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REVIEW. I would most heartily, fellow-citizens and friends, tender
my personal congratulations, in view of the joyful intelligence
that has been coming to us for the past few days, particularly as
it seems to present to us the crowning scenes of a long- agitated
reform. You have rejoiced, I do not doubt, more in the. fact, that
the success of the Federal arms is the triumph, in a large measure,
of right, and justice, and liberty, than in the mere fact of a
sectional or of a Federal victory. But we .cannot fail to remember,
as we stand here in the broad light of this joy, that a little time
ago, the laborers in the great cause that now so gladdens our
hearts were very few, and those few socially ostracized. If,
therefore, we rejoice aright, we are to-night prepared, though we
should stand single-handed and alone, to lift up' our voices in
behalf of another great reform, which is not foreign to the spirit
of the hour, but is illuminated and quickened and made welcome by
the gladness within us. One of the great benefits of a republican
or democratic government lies in the fact, that the citizens of
that government are at liberty to discuss, and are by the very form
of the government incited to discuss, the most vital principles and
the most vital social tb,emes. We do not, therefore, bemoan
adversities, in our attempts to carry forward great legislative
measures, promotive of the social welfare of the people. .
Overthrows and defeats are oftentimes made the most powerful
instrumentalities for the advancement of the cause they Beem for
the moment to retard. In speaking to you to-night, in compliance
with the request of a committee of the State Temperance Alliance,
and also iii accordance witli my own feelings, sympathies and
judgment, I represent to you the temperance friends...
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