Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-03-22

the living; but there are soldiers of
peace as well as of war. and though
no waving plume beckons them on to
glory or to death, their dying scene is
Oft crimson one. They fall leading
the van of civilization along untrodden
paths, and are buried in the dust OF
its advancing columns. No monu-,
ment marks the scene of deadly strife;
no stone their resting place the winds
signing through the branches of the
forest alone sigh their requiem. Yet
they are the meritorious men of the
Republic. The achievements of your
pioneer army. from the day they first
drove back the Indian tribes from the
Atlantic seaboard to the present hour.
have been the achievements of science
and civilization over the elements, the
wilderness, and the savage.
If rewards or bounties are TO be
granted for true heroism in the pro-
gress of the race, none is more deserv-
ing than the pioneer who expels the
savage and the wild beast. and opens
in the wilderness home for science
and pathway for civilization.
"Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war;"
The paths Of glory no longer lead
over smoking towns and crimsoned
fields, but along the lanes and by-ways
of human misery and woe, where the
bones and sinews of men are strug-
Cling with the elements, with the un-
relenting obstacles of nature. and the
not less unmerciful obstacles OF false
civilization. The noblest achievements
in this worlds pilgrimage is to raise
the fallen from their degradation
soothe the broken hearted. dry the
tears of woe, and alleviate the suffer
inps of the unfortunate in their path
way to the tomb.
Go saw unto the raging sea, be stills
Bid the wild, lawless winds obey thy Will;
Preach TO the storm, and reason with despair
But tell not misery's son that life is fair.
If you would lead the erring back
from the paths Of vice and crime to
virtue and honor, give him home
give him a hearthstone, and he Will
surround it with household gods. II
YOU would make men wiser and better
relieve your almhouses close the doors
of vour penitentiaries, and break IL
pieces your gallows, purify the intu
ences of the domestic firesidc. for that
is the school in which human charac
ter is formed, and there its destiny il
shaped; there the soul receives its frs
impress, and man his first lesson, anC
thew 60 with him for veal or for We
through life. For purifying the sen
timents. elevating the thoughts, an'
developing the noblest impulses o
mans nature, the influences of ru
raj firesidc and an agricultural life ar
the roblest and the best. In the OBJ
security of the cottage, far remove'
from the seductive Influences of ranl
and affluence are nourished the vir
tues that connteract the decay OF hu
man institutions, the courage that de
fends the national independence, an
the industry that supports all classe
of the State.
1t was said by Lord Chatham, j
) his appeal to the House OF Commons
| in 1775.to withdraw the British troop
r from Boston, that "trade. indeed, II
( creases the glory and wealth ola cour
try; but its true strength and stamln
are to be looked for in the cultivation
of the land. In the simplicity of the
: lives is found the simpleness of virtu
+. the integrity and courage of freedom
e These true, genuine sons OF the so
t are invincible."
: The history Of American prowe
! has recorded these words as prophet
d Man in defense of his hearthstone al
IS fireside, is invincible against wor
of mercenaries.
o Let us adopt the policy cherish'
a by Jackson, and indicated in his a
nual message to Congress in 1882,
which he says
sr 1T can not be doubted that {
= speedy settlement of these lands co
% s:itutes the true interest Of the Repu
C lie. The wealth and the strength o
country are its population, and t
IS best part of the population are the CT
err tivators of the soil. Independent Fl
OF mers are everywhere the basis Of so
= ETY., and true friends of liberty"
l. TO put an end forever
= all partial and interested legislati
he on this subject, and to afford to eve
e. American citizen of enterprise the {
be portunity of securing an independ'
freehold, it seems to me, therefore, b
is to abandon the idea Of raising fut1
,s- revenue out of the public lands"
This advice. by one of the countr
nohlaef oatriofs thouch unhepded