Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-23
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""N q epS'ShI maui W us SOiulefS OF
the evening of the 18th, on the occasion oil
the presentation Of flag, reported by the
Tribunc's special The reader will not fail
to notice the full aud unequivacal endorse
meut Of the glowing and forcible sentiments
by Secretary Cameron
ooLDlERs OF TIE FIRST U. S. CHAssEURs :
bravo Colonel | have word to say to
you 10 DAY You have engaged in an ar
duouS struggle. You have prosecuted il :
you Intend to prosecute it; YOU have stood
unlinchingly before the cnemv: vou have
proved yourself patriotic, able and tried
soldiers, and you are entitled to the meed
OF praise. |, your commander. this day feel
that it is proud duty to extend to Won
the hand OF appreciation, and to declare
that you are worthy of your country
Soldiers, you have undergone labor Won
have faced the enemy you have stood with.
out retreatiDg before their fire Won have
borne the inclemencies 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.
bosom. 1t will always praise and applaud
you. Its commanders stand at the head of
the column. and with you behind them.
they are not to be deferred. But the com.
maud is forthcoming march TO.
ward the enemy. Take his possessions, for
they are yours they are yours to occupy |:
Ihey are yours to enjoy you are no maraud-
ers, You are no pIundcrers of property not
your own, but you are the avengers of the
law ; you are the right arm of the Consti-
tuition under your flag march patriotism
and order, and republican institutions in
your train follow peace, prosperity and lib
er'y you are the servants Of these high 10.
Iehta'eS, aud the arm through which they
strike Is the arm of the worthy nublic ser.
want who stands behind me on this occasion
the Secretary of War. Soldiers A! YOU have
been called to the field not as marauders
and mercenarieS, bnt as the defenders Of
our high faith, defenders of our gloriou.
reputation, defenders of our bonor and re
nown, around which cluster the nemorie.
of the past, and whose feats and perform
ances will yet distinguish the future. You
are led forward by a commander under
whom to serve it is pride for the highest
among US. He enjoys The confidence OF the
people, and his reputation already renders
powcrIess the arms of your enemies. BY
him we have won victories in the South,
and by these victories We have assurances
of lriumphs yet to come. Beaufort is ours
Charleston may be ours--the whole coan.
try now dsintergrated may be shortly unit,
ed by the force 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 Piaribus Unum. Then no longer
lall be heard that tell doctrine of secession
which would tear us asunder, and distract
part from part this glorious Unioa bui
we shall all be as we have been one aud in
SCI arabic, un Ter the flag of our glorious
nationality won by our fathers and preServ-
ed by you. Applause. Hereis assemb
ed upon the banks Of the Potomac an army
the like of which the world has never seen.
The motive which has gathered that army
together never before was presented to the
eye of history. 1t was congregated by nc
despotic order il was the voluntary wish,
the motive power, of every man composing
1.-THE power of men rushing, as with one
purpose, to rcinsta,e the flag of our Union
aud save the Republic. That, soldiers, is
your mission and you have commander
who, with lighting speed, will transmit the
glory of your laborS to the remoiest corners
of our country. And now, permit me,
though the shades of night are falling upon
US, to indulge in few words as 10 the
cause of the war, and the means by which
il is brought to a successful termination
The material aid have already adverted
to the motive power remains TO be com.
mented upon. On the one side you have
the Confederate army on the other side
you have the grand Union-the Federal
army. Now, the difference between these
two words, ia their common acceptation, is
the cause for which these two armies are
fighting. 1t is Secession against Fedora
tion :; Federation against Secession,
Nationality against disunion con-
fusion against order anarchy against a
good, free, and liberal GoverBment--a
Government made equally by the Fathers
of the South and the Fathers ofthe North.
We are in a revolutionary period, The
South contends for the right of revolution,
We admit the right ; but while We admit it.
We invoke the sole umpire which may he in
voked on such occasions--the umpire OF
force, the ultima ratio, that last effort to
which men appeal when they have dfferen'
ces otherwise irreconcilable. They--the
Soulh-haye resorted to arms, aud they have
compelled us to the same resort, and iflhey
claim that, it is war of self-preServation
on their part, it is equally war of self pres
ervalon ON ours, aud if We are in contro-
versy for very existance, then | contend
that all the resources, all the means
within ourselves, Individually, collectively
and nationally, must be resorted to ano
adopted. Applause. But some friend
"a doubter-exclams Would you dis
rupt aud tear assunder the Constitution ?
Where is the Constitution Would yot
tread aud trample upon that sacred instru
meut and not acknowledge its binding forcel
No longer be bound by its decress | an
Swer no. The Constitution, by the neeessl'
ty of the controversy, is cast behind the
arnea of strife. May it rest there sale un-
I'll the present strife being over It shalt oe
restored to its original purity ana lorce'
Like the sybil leaves when lost the remain,
der become more valuable in our eyes ana
in the midst of carnage we will clasp TO our
bosoms that instrument whose worth has
never been transcribed by human efforts.
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