The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-09-23

has been consecrated in the South. We
are at war with people who have been
educated to believe they are contending
for their liberties; they are carrying on
this contest with unity and determine
ton; their armies have acquired the
solidity and consistency of regular
troops. To reduce such rebellion will
require the utmost exertion Of our force
and the immediate use of every advant,
age which naturally falls to our share in
the contest. Their determination to
obtain success is unconquerable. To
subdue them their designs must be made
impossible, and the unity which gives
them strength must be ours also.
To secure this unity we must rouse
ourselves TO extraordinary exertons.
Not only must every possible means be
used to damage the enemy in the tield, ,
but we must guard vigilanly against the
enemies in our midst. Cheers. While
you have been Loyalty occupied with the
defense of the country and sending your
voters TO the field, the Pro Slavery party
has been stealthily and busily employed
in organizing to control the elections,
and TO secure a victory of which they
already feel assured. To counteraci
them you must iabor--you must make
it matter of individual labor in order
to give this force of unity to The work
be fore us, and every vote deposited in
the ballot box tells rs surely on the con-
test rs blood stained musket left on the
field. The endurance and steady cour-
age of our soldiers must be supported by
united public opinion at home, and
when some brilliant victory flashes
across the clouds Of war, let respon-
sive glow light up the undivided hearts
of the North. Loud cheers.
We might make concessions and give
up advantages if our contest was for this
generation only. If we were eontending
for ourselves only, we might compromise
or let it go. Individual prosperity could
be easily secured here or elsewhere
where peace and stable governments
reign. But it is for the long line of gen
erations yet to come in whose interests
we fight this battle. Cheers. We can
not say, after us the deluge," but
must take the time with all its obliga-
tions. Our soldiers go TO the field with
no short aims. Their hopes are not pla
ced upon the temporary success of a bat
tie, and the impulses which govern them
are not these only of personal fame. Re-
member how small their chance for il is .
No such considerations would have car
ried them from their little home circles,
where each absence makes a horrible
blank. lmpelled alone by a generous
patriotism, they fight for their country's S
future-not lis present or theirs; they
have no other reward than the glory and
safety OF the country. Such men | have
seen in the field. | know how cheerful
ly they bear hardship-how silently they
accept wounds and death.
Go 10 the graves OF these honored
dead, and tell them the flag they loved
floats over their regiment upon some glo-
rious feld-will their sleep be disturb
ed Tell them that their names will be
handed down with honor through the
succession of generations-will the blood
again thrill in their veins, and will their
eyes glisten !? Give them, then, while
they can enjoy it, the satisfaction to know
that their efforts have an object Al.
ready you hear the tramp of eager thou
sands fastening to the prepared battle
your fancy in the restless flight brings
you back the voices Of their farewell.
IN Nf a la 1,.lt t,x
oil you will ever hear them again, those
household voices.
Remembering these remembering the
boarded treasures YOU have thrown into
this gull lor. your counlry's goodwill
you hesitate People of Massachusetts,,
will you hesitate to strike with vital force
the unnatural enemy who has compelled
these terrible sacrifices [Cres Of No !
No Shall this blood be shed in vain :?
No! No Baptized in such blood
viii you not name FREE the soil where
il Is shed Yes Yes Shall plough
share guided by the hand of a slave throw
up TO whlten in the sun the bones Of pa
triots who fell in this struggle for their
country ? Cries of No No
Crowd your patr lot soldiers to the
field, happy IN their privilege 10 be there;
make every fight a victory, but let the
men who tall on those red fields die in
the assured belief that their blood was
not merely spilled upon the ground =
that it went TO cement the corner-stoneS
in this great temple Of universal liberty
great cheering, aud when the roar OF
The battle, with all other mortal sounds,
is fading in their ears, let them feel that
their souls, too, are marching on to join
that noble army cheers OF martyrs
which every good cause demands, Jusli-
| fy their sacrifices, and at once. by great
act place yourselves on one Of The grand
pinnacles Of history. And il on that
summit the halo which surrounds you is
tinged with redeemed light reflected
from many bloody field, il will not
come from your setting sun, but viii be
the light of "A new and glorious morning.
which will illuminate the world Ire
mendous applause, which was kept up
for several minutes
The bouquets that were thrown upon
the platform were passed to Mrs Fro;
mont in the balcony At the conclusion oil
the Generals remarks Three cbaars