Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-11-29
SPEECH OF
Col. John Cochl.arsc
T0 Ills soldiers.

tochrane, New York democratic Congress
man, 10 his soldiers, ON Wednesday, Nov.
ID, it'being the ocedsinii Of the presenta-
iion of tlag:-
I SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST UNITED
STATES CHAssEuRs Bfavo Colonel.
i have a word to say TO yon to-day. You
have engaged in an ardaous struggle. You
have prosecuted Ii; you lnteid TO prosecute
ii; YOU have stood .ntiiuehiugly before the
enemy; you have proved yourselves patr-
otic, able, and tried soldiers, and you dire
entitled to the need of praise. ], your COM
rnander: this day feel that it is proud duty
to extend I'd yot the hand of appreciation,
and to declare that you are worthy of your
country.
Soldiers, yoti have undergone labor you
haze faced the enemy; you have stood
without retreating before their fire you
and you are ready to advance with that
grand army of which you are part: Your
country opens It's arms, receives you to its
bosom. It will always praise and applaud
you. Its commanders stand at he Head of
the column, aud with ydi behind them,
/ they are not TO be deferred. But the COM
Hand is forthcoming forward, march to-
ward the enemy. Take his possessions, for
they are yours to occupy they are yours
to enjoy; you are no marauders, you are
no plunderers of property not Your own,
but you are the aeGngers of the law; you
are The right arm of the CONSTITUTION un-
der your flag march patriotism and ORDER
and republican institutions ; in your train
follow peace, prosperity and liberty you
are the servants of these high potentates,
and the arm through whicL they strike in
the arm Of the worthy public servant who
4 stands behind me on this occasion, the Sec
retary of War. Soldiers you have been
/ called to the field, not as marauders and
mercenaries, but as the defenders of our
/ high faith, defenders of our glorious repu-
tation, defenders of our honor and renown,
around which cluster the memories of the
/ past and whose feats and performances will
/ yet distinguish the future. You are led
\ forward by a commander under whom TO
serve it is pride for the highe-t among us.
He enjoys the confidence of the 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 assurances Of tri-
umphs yet to come. Beaufort is ours
1 Charleston may be ours--the whole coun-
try now disintegrated may be shortly united
by the forces of those arms of which you
are part; and the Union once more signi-
fy to the World the intent of that glorious
motto, e Pluribas Uaan. Then no longer
shall be heard that fell doctrine of seces-
sion which would tear us asunder, and dis
tract, part from part, this glorious Uliion !;
but we shall all be as we have beefi, one
and inseparable, under the flag of our slo-
rions nationality won by our fathers and
preserved by you. Applause.] Here is
assembled upon The banks of the Potomac
an army the like Of which the world has
never seen. The motive which has gath
/ cred that army together never before was
presented to the aye of history. 1t was
eongrt gated by no despotc order; il was
the voluntary wish, the motive power of
every man composing it--thepower of men
rushing, as with one purpose, to reinstate
the fsg Of our Union and save the Repub-
/ lie. That, soldiers, is your mission and
| you have commander who, with lightning
/ speed; viii lead you to conquest, and with
equal speed will transmit the glory of your
Lbors to the remotest corners of our cocn-
try. And now; permit me; though tie
shadows Of night are falling npon Us, to In
/ dulge in few words AS to the cause of the
war, and the means by which il is to be
/ brought to successful Termination. The
material aid | have already adverted TO
the motive power remains to be comment
ed tfpon. On the one side you have the
confederate army; on the other side you
have the grand Uni5n-the Federal army.
Now, the difference between these two
words, in their common acceptation. is the
cause for which these two armies are fight
ing. 1t is Secession against Federation
Federation against Secession. Nationality
against disunioh confusion against order
anarchy against good, free, and liberal
Government Government made equal
ly by the Fathers OF the South and the
Fathers of the North We are i1 d fev0-
lutionary period. The South contends for
the right of revolution. We admit the
right but while we admit il, we invoke Tire
sole umpire which may he invoked on such
occasions--thc umpire of the sword, the
umpire Of force, tue ultima ratio, that last
effort to whieh men appeal when they have
differences otherwise irreconcilable. i hey
the South-have resorted to arms, and
they have compelled us TO the same resort.
and is they claim that, it is war OF self
preservation on their part, i = equally a