The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-13

elsere 4 one most tgikine and disiing.
uiaAls feature ot your mission that should
ncer IL los. sight &c You atenol about
Is nyade ihe territory Of foreign enemy
40 Is your purpose thai q conquest o.
sisliation. Should you occupy ibe South.
yaf viii 40 SO rs friends and protectors
a,tl YOUR aim viii lie not to ahiagaic That
tdrsyed and distracted country, bat 70 de.
liv.s Il from the remoFseiess military des-
raism by Wild, il Is trodden down. Iu-
In men. wLgarc yoor brethren, throne in
thae State. and will listen for the coming
loasleps 4 your Army, as the Scotch maid
oF I.acknow listened for the airs ot hef
,,.tiss. isnu. Ii is true, Chat ama tlettr
r,rs AMI darkness which prevail there, they
are saaneed and now unseen, but be as
spvi that by the light Of the Stars You car
:, upon your banner you viii find them
an. II has been constantly asserted By
the conspirators throughout the South, that
this is q war Of slbjugation on the part Of
the Government Of the United States,
waged for the determination Of Southern
Institutions, aid by yandals and miscreants
who. ii the fury Of their passions. spare
neither age nor sex, nor property. Even
one Of tie Confederate Generals has so far
stepped himself III infamy as to publish, IN
choice bilingseate, this base calumny
through an official proclamation.
In view Of what Congress has recently
so solennly resolved and in view Of the
continuous and consistent action Of the Adj
minislration upon the subject, those who,
through the press or in public speeches,
persist IN repeating the wretched SANDER,
are giving utleaance to what everybody,
themselves included, knows TO be absolute
ly and infamously false. 1t will be the first
and the highest duty Of the American Ar
my. Is it advances South, by its modera-
ton and humanity, by its exemption from
, every excess and irregularity, and by its
, scrupuous Observance Of the rights OF all
to show how foully both il and the Coy
. ernment it represents have been traduced
r When, therefore, you enter the South
press lightly upon her gardens and fields
guard sacredly her homes protect, If neec
G be, 10 the point Of your bayoneis, her m
: stiutons and her constitutional rights, ioi
G you will thereby not only respond fully t
the split and Objects Of this war, but yor
. viii exert over alike the oppressed and ih'
b infatuated portion Of her people, powe
G 10 &lich the most brilliant Of your milltal.
G successes might not attain.
), But when you meet in battle array thos
: alliocioUs consprators, who, at the hea'
y Of armies, and through woes nnuterablC
II are seeking the ruin Of our common coun
a try, remember that since the sword flame
0 over the portals Of Paradise until now,
+ has been drawn in no holicr cause thal
J. that in which you are engaged. Remem
il her, loo, the millio whose hearts ar
r breaking under the anguish Of this ierribl
T. crime, and then strike boldly strike in II
u power Of truth and duty, strike with
Is bound and shout, well assured that you
lc blows will fall upon inerates, and traitor
IS and parrieides, whose lust for power woul
to make this bright land one vast Golgotlu
ID rahcr than be baked Of their guilty aim
Is and may the God oi your fathers give W
OF the iclory.
s. should have rejoicel 10 meet you witt
le ii tie limits Of yonder proud Common
hl wcaIih, from whence sou came, and who'
t. name you bear, but wise and patriotic me
whose motives respect while dissentr
IL from their conclusions. have willeditshou
IS be Otherwise. Here, however, you are
as the midst Of friends, and have, doubles
he received a brothers welcome, on the SC
rs Of State which is not only loyal, but prol
al Of her loyally--a State which, by Il
al marching OF her volunteers, announces e
We cry hour what a portion Of her people ha'
nd recently proclaimed by formal resoutio
er, that 1.-THE suppression Of this rebellion
rs. worth more to the world than all our llv
!. ] and an our money" and that she scar
m nothing for life or worldly goods, VIII
oil they can only be enjoyed amid the rui
m- of our country" No Spartan hero, und
~ the arandest inspirations Of patriotism,
Is, en- uttered nobler sentiments than these.
nd Indiana and Kentucky, it is true, are SC
nd arated by a broad river, but in tbeir !
we tory it has proved only thread Of lie
ms and beauty, across which their Lands 9
,us iheir hearts have ever been elasped
ON friendship and in faith.
In those stirring conflicts for prineil
The which have arisen in the past they ha
iul stood togethcr,and on more than one bloc
.cls field shoulder to shoulder, they have boz
her onward through the thickest Of tie iic
fct- that glorious banner, whose stars, trl
irit will never grow dim; and now, yourpr
Hes enee here to-day is gladdenng assurai
ors that, ia the lnomentous contest o. wh
lar- threshold we stand, these States, 50 i
ded allied, will not be divided. For mys
ull, / must b. pradoncd for saying that mex
ow- our own beloved Kentucky, my bosom n
sles oyeriiows toward the noble State an
laid whose hospiiable shelter We have met
nan day. II was my fortune to pass my ch
5 Of hood and youth On my fathers farm On
ZEN banks Of yonder river, and in the iigh
aim the morning and Of the evening sun
,un- eyes rested upon tic free homes and
our ests Of Indiana. played upon the b
- u III.