The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-09-20

marks, made to the Forty Eighth New York Vol
unteers at Pulaski, which we present as exhibiting
the tenor of what he said elsewhere. After es-
corting the General and suite from the landing to
the Fort, and executing admirably various lattal-
ion maneuvres, the regiment was drawn up in line,
and havingbeen introduced by Colonel Barton, the
General spoke as follows -.
SOLDIERS OF THE FoRTY-EIGHTH :-It gives me
great pleasure to meet you here inside of this
fortress a fortress recovered by your own prow-
ess from the enemy; fortress you now hold; a
fortress planned by the Government Of the United
States and built by it, but which hal been seized by
the rebels. Those rebels you have dispossessed i;
those rebels you 6lye compelled to lower their flag
before you and those rebels you have been instru-
mental in defeating and capturing. need not say
to understanding the nature of this war and all
all its objects rwhat you are expected to do. You
are too Intelligent; you think too much; you are
volunteers, andy volun teers you unde stand your
duty and the lRQnsbilities devolved upon you. /
am hse st to you but thrust not entirely a
stranf inn although this probably is the first
time h I'D the opportunity of looking upon
nv A. Irm. / am here to say that we have
kaj AZ ork to perform. l am just from the
WI having conyersed and associated
- kpg men Of the country, am satis-
fed Ul4 Edfk before usis the most stupendous,
the mosS duous that has ever been attempted ;
andzt iao.dSerk in which we never Can be success
ful 4h enter upon it with a firm determine
N6R neS> suecumb Ibclieye that we are fight
ipZ he battle of Human Liberty, not for this cOun-
y h for the whole world. / believe that
- his of the Old World would say, if this
IN hlic were rent in twain, that it was an
- O0ldte f4lacy to believe that man can govern
himself and that the interests of the governing class
and of the people were so radically inverse to
render all attempts atRepublican government fail
ures. If we permit the iron heel of the Southern
aristocracy to crush US, undertake to say before
you all that the last hope of Humanity will die out
forever. Allloyers ofhumanity are looking upon
us with anxiety. Responsibilities are devolying
upon us, greater than have ever beforc devolved
upon any people on the earth. The responsible
ties of the French Revolution were nothing COM
pared tc those under which We labor. That was
contest against oppression, an uprising Of the
people against tyranny. But this is contest for
human freedom "a contest for the absolute SUI
premacy of the people ;-it is contest in which is
arrayed absolute liberty on the one hand, and On
the other the most hateful and abOninable aristoc
racy And now the grand question is this: Are
We to meet with success or not2 We cannot meet
with success unless the soldier enjoys the conf
denee of his officers, and the officers that of the
soldier. Now, ! am an old soldier; so old, that,
thirty years ago, was stationed, in the regular
army at St. Augustine ;-and though at that time
had not the slightest idea of reaching the official
rank now hold, yet l am now the commanding
officer Of this Department. L have been in the
field, and II understand it perfectly. have fought
the enemy through 400 miles of territory, and new
er knew what it was to be checked or turned back.
fLoud cheers and cries of ssGood.'' "That the
talk, !" etc.] will tell you of another trait of my
character am very restless. / don't know how
to b. still. If you were to c0nine me within q
fortress, or upon one Of these islands, should feel
as thoagh were in penitentiary. don't know
what the ol ject of the government was in sending
me here but it is the duty of a good soldier to
obey orlers without waiting for words of explana-
ton, and as good soldier I obeyed. I was tJld
that would receive instructions here-instrue-
tions which had been given my predecessor
would answer for my guidance. find that those
instructions permit me to do pretty much as
please; and / shall endeavor to do the best can.
assure youof this: that win omit no opportu-
nity of giving Won active employnent You shall