The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-13
FaEaIDEAT HAYES TO UNION
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President Hayes made N following
remarks II the Columbus soldisrs' no.
union:
The citizens Of OhiO who we're soldiers
In ths Union army, assembled here, no
joice that We had the glorious privilege
Of enlisting and serving on tie right
side Of the great conflict for union and
equal rights. We rejoice, also, that We
have been permitted 70 live long enough
To $50 and enjoy the results Of the vic
tory We gained, and measure the vast
benefits which IL conferred pa ON
country One fact will Illus
trate immeasurably the blessing con-
ferred upon the United states BY the
success Of the Union arms. The i'm
migration into a country Is evidence Of
that country's prosperity. During "a
civil A and the disturbed and trou-
bled years which Immediately precedod
and followed 1t, immigration fell on
aud Lecams OF comparatively small i'm
portance; but Dow our eountryis pros
perity. the stability Of our government
and the permanent prevalence OF peace
at home and with fornign powers. bless
ings which could not have been enjoyed
by this country N the Union arms had
failed, have given 10 the world conf
dence la the future welfare and great
ness OF the United States, which Is pour
ing upon our shores such streams Of
immigration rs were o known be-
fore. IL we take q survey OF the globe,
we shall find everywhere many people
looking forward 10 the time when they
can emigrate 10 some more favored
land. Only n OF the great nations Is
In no danger Of losing Its capital OF Ia
Dor by emigration. All are losing by
this cause except the United States;
the United States alone IL gaining.
There IL one fiag-and In all the world
only one-whose protecting folds good
men and women born under every 9TH
er flag are eagerly and gladly seeking.
That flag. &c loved at home, 80 longed
for by millions abroad, Is the old flag
under which we marched 10 save what,
In our soldier days. we were fond OF
calling Goods country"
II Is easily seen what chiefly attracts
this immigration. II gees where good
land Is cheap, where labor and capital
and profitable employment. where
peace and social order prevail and
where civil and religious liberty Is Be-
cure. You ask. where In our country
does this immigration mainly gof The
recent census shows US parts Of u
country, where land Is cheap n where
labor and capital are needed, that are
not rapidly increasing In population.
In these states Il will be found that two
things are wanting: The neal for
popular education are not sufficiently
provided, and the good order OF society
Is disturbed by n practical popular re-
fusal 10 accept the results Of the war
for the Union. These two defects,
wherever they prevail In our American
society, are hostile TO increase Of popu-
lation and TO prosperity. They are gen.
orally found TO exist together. The
capital rights conveyed Ia the amend
ments TO the constitution OF the United
States, embodying tho results OF the
war, are inviolable where popular edu-
cation prevails. II must, perhaps, DO
conceded that there was O great error
in the measures by which IL was sought
to secure the results OF our Union VIC
tory. The system Of slavery In the
south, Of necessity, kept in ignorance
four millions Of slaves; II also left I'M
provided with education n largo num-
Der OF non-slaveholdlng white people.
With the end Of the war, the slaves be-
zane citizens; the uneducated whites
remained rs they had bcen-also citi-
n Thus the duties and responsible
tiles OF citizenship devolved largely In
the states lately In rebellion, upon un-
educated people, white and colored.
with what results. you have seen.
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