River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-08-13

and sealed the priceless legacy with their
I lives The graves of these a grateful nation
| bedews with tears honors their memories
and will ever cherish and support their
( stricken families.-lddtss 10 ne Afhies, June
/ ?, 1865.
| 1t has been my fortune to see the armies
/ of both the West and East fight battles and
/ from what have seen l know there is 40
/ difference in their fighting qualities. All
/ that 1t was possible for men TO do IN battle
/ they have done. All have proud rec
1 ord, and all sections can well congratulate
/ themselves and each other for having done
1 their full share in restoring the supremacy
1 OF law over every foot of territory belong
/ ing to the United States. Let them hope
/ for perpetual peace and harmony with that
/ enemy whose manhood, however mistaken
the cause, drew forth such herculean deeds
of valor,-RepOr on The Operations Of The Ar-
mics, 1865.
This is Republic where the viii of the
people is the law of the land. / beg that
/ Their voice may be heard-Lettert 70 President
Johnson, 1865.
4 Peace and universal posterity its sequence,
/ with economy of administration, will light
en- the burden of taxation, while it certainly
/ reduces the national debt. Let us have
peace.-Letter Accepting Nomination. 1868.
| shall ON all subjects havea policy to re-
commend, none to enforce against the will
of the people. Laws are to govern all alike
/ those opposed to as well as those in favor
of them. ! know no method to secure the
| repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effectual
as their strict execution. Inaugural ADDRESS,
/ 1863.
To protect the national honor every dol
lar of the government Indebtedness should
be paid in gold, unless otherwise especially
stipulated in the contract. Let it be under
stood that no Reputation of one farthing of
our public debt will be trusted in pub
/ bile plqces.-IaaHgfrai address, 1863.
/ do not believe in luck in war any more
than in luck in business.
would deal with nations as equitable
| law requires individuals to deal with each
other.
| The president of the chamber of commerce
| in his remarks has alluded to the personal
| friendship existing between the two nations,
l will not say the two peoples. because we
are one people, but we are two nation hav-
/ ing common destiny, and that destiny
will be brilliant in proportion to the friend
/ ship and cooperation of the brethren on
the two sides of the water.-Speech at NelC-
castle.
| The truth is / am more of a farmer
than a soldier | take little or no
interest i'll military affairs, and, although |
entered the army thirty five years ago, and
have been in two wars, III Mexico as
! young lieutenant and later, l never went
into the army without regret, and never
retired without pleasure.
There had to be an end to slavery Then
we were lighting an enemy with whom we
could not make peace. We had to de-
stroy him. No convention, no treaty, was
possible, only destruction.
Too long denial of guaranteed right is
sure to lead to revolution bloody reYolu-
ton, where suffering must fall upon the in
nocent as well as the guilty.ILefteF 81 Cor
| eTH0r Chdnlberidia, 1876.
We are a republic whereof one man is as
good as another before the law. Under
I Strob q Of il ig nf tha
greatest Importance that all should be pos
sessed of education and Intelligence enough
to cast vote with right understanding of
its meaning.-ARHdt Message, 1871
Let us all labor to add allneedful guaran-
tees for the more perfect security of free
thought, free speech and free press, pure
morals, unfettered religious sentiments and
of equal rights and privileges to all men, lr-
respective of nationality, color or religion
Encourage free schools and resolve that
not one dollar of money appropriated to
their support, no matter how raised, shall
be appropriated to the support of any sec
tartan school.-AddFeSS at Reunion Of Afhly Of
Tennessee, 1875.
If our country could be saved or ruined
by the efforts of any one man we should
not have "a country and we should not
now be celebrating our Fourth Of July
| Speech at Hanbufg 1878.
| have witnessed since my sickness just
what / have wished to see ever since the
war-harmony and good feeling between
the sections. | have always contended
that if there had been nobody left but the
soldiers we should have had peace in
year. -and-are the only two | know
Of who do not seem to be satisfied on the
Southern side. We have some on ours
who failed to accomplish as much as they
wished, or who did not get warmed up to
the fight until it was all over, who have not
had full satisfaction. The great majority,
too, of those who did not go into the war
have long since got tired of the long con
troversy. We may now well look forward
TO perpetual peace at home and nation
al strength that will screen us against any
foreign complication. / believe myself
that the war was worth all it cost us, fear
full as it was- written to Geneya{ Buckasr.