Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-06-07

this immense surplus with the men
whose labors in camp and field made its
accumulation possible. To bring this
about should be the wish and the ef-
fort of all who enjoy our present peace
and prosperity.
have spoken of the men who fought
to preserve our national unity /; of the
cha racter of the conflict they We're en-
gagged in and some of its results. Time
fails me to speak of the many lessons it
has taught. will allude to but one
The war was the result of failure to
notice and punish treason in its earlier
stages. Liberty of speech and freedom
of the press Were, by disloyal men,
turned into license by speaking and
writing against the Constitution and
against the Government of which it is
the foundation. The men who spoke
treason even on the floor of Congress
were unmolested. Not until the hand
of treason actually fired upon the flag
did loyalty realize the danger which
threatened the Nation.
Had reasonable utterances and treas
enable acts been promptly punished be-
fore the war, many bloody pages of our
hist ory would never have been written.
The lesson we should learn and remem-
ber is that, doctrines subversive of pub.
lie peace and dangerous to public safety
should not be permitted to be dissem-
mated, and those who publish them
should be promptly punished as enemies
of the commonwealth.
Although we are not now menaced
by States rights or secession, there are
Othel dangers which demand of us con
stant vigilance. Socialism, communism
and anarchism are taking root in all our
great centers of population and wealth.
Who can foretell the harvest of blood
shed and desolation we shall reap if these
noNious weeds are allowed to grow?
The doctrine that you, who are in
, dustrious, enterprising and frugal,
shall share your property with me, who
am neither industrious nor frugal, is
more dangerous to society than Were the
doctrines of States rights or secession.
Government should not temporize with
such evils. 1t is folly to delay action
until n great city has been taken posses
sion of by great mob We should
learn from past experience to deal
promptly and vigorously with each new
danger which threatens the Common.
wealth. If thy right hand offend thee
cut it off, said the Savior of mankind
| The injunction il to the community ;is
well 10 the individual. Cut off the
liberty and, If necessary, the life of him
who will not cease to sow the seeds oi
ruin and desolatiOn III oui far land.
A vain mockery would he our lribut,
, to those who saved our government
from death by the hand of the Seces-
sionist, If we permit our rights to b'
wrested from us by the Anarchist
Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty - and it is no less the price OF
S.,F,. I ai .in a
wisdom and virtue leave TO gen, rations
yet to be, Uniun unbrokcu, Consti-
tulion held sacred as il ii were tn,
| Word of God, and Il fiig hvuured al
home and respected abroad.
The grandest heritage OF the ages has
been left to us by those who formed Tie
| Union and the Constitution, and by
those who saved them from destruction
| How shall we preserve this mum ficeni
patrimony? From Foreign foes We
have haught to fear. Our dangers are
within ourselves. Sufeiy lies only IN
educating the minds and morals of the
masses. The common school is Oul
sheet anchor. With an enllgil ened am
educated populacc, we may in days OF
darkness and distress conf enlly sing as
did Longfellow III the dark days OF lii,
Rebellion
"!'ail on, Sail on, o Ship OF State
Sail on o Union, strong and great,
Humanity, with all its fear,
| With all its hopes for future years,
| Is hanging brcuthlcss on thy mle,
| We know what Master laid thy keel,
| We know who wrought thy ribs Of steel,
| Who made each mast each spar, each "ope
| In what II forge and what heat
We're shaped the anchors ui my hope.
Fear not each sudden sound ana shock,
| 1'is Of the wave, and not the rock
/ Tis but the llapping of II sail
l Aud not II rent made by The gale;
II Sail ON nor fear to breast the scu
| Our hearts, our hopes. our prayers, on
tears,