Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-10
The Uprising of the People--The Spirit of
the Buckeyes.

Cleveland and Toledo Railroad from
Oberlin to Clyde, was thronged with the
friends of the soldiers going and coming
to bring comforts, or to speak the lastfare-
wells to the departing loved ones.
There were many red eyes by the way,
but closely set lips, and erect brows, told
with what resolute hearts they had given
their best to the country. Shout and cheer
were the order of the day, and all the way
young girls stood upon the platform to
lift up baskets of fruit or boquets of
flowers, till at last the whole force passed
out of sight, on a special train on the San
dusky and Dayton Railroad.
Friday morning I took the cars thinking
there would be plenty of room now the SOL
diers were gone and their friends returned
home. Not so; every car was crowded
with citizen soldiers.
"This is not your place" said railroad
official at the door of car, Soldiers cars
are in front"
d" We pay our own fare, sir, and have
right to ride where we please" was the
prompt reply, and in we walked troop of
stalwart men in citizens clothes, armed
with muskets, rifles, old shot guns, and
"queen's arm" "-everythi that could
shoot-suddenly brought out to repel this
insolent threat of an attack upon the peace
and dignity of the good State of Ohio.
Good wives had filled the carpet bags with
rations, homemade blankets and under
shirts were strapped upon their shoulders,
and they set their faces southwark, as if
resolved to turn the tide Of affairs.
At Clyde came the first installment no.
ticed. At Green Springs a young army
was at the platform, men, women and
children, and numbers of the former Joined
our company. Tfin added to our force.
Carey, Forest and Kenton held not back.
Car after car was added. Still the citizen
soldiers came. Every group we passed
paused and swung their hats with a shout.
Women rushed to the doors and gates, and
held up their babes, and swung aprons and
kerchiefs with silent benedictions. Flags
and everything that would represent the
red, white and blue, was flung to the breeze.
Belle Centre, Huntsville and Bellfontaine;
the cry was still they come. Every seat
was full no crinoline asked or claimed
immunity or privilege. At West Liberty,
enthusiasm took on substantial form
and shape. There was no lack of shouts
and cheers, waving os flags, or gathering
of the people. There was all this, and
more. A telegram had been sent ahead,
that at half-past one in the after
noon, the citizen soldiers would dine,
and forthwith rods of narrow tables sprung
into existence, smoking with hot coffee,
tea, biscuit, bread and butter, cheese,
cakes, cookies, fruits canned, cooked and
raw. Every delicacy that the private
home could produce at an hours notice was
there; even the dinner fresh cooked for
the family circle was transferred at once
to the boards.
Oh! what a sight was that, to see those
long rows of old men and young men
standing up to that piled table, taking
things in the natural way-fanked on all
sides by the loyal, earnest, self-sacrifcing
women of West Liberty and its surround
ings "God bless them was the cry that
went up from hundreds Of hearts, uttered
by as many lips.
"All aboard, shouts the conductor
But the table is not half empty. "Take it
along" "take it along, was the cry
Napkins, towels and handkerchiefs came
tumbling through car windows, blaated to
depletion with all tAe gaad things, juT
bled in the hurry into an ola, as the " ,no,.
iarda would say You'll want # --''
per was the shout that cp-,o cVr sup
Oyerpowering the rattle and % TEfaI el'ep US
machinery, and thsa the hear = th'
hurrah, hurrah, went un y hurrah
throbbing heart of ~ from the grea
echoes far ana ne crowd, sending it
yallev' . wide through the hills an'
Of old Logan. AT Urbanna we bad
adieu to the train freighted with so mucl
loyalty and devotion to country, and tool
the cars of the Columbus and Piqu
Railway to Columbus On this road W
heard at every station of the numbers tina
had gone.
/ Dropping off at Milford Centre to visi
son, we found him "enlisted for tn
hour,d-the fourth, if not the fifth, of ou
flock. Saturday we followed to Camp a
Delaware Have you ever been to a count
fair, or a great camp meeting? If 20
have you can fancy the scene. Word ha
r gone out that the l21st Regiment was OF
l dered away on Monday, and the Who'll
r county seemed to be out for a grand pi
: mic. The road leading to camp from tn
E city was lined on either side by teams an
8 wagons, the groves were full, and the pee
e pie were pouring into the camp ground b
hundreds, loaded with baskets, boxes, bag
e bundles and budgets Of provision, fruit
: and melons.
: There were mothers, wives, daughter
= sisters and sweethearts, waiting, oh no
? impatiently, for the drill hours to en-
-- and when they were ended, what a rusl
{ ing TO and fro, each one TO find her oVn-
: Then came the feast, and 1 could not pI
t the sound out Of my ears" Eat, drink az
t be merry, for tomorrow ye die" Butami
e all this revel and rejoicing, there SCENE
: but one feeling and one earnest aspiratiO
: among all; /. c. to conquer this wickC
rebellion, and no one voice reached my c;
c with wailing or repining. "This war
s fearful" they would say, but we give OF
treasures willingly to our country, onl
: asking that the "sum Of all viIlainies
D which has caused this war may be wip,
e out. Slavery must end. There is dal
7 cloud just now hanging before the people
: a deep murmuring at the late discomftur
!. of our Grand Army in Virginia, one swe
o like the muttering of thunder after su
/ try day. They demand more Vigorol
e measures q more earnest prosecution