Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-18
The Ohio Boys In Blue.

The veteran soldiers and sailors of Ohio
held grand reunion at Columbus during
three days Of last week. The procession
was over three miles long and included if-
teen thousand persons. The veterans had
their old battleaags aud ensgns. In some
cases but one man represented a regiment,
but he carried the old flag. Sherman's bum
mers, captured flags aud two old captured
batteries were also along, with "Old Bill"
the only surviving horse Of the sixty-sixth
Ohio volunteer cavalry. President Hayes,
General Sherman and other distinguished
guests made speeches. The presidents veh-
Gle was so closely beset by the people wish
ing TO shake hands with him that IL could
hardly proceed Aboutseventy five thousand
spectators witnessed the procession. Presi-
dent Hayes pronounced this the largest
gathering Of soldiers and sailors he had ever
attended or heard of. General Hancock
sent letter Of regret that his duties would
not allow his presence. President Hayes
was at home in every sense of the word, and
his address was full of sensible and weghty
thought. We invoke the attention of young
men especially to the following extract;
II we take survey globe we shall nnd everywhere
eagerly looking %s sSsn esG as %S ste
9r 81 Ds Land Only Sns Of the nations
grafton We fnd no one, which, by immigration Ia gaining
s The Uasd hs al un.S ss s
Sne gaining om ohsr nations see s their people going
q H' and iS S
The world whose protesting folds good men and V %o
heavens ssssry gladly .eesns ina. dag 30 loved
We were fond Of sailing Scis coSniry our soldier DAYS
grafton goes where good land cheap; where labor and
@ snd wse sI AND
cure II we draw to the subject and ask where in
cent whose results now getting siSss Us the
cheap ae sS.. sSw so, where
VIII boz BE- toand b asTesaE In these states 4
popular education are safaSenty PROVIDED and he
FSsS order s 9, sS &. g dgrSed BY Ropu&,
two dstee.. wherever they prevail in American society
They are found osehs ana wSsPe ppens
%oS he oss s s sS sn me % e con
must, perhaps, be conceded that there was one gea,
haryes! The frulla Of unon victory. The
iSsr millions o. siayss sso lsit unprovidsd with edS-
chuon hrRe NUMBER OF non-slavehodlng white people.
win me end o. the war the slaves Inevitably became ci
zens The unedncated whites remained they had been
also citizens bus the grave duties and responsibilities Of
censhp were devolved largely, In the lately
peon, upon uneducated people, while and coored And
with whst result Liberty and the exercise OF rights
OF citizenship are excellent educators In many respects
made The labor SYSTEM Ss BEEN Teossnssd
material prosperity increasing prpjudces and an
ngonisms have Diminished the passions annostes OF
tue war are subsiding and the ancient
coru and patriotic national sentiments returning But
AFTER all we cannot fail To observe that immigration
SO nfalbly and nsinctively hnds ont condition
Ing region OF the United States great cheap and
productive land there be found not
rpdy increasing When fathers adopted
the ordnance CT l7S, for the government of the
noshwest territory, out OF which Ohio and four other
Estates have been carved they
merely putting into that organic law q hrm prohibition
against slavery and providing eecal civil
and religious liberty but established the corner
Stone Of The Tree Institutions they wished build
uclei Religion morality, and knowledge being necessary
70 oQu government and the happiness Of mankind schools
ana the means OF edncition shall be encouraged"
Unfortunately for the complete OF
he south TINS stone was rejected by Its builders Slavery
nal been destroyed by the but ts evils after t.
and deprive many parts OF the south OF that intelligent
government without which, In America at least great
permanent prosperity IA impossible
10 perpetuate the Union and abolish slavery were the
work OF the war To educate the uneucated appro
pirate work Of peace The soldier the Union has done
MS work and done Il we'll The of the schoomaster
now In order Wherever his work shall he well done in
Az our borders will be found that there alao the prnc
pes Of the Declaration OF Independence will be cherished
the sentiment OF nationality will prevail the equal rights
amendments will be cheeruiy obeyed and will be the
home Of freedom and the refuge OF the oppressed every
race and Of every cline"