The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-11-26
HOW THE VAR SHOULD BE CAR
r- ...lt- RIED ON.
TIMELY SPEECH BY HON. JOHN eocmAxE.
SIGNIFICANT ENDOKsEMENT Ur Irs spx4s.
MENTs BY THE sECRETARY OF WAR
From the New York Tribune

A SIGNIFICANT ENDOKsEMEnT Ur Irs s.x xs.
MENTs BY THE sEcRETARY OF WAR.
.,i From the New York Tribune.
The following is the full report Of Colonel
Cochrane's speech, made to his soldiers last
evening, on the occasion Of the present ntation
Of u flag. r.f .r
SOLDIERS OF THE FIRsr UNITED STATES
CHAssEURs: Bravo COLONEL have q
word to say to yoo to day. You have en-
gagged in an arduous struggle. You hav.
prosecuted it; you intend to prosecute il; you
have stood unhnchingly before the enemy
you baved proved yourselves patriotic, able,
and tried sodie~, and you are entitled TO the
need OF praise. /, your commander, this day
feel that it is proud duty to extend to you
the hand Of appreciation. and to declare that
you are worthy Of your country.
Soldiers, you have undergone labor; you
have faced the enemy you have stood with
out retr ,ating before their fire; you have
borne the incemencies Of the season. and you
are ready to advance with that grand army of
which you are part. Your country opens
its arms, receives you to it's bosom. II will
always praise and applaud you. Its commsn
ders stand at the head Of the column. and
with you behind them, they are not to be de
TERED. But the command is forthcoming
forward, march! towards the enemy. Take
his possessions, for they are yours; they are
yours to occupy; they are yours to enjoy; you
are no marsuden, you are not plunderen
Of property not your own. but you are the
avengers Of the law; you are the r:ght arm
Of the Constitution; under your flag mswh
patriotism and order, and republicans insti
tutions; in your trsir follow peace, prosperity
and liberty; you are the servants Of lhesr
high potsntates, and the arm through which
they strike ia the arm oftbe worthy public ser
want who stands behind me on this occasion,
the Secretary OF War. Soldiep you have
been called TO the field, not as marauders and
mcrcenaries. but - the defsnd rs Of our high
faith, defenders Of our gloriour reputation,
defenders Of our honor ani renOwn, !, around
which cluster the memories OF the past, and
whose feats and performances will yet distin-
guisb the future, You are lead forward by
a commander under whom to serve it is pride
for the highest among us. He enjoys the
confidence Of tn" people, and his reputation
already renders powerless the arms Of your
enemies. By him we have won victories in
the South, and by these victories We have
suranccs Of triurnphs yet to come. Beaufort
j. ours-Charleston may be ours-tbe whole
country now disintegrated may be shortly
united by the force Of those arms Of which
you are part, and the Union once moro Gig.
Nifty to the world the iatent Of that glorious
motto, E Piuribns Uaun,. Then no longer
shall be heard that fell doctrine of secession
which would tear US assunder, and distract,
part from part, this glorious Union, but we
shall be as we have been, one and nseparable,
under the flag of our glorious nationality won
by our fathers and preserved by you. Ap
plause. Here is assembled upon the banks
of the Potomac an army the like.o which the
world has never seen. The motive which has
gathered th~t army together never before was
presented to the eye of history. 1t was con
gregated by no despotic order; it Was tie vol.
untary wish, tho motive power, Of everv man
composing 1.-THE power Of men rushing, as
with one purpose, to reinsta,e the flag OF our
Union, and save the Republic. That, SOL
diers, is your mission; and you have COM
msader who, with lightning speed, will lead
you to conquest. and with equal speed will
transmit the glory OF your Iabors 10 ihe re-
motest corners of your country. And now,
permit me, though the shades Of night are
falling upon US. to indulge in few words as
to the Cause Of the war, and the means by
which il is to be- brought TO successful term
nation. The material aid l have already
adverted to; the motive power remains to be
commented upon. On the one side you have
the Confederate army; on The other side you
have the Union-,he Federal army. Now.
difference between these two words. in their
common acceptios, is the cause for which
tn 50 two armi,s are fighting. 1t Ia Seces
sion against Federation; Federation against
Secns on. Nationality Against disuni"n; ccn
foSion against order; xnarcl,y against good.
free and liberal Government--a Government
made equally by the Fathers Of the South aud
the Fathers Of the North. We are in rev
oIutionary period. The South contends for
the right OF revolution. We admit the right:
but while we admit it we invoke the sole un.
pire which may be invoked on such occ' sions
the empire of the sword, the empire Of
force, the ultima ratio, the last effort to which
men appeal when ther tave differences other
wise irreconcilsble. They-the Soulh-have
sorted to arms, and they have compelled US
W Y w ssuio fesvV', AUD w tuoy S'"'H
il is a war Of self preservation on their part.
it is equally q war OF self preservation on ours,
and il we are in controversy for very existence,
then | contend that ell the resources, all the
means within ourselves, individually, collect
lively, and nationally, must DO rescrted to and
adopted. Applause. But some frend--a
doubter -exclaims: "WoulI you disrupt and
tear assunder the Constitution Where ia
the Constitutionl Would you tread and
trample upon that sacred instrument, and no
longer acknowledge it's bind forcei No
longer be bound by its compromises and de-
creesf L answer, no. The Constitution, by
tho necessity Of the controversy, is cast be-
hind the arena Of the strife. May it res, there
safe until the present strife being over, it shall
be restored To its original purity and force. -
Like The ~ il leaves when lost, the remain.
der becomes more valuable in our eyes
aud in the midst Of carnage we will clasp
to our bosoms that instrument y hose worth
has never been transcended by human ef
forts. Soldier, to what means shall We re
sort TO for our existencei This war is devoted
not merely to victory and its mighty honors,
not merely to the triumph which moves in