The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-11


sea In that voice shall mir gle no tones
of doubt and uncertainty. In that utter
ance shall be heard no note of disunion.
For while this mighty Union bears on
its BOSOM the wealth of this great val
ley, so long must this circle Of States be
undivided-the bond OF Union unbro
ken" Mr.. Garfield then spoke OF Ken.
tucky containing the sacred ashes OF
the gallant and chivalriC knight, the or
ator and sage of Ashland. And while
that old iron hero, at whose glance the
hydra disunion quailGd, sleeps In his
quiet omb at the Hermitage, the sons
of Tennessee will echo his words; "The
Union, by the Eternal it must be pre-
served" A misquotstion. he words
we're: "The Union, it must be presery'
ed"-there was no 'by the Eternal in
it1 Il n 4 "Ohio," Mr.. Gar
field continued, "cherishes no sentiment
of disunion. come from the extreme
North of Olio-from the Western Re
serve-fom the neighborhood Of Joshua
R Giddings, a man you have all heard,
and know the truth of what | am about
to utter in regard to Ohio. 1t is the G o.
ry of our institutions that we enjoy the
utmost freedo II Of opinion and expires
sion. Yet when the voice of the Union
is heard we acquiesCe and obey its man
dates"
Other speeches in the same vein were
made, and when the speeches were
through, the account says, "the vast as-
semblage then rose, and with three pro-
longed and deafening cheers for the
Union, dispersed in a blaze of enthusi'
asm."
On the next day the invited guests
started for Cincinnati, the city fairly
alive with excitement-Cannons boom
ing, flags flying people hurrahing, Trains
were ready, aud the guests left for Co.
lumbus. On the train the genial George
w, Holmes, one of the Hamilton COun.
ty Senators, notified those that were
guests of Ohio to exhibit their badges, as
they were currency that would be e-
gal tender in OHIO for any amount.
Nicholas L0Dgworth sent twelve boxes
of his famed sparkling catawha to cheer
the que is en- route to Oaio's Capital. AT
Columbus the greeting vas cordial and
magnificent. Governor Dennison re.
ceived the guests in the name of the
State, and Governor Magoffin responded,
each speech brimful of hospitality and
owe fl wing with Union sentiment. In
the evening a supper at OdeOn Hall,
at which toasts we're drank and speech
es made The most noticeable one was
the Federal Uuion-It Must be Pre-
served" responded to by Salmon P.
Chase, in which he said:
For Ohio, at least, may confidently
speak. She has ,er been, and will ever
remain loyal to the Unio and to the
Constitution. While yet in my earliest
manhood l put on record my conviction
that in all future as in all past Circum'
stances, Ohio will Cleave ia to the Ma
tional Constitution and the National
Union, and that her growing energies
will, on no occasion, be more willingly
or powerfully put forth than the main.
tenanCe of both in unimpaired vigor and
strength That conviction remains un.
changed. Nor do doubt, Mr. President,
that the spirit and purpose Of Ohio is the
spirit and purpose of all the States,
whose worthy and honored representa-
tives we 30 gladly greet here to night.
I'VE will not surrender the proud title
f American citizens. We will not re.
nounce our portion in the glories of the
Imperial Republic. We will not madly
fl ng away the most blessed boon of free
Institutions ever vouchsafed by Heaven
to man. We will not prepare for our
CHI dren, instead of the noble heritage of
freedom, prosperi y and peace which our
fathers transmitted to us, a detestable in
herit 'e of despotism, calamity and civil
war No, no-a thousand times no. We
will compromise whatever differences
have arisen or may arise in the spirit Of
oul fathers. Claiming mutually nothing
tina we think wrong, we will ConCede
mutually whatevor we find to be Just.
Cherishing, above all, with the constant
ardor of Washington, "a cordial and i'm,
movable attachment to the Federal Un.
ion,' we will resolve, with the infexible
determination of Jackson, that Il must be
preserved
The next toast, "The States the main.
tenanCe of the rights Of each is essential
to the welfare of the WHOLE" was re.
sponded to by Judge Thomas NJ. Key, of
Cincinnati, ut embraced" he sal the
sentiment of the people of Ohio. Their
love for the Constitution is strong; their
determination to defend it against all at.
tack is fixed. They will maintain and
they will conCede, in the spirit of justice
and of comfy, every constitutional right.
0 her toasts and speeches ware made,
al late hour the festivities ended. N xt
day accompanied by the Ohio officials
and Legislators, the guests eft for C'n-
cinnati, their original destination. Along
the entire route fags were flying, cannon
belChing forth and crowds of Citiz ans
huzzaed a we come. Arriving at Cincin
natl, the city received them with imper.
ial welcome. The iltary from Dayton,
Mamisburg, Hillsboro. Springfield, Gov
ington and other points, together with
the entire military of the city, were out,
and marched through the principal
streets. Such intense enthusiasm was
never before seen in Cincinnati Flags
and notices Tere everywhere. Among
the buildings handsomely decorated. the
official record names the Enquirer Office.
Likenesses of Jackson and Clay were
exhibited above the fifth story-hags
futtered from all the windows and hu 70
flag tretched from the Office of the Gus
tom. House, bearing the inscription, Lib
erty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and Inseparable. Welcome Kentucky
and Tennessee Shillito's store, Pos! of
fee building, and all the hotels aud bus-
ness houses were finely decorated. The
grand banquet at the Burnet House on
Friday had seats for 847 guests. Among
the fine decorations, he south end Of
the hall had an inscription much admir-.
ed, "The states of the Union-distinct as
the pillows, yet one as the sea-"
Take it all in all, it was the gayest
time, the guest reception, and in pleas.
ing the guests, the greatest, grandest, best
Cincinnati or any other State on the con.
tinent ever witnessed. 1t was conceived
in patriotic and business motives and
carried out without a single mistake
Y It, within two short years, after all this
expressed love for the Union and the
enualitV Of tha Statpa manu Of tho MOI