Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-08-15

cNOi1 ihcaoutc Iequifeu 10 save tue fcpuD-
lie from the perils that bcset i, not only
may, but ought to be taken by the admin
istratiop. promptly and fearlesssly
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There is one most striking and distin-
gushing feature Of your mission that sho'd
never be lost sightof. You are not about to
invade the territory of foreign enemy,
nor is your purpose that of conquest or
spoliation. Should you occupy the Su,,th.
you will do SO as friends ami protectors.
and yOnr aim-wlll, be not to Snbingate that
betrayed and distracted country, but TO
deliver it from the remorseIess military
despotiSm by which it is troddcn down.
Union menX Xwho are yom brethren, throng
nthosc States. and will listen for the conn
ing foetstcpsiof your army. as the Scot
tlsh maiden of Lucknow listened for the
airs of her native land. 1t is trne. that a.
mid the terrors and darkness which prevail
there, they are silenecd and are now un-
seen. but be,assured that By the light of the
stars ,yon garry upon your banner. you will
find them all. 1t has been constantly as
serted by the conspmitors throughout the
South, that this is a,war Of subiagation ON
tho part of the Governme ent of the United
States, waged for the determination of
Southern. institut ions. and by vandals and
miscreants, Who. in the fury Of their pas
sions. spare neither age nor sex nor prop
crty. Even one of the Confederate Cener-
erals has SO far steeeped himself in iniamy
as to publish in choice billingsgate. this
base calumny, through an official procla-
nation. In view of what Congress has
recently so solemnly resolved. and in view
of the continuous and consistent action of
the Administration upon the subject, those
who through the press or in public speech
es, persist in repeating the wretched SLAM
der, arc giving utterance to what every
body. themselves incluled, know to be
absolutely and infamously false. 1t will
be the first anu highest duty of the Amer
lean army as it advances South, by its
moderation andhumanity, byits exemption
from every excess and irrcgularity, and by
its scrupulous observance of the rights of
all. TO show how foully both it and the
Government 1t represents are traduced-
When, therefore, you enter the South,
press lightly upon her gardens and fields:
guard saeredly her homes; protect if need
be. at the point ofathe bayopet, her insti-
tutions and constitutional rights. for you
Will thereby not OILY respond fully TO the
spirit and object OF this war, but YOU will
exert over. alike the oppressed and infatu-
ated portion Of her people, power to
which the most brilliant of your military
successes might not attain. But when
you NEE. in battle array those attrocious
conspirators, who, at the head of armies.
and through woes unutterable, are seeking
the ruin OF cur common country, remem
Der that since the sword famed oyer the
portals Of Paradise, until now, it has been
drawn in no holier cause than that in which
you are now engaged. Remember, too.
the millions Whose hearts are breaking nm.
der the anguish Of this terrible crime. and
then strike boldly. strike in the power Of
truth and duty, strike with bound and
shout. well assured that your blows will
fall upon ingrateS, and traitors. and parri
cides, whose lust for power would make
Of this bright land one vast Golgotha.
rather than be balked ont of their guilty
aims-and may the God Of your fathers
give you the victory.
Soldiers. when Napoleon was about to
spur on his legions to combat, on the sands
of an African desert, pointing them to the
Egyptian pyramids that loomed up against
the far off horizon, he exclaimed, From
yonder Pyramid twenty centuries behold
your actions" The thought was sublime
and electric; but you have even more than
this. When you shall-confront those in
infuriated hosts, whose battle cry is
"Down with the Government OF the United
States" let your answering shout be,
T"The Government as our fathers made it."
aud when you strike, remember that not
only DO the good and great of the past
look down npon you from The heights in
finitely above those of the Egyptian py-
ramids, but thnt'uneounted generations yet
to come are looking up to you, and claim
ing at Your hands the unimpaired. trans
mission to them of that priceless heritage
which has been committed to your keeping.
| say its unimpaired trAnsmission-in all
the amplitude ofits outlines, in all the sym
lnetry fits matchless proportions. in all
the palpitating fullness Of its blessings:
not a niiserabfy shrivclled and shattered
thing, cbared by tho fires and torn by
the tempest aofssrevelution. and ali over
polluted and SCARED by the bloody poig-
narls of traitors.
Soldiers, you havo come up to your
present exalted position over many ojsta.
cles and through many chilling di>cour-
agements. You now proclaim to the
world that the battles which are to be
fought in-defence Of our common country.
its institutions, and its homes. are your
battles. and. that you are determined to
share with your fellow citizens, of other
States, alike their dangers and their lau-
rels; and sure am that this determination
has been innotling shaken by the recent
sad reverse of arms whose shadow is still
resting upon our spirits. The country has
indeed lost battle. but It has not lost its
honor. nor its courage, nor its hopes, nor
its resolution to conquer. One of those
chances to which the fortunes of war are
ever subject. and against which the most
consumate generalship cannot at all times
provide. has given momentary advantage
to the forces Of the rebellion. ~
Panics. from slight and seemingly insig-
niicant caHses. have occurred in the best
drilled and bravest of armies, and they
prove. neither the want Of discipline or Of
courage on the part of the soldiers. This !
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