The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-01-02
col. Cochranc,s speech.


ington, some weeks since, on the occasion
Of the presentation Of Gag:
SotDiEns OF Tur FiRsr uSirEp STATES
CuAssguus; Bravo Colmcll have u word
TO say to you to-day You have engaged
in m arduous struggle. You have prosecut-
Ell IL; you intended to prosecute il; yOn have
stood unllnchingly before the onemyi you
have proved yuurFclvos patriotic, ablc, and
tried soldiers, and you arc entitled to the
need Of praise. J, your commander, this
day feel that il is n proud duty to extend
to YOU the hand Of lo our country.
| Sol ljera, you have undergone labor; you
| havo faced tho enemy; YOU have stood
without rctreNtirg before their fire; ycu
! have horno the inclemeucice Of The season.
and You are ready TO aatanco with that
| grand army Of which ',or arc part. Your
country opons j., py liz, receives you to it's
| bosom, I. W.! always praise and applaud
ycu. lts commanders stand at the head OF
the column, mud with you behind them,
/ .hcy arc not TO be deferred. But tho com
mand ia forthcoming forward, march! to-
watl the enemy Take his possessions, for
they are yours they are yours to occupy
! they aye yours to- cniOy; you arc maran'
| dcrs, you are no plundrrers of property not
| your own, but your are the avengers of the
! law; y0u are the right arm of the ConstItu
! tom under yolr flag march patriotism and
| order, and republican institutions; in your
! train follow peace, prosperity and liberty
| yuu arc the servants of these high polenta-
! tes, and tho arm through which they strike
is the arm OF the worthy public servant who
! stands behind me on this occasion, the
! Secretary of War. Soldicrs you have been
Callcd to tho field, not as marauders and
mcrccnarics, but as the defenders OF our
! high faith; defenders Of our glorious reputa-
ton, defenders Of our honor and renown,
around which cluster the memories of the
past, and whose fcats and performances will
| yet distinguish the future. You are led
| toward 10y commander under whom to
! sorve it ia prido for the highest among us.
lie enjoys the confidence Of the people, and
his reputation already renders powcress
tho arms Of your enemies. BY him we
have won victories in the South, and by
| these victories We have assurance Of tri-
umphs vet to como. Beaufort is ours
! Charleston may be ours-thc whole country
now disintcgrated may be shortly united hv
the force of those arms of which you are a
part and the Union ouco more signify to
the world the intent Of that glorious motto
L. Plribus Unum. Then no longer shall he
heard that fell doctrine Of secession which
would tear MS asundcr, and dietract, part
from part, this glorious Union but We shall
all be as VIC have boen, ono and insepara.
BILE, under the flag of our glorious natonali-
| ty won by our fathers and preserved by
you, Applause. Hero is assembled upon
the banks of the Potomac an army the like
of which tho world has never seen. The
motive which has gathered that army to-
gather never before was presented TO the
| ht.t, tod hNt thp
despotic ordor; it was the voluntary wish,
tho motive power, Of every man composing
1.-THE power of men rushing, as with one
purpose, to reinstato the flag Of our Union
and save the Repubnlic. That, soldier, is
your mission; and you have n commander
who, with lightning speed, will lead you to
conquest, and with equh speed will trans
nit the glory OF your labor5 to the remotest
corners Of our county. AID now, permit
me-, though the shades Of night are falling
upon Ills, TO indulge III few words aa t.
tho cause of the war and the means by
which il is to he brought to a successful
termination. The material aid have al
ready advcrted TO; the motive power romans
to be commented upon. On tho oao side
you have the Confederate army; on the
other side you have the grand Uni n---the
the Federal army. Now the difference he
tween these two works, in their common
acccptation, is tho cause for which these
two armies are fighting, II is Secession
against Federation; Federation against
Secession. Nationality against disunion;
confusion against order; anarchy against Il
good, FREQ, aud liberal Governmental Gov
crnmcnt made equally 10y the Fathers of the
South and the Fathers of the North. We
are in u revolutionary period. Tho South
| HE ipt IN rig .,f 'In Wn
admit the right; but while we admit it, we
invoke the sole umpire which may he invok-
cd ON such occasions--thc umpire of the
sword, the umpire of force, the ultima ratio
that last effort to which men appeal when
they have differences otherwise irrcconCla-
bic. They--thc South--havc rcsortcd tC
arms, and they have compelled us to the
same resort and if they claim that, il is a
war of self-prcsorvation on their part, it is
equally war Of sct-prcservation on ours
AMI if wo arc in controversy for very exist
cncc, then contend that all the resources
all the means within ourselves, individually
collectively, aud nationly. must be resorted
TO and adopted LApplause, But some
tricnd--a doubter -exclaims: Would you
disrupt and tear asunder the Constitution
Where is the Constitution Would You
read and trample upon that sacred instru
ment and no longer acknowledge it's bind.
ing forces? No longer he bound 10y it's com.
promises aud DEGREES? answer no. The
, Constitution, by the necessity OF the contr0
versy, IL cast behind the arena of the strife;
May il rest there safe until the present
strife being over il shall he restored to its
original purity and force. Like the sybil
leaves when lost the remainder beoomC
more valuable in our eyes, and in the midst
OF carnage we will clasp to our hosoms that
instrument whose worth has never beer
transcendOd by human efforts Soldiers, tc
what means shall we resort for our exist
cnco? This war is devoted not merely tc
, victory and itS mighty honors, not merely tC
the triumph which moves in glorious pro
. ccssiOn along our streets. But il ia wa,
winch moves toward the protection of oul
homes, the safety of our families, the con
& tinuation of our domestic alters, and tn,
protection of our fresides, In such q wa
5 we are justified, are bound to resort to ever,
force within oar power. Having oponc,
the poct of Beaufort, we shall be able I,
. export millions of cotton palcs, and from
these we may raise the shows of war. D.
5 you say that we should not seize the cotton
No iyou are clear upon that point. Suppos
the munitions of war are within our reach
would we not be guilty of shameful neglcc
II we availed not ourselves of the opportuni
4 ty to use themg Suppose the enemys slave
were arrayed against you, would YOU, fror
u any squeamishness, refrain from poutin,
against them the hostile gun, and prostratin,
'e them IN death? No; that is Your object an,
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