Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-08-15

| lucky, IL Is true, are separated Dy Dfodo i've
but in their history it has proved only thread
of light and beauty, across which their nan9s
and their hearts have ever been clasped in TREND
ship and in faith
In those stirring conflicts for principle which
have arisen In the past, they have stood fogetnei
and on more than one bloody field, shoulder to
shoulder, they borne onward through the thick
est of the fight, that glorious banner, whose
stars, trust, will never grow dim; and now,
your presence here to-day is q gladdening as
surance that in the momentous contest, Oh
whose threshold we stand, these States, so long
allied will not be divided. For myself, must
be pardoned for saying, tha. next to our own
beloved Kentucky, my bosom most overfows
toward the noble State, under whose hospIta-
BILE shelter we have met to-day. 1t was my
fortune to pass my childhood and youth on my
fathers farm upon the banks of yonder river,
and in the light of the morning and of the
evening sun my eyes rested upon the free homes
and forests of Indiana. played upon her hills
and fshed in her streams, and Mingled with
her people, when l was too young TO know,
what trust l shall never be old enough to
learn-that this great country of ours has Ell
ther North or South, East or West, IN the affec-
tions and faith of true ana loyal citizens.
Soldiers, when Napoleon was about to spur
on his legions to combat, on the sands OF an At
| Pvramids that loon,ed Nv, .r,;nst the far-off
horizon he eycl,;noJ q Fra,, Tonder Pvr.m;ds
| twenty centur;as habo,d Yonr act;onsn Tbo
| thought was sublime and eiactr;c. bpt Won have
evep mora than tb;s Wha,, ,,,, eboij con front
these ipfnriated bosts 49, ha,,la-crr ;s
q Down xitb The JTn;ted St.,as - iot vonr NJ
swering shout be, The Government as our ia
thers made it - and when YOU strike, remem-
Der that not only do the good and the great OF
fpiteIv above those of Egyn,ian nvrami5s, but
| that npeounfed oenera,;onr vet r. come ore
looking nm to Won. and cl.;m;no ,t your hands
the unimpaired trsnsm;ss;on te ,Ien, Of th.t
nriceless heritaoa which has I,esn Committed to
our keepinp. / saw ira nn;mna;red transm;s.
siop-in nl3 the amnl;tnle of ;ts ontI;ros in oil
| the svmmetrv of its ma,cbIoss nranort;ons in
ali the palsitatipp fnljness Of ;,s bIets;nns not
m;sarabIv sbr;yaIaJ 81 shottnrod ti;no
cbarred hv ;ba f;res md ,ar IL. ,ha teonests of
revolution. and ali over nolIuted and SCARED by
the bloody poienards of traitors.
Soldiers, YOU have come up to your present
exalted positions over many obstacles and thro'
many chilling discourapemepts. You now pro-
claim 10 the world that the battles which are
about to be fought in defense of our common
country, its institutions, and homes, and your
battles, and that YOU are determined to share
with our fellow -citizeps of other States, alike
their dangers and their laurels: and sure am
that this determination has been in nothing
shaken by the recent sad reverse ofarms whose
shadow is still resting upon our spirits. The
country has indeed lost n battle. but il has not
lost its honor nor its courage nor its hopes, nor
its resolution to conquer. One of these chances
to which the fortunes of war are ever subject,
and against which the most consummate gen :
n,on,ant.rv odr.ntaast 60 .,.. af ~ =,
bcIl;on Groncbe J;d not ,,urs,e ,Io column
Of Rulow and ,bns W,tario,p pau ,r.s NO., for W..
linotop at The verv moment that x;ctorv with
her ia1relled wreath seemed stoon;nn nyer tho
hea,l of NanoIaon 81 P.ttorso, d;d not mr.
sne Jobnstop and tbe orerwha1u,;nn
ration of The rehei tro,ns that +, consaononce
ensued Was nrobahlv M trns - n.nsa ~ 4bo
army Of tLe Ifn;tod S,e.as ~ U.s T Jr;ron I,cI sIe
excellent as was ;,s d;sc;rlne and saif socr'f;c'
;ne as had been its feats Of v.ior -' ''''' INV
Panics from slgbt and saen;nolv ;ns;on;6.
,,nt ao,sos L,ro ".S-I :; 10 - 5,;uaa
and and braxest of .rm;es and tbev M nrove M@ % neither %
the want of discinlina nor ~ ednrage on the
mart of the soldiers This check has taupbt ns
invaluable lessons. which we conId moi have
learned from victorv- wb;Ia the danntless da.
,ina disnlaved hv o',r volnr 10 fnii Of nrom
ice for tbe futnre Not to ,nen,;on the infren;d
bearipo of other rec;m.nts who can doubt anr
future when he recalls onr futnre when he re-.
calls the brilliant CHARGES of the New York
Sixty Ninth and of tbe MINNESOTA First and the
| Fire Zouayesf LeonidasbimseIf while snrvev-
| inc the Persian bost fiat lilo tronhIad ssa
swent on ward 70 tho ross mbore bo stood would
have been nrond of H. 1aaJarsh;o, - snnh ,,a,,
We shall ran;dIv srocoror TOM ,b,s d;scomftnr,
which after ali will Serva o,iv to nerro 70 yet
more extraordinary exertiops The nineteen mil