Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-05-24

New Nofas--nIsasaehusstts
The New York Seventh Regiment, we are told,
IS about to leave Washington and return home.
This regiment Is the ''mcther's darling baby" Of
the Empire city. 1t Is first rate CLUB to show
oa and, 'iplay. SOLDIER before ladies' hsndker'
chiefs aud first class hotels, but care must be
taken not to take II out too far in the night air
lest the dear fancy establishment should take
cold, or get its pretty clothes soied by the even
ing dew.
-A.feW weeks ago. puff upon puff awaited this
regiment from one end of the North TO the other.
Nliraver gallant men.p Prompt tortspond to
their oouutry'p cah.r t'Popuiar regimeu',"
can beat the regular army at drill AMI
score Of other similar siOkly compliments were
paid it, especially by the New York press aud
off went the gallant Seventh" to Washington,
viewed and reviewed by great men and small |
men. by women aud children, by hundreds and |
thousands who thought that the regiment was
actually going into the service Of the United
States. II turns out, however, that they in the
plenitude Of their patriotism volunteered for
thirty days, during twenty of which. they were
sure there could be no fighting according TO the
terms Of the Presidents Proclamation. And
now, when the smoke of battle begins to rise
up ia the neighborhood Of the capitol, this
glorious Seventh fall back upon their terms and
like tired and sleepy child cry out i" want to
go home" This regiment has been tue theme
of more public remark, and the subject of more
special attention from prominent men and cli-
zens both Mt Washington and on their route thither
than all other regiments together. They went
Sin all the pomp and circumstance of glorious
wal" aud high we're the hopes and many the
expectations formed of their gallanlry and de
termination, but like many other false hopes and
unrealized expectations they haze resulted in
disafpOintments and regrets.
How different is the course pursued by the
men of Massachusetts,, under the really brave
and courageous BurLER. They took the field to
fight, not for show and to be petted They went
to the scene Of danger, and in response to a
complimentary call upon their General, he tells
them, what? that he is going home" ! no iu-
deed; but in plain and significant language
which fell upon his hearers like an electric cur
rent surcharged with patriotic fire and which rent
the air with enthusiasm, he said sour faces are set
South and there shall be no .tootstsp backwards"
What a contrast is here How admirably the
true soldier looms up above the tiuseled counter
felt. While the one goes from home to bt
toasted, and Toasted upon the good things of the
land, the other, moved by the inspiring dictates
of stern duty and genuine patriotism goes forth
to take the balls and the bullets of the enemy
bis share Of the honors. Massachusetts hai
already emblazoned with glory her page of thu
history of this rebellion; New York has not ye
k begun to carve her page out.
II hen of Delaware, when you 60 to the field
IS initiate noble old Massachusetts,; and for tn
n honor Of your native State stay there us long a
you can see single stripe upon your country
banner, OF the faintest ray Of light from the gor
rs geous stars which bedeck its azure crest. You
us mothers; your wivesi your sisters you
s. daughters; your friends everywhere will b
nc Watching you from their home points of obsel
'e- Walton they will pray for your safety, and the
Of pillows will be nightly wet with the tears Of o'
Dr. for you; their anxious hearts will beat raptu
MI ousy for your success in conflict; and their cog
AZ ears will open wide to hear of your gallant al
'es manly bearing upon the field; but eagerly
they will watch you; ardently as they will pr
for you; copious as will be their tears for v
a. through the silent hours Of midnight; high a
tumnltuous as will be the throbbings Of til
- warm hearts in your behalf, they will not
- not one of them-Rsk or desire your return
- your welcome homes until your country's g
!, =. and power, aud liberty and safety shall be FL
re.established, and the star spangled ban
~ float again in triumph upon every housetop'
" summit in the Republic, from ocean to oce
ss and from gulf to gulf
~. Go then brave soldiers of Delaware into
~, battle, pauoplied as you are with the armor
,ns justice, liberty and right; renew there
ancient plight of your fathers, whose eyes ne
lost sight Of the flag of their country VII
nal courage never quailed; and whose patriot
hat could not be quenched even by the liquid stri
far Of death as il sped across the battle fields of
hat revolution. Be true to the glorious memorie,
the the past be true to the historic fame Of y
elv native State as it is written in blood upon
inc forty fields on which the immortal WASHING
the and his compatriOts led your well-tried ances
YER eighty years ogo DO true to liberty be tru
hat the Constitution; be true to yourselves;
TO when you shall return, covered with the dus
ion and it may be with the scars also--of bat
h." and, as it is sure to be, with the halo of vict
10 encrcling your suuburnt brows, you will reee
the plaudits and rewards Of a grateful peoI
and the blessings of the God of nations VIII
cause you so nobly and manfully espoused.
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