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, them from death, When assaied by
physical force they can only be defended
by the same means. The body as well as
the mind and the purse of the citizen are
pledged to uphold the powers that be
The sacrifice of life itself, if need be, is
no more than what duty to government
and TO the God who ordained it requires
of every man who enjoys its advantages.
Until the will of God that nation should
perish is clearly apparent from the course
Of his providences concerning it, the ex.
istence Of that nation must be upheld by
whatever means the wickedness Of its as
saiIants renders necessary for that pur-
pose. Some of the severest denuncia.
tions of the old testament, are directed
against the Jews who refused TO take up
arms in their country's defense when en-
dangered by Canaantish armies. Reu-
ben is reproached for abiding among the
shepherds TO hear the bleatings of the
aocks," and Dan for remaining in ships,
and concerning Meroz the fearful male
diction is, " Curse ye Meroz, said the an
gel Of the Lord, course ye bitterly the in.
habitants thereof, because they came not
to the help of the Lord, to the help of the
Lord against lhe mighty" So complete
Iy did God identify himself with the con-
tinued existence of the Jewish nation,
that they who did not come to the help oil
the nation in that emergency were re-
garded as not coming to the help of the
Lord; and so hastily did the curse fall
upon Meroz for its delinquency that its
history, and even the very site where it
stood, have gone entirely out of remem-
b"ance. Christian patriotism exposes it.
self to no such curse as that, but prompt.
Iy comes to the help of the Lord in main
tanning the government which he has or
dained.
Whether all these elements of Chris
tian patriotism entered into the charac-
ter of Lieut. Charles +. Bailey, l have
no means of knowing. That he was a
patriot his life and death furnish incon-
troveriJle evidence. Nothing less than
patriotism Of the highest order could
have induced him 70 leave home, and |
wife, and seven children(0n of them an |.
unconscious inianD, 10 peril, and as the
event proved, 10 lose his life in the SER
vice Of his country. He enlisted in com
pany D, of the 9Th Vermont regiment.
and upon The organization of the COM
pany was made orderly sergeant. The
death of lst Lieut.. George II. Phelps
made room for promotions, he was pro-
noted to the rank of second lieutenantcy,
which office he held at the time of his
leath. His natural qualifications as a
were of more than average
Excellence, and had he attained TO the
,aptaincy it is not doubted that he would
lave discharged its duties with honor to
himself and TO the satisfaction of all. In
COMMON with all the other officers and
oldiers of the Vermont brigade, he
doubtless felt annoyed and irritated by
he long inaclion to which they were sub
scted, and longed for an opportunity to
meet the enemies of his country on the
attle field. Ills longngs were gratfcd
t the cost of his life. During the in
esiment Of Yorktown, it became neces-
airy, on the 10th Of April last, 10 attack
he position Of the rebels near Lees o
ILLS on Warwick Greek, and parts of a
he Vermont brigade were assigned 10 d
MS duty. The rebel force consisted OF n
wO batteries OF artillery, and several t,
egiments Of infantry strongly fortified C
l rifle pits, while between them and the l.
'ermonters ran Warwick Creek, over Ii
'hich there was no means of passing ex- 81
ept upon dam or by fording. Not C
these disadvantages, four c,
Dmpanies of the Vermont Third crossed n
le creek, and at the point of the bayo- o
ct drove the rebels out of their en- "
'enchments, but were themselves driven Il
ack by the superior numbers of the Il
lemy. Seven companies of the Yer. 81
Iont Sixth were ordered forward as al
and attempted TO cross on ii
Ie dam. Lieut. Bailey was at his post, ii
leering on his men, as one remarked, til
with voice like lion," and what was es
stter still, with lion.like example OF II
avery. But one piece of the rebels tn
tillery was trained to bear directly up st
| the dam, and the Vermont soldiers is
ere swept back, with loss, by the con- OF
lued fire of that gun and of the rebel re
lemen. Lieut.. Bailey received a Sc vi
re but apparently not dangerous wound. an
own toa very few days before his wi
ath he had confident expectations of tio