Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-27
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Jul BDGk1tEAA Esto c4AEGE.
The following is q fall sepoFt Of Col. Gosh.
ranefs speech, undo 10 Els soldiers Oh tba oG-
session of the presentation 81 Hsg on the 18Th
Glt.
golaRas OF HHE FIRsr J11rgD STATES
cH8sseURs: Bravo gole1etl hsge
word IL say go FoE To-day You have cagaa-
ed in 40 at5aous struggle Yea hare Egosecat,
ca =; yoh intopd 70 prosecute il; y8u isve
stood unAiAchnglY befere tho enemy yoa have
proved yours5lges patriotic: ebls, and tfiad
soldiers, and saa ara entitled ta tbe maea 0s
praise. Il gonr commander, thss day feel tlqt
/; is proud d0ty to extend to yoa tae band
OF appr9bstioa, aud % declare fls. you are
xorlb5 Of yoar roaatrg.
Soldiers, You hsye undergone LAHORE sou
have faced the eae1g; you haga stoaa 7iFdA
ons retrsating betere thsir 6rei you hage borne
tho inelemsBeies q tie seas56, agd you ara
ready 10 aagsnee With taat grand ariay sf
Wlish yoa are part. 1our cguntfy opens
Us arms receives yoa to its bosom. 1t will
always praise and applaud Jau. It's eonuan-
deig etaad 81 t59 bead of tic celqm1, and
With yoU behiDd tbem. they ars net % be de-
ssssea. RHl tie eofaelaDd is toshsonias-
/ forwaf3, nlag5A toward tbe enemy. Ieke
aia p3ss sions, for thsy aFa yours they arc
yoafa % 8esuPg; thsg are yours 70 enjos yoa
aFa 10 msgeaeers yo1 ere no plundgreEs
Of property not your oWn, but you are the
avengers of taa law: gan ara he right ara
q Shs Cy3altpion; under your tag magel
patgiotisaA4a order, aai Fepublisan iastit4r
t9Ha; I'd year tfaju failow peace pYo7Petity
s slsi4 s.4 &
nigh potegtates, an1 tie ARIA through which
key strike is s.s aga of tie pofgay publie
serFant e6a SIS - keal4s3 $50 assss@la saaseas
The Secretary of 81 az. Soldiers. yeu havs
been called 30 the field, not as maraaaass ana
merceparies, but as iho defenders of cur high
taltA, defenders of eur eiorioas Feputati6u,
defenders Of osf b2or and renowa, afoasd
ahioh cluster cha mamarics Of the past, and
whose feats aud perfeealanoss viii jet distia-
gaisa tie future. Yea are lea forward BIZ
commander unjar whom to serve it is a pride
fgr the highest amoag US. lie epj1gs The
confidence of tae people. ana his tepntaslon
Plreadg renders poweTless ghe arns Of yanr
enemies. By BIN wa havo Fon victories III
tbs South, and by these victories We have as
sofeaoes og triameBs yss to ooao. Eeaafcgs
Is 0ars- Charleston naY be 0urs-the whole
country nov disiate eeFetad lasg be shortly ani-
ed by The foE5s oE tlose rals Of whiab yen
arc part, end tba UDi7a ance a7re sisaify
60 the world thc intent 81 t6at glorious 9uat
80, z Plegf50s Uasaa Ihaa 40 longer sba,l
30 heard tbai fell doctrine of ssasasi0n Wbieh
would iesg rs asunaeF4 and eistf2css par, irea
part, tbis glorious 0fien bat sael ail ba
~ we hava bsenl one al& igsaparabls, under
Cue asg OF cur glorious spatioaality Fen b. cur
fathers and preserved by you. aPplaG5e -
Here ls assembled upon tho banks Of the Po-
tomao en- army the ike Of whish the World
has ueYsr seen. Ihe motive which has gath
cred that army together never before was pros
ssDtaa 50 lhe eye Of history. It was congre- !
gated by nosdespotie order; it was the Yoluns
tary wish, tho motive poEer, Of every man
composing 1.-THE power of men rushipg, as
With one purpose, 10 painstate the flag Of cur
bniol and save lhe Republic. That, soldiers,
IS your mission; aud yoa have commander
wbo, with lightpiag speed, viii lead you to
conquest, and with equal spsed will transuit
the glory of your iabers TO tha Famotest ear-
ners Of our country. And now, permit me
though tho shades Of night are falling upon
us, 70 indulge 10 few words as 10 the cause
Of the war, aud the means by abieh il is 70
be brought 20 q successful TERMINATION. The /
metaFia sid | have already advarted to; tho
motive power remains 10 be oopnested upon. /
On the ons SIDE you hsFe the Confederate ar
ay~o oa tie other side yeu have tbe grand
Uaion--sLs Federal army. Nov. the differ
enee between these two words, 10 t6sir oenl-
nou aeeeptation,is il the cause for which these
tao are lighting, Il j. Secession against Fed-
eratioa; Fe6eraiion against Secession. Na-
tlonality against dsunIon; confusion ageinst
ordeyi anarchy agsln7t good, free, and ilb-
erai 9oVefnaant--a Government made equal, /
BY tae Balhars Of the South ard tha E4th-
ers Of the North. We arc 10 a revolutionary
period. The South eoutends for tie right Of
revolution. We admit she right; but while
we aSmit It, We invoke tbs sote umpire which
nay beigvoksa On suca oosasions--lha umpire
ct the sword, Ebp napiFe Of force, tha aifi9a.i
ratio, that LAST eflortto which uen aspee
wasn taey havs differences otherwise irrecon-
eilable. They--the south--hags resortea to
arms, and thay havB eompelsd as to the Sane
resort and II they elaiA that, 1t is q. war Of
self preservation On thsir Part, ii il aqually
var Of self-pFeaeFvstien on ours aud il we
ara 10 controversy FOR very existence, then
eenieud that ell tho resources, all ghs msshs
within ourselves, Individually, collectively,
aud nationally, must be rosaFtsd to and adept-
ed lAp4aaase But solns ssjertl--a doubt.
ef--exegaiais: Would you disrupt and tear
assiadeT tie C6eStltntious1 ahags il sho
: Gouantusien1 Would you tread sad tgaapla
upon that sacred i0asfsmans, aaa 40 longer
acknowledge III hineing foEee3 Nc longer be