriotic md
national sentiments are returning hui after iii We
cannot fail 10 observe that the Immigration which
with such infallible instinctlyeness finds out the
true condition Of all countries, does largely So
into the late slave-holding region of the United
States. great deal of cheap and productive land
can there be found. where the population Is nos
rapidly increasing. When our revolutionary
fathers adopted the ordinance at i.S., for the gov
ernment OF the Northwest territory. out OF which
Ohio and four other great States have been carved
they were not content with Merely putting into
Thai organic law hrm prohibition against slavery
and providing efectua guarantees of civil aud rei
Gus liberty but they established a. the corner-ssone
II the free Institution they wlShdtJ bald this art
Iric: Religion morality and knowledge being nee
vss.uy 10 tae good government inI happiness OF
mankind, schools ami mrIns OF education shall
forever BE- .enccurneed' Unfortunately for the
complete success OF reconstruction in the South,
this stone was rejected by its builders. Slavery
destroyed by the war, but its evils live afteI
anu deprive many parts of the South OF that in
te.ligent selfguyernment without which, In Amer
lea al least greal and permanent prosperity Is i'm
possible 10 perpetuate the Union and abolish
slavery were the work of the war; to educate
the uue,iucated IS the appropriate wcrA OF peace.
Al the end of the war the tremendous change in
the labor and social stems OF the Southern states
and the ravages and impoye:ishnent OF the coniicr
added 10 the burden OF their debts and the loss o.
their whole circulating medium which died in their
hands, left the people OF those states in no eoni.-
ton 10 provide Tor universal popular education. Ia
a recent memorial 10 Congress on this subject in
Lenaif Of the trustees OF the Peabody educational
fund, H. II. stuart OF Virginia shows that two nil
lions of children in the southern states without
the OF instruction, and aids with great force
where millions OF citizens are growing up In the
grossest ignorance, II Is obvious that neither IN
lyiIal charity nor the resources of the mpcver-
Ishe states will be sufficient To meet the emergeu-
cy. Nothing short OF the wealth and power of the
federal government Will suffice 10 overcome
the evil The principle applied by general
consent 10 works OF public Improvement Is
that wherever pUnlic improvement is Oi
national Importance and local AMI private enter-
prise inadequate to It's prosecution general
yuyernment should undertakeii. un tbs principle
would deal with the question Of education.
Wherever in the United States the local systems
popul lar education are inadequate, they should be
supplemented by tie general government, by de
Noling 10 the purpose by suitable legislation ami
with proper safeguards public Lands or, If nee
essary, appropriations from the treasury of tho
United States The soldier of the union has doae
his work, and has done ii well. The work OF The
schOulmaster Is now In order. and wherever his
work shall be well done in all our borders, IL will be
found there also tina. the principles Of the declara-
ton of independence VIII be cherished. the Senti-
ment of nationality Will prevail the equal rights
amendments Will be cheeTfully obeyed. ard there
Will he the home Of freedom. Of the refugee otthe
oppressed, @. every race OF every Cline,
VERGENSEs-S ACCIDENT. A sad acci-
dent occurred here about 10 o'clock Tues
div. 4 little son of Andrew Tredo. aged
about II years, named Charlie, while en-
gagged IN PLAYING with the shafting of the
machinery, which extends above the fails on
the west side of the river, connected with
the cabinet furniture mandatory of Messrs
Smith * ketchum, wound u string about the
revolving shat. and was drawn through,
in such manner as to break his
leg, sustaining three distinct fractures, break
ing an arm, leaving it hanging by the flesh,
and otherwise seriously iniuring him. he
was taken to his parents home near BY and q
messenger sent for physicians. 1t seems mis-
fortunes never come singly, as in this case,
the physicians were all out of town attend
ing patients As soon as possible they were
summoned from several miles distant to at.
tend to the suffering lads injuries,