Cincinnati OH Feb. 12, 1852.
(…) .Who is your hero ? (…) instead of one mortal man’srenowned name I find in (…) your city’s history (…) animmortal being’s name and that is, the people. The word sparkleswith the lustre of a life-giving flame: (…) liberty. Freedombased upon (…) .national independence (…) the magic (…) bywhich “the people” has achieved this wonderful work.
Cincinnati OH Feb. 14, 1852.
Nations become conscious of their rights (…) and will tolerateno masters, nor (…) oppression any longer (…) .You wouldnever have succeeded to achieve (…) wonderful growth (…) ifyou had employed your national independence merely to take a newmaster for the old one. A nation may have a master even if it hasno king. A nation may be called a republic, and yet not be free(…) Power may be centralized in many (…) in a few, as inancient Venice, or in one, as in France at the time of the”uncle” (…) and again in France now that the”nephew” has his bloody reign for a day.
Cincinnati OH Feb. 19, 1852.
The people, a real sovereign; your institutions (…) founded onthe principles of self-government (…) having no master but God(…) civil, religious and political liberty is the commonbenefit to all (…) the key of the living wonder which spreadsbefore my eyes.
Cincinnati OH The Clergy Feb. 22, 1852.
(…) your Republic (…) a giant power. And Ohio (…) themighty Commonwealth of two million (…) a voice to the despotsof the Old World, “ye shall stop (…) before the power offreedom, ready to protect the common laws of humanity”.
Cincinnati OH Washington’s birthday Feb. 24, 1852.
An architect, (…) his admirers desired to erect a monument tohis memory (…) let him who looks for a monument of Washingtonlook around the United States (…) the whole country is amonument to him (…) independence, (…) power (…) prosperity(…) growth (…). Let me pray that God (…) ,may impart to thepeople of the United States the same wisdom for the conservationof (…) prosperity (…) and for its future security, which hegave to Washington for the foundation of it. Well, it is uselessto remark that Washington (…) would undoubtedly have failed, ifafter the glorious battle of Yorktown he had met a fresh enemy ofmore than two hundred thousand men, such as we met (…) successshould not be the only test of virtue on earth (…) particularlywhen success is only torn out of his hands of patriotism byforeign violence. I must bear many things (…) but can bear itmore easily, because against the insult of some who plead thecause of despots in your republic, I have (…) the sympathy ofmillions (…) where I met with the title of an “importedrebel”.
Cincinnati OH Washington’s birthday Feb. 24, 1852.
I have seen (…) advised the writings of Washington as the (…)Koran (…) this I take for a very curious compliment to (…)Washington. Why ? (…) The Koran (…) forbidding privatejudgment (…) looks to the East (…) you behold mighty nations,a noble race of men (…) and still falling into (…) decay,(…) doomed to stagnation (…) by that blind faith in theirKoran’s absolute perfection (…) I yield to no man (…) inreverence to the memory of (…) Washington! (…) Let no man’swisdom be a Koran to you, dooming progress to stagnation (…)the history of your immortal Washington (…) (is) (…) a livingsource of instruction to statesmen and to patriots.
Cincinnati OH Farewell address Feb. 25, 1852.
I am (…) what my generous friend, the Senator of Michigan hasjust called me, a “private and banished man”. But (…)I have a nobler credential.: that I am a man (…) a patriot(…) that I hate tyrants (…) the strength to do good serviceto the cause of freedom (…) because I have the iron will (…)to serve faithfully (…) that noble cause (…) that I trust(…) God’s (…) justice on earth. I have the credential of mypeople’s undeniable confidence and (…) faith (…) the justiceof the cause I plead (…) and of the wonderful sympathy (…)that cause (…) has met (…) in two hemispheres.
