The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-05-09

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!. Address OF welcome, David B. Hill
governor of New York. (Sentiaant) "Th,
'.'ate OF New York welcomes today the ex
'''utlve, legislative and judicia! brarche
sethe national government and the repre-
sontatives of forty-two states ns century
,go she welcomed Washington, lis eabine
I'D the congress of the old thir
zen, which in this city added III
i,ill of rights to the nationa
constitution. May our fidelity to that con
.'itution SO guard the rights of both th.
::ates and the people 10 civil and religious
:-cedom ard to republican government
tased on universal education, that the cen
;:srics as they pass may swell our acclaim
'.s,l save the American Republic. ''Johr
.:zy."
,. George Washington. Drunk stand
;'.s in silence.)
). The people of the United States
t;-over Cleveland, ex-president of the
United States. (Scntiment) mot a mob
.vr an oligarohy, nor a class. But the
great force of American patriotism, con
.a'.ence, intelligence. energy and industry
i;ie only sure foundation of states the sole
hape of the republic; of which George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the
.suest types in American history.-George
william Curtis"
4. The states. Fitzhugh Lee, governor
Il the state of Virginia.
Sentiment-'Daughter of liberty, borr
STnid the throes of revolution, thirteen
eiinging to the Atlantic have become forty.
two, reaching the Pacific. The century
l.nves them AS it found them, an indestruct.
lille union of indestructibie states. .''-Wm
Writ Henry.
S. The federal constitution. Melville
". Fuller, Chief Justice of the United
..ates.
f,er political wisdom, the trust of the pres
,nt age, the guide for all coming nations
s:corge Bancroft"
s The House of Representatives, James
6. Blaiue, secretary of state.
Sentiment-"The first branch of congress
Provided for in the constitution and the
sabject of the only speech in the conven-
.s,on made by Washington. In the lam
ylage >of George Mason. The grand
depository Of the democratic principles
nf the government" to which has been
8 full. coequal share in the National Leg.
:s.atuYe, together with the sole power OF
impeachment the origination of all bills
ar raising revenue. and, in the last resort
re choice of the president of the United
Gates. The vital element of our rcpubli-
.1n system, without which there can be,
y, the words Of Abraham Lincoln. no
government of the people. by the people,
.,r the people" May its rightful authori.
~ and dignity ever be maintained and up
asld, both by its own officers and members,
rad by the millions of voters whom they
e-e privileged to represent.-Robert C.
winthrop. senior surviving speaker of the
spited States House of Representatives.
Z. The Senate. John ". Daniel, United
States Senator from Virginia.
Sentiment. "An elective body depend
fft upon no prerosatives of royalty,
t.urch or descent Able in its statesman.
e rSp, wise and practical in its Legislative
sad executive functions the most distin.
..,;shed of all legislative bodies, and bul.
S-ark in defense of our free institutions
siennibal Hainlin, sole surviving ex-vice-
s:esident of the United States.
8. The Presidency. rutherford B. Hayes,
cs-president of the United States.
Sentiment-''May the good people of
:l:ese United States never weary of search.
I:,g for q second Washington to fill the
Ilace.-John Quincy Adams"
.. The Judiciary. William N. Evarts
Emitted Stater Senator from New York.
Sentiment "A learned. upright and fear
p IS judiciary is the bulwark of constitu-
&5na1 government Without such judici-
-ry no free institutions can exist; with it
k'scy will not perish. So long as the spirit
= I'd example of Marshall and Taney, Kent
eId Shaw, pervade and inspire our courts,
:saerty in law shall abide with aud bless
sle land of Washington. Henry
Ssrrison Miller. Attorney General of the
s5.:ited States. --
10. The Army and Navr, William Ie-
{ i,nseh Sherman, General.
Scntimant-"fn four wars each has done
i:s duty in the creation, defense, enlarge
sient and preservation of our nation; but
r,e dignity of our country requires re-
s.wed attention to the farewell counsel of
8 sashington, so that international emer-
may be met without hasty and in-
e.iequate preparation-Robert T. Lincoln,
-savoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
.n.entiary OF the United States to Great
lritain."
GENERAL SHERMAN.
. Mr.. PRESIDENT AND KIND FIlEEDs:-One
tunred years ago in this goodly city of New
cork, our first president General George
Z. ashington, took his solemn oath ITO the
':ast OF his ability to preserve, protect and
c.fend the Constitution of the United
.stes, i" and thereby became commander
-s-chief of the army and navy, and of the
ri:litia when called into service.
Seventy-two years after, his most worthy
,',ccessor, Abraham Lincoln, took the same
a:entical oath, and, addressing his dissatis
tad countrymen from the portico of tn
: pltCi in Washington, reminded them tina
-sd no oath registered in heaven to destro,
See government while he had the mos,
: ,!emn one TO preserve, protect and defend
In like manner. the army and navy have
t.ieir oath registered in Heaven to support
'nd defend the Constitution, to obey the
resident and all appointed over them, for
;:ie are the very instruments provided by
s;ac Constitution to enable him TO protect
sn6 defend it whenever force is necessary,
snd no government on earth has yet been
-cyised when, at times force has not been
accessory
On such an occasion as this. you, the citi-
t:;is ef America, have perfect right to
s-luire of your knightly servants, have you
cen true and faithful " your oaths during
, past century,"
Making due allowance for the usual
n irmities of human nature, / answer
yes!
Fortunately, we are not compelled to
-,ok back into Grecian, Roman or European
STORY for illustration.
Washington himself was the best type of
re citizcn-so!dicr this world has yet pro-
iced As boy, a surveyor of land; as an
de to General Braddock; and an explorer
!, far west as was then prudent, lie was
,ucated IN the best possible school of
.dier.
-sn. she 9th of September, 1776 he wrote
the president of congress his Judgment
:: the comparative value, in an economical
use, of the regulars and militia. Again,
n the 2lst of April, 171S, from Valley
orge, he wrote to John Bannister, then q
selegate in congress, 6 letter full Of wisdom
..,d foresight.
Writing of the jealousy on the part Of
s9ngress to the army, be says: TT is un-
Ist,- because no order of men in the
iirtcen states has paid more sacred re-
frd to the proceedings of Congress than
'iae army. for, without arrogance or the
naIlcst deviation from truth, it may be
lid that, no history now extant can furnish
in instance of an army's suffering such un-
,on,mon hardships as ours has done, and
caring them with the same patience and
=,rtitude."
ssThere may have been," lie continues,
some remonstrances or applications to
tongress n the style of complaint from the