The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-19
JULY 10. 1869


few years ago, among the national relic;
the flagstaff that bore the ftg upon th
Mexican Capital, when Gen Scott hauled
down aud run up in its place the stars am
stripes, it filed my heart with patriotic 10,
when reflected that only a small Fraction
OF our army was necessary to humble th
baughty Mexicans, and compel them to re
spect our rights.
When Capt. Ingraham, few years ago
at Smyrna, asked the release of Martin Kos
ia, an American citizen, uDjustly held by
the Austrians, they refused to give him up
but when in the name of our nation, thC
brave captain demanded Kosta's release be.
fore the sun set, run up the stars and stripes
to the masthead, and arranged the cannon
on our man.of-war preparatory to enforc.
ing the demand, Kosta was promptly re-
leased. Austria, although one of the frat
Powers, dared not insult our flag.
Before the present rebellion, all nations
respected our rights on sea and land, and
to be an American citizen, was only to be
respected and houored on whatever shores
we wished to travel. But while thus safe
from foreign attacks, foe springs upon our
own borders. A portion of our own citi.
zens, lost to all feelings of patriotism, are
forgetful of the country that had given
them degree of freedom aud prosperity"
not enjoyed elsewhere on the globe, raised
the hostile dagger, and attempted to plunge
it to the national heart. Then it was that
the President called for large number of
troops to enlist for the a0hoIe eOar Now the
lawyer laid aside his brief, the physician
left his practice, the merchant his store. and
the mechanic bis shop, and half million
OF men at once array themselves in their
couniTY's uniform aud don their eountry's
armor, and stand ready to respond to their
country's CALL determined, that rather than
see the Union perish they would crimson
with their blood every river that flows to
the ocean. Never in the history of war was
there such unholy and uncaIled for at
tempt to destroy a nations liberties, and
never III so short time did half a million
of citizens stand as soldiers in their conn
try's arms. From the hills of Maine aud
the plains of California, the prairies of the
West and the Atlantic slopes, the brave
sons of the North and West promptly raj
lied TO their country's call, determined to
crush out treason, or die in the attempt
Only fourteen months bavs passed by since
the commencement of this rebellion, and
now while speak, our eveningdrum beats |
are heard, and the stars and stripes now /
float from some flagstaff in every State, in /
cannon from the enemy, and 90 900 of their +
soldiers are ia Northern camps, prisoners Of /
war. Their power has been humbled, an
the Union army, like great Boa Constric-
tor, is rapidly encircing this secession mon
ster, and fast crushing out its life The
secession bubble has burst, the galvanism is
now off, and it now stands before the world
in all its hidden deformity. And it will 90
down in history as the eighth wonder of
the world, that band of traitors were SO
lost to everything good and great, as in this
e1ii6htenod age. to affemnk tn destroy sLo I
reest, best, and most liberal government /
he world has ever seen. Not soldier has
cared this contest. When we see that the
North and the great West are contendipg
against the South, that 10000, 900 are op-
posed by 5000 900, we know that king
numbers alone would decide the war in our
avOr, say nothing of the justice of our
,ause, and the facts that we are nation,
,aving power and credit at home and
Lbroad, and the Rebel Confederacy, is an
concern, without credit or in
luence. AT times we get tired of soldier
ng, sleeping IN God Almig hty's tavern, of
en- eating spoiled meat and mouldy crack
RS, wading streams, climbing mountains,
marching and standing sentinel in the rain |
nd cold, and enduring all manner of hard
hips and exposure, bat when we see the
onduct of the rebels, how they murder
Union men, and also destroy their property,
nd dig up our dead, make drink ng cups
ut of their skulls, and rings and other
rnaments from their bones, we feel as if
re could almost live upon acorns, until we 6
Thip this insolent and barbarous enemy {
We are engaged in a holy contest. We
re battling for the interest of 10000 600
+ in LON for 4ba | c
are of millions who will follow US in the
Iture. The friends of liberal institutions
II over the world are looking 10 us, and
raging for the success of the Union army.
be Grand Union Army has always shown 1
self equal to the great task before US.
urIug the last year series of brilliant
ictorieS have crowned our arms scarcely
aralIeled in history. Of the so, 900 sons
Indiana who went out in this contest,
900 now fill soldiers grave. On every
eld our brave comrades have done their
uty. We all saw how it was at Shiloh, n
nd what pleasure it gave US to see how the
len of our State acquitted themselves on 7
lat bloody field. Many of the sons of In ), =
lana were in that contest, and their dead Il
odies laid thick on the bloodiest portion d
1peared there were sent the Hoosier Regi-
ents, and when the men of other States
lowed the " nlte Ieatner the DfaVe sons OF
ldiana fought the harder, and when the
yht was over The dead bodies of hundreds
ere on the field. They fell not behind
ees or in the dense wood, on the margin
the streams, but on the open field they
II with their backs to the ranks and their
ct to the foe. Sorrow has entered thou Z
md Indiana homes, our State is ella in
ourning, and our people weep for our
ain heroes. But though dead they fell :,
1bly, for they died that their country =
light be free. With their swords dipped
blood they have written the brightest :,
lge in our country's history. When the %
ave old German De KaIb fell at the bat 6
e of Camden, with eleven wounds on his 8
,dy, he replied to those around his dying 7
,uch, that "he died the death he always
-ayed for, the death of a soldier fighting
r the rights of man." And when Solon .
as asked who be considered the happiest 4
an, replied, "Tellus, the Atheniau, who, 2
ter a prosperous life, died gloriously fight 3
e the battles of his country" The soldier
no defends his country in her time of
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