axation,
remember how it happened that the war was so prolonged, that it was
so expensive, and that the debt grew to such large proportions.

There are other things, too, to be remembered. I recollect that at
the close of the last session of Congress, I went over to
Arlington, the estate formerly of Robert E. Lee, and I saw there
the great National cemetery into which that beautiful place has
been converted. I saw the graves of 18,000 Union soldiers, marked
with white head-boards, denoting the name of each occupant, and his
regiment and company. Passing over those broad acres, covered with
the graves of the loyal men who had died in defense of their
country, I came upon that which was even more touching than these
18,000 head-boards. I found a large granite, with this inscription
upon it:

"Beneath this stone repose the remains of two thousand one hundred
and eleven unknown soldiers, gathered, after the war, from the
field of Bull Run and the route to the Rappahannock. Their remains
could not be identified, but their names and deaths are recorded in
the archives of their country, and its grateful citizens honor them
as of their noble army of martyrs. May they rest in peace.
September, 1866."

I say to those men who were instrumental and prominent in
prolonging the war, by opposing it, that when honeyed words and
soft phrases can erase from the enduring granite inscriptions like
these, the American people may forget their conduct; but I believe
they will not do so until some such miracle is accomplished.

That is all I desire to say this afternoon upon the record of the
peace party of Ohio. A few words upon another topic that is much
discussed in this canvass, and that is the proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Ohio. At the beginning, I desire
to say, that there may be no misunderstanding--and I suppose there
is no misunderstanding upon that subject--that I am in favor of the
adoption of that amendment, and I trust that every Union man, and
every Democrat too, will vote for it next October. And why do I say
this? Let us discuss it a moment. It consists of four parts.
First, it disfranchises any man who becomes a resident of the State
of Ohio, or who was a citizen of Ohio, who fought in the rebellion
against the count