The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-10
THURSDAY MORNING JULY 10 1862

Speech OF capt. G. C..AndroVys, be-
fore the Third Regiment Mime
sofa volunteers, Rt murfreesbOrO',
Tenn., July 4th, Is02.
FELLOW SOLDIERS, OFFICERS AND MEN
Although duly sensible Of the honor of
being selected as your orator to-day, /
feel hesitation in undertaking to adj
dress you with only three orfour hours
notice. think that anybody who un-
dertakes TO furnish Fourth Of July en-
tertainment to the Minnesota Third
should have. something little better than
hard bread in his haversack. In my
opinion, you deserve one Of EvERETT's
best orations, and / heartily wish you
could have such a luxury.
We meet here, far away from our from
tier homes. Natives of different States
natives of different climes-reprosent-
ing. indeed, almost every enlightened
part Of the globe, we find ourselves at
length pursuing the same path, regardless
whether it is the path Of danger or of
safety, mindful only that il is the path #
duty Already have you earned that sub
lime tribute uttered by PERIoLEs, and
which, in all time TO come, will stimulate
to deeds Of yalor, "Those," said he, at
lthe burial Of the FIRST slain in the Pelo-
ponnesian War, "those must be owned 10
have the noblest souls, who, most acutely
sensible Of the miseries of war and the
sweets Of peace, are not hence in the least
deferred from from facing danger ["
The heroic have peculiar right to
commemorate heroic events, but it seems
almost idle for us TO be talking about the
memories of the Fourth Of July. It
seems to me you have been solemnly
commemorating that day ever since you
first volunteered in this war and pledged
yourselves to put your lives at hazard in
the cause Of your country. In your acts
Of duty faithfully performed, your zeal
TO confront danger, your night-watches,
your long and weary marches, your
patient submission to the stern discipline
Of war, you have worthily emulated the
example Of those revolutionary patriots
whose wisdom and valOr are identified
with this day. And yet we may rouse
up TO greater exerlions, our hearts will
| glow with more feryid yalor If we recall
how great were the perils and sacrifices
which were endured TO gain the liberties
and the Government we seek TO preserve.
Herein was the surprising merit Of the
patriots Of "76," that they sought TO es-
tablish a free and independent republic
can government, and devoted every thing
to the work while il was merely on ex-
pertinent and before they could realize
how beneficial would be It's cesults. If
they were willing to give up their lives
in order to work out an experiment what
sacrifices ought we not to make to pre-
serve that system Of government when
we have seen its wonderful success and
its widespread blessings?
Again, their sacrifices were all the
more noble and their example all the
more praisoworthy and august because
their efforts were altogether voluntary,
and their purposes free from every thing
selfish. They were not driven by actual
oppression into revolution. They pros
pored in an the arts; they enjoyed aflu-
ence; their ships sailed into every seal
they were refined and proud. In their
respective legislatures they exercised al
most exclusive control over their local
and domestic affairs. Bat the mothei