Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-16
Death of gen. Robert McCook.

From the nashville Union, august 9Th. e. D..
The death of that brave and noble soldier,
Gen. McCook, by the hand of rebel assassin,
will fill the heart of every patriot with indig-
nation and sorrow. A sick man, murdered in
his ambulance, and murdered deliberately;
such death had fate decreed to close the hon
orabie career of one of u noble band of broth
ers. Sad aud unwelcome though it be to US,
1t met him willing martyr to the cause at
his country, for to one SO true and loyal, life
was no treasure to be boarded up like the
misers gold, when the life of the land which
gave him birth was at stake. In the advance
of his brigade-too far perhaps for prudence
while in the discharge of his duty, he perished
by the bullet of murderer and traitor.
Faithful to the last, while others would have
made disease pretext for inaction and repose
he spurned the thought of rest and was car
ried in sick bed at the head of his command.
How many others would have excused them
selves from service and exposure in like cir
cumstances Let the army of idleTs who
sQuander their time, and the treasures of their
country in ingiorious ldleness and revelry, at
time when they should be in the field, in all
the panoply of the warrior, be admonished by
the death of him whom we now lament.
Better to wear out than to rust out" as
great pulpit orator onco said to bis remon-
| strating physician. Roman history furnishes
! Ou6 PdIht4oA W ut5 h0hbu III bLhb VI bDo EI6hk
orator and patriot, Cicero, who, having snatch
ed his country from the jaws Of formidable
| conspiracy, during the fearful civil war which
afterwards ragged over Italy, was murdered in
his litter by the psrtisans of Augustus, while
being carried to the seaside by bis servants.
Perhaps shadow of regret passed over the
! soul of The lying warrior, that ne was doomed
I! to perish thus rather than at the head Of his
charging column, under the flag of his coun
try, amid the roar OF battle; but that shadow
! will be dispelled by the brightness of joy if
| his departed shade, looking down from heaven
shall see holy indignation and burning
| thirst for vengeance inspire the breasts of his
| soldiers, bereaved of their beloved chieftain.
| Men of Ohio Soldiers of McCooks brigade |
| viii not the ring of the assassin's death shot
| sound in your ears louder than muskeJ's VOL
| leying crash or cannon's roar, in every future
! onset2 When through the whistling shot,
and sitting smoke, ana Internal flame Of bat
tie, you bear the holy banner Of patriotism
against the pirate flag Of treason, will not the
manly shade of McCook, like the spectre of
Saint james, at the head of the Christian war
riors of Spain, when battling with the Moor,
appear again in your van, Invoking you to
victory, while .a a=Hs
Heavens fiery horse, beneath his warrior form,
Pave the light elou-s and galops on ths storm"
If the death of your former leader adds
force to your arms, and ardo- to your hearts,
then may his martyrdom prove the richest
offering yet made by our afflicted land to the
Goddess of Freedom.
aws must forget ali feelings save the one
We reslgu ali passions save our purpose
We must behold no object save our country
And only LOOK on death rs beautiful,
So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven s.
And draw dowl freedom on her eyermore.h
And as we repeat these words of the Vene.
tian patriot spirits voice echoes upon the
air
| sfThey nsvtr fall who die
| In great cause: the block may soak their gore
Their heads may sooden in the sun; their limbs
Be strung ~ city gates and castle walls
But sSlli their spirit walks abroad. Though years
Elapse and others share as dark a doom,
They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts,
Which oyerpover ali others, and conauct
The world st last to iree1om. y