The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-09-05
Our Now ArmT.


Wednesday the fret regiment 10 I
this State; on Tbufsday q Massachu'
sets regiment set out for Washing.
ton; from the West ne we'll as from
the East thousands are pouring
down, and az fast as the railroads
oan carry them, this second grand
army Of patriots will be borne to
the lines 70 meet the enemy.
They march with Haunting flags
aud with stirring music, and they 10
40 gladly TO defend their country's
honor; yet there arc rnsny anxious
hearts among them. This iresl
amy ia no longer, to 40 great dc
gree ~ tho frat. composed Of Young
men. The new call oil The President
has been obe,ed by thousands who
leave all that most makes life pre-
cious 10 manly hearts; and ne they
raarch out amid the gay shouts oi
lookcrs'on, many man 10 tho ranks
thinks yrinly OF the wife aul babies
dependent on him, and who are Civ,
ing In reality more {, the country
than he who, at most can only give
hie life.
II shouid he a solemn thought To
the head of tho nation that q word
from him three hundred thousand
OF our bcst men are giving mp every
present comfort, every future pros.
pcct. 10 march into the field moro
that many thousands Of women are
silently surreudering plenty and
looking want In tho faco, 80 that he.
the President, may have the necdIul
army to pat down the rebellion, to
rcs;orc the injured honor oi the ia
tion, 10 maintain the Union, which
il as precious to thu least ss to the
greatest among us. He who thus
marshnls n great host to battle, and
in tho same moment another great
host to anxie'ies and struggles, has
upon him o solemn responsibility to
make the bes. use Of his precious
offering which our people lay npon
the altar Of patriotism. He is re-
spousiblo that thcse sacrifices shall
not bo f,r nausht On him will
rect the awful hlsme Of waste. OF
failure, il waste or failure there
should no. As ho sits in his room
at the Capitol and hears these new
regiments marching through the
town, let him consider how many
hopes rest upon him who has called
them from their gnict homes TO bat
tie for the Union; how much de
pends, with all tho men va give,
upon tho way they are led. For
more than eighteen months, now
the pride Of a 9ve It nation has been
hunbled by the thro We and vsunts
of rebels, for whole year our aG ire
have been the sport Of rccAlesa pol
itioians in Enrope, for year past,
we. great free people, have had
these humilations infilcte on US;
have borne Them In silence. and
nsei them only - atir our apirits to
mightier efforts. We have borne
With delays which only made the
anemv strong; no have not been
cast down by reverses for which We
felt tina. not wr, the peopis. but our
leaders. were responsible. Tho con
duet oi this nation, in this year q.
diffcnlIies, OF die sters, OF discour'
nRtmen's. has gained for ns the
prsisa Of ~ men, even our enemies.
IN Europe. and has shown how thor.
oughly tho noDlest qualities Of man
hood, sell possession. teHoctv OF
purp ,sc, and uneeIfi III dlvo'ion to
great duty, Can be developed and
tos,ered under the ircost government
IN tho world.
The nation yearns 10 see prjvod
10 the world that its leaders. too, ere
eqnal to this great occaeion. We
have resson to be proud Of ourselves;
wo should like. too, to point with
eqnsl pride to the skil Of those who
marshal cur hosts to battle, and who
conduct our affairs in this great trial
oi freedom AMI popular government.
The world measures ability by suc'
cess; and Europe, which looks on at
onr struggle with various hopes but
with inteneest interest, cxclaiins
that, great and surprising as are the
iiuits oi Liberty hero. n Tree people
does not yet know how to put its
ahlest men foremost. Wo are Just
ly proud Of the bravery and on
durancc OF our soldiers In battle; we
should like T. he equally proul of
the geniua OF our Generals. II is
no sligk, thing that. t,no alter time,
tho successes and tho escapes VI the
enemy have given them claims mp
OD The admiration OF Europe. II is
not we that proud people shoa!d
bs liumbled to tho face OF the world
for our own--for we Lave given all
that has been asked 10 help on the
great result.
We do not write these words in
reproaeh, but in earnest ad nouition
Ii 10 not only we who guffrr from lis.
aster-or delak which 10 now also
dissster---but the cause of liberty
throughout the world. Every al
heren, OF despo.ism rcioces over our
defeats, and points to our delays as
proof that a free people are not ca,
pab'e Of energy. Every(Her OF lib,
erty in Europe hangs our con