The Portland daily press., 1862-08-09
COMMUNICATIONS.
Letter from a Patriotic Young Lady.
KENDUsKEAe. Aug. 4th. 1862.

Dear Press Just from the city where one
Is being perpetually reminded of our country's
danger and the necessity for immediate earn
est effort, by the roll of drums, mastering of
recruits, and not least the "Heres your Times.
Sir. Important from McClellans army. of
the smart little newsboy; the quiet everyday
appearance of small village like this. might
tempt us to believe that what we had heard
during the past year of war, and civil conflict.
was delnsion; and that noU, as ever. the
peerless heritage left by our fathers remains
honored and sustained. But, no: the reality
Is too apparent, the danger too imminent, for
idle dreaming.
As l sit by my window and look out this
pleasant morning, while the hay-makers 90 by
scythe in hand, laughing and chatting to their
work, / can but wish that instead they were
Fastening with cleaning s,rords to their
country's defence; and, also,-is it womanly?
that every blade of grass which shall fall to-
day were instead, a traitors body Such a
fearful harvest might end a rebellion that is
perilling more precious lives and all the liber-
ties which make life dear.
Situated on beautiful stream that winds its
way gracefully along for many miles to the
broad ocean, this might be one of the pleas
antest villages OF Maine, but like all towns en-
gagged in numbering, the beautiful yields to the
practical, and SO houses, saw-mills and lumber
are mingled in convenient confusion.
Business being monopolized by few, the
rest are content to labor for them satisfied
with just enough for their bodily wants. En-
terprise is not one of their virtues: vet i'm this
hour of the nations need, they have not been
indifferent to the appeal for three hundred
thousand more" More than a year ago, when
Sumpter's guns sounded the alarm through
our land, some brave heroes sprang to the
rescue; and through all the suffering of the
past year, have nobly borne their part.
One Father and his two sons, all of the FAM
lily able to shoulder a gun, left home. and little
ones behind, bravely enrolling themselves
amongst the nations defenders. For a few
months they stood side by side-the three pa
triots; then the fathers conflict was ended
Straight through the brain went the crashing
bullet, and he rests now beneath the sod One
son was sent back TO the saddened home, sick,
and the other, the youngest, remains, heroica-
ly determined to battle on.
Another lmy pen trembles as | write-for
he Is SO dear to me, my noble young brotberl.
for more than year has borne the peril and
danger of soldiers life without murmur.-
Worn and exhausted by sickness, he came
back for few weeks TO us but he has gone
again, bravely to duty, yet not as at first.
healthy and full of youthful vigor How many
such there are and will be all over our land,
Why will not you rush in overpowering num-
bers on the foe, brave, loyal sons of Maine.
uua tuu liiG oLiHC hulCu tdustS SuED q leceS-
sity.
And now in this last gathering of the patri-
OTIS of Maine, the people here have not been
found wanting. AT public meeting a wesk
or two since, Hon. Mr.. McCrillis, of Bangor.
and others spoke eloquently for the Union.
and at its close more than the towns quota
had enlisted. All honor TO them and shame
eternal shame TO some who remain, occasional
ly giving vent to their smothered secesh feel
I'M md in purar lx daha sl,a
time it would take to reach Canada Shall it
be written years hence, in history, that great
nation was lost-sunk in oblivion, because
Northern freemen shrank from striking the
blow which might have saved them. Oh no.
let it never be!
Nor let ii ever be written that we escaped
such fate by the merest chance; that the
forces battling for Liberty were evenly match
ed with those for Slavery. Rather outnumber
them by Millions anything that will prove TO
the world how we prize the sacred blessing of
freedom. Oh, for such an uprising. when eve
ry loyal heart shall fhrob with high resolve
when every loyal arm shall be raised TO strike
''foul treason low" We cannot forget the
dreadful realities Of battle, our hearts are
bleeding with anguish for the loved who have
salready suffered martyrdom on the altar of
sacrifice; but only because by a crushing over
whelming blow, now just now, can the
terrible strife be stayed, and our brethren, Ian
gushing as exiles in the land of their birth. be
liberated, do we urge those, dear unto us as
our hearts blood, to go. But for their sakes,
for the sake of the worn and anxious army be-
fore Richmond, hasten, brothers, hasten to the
rescue
And, dear lady readers of the Press. we have
not done all that we can do Were Southern
army to invade our towns and cities should we
not find many ways to render aid and comfort
which we do not think of now? Let us re-
double our efforts, and in many directions
Like Charlotte Corday, it may not be our mis-
sion to aim the glittering steel at the heart of
the arch traitor twell for him that he does not
give us the opportunity but our influence is
not unfelt in this struggle. Let no man, who
can perform soldiers duty, remain at home
because of office or business, when woman's
hands can do their duties here as we'll There
are many clerks in stores, and writing in pub
lie and private offices, whose places would be
filled by loyal tromen, and their duties be
equally as well performed. Let us not only be
ready to fill such vacancies, but urge those
who now occupy them to go, assuring them
OF our aid, sympathies, and prayers, until they
return.
Trusting in God of justice let us all, men,
women, and children, put aside every interest
but the salvation of our country: and by act
i've, earnest endeavor prevent the possibility of
failure ID the crisis now so rapidly Fastening
upon us. Then once more
'The star spangled banner in triumph shall wave
Ger the land OF the free, and the home of the