The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-07-01

unfamiliar with SCOTS Infantry Tactics,
he was tolerable officer; though he mar
ried widow, he was fond husband; and
though he did not know the BEEcHER fami-
| ly, (and would have despised them if he
had, he was sincere Christian.
"a monument has been commenced in
the city of Washington to his memory,
which is to be five hundred feet in height;
and it should be the wish of every true
hearted American that his virtues and SER
vices may not be forgotten before it is
completed; in which case, their remem-
rance will probably endure forever
I Accustomed as am to public speak
ing, it has been with no ordinary distrust
of my own powers that have ventured to
address you to-day. Standing beneath
the waving banner of. our country, with
Modnt Hood towering in snow crowned
magnifcence above our heads, and the bo.
Hsom of the noble Columbia spread in calm
expanse at our feet, see before me an
attentive audience composed of individu-
ais whose interest l am proud to awaken
and command. / see before me some who
have borne no undistinguished part in the
bloody but most righteous war now raging
in our vicinity; see men who have push
ed the war into the enemy's country with
the gallant HALLER, and returned with
him when he thought. perhaps it would
be about as we'll to leave; who accompan-
led the daring and skillful RAINEs when
intrepidly pushing with drawn sword at
the head ofhis troops into Father PANDo-
sY's hut he wrote that letter to the hum.
ble KAMIAKIN;men who have planned and
built block houses, which serve alike as
refugees from the attacks Of the savage and
merciless foe, and imperishable monuments
of architectural taste and refinement
These sevices, which have brought this
war SO nearly to close, (for already the
Sun of peace may be seen gliding the
clouds in the east preparatory to rising,
are we'll worthy Of commendation; and no
better occasion can be found to recapitu-
late and commemorate them than the
present.
Where are the gallant volunteers on
this occasion, our tried and crusty COM
rades in the hour of danger-men who, at
the call Of their country, cast aside the
| frivolous axe, the enervating hoe, and the
trifing pick, and, springing into their
eighty y-dollar saddles, shoulder their fifty
| dollar rifles, and spurred their three-hun-
| dred dollar horses into the wild plains. of
the Walla Walla, and there desperately
and recklessly encamped? To what distruc-
tion were many of these daring spirits ex-
posed, forced by the attack of famine and
the scarcity of fresh beef to live for weeks
together on hard bread and picked pork?
They might yet have kept together had
the whiskey still held ont; but alas! like
the early cloud and the morning dew, it
passed away, ard even the jars that con-
tanned the ears of P. P. Mox Mox was
exhausted! Then they slowly
and sadly they returned--and those who
had never been peppered in service
were mustered out. Like prophets
of old, they went forth with their staff
and their scrip; but the staff soon resigned
their commissions and the scrip. has not
yet been paid. But by the blessing of
HEAVEN and Saint PIKE, that consumma.
tion,, so devoutly to be wished. will yet be
arrived at. The scrip will be paid, and
we shall see Pike aourishing like green
bay horse.
The tolls and dangers of the war will
be forgotten; in the elegant luxury and
refinement of their homes, hardships will
be looked back upon with pleasure, the
physical suffering and results of exposure
will yield to skiful treatment, and those
who have suffered from sleeping on hard
beds in the wilderness, can now console
themselves by lying on woo..
In future times when by some impair
tial historian the present Oregon war is
faithfully depicted, posterity. as it peruses
the volume, will drop tear DER the pic.
ture of the sufferings of those noble vol.
un,eers that wallowed in the Walla Walla
valley, and their intrepid march into that
country, and their, return, will excite a
thrill of admiration as an adventure never
equalled even by NAPOLEON II. BONA
PARTE, when he effected the passage of the
Alps.
But the war will soon be. ended; it is
even now drawing to q close. The COM
pletion of the Pacific Railroad, which
may be looked upon as certain in the course
of the next fifty years. increasing our fa-
cilities for transportation farms and sup.
plies, will undoubtedly have most favor
able effect; and I look upon it as a mat
ter of little doubt that, three OF four hun
dred years from this time, hostilities will
have ceased entirely, and the Indians will
have been 1iberally treated with. and be.
q come quiet and valuable members of our
S society.
t 'ghe influence of that glorious banner
$ will have been felt by them; they will have
3 been made to see stars; they will have
y been compdlsd to feel stripes; and all viii
r be peace aia harmony, love and JOY
4 among, them. Four hundred years from
2 this time the deceadants Of KAM1AK1N viii
J. be celebrating with our prosterity the re
!, |curence of this glorioGs day, with feelings
Il of interest and delight. Nhila to-dav m,