The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-29

their sedtioas work with their lives, or are
! seeking refuge behind the Boston Mountains and
the shores of the Arkansas river.
The last days were hard, but triumphant Sur
! rounded and pressed upon all sides by an enter
/. prising, desperate and greedy enemy-by the
Missouri and Arkansas mountaineer, the Texas
Ranger, the finest regiment of Louisiana troops,
and even the savage lndan--alnost without
food, sleep or camp-fircs, you remained firm and
unabashed. awaiting the moment when you could
drive back your assailants or break through the
iron circle by which the enemy thought to crush
or capture. US all, and plant the rebelious flag
/ or the rocky summit OF Pea Ridge
/ You have defeated all their schemes. When
at McKissicks' farm, west oil Bentonville, you
extricated yourselves from their grasp by q
nights march, and secured train of two hun.
dred wagons before the enemy became aware of
| the direction yon had taken, instead of being
cut off, weakened and driven to the necessity OF
| giving battle under the most unfavorable cir
| cumstances, you joined your friends and COM
rades at Sugar Creek, and thereby saved your
selves and the whole army from being separated
and beaten in detail.
/ On the retreat from Bentonville to Sugar
| Creek-a distance Of ten miles-yon cut your
way through an enemy at least five times strong
er than yourselves. The activity, elfpossession
and courage of the little band of six hundred
will ever be memorable in the history of this
| war.
| When, on the next day, the great battle be-
gan, under the command of Gen. Asboth, you
assisted the Fourth Division with all the cheer
funess and alacrity of good and faithful soldiers
that division on that day holding the most
| important position-whilst Col. Osterhaus, CO.
| operating with the Third Division, battered
| down the hosts of McCuloch on our left, and
Major Paten guarded our rear.
IN ft,o h fl,a, oh . k, kl
right place. 1t was the first opportunity you
had OF showing yourfull strength and power In
less than three hours you formed in line of bat
| tie, advanced and cooperate with our friends on
the right, and routed the enemy so completely
that ne lied like dust before hurricane And
| so it will always be when traitors, seduced by
| selfish leaders and prosecuted by the pangs Of
an evil conscience, are fighting against soldiers
who defend good cause, are well drilled and
officers, and do not shrink from dangerous as
sault when, at the proper and decisive moment
it is necessary.
You may look with pride on the few days
Just passed, during which you have SO glorious
ly defended the flag of the Union. From two
O'Clock on the morning of the 9th, when you
arrived from Keetsvile in the common encamp-
ment, you marched Fifty miles, fought three bat
| ties, took not only battery and flag from the
enemy, but more than a hundred and fifty pris-
oners-among them Acting Brigader General
Herbert the commander Of the Louisiana forces,
and his Major; Col Mitchell, of the Fourteenth
Arkansas Colonel Stone, Adutant General of
Prices forces, and Lieut.. Col. John H. Price,
whose life was twice spared, and who has now
for the second time violated his parole, and was
arrested with arms in his hands.
You have done your duty, and you can justly
claim your share in the common glory of this
victory. But let us not be partial, unjust or
| naughty. Let US not forget that alone were
| too weak to perform the great work before us
Let US acknowledge the great services done by
all the brave soldiers of the Third and Fourth
Divisions, and always keep in mind that ''united
we stand, divided we fall" Let us hold out and
push the work Throughout by mere words and
great clamOr, but by good marches, by hard
ships and fatigues, by strict discipline and effec-
tive battles.
Columbus has falen-Memphs will follow,
and if you do in future as you have done in these
past days Of trial, the time win soon come when
you will pitch your tents on the beautiful shores
of the Arkansas river, and there meet our iron
clad propellers at Little Rock and Fort Smith.
Therefore, keep alert, my friends, and look for
ward with confidence. F. SIGEL,
Brig. Gen. Com'nding First and Second Divs.
Andrew Johnson,s APPEAL 10 the Peo.
pie OF Tennessee.
FELLow-CIrIzENs: Tennessee assumed the
form of body polite, as one of the United
States of America, in the year seventeen hum
dred and ninety-six, at once entitled to all the
privileges of the Federal Constitution, and
bound by all its obligations For nearly sxty-
five years she continued in the enjoyment of all
her rights, and in the performance of all her du-
| ties, one of the most loyal and devoted of the
| sisterhood of States She has been honored by
<ha 80 of ba. ,;t; tb ;.k
est place in the gift of the American people,
| and third had been nominated for the same
! high Office, who received liberal though inef-
| fective support. Her population had rapidly
and largely increased, and their moral and ma
eerial interests correspondingly advanced. New
er was people more prosperous, contented and
happy than the people of Tennessee under the
| Government of the United States and none so
little burdened for the support of the authority
by which they we're protected. They felt their
| Government only in the conscientious enjoy.
| ment of the benefits it conferred and the bles-
sings it bestowed
| Such was our enviable condition until within
tie year just past, when, under what bsneful
| influences it is not my purpose now to inquire,
the authority of the Government was set at de-
fance, and the Constitution and Laws contemn-
ed, by rebcllious, armed force. Men, who, in
addition to ordinary privileges and duties of the
citizen, had enjoyed largely the bounty and Off
clal patronage OF the Government, and have by
repeated oaths, obligated themselves to its sup
port, with sudden ingratitude for the bounty
and diregard for their solemn obligation, engag-
ed, deliberately. and ostentatously, in the nc.
co nplishment of its overthrow. Many, accus-
toned to defer to their opinions and to accept
their guidance, and others, carried away by ex.
citement or overawed by seditious clamor, ar.
rayed themselves under their banners, thus or
ganizing reasonable power, which, for the
time being, stifled and suppressed the authority
of the Federai Government.
In this condition of affairs it devolved upon
the President, bound by his official oath, to pre-
serve protect and defend the Constitution, and
charged by the law with the duty of suppress
ing insurrection and domestic violence, to resis,
and repel this rebellious force BY the military
arm of the Government, and thus to re-establisf
the Federal authority. Congress, assembling al
an carly day. found him engaged in the active
disc hsrge of this momentous and responsible,
trust That body came promptly to his aid, ant
while supplying him with treasure and arms tC
an extent that would previously have been con
sdered fabulous, they, at the same time, will
almost absolute unanimity, declared ''that thi
war is not waged on their part in any spirit 0
oppression, nor for any purpose Of conquest O.
subjugation, nor for the purpose Of oyerthrowing
interfering with the rights established ipsti
tutions Of these States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy OF the Constitution and t,
preserve the Union with all the dignity, equalit
and rights of the several States unimpaired; an,
that as sooni as these objects are accomplished
the war ought TO cease" In this spirit, and b.
such cooperation, has the President conducted
J this mighty contest, until, as COMMANDMENT
chief OF the army, he has caused the national fla
to Hoat undisputed over the capitol of our State
{ Meanwhile the State Government has disappea.
, ed. The Executive has abdcated; the Legisla
tnre has dissolved the Judiciary is in allegiance
The great ship Of State, ireighted with its pre-
J cious cargo of human interests and human hope
its sails all set, and its glorious flag unfurlec
, has been suddenly abandoned by her officer
e and mutinous crew, and left to float at the mel
cy of the winds, and to be plundered by ever
e rover upon the deep. Indeed the work Of plur
E der has already commenced. The archives hav
been desecrated; the public property stolen an
, destroyed; the vaults of the State bank viols
ted, ard its treasures robbed, including the fund
g carefully gathered and consecrated for all tim
| tf. the in nf children