The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-06
NO. So.

Presentation of COIors 10 the EiTs
Michigan Regiment, by the EHdics o
Detroit.
The following stirring and eloquent speech
was made oB the above occasion by Judge Nor
row, of Detroit:
Officers and Soldiers Of the First Regiment =
have been requested by the ladies of Detro
to perform the pleasing duty of presenting tC
you these beautiful badges of patriotism, the
work of the ir own hands. They do not pre-
sent them for their intrinsic vlaue, though they
have deep significance, but as an evidence 0.
their approval of the sacred cause which was
hallowed by the blood of our fathers, and is tC
be re-baptized in the blood of their children
The war is unusual and peculiar in its charac
ter. Your fathers lebored to build +; you are la
boring to maintain. They fought to create yor
are fighting to perpetuate. They reared a tenn
pie and by the blessing of God,yo are to main
tain and uphold that temple. These ladies ex
pect you to be worthy of the rich heritage o.
glory which has been transmitted to you by g
past generation.
In the midst OF all the elements of material
and blessed with larger measure
of liberty than ever before fell to the lot OF
any people, a blow has been aimed at the ma
TONS heart, which has called to the field of ac.
ton an armed host
-"Like which the populous North
Pour never from her frozen loine to pass
Rhene or the Danaw.'
Before US, around us, had almost said ob0Ue
us are the evidences that our lines hare fallen
Sn pleasant places. A few months ago and what
q magnificent destiny our future presented =
Our country was of vast extent, and abounded
in the productions of the most salubrious clmes.
We had and have, written constitution which
guarantees to and protects every citizen in the
enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness land where experience has shown defects,
like nature, it possessed the power OF recupe-
ration. The government was Of the mildest
form and.of our own constructing. Like the at
mosphere which envelopes the the human frame
the government was only felt as itsustains add
protects, Our flag was honored throughout the
world. In all lands and on every sea, where
ever that standard sheet has waved, it has sus-
tanned the weak against the encroachments of
thesstronS. In the hands of an American Min
ister under the very shadow of the Vatican, it
saved from ruthless destruction accumulated
treasures of centuries and, through the pa
ping Threats of an hundred cannon in the an
2ient harbor of Constantinople, rescued Martin
Kosta from the grippe Of Austrian despotism
Wherever man has lost his freedom and felt the
IRON Of oppression in his soul, its constellation
has been as beacon light to guide him to a
haven of safety and security. No other flag on
the globe has bad such an Grand. 1t was the
messenger of glad tidings to the nations It's
stars have been as the bright morning stars of
God, and its stripes as the beams of the morn
ng. Can it be that so much glory is to sink
INTO obscurity Is it possible, in the providence
Of God, that this flag is to be the american
lag no more? Are old memories, old associa-
ions, old ties all forgot Are we to follow the
beaten track ofnations land exhibit to the world
another monument Of human folly and wicked
less No no, a thousand times no-our ca
'eer is still upward and onward The Repub-
ic will live. The thirty four stars shall contin-
lie to revolve in their respective orbits, and the
general Government, the great central sun Of
his republican system, shall continue to cheer
and gladden. them with its genial rays.
Soldiers, what has drawn you from your fam
lies and your daily avocations, and carried you
10 the tented field? | undertake to say that at
his moment the loyal States Of this Union pre-
sent to the world one of the most interesting and
sublime spectacles ever presented for the adj
niration Of mankind The integrity of our
blessed Union was assailed, and forthwith, as
f by the enchanters wand, there sprang into
he field legious of armed men to support and
defend it. Men are vainly endeavoring to pull
lownthis temple ofhuman freedom. They strug-
2 eagainst destiny. 1t is indestructlbe by hui
man hands, but like
"The Northern Star,
OF whose true, fixed and resting quality,
There is no fellow in the armament"
{ shall stand for centuries to come, an object
Of wonder and admiration, and then as now,
The polar orb to guide the struggling nations to
hope and freedom:
Soldiers, the world is interested in your sue
cess, for upon the result depends the civilization
and progress of the human race. If our gov
srnment goes down in this struggle, greater
than Grecian freedom or Roman liberty will
have persisted. But it will not go down. 1t
will have no decline and fall. 1t will 90 on
and to prosper. Its enemies shall
perish, but this bulwark of human freedom, new
er,never.
Civil war may rend the vitals of the Repub-
tic our solemn temples may crumble into dust;
our proud capitol may become ruin and des-
olation; armies may perish, and navies melt in
to the froth of the sea but this Union shall
still survive, ind propitious stars shall contin
ue to sparkle upon US from their distant spheres.
Whether our enemies are without or within
whether it be a foreign invasion or a domes-
tic invasion-whether it be notification or Sc
cession-they must be resisted and subdued.-
Under the broad @gis Of the constitution and
the Union, protection and security are ggaran-
teed to every section of the country. There
can be no secession, no separation, To claim
the right is illegal, unphilosophcal and absurd.
There is no spot on earth on the American con-
iinent upon which to draw the line. This I'm
ion is the price of common toll, suffering and
blood and rs it was purchased by no one sec
ton of our country to the exclusion Of another,
SO shall not any one section claim to exercise
the right to destroy it,
Soldiers, the fair women of Detroit, who have
to your comfort in the preparation
Of clothing of various kinds, now present you
these badges as an evidence Of their approba-
tion of the cause in which you are embarked
In this momentous struggle about to be deter
mined through the dread and final arbitrameat
Of battle, the spontaneous, out-gushing enthu-
siasm of the American women is one of the most
and interesting phenomena in the
whole series of astounding wonders which are
passing before us, resembling more the fitful
dreams of disturbed Imagination than the dis
turbed realities of life 1t indicates, and is an
evidence of the holiness Of the cause in which
our lives, our property and our sacred honors
are devoted The moral instincts Of such null
titude of christian women could by no possbii-
ty have been enlisted in ahy enterprise
Of ambition or unjust aggression. 1t is
because our cause is Just that we have the
active sympathies of those whose moral judg
Inents are finer and more authoritative, and
whose souls stand nearer to God and truth than
mans.
It is this that nerves her in this hour of our
peril, raises her to the height of the great sacri-
fee which demands, and inspires those around
her, with her own self denying, heroic, never
dying faith.
In all ages of the world it has been custom
AIRY to present soldiers with decorations and
badges of honor. The Spartan mother present
ed her son with a shield, and babe him come
home with it or on it. In the age Of chivalry
the soldier was the guardian and friend Of the
gentler sex, and wore upon the handle Of his
weapon, as the highest reward Of his exertions,
the glove or kerchief Of his lady love- Eliza
beth, with her own queenly hands, presented
her gallant Sydney with a blushing ribbon
Napoleon rewarded the bravery Of his guards
with stars and crosses. Bravery in the Ameri-
can army is rewarded by promotion, which is
indicated no less by decorations than by increase
Of rank, 1t is not then, an unmeaning cererno-
ny which we perform to day in presenting you
these patriotic tokens. They are the offerings
of beauty and affection to the gallant men who
hava v01unfaerd IN dafand the government -