New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-19
LOCAL MILITARY MATTERS.
DEPARTURE OF THE ONEIDA REGIMENT.

DEPARTURE OF THE ONEIDA REGIMENT.
The 18th Regiment New-York Volunteers COM
posed Of mechanics and farmers from Oneida County,
7sC strong arrived in this City at the foot of Fourteenth
street, North River on two Hudson River barges in
tow Of the propeller Henry Andrew yesterday at III
o'clock. a large delegation Of tic Sons OF Oneida,
numbering nearly 1000, appeared, aud welcomed the
volunteers to the metropolis. Soon after their ARRIVAL
n squad Of - Sixteenth Precinct Policemen leading
the column cleared the way, and Rubeis band, The
cscor with the regiment following, marched ny Four
teontb street and down Fifth avenue TO Washington
square, Tie regiment was hated and drawn up n
is southerly side Of tho Parade Ground where they
were duly welcomed by tho Hon. c. p. Kirkland aud
Clas. Tracy ESQ.
srErcH OF TUE HOS c. y, KIRKLAND.
Col. McQgair, OFcer,, and Men oftte lAH Regi-
meat; On behalf and IN the name oil me sons OF
Oneida, now residents of Newborn ana brooklyn,
or dsputed 10 welcome You to this oity, your way
10 tie lefeuse If noble Constitution and Union,
which are now threatened BY pirracidal bands by
those WHO have from them derived all the blessings
they have ever enjoyed. Tic contest on which yoa
ar, now TO enter is the most int resting aud important
that has ever engaged the attention Of mem Tor this
var INV friends l. war solely for The purpose Of
maintaining and preserving the Contltui)n ANA Tie
Union. lie only purpose Is TO preserve TO perpetnate
and IN % future generations, that great boon
of civil and ,elg ous liberty which purchased for
us and for them by the blood Of our faihers This
causo IT, indeed, glorious canfe, and the eyes of all
the friends Of Liberty N all parts 81 the world are
fixed upon YOU. for the result depends tAe moment
question wheiher man ls ehPsvle y. heh'Bo'cin-
ment.
Yonr old neighbors and friends in bs city meet you
with heartfelt welcome. We congratulate you upon
the absolu;e certainty Of success in such cause Glory
and Triumphant victory before you tcheers) for
who eau be 20 mad doubt for moment whether
seven or eight millions Of people, based OH volcano
Of four millions Of slaves, will not be conquered by
twenty millions led on by a holy enthusiasm SO
long M men will eight did the Oneida patriots Of the
Revolution al Orskany aud at Fort Schuyler, so long
will theA sons be eager TO emulate brave deeds and
gallant actonr. The greatest honor that have 10 The
satisfaction Of having at this moment Two naive Onei-
da boys in the ranks Of the Flat Regiment at Washing
ton. Cheers Ny friends, thnce WELCOMED Your
cause il the Of truth Of Justice Of civil and re-
lgious liberty, aud never in the b tory OF man was
defeat recorded in such cause. III II be your good
fortune ia the Of events 10 come across or fall In
with five men whose names are Cobb, Floyd, Ihomp-
son, Twiggs aud Davis, j pray you 90 not let Them
escape. lChoers.
SPEECH OF CHARLES TRACY, EsQ.
Col McQu0de officers and mtmbeTs 81 The Reg
iment. / an commissioned TO present TO you In the
name Of the sons Of Oneida County yesding III this
city and Brooklyn, with this regimenial COLOR for the
use OF your regiment. Tie Oneidans here, not Tor
getting the land of their nativity aud the associations
OF their boyhood dered that the 81 Oneida Regiment
should rot pass our own home without bearing with
them some token Of our fraternity This IS the most
we can do for you except to assure you oil our sym
patty in the glorious cause which you have adopted
The memory of Oneida County, 10 man who has
parsed his boyhood among its green ha, Tch vaneys
and noble woods, dies out, but hives with the
thoughts of age. Oneida County is full OF assocations
was there tuat the patriot Baron steuben clos ID his
valuable nfe il VIII there that the sturdy men OF the
Valley OF the Mohawk endured the sege OF Fort
Schuyler for twenty days, 100 miles from any relief
and at last successfully drove away their besegersi
-. Al. A. a. Nailn MI hA
hawk met their enemies in the fields and woods at
Orisksny, giving them battle twice on the same day,
and diving them away, British and savgse together.
Could Oneida County fail to furnish men Tor such
war ar this
Again there brssthes that haunted air
The sous Of size. who conqurred there,
With arm 10 STRIFE ard soul to dare
AZ quick ~ isr 80 they.
Gentlemen you zee emhazoDed upon this flag, IN
single shield the arms Of the Union and OF the State Of
New-YOTk. Well joined The Lrst Continental Con-
gress was held at Albany in 7J5; tie first President,
Warrington sworn into Office IN Wall street IN
this city, by the Chancellor OF the state OF New Ioik
New York furnished 10 the Of 1872 vastly beyond
it's quota both OF militia aud volunteers, ana now, IN
this sacred war OF liberty, brings up 40,OOO men.
IChcers. These Joint arms will fly together on our
hsgr when Ne and Traitorism shall have been
crushed out Of this land Ours il war OF deisns-.
Upon every Of this soil at home, until our
feet step into the Gulf OF Mexico. What crime can
supast that Of those Secessionsts who wantony seek
10 destroy our Rralu refuge VI tue oplo:neui " h
men struggling for liberty In every CLINE quail, ana
every European dungeon deeper III Its gloom Inc
time has cone in the sihirs OF men when liberty and
iosice in this country must be maintained. Great
CbecnngI
To wage wAr here is 10 wage it against the enemies
a humanity Alas gentlemen, politics, theory, and
,biloophy do much 10 smeornte the condition OF man,
bu, there IL proposition which have long thought OF
az a metaphysical, yet true one that there never
was-there never can be-any great Liberation OF man,
except by the sword People may shrink from 1t, but
tell you the profession Of arms is, In my mind, a ga
cred calling.
After abiding to the dangers Of warfare and the
honors Of fighting and dying for good cause, Inc
Norfolk and promised that not only would the latter re-
member them, bus they would do for them whatever
lay ia their power and Whenever opporuniies point
cd eut the occasion.