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

spur on bis lcgions TO combat, o. the sands
q an African desert, pointing them to the
Egyptian Pyramids thai loomeaup against
lhe iar-oH horizon hc exclaimed, "From
Wonder Pyramids twenty centuries behold
your actions The thought was sublime
aud electric; BAT you have even more ihan
ills. When sou hal confront these en-
/ furiaiea hosts, whose haiile.cry Is. Down
with the Goyernmeuiofthe United States,
let yonr answering shdut be, "lhe Gov
lcrument as oar fathers made it,' aud
when YOU strike. remember that pot only
dp the good and great Of the pa*i look
down upon you from j ighis infinitely
ttbofe those 81 Egyptian pyramids, bat ttai
luneoumcd generations Vet to come are
4 looking up TO you, and claiming at your
hands the unimpaired transmission 70 them
oil that priceless heritage which has been
committed TO our keeping. ] say lbs I'M
4 impaired transmission,-in all The ainpli-
/ tude Of lis outlines, in all its symmetry Of
Hts matchless proportions, in all the palpi-
Itating fullness Of It's blessings; not mis-
erably shriyeled and shattered thing, char
red by the fires and torn by the tempests
of revolution, and all over polluted and
Scared BY the bloody poignards Of traitors
Soldiers, you have come Up io your
present axalted positions over many OBJ
staces and through many chilling disconr-
agements. You now proclaim to The world
that the battles which are about TO be
fought in defense Of our common country,
hts institutions, and homes, are your bat
tles. and that you are determined to share
with your lcllow.citizens of other States,
alike their dangers and their laurels; and
sure ] am that this determination has been
lin nothing shaken by the recent sad re-
verse Of arms whose shadow isslill resting
upon our spirits. The country has indeed
lost battle, but il has not lost It's honor,
nor its courage ncr its homes nor its res
olulion TO conquer. One Of those chances
to which the fortunes Of war are ever sub
ect, and against which the most CONSUME
mate generalship cannot at all times pro-
vide, has given momentary advantage to
/ the forces Of the rebellion. Groucht did
not pursue the column of Bulow, and thus
r Waterloo was won for Wellington, at the
, yefv moment that victory, with her lau-
relied wreath seemed STOPPING over the
, head of Napoleon. So Patterson did not
r pursue Johnston, and the overwhelming
, concentration Of rebel troops that in con-
sequence eusued was proLaa.y the true
e cause why the Army Of tIw~Thited Stai,s
4 was driven back, excellent as was It's dis
!. cipline and seli-sacrilicing as had been il:
! feats Of valor.
d Panics, from slight and seemingly insig
i nifcant causes, have occurred in the bes
n drilled and brayest of armies, and they
+ prove neither the want Of discipline nor
e courage on the part Of the soldiers. 1hii
b cheek has taught us invaluable lessons
e which we could not have learned from vic
4 tory, while the dauntless daring displayed
n by our volunteers is full Of promise for tn
5 future. Not 10 mention the intrepid bear
a ing Of other regiments, who can doubt on
a. future when he recalls the brilliant charge
!. of The New-Yo Sixty-ninth and Of tll
IA Minnesota First and OF the Fire Iouaves
Leonidas himself while surveying the Pei
Il sian host tlat, like a troubled sea, swef
n onward TO the pass where he stood, woul
Sc have been proud Of the leadership OF sue
i. men. We shall rapidly recover from thi
u discontinue, which, after all, will serY
ID only TO nerve TO yet more extraordinar
in cxertons the nineteen millions Of pcopI
IS. who have sworn that this republic sha
ii not perish; and perish it will, perish
I'd cannot, while this oath remains.
lie When we look away to that scene
i. carnage, all strewn with the bodies Of pa
We riotic men who courted death for then
n. selves, that their country might live, an
j. then look upon tie homes which their "a
es has rendered desolate forever, we reali'
es what think the popular heart in
en- forbearance has never completely compr
ms hcnded-tbe unspeakable and hcllish a
er trocily Of this rebellion, II is a pcrie
" saturnalia Of demoniac passion. From q
- REDEEMED waters Of Ball Run and from u
10 cory field Of Manassas, there is now goii
is up an appeal TO God and TO millions OF e
ght asperaied men against those tiends in h
nd man shape, who drunken with the orgi
n Of an internal ambition, are filing 10
brim the cup Of a nations sorrows. W.
pie woe, / say, to these traitors when this q
ye peal shall be answered +!
dy must offer you my sincere congrain
me tions on tho leadership Of that true pair
iii and soldier, around whose standard $
ist, have gathered When others hcsitated
es- was decided; when others ialtered he v
nee bold. The Government laid its hand
ose his loyal bosom and found it burning "
,ng the inextingushable fires Of patriotism
eli, time when 50 many others from the b
/ 10 motives il tie world, we're carefully pa
lost ing themselves away TO keep IN tie Ices
der neutrality. honor him, Kentucky y
TO- honor him, the nation viii honor him.
i'd When you move, as soon you may,
the Tie scat Of war, Kentucky, despite
/ of whispered caution Of politicians, will ch
nv you on. and viii hang with prayeIful %
for itude over you, alike upon your march Z
ills. amid the heavy currents Of battle. ~
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