Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-09-26

ana their neaItIul desire Is lot you SUCCESS
and prosperity. ........ .....u..
Officers and members of this company.
The ladies, and your friends here assembled,
aware that you have enlisted and were about
to bid farewell to society and friends for a
season, some Of you perhaps forever, and that
earnest and intelligent men as you are you
know full well the purpose for which you leave
these quiet homes and peaceful firesides,
you are aware Of the deprivations and hard
ships that necessarily await you, and that
you will meet with danger and perhaps
death upon the field, for this is time of war,
real actual fearful deadly war.
There is sound on the air like An army's tread,
Asst marches in pride to the field Of the dead"
Rightfully do you estimate the value Of
these free institutions Of ours, and the worth
Of the freedom we enjoy. Deplorable indeed
will it be not only to us but to all mankind
if it shall DO determined by this rebellion.
that Republican Government like ours, has
not sufficient power and force to protect and
sustain itself; this abstractly and practically
is to be determined by this war. If this re-
belion succeeds, these free institutions Of
ours, established by our fathers and revcred
by US, will crumble to dust and be buried by
the bloody hands Of traitors in the deep,
dark grave Of oblivion from which there shall
be no resurrection, and the sun Of human
liberty shall sink behind the dark clouds Of
anarchy and oppression, never to rise again,
no never. Comprehending all this, like true
men to sustain our government, you have
sundered the ties Of love and affection that
bound you to home and cherished friends,
and bound yourselves to your country BY the
silver cords Of duty and the stronger ties of
patriotism, and that never to be broken obi
gation-a freeman's OATH The ladies of
this town, approaching the motives which
have thus induced you to volunteer, bcliev-
ing that you have not done SO for the purpose
Of the compensation allowed, (for that you
are not in circumstances to require) but know
ing as they DO, that you have enlisted solely
to serve your country, the cause Of justice,
of God and ofright, have procured this beau
tiful flag, which for them now present to
you, having confidence that by your conduct
you will never tarnish its bright fields, and
that you will ever bear it with credit to your
selves and honor to the donors. Soldiers
this is our ceuntry's flag, which in lisping
boyhood you were taught to revere and re-
spect, and which it is your duty with the en-
ergy and strength Of manhood to cherish and
protect. This was oul fathers flag, and
GO The flag Of the old revolution,
Swear firmly to and uphold;
That no treasonous blood of pollution.
Shall tarnish one star of its fold"
To protect and sustain it was your duty as
American citizens, much more is it now your
duty as American Soldiers. The groans of
fathers and brothers who have gone before
you demand it; the tears of the wives and
mothers you leave behind you require il.
'By the tombs oryour sirts and brothers
The host which the traitors have slain
By the tears which your sisters and mothers
In secret concealing their pain, Is I'll. s=E#
The grief which the heroine mothers b .s -s=#E
Consuming the heart and the brain
BY the sigh Of the penniless widow, a-.E :. f-a
Where they sit in their serrowful shadow,
Knsel, kneel every freeman and swear, --
IS. -. Swear! s.. -. IS. 80
And bark the deep voices replying,
From graves where our fathers are lying, '
S,cear, oh, S,cedr!'"
Allow me to assure you that as you 90
hence and in all your future actions while in
the service, you will be anxiously watched
and cared for by those you leave behind
you. In the hour Of battle remember this
flag, its doners, and that you are fighting
for it, for them, for yourselves and for justice
and right, and every breeze that comes to
you from the north shall be moistencd by
mothers tear and bear on its pinions sisters
prayer. That you healths may be preserved
and your lives spared, to again return to us
when peace shall smile upon our then united
country with this banner unsullied and every
star bright with action and emblematieal OF
our purity and nationality, and you an I'M
borken and heroic band, is the wish and
heartfelt desire of the ladies and your friends
here now for the purpose of bidding you
farewell.
Lieut.. Stunning accepted his gift in few
earnest and well-c chosen words, and the flag
was accepted by Capt. Speer, who respond
ed in behalf Of the company in an appropri-
ate manner. The company gave three cheers
for the noble donors Of the flag, and three
more for the flag itself, after which the COM
pany went through some military evolutions,
including skirmish, which reflected great
credit on their proficiency in drill.
The rest of the afternoon was taken up in
trials Of speed between. trotting horses, double
and single. For the fastest trotting double
team, one driven by Geo. Secord took the
first premium. A bay horse owned by DR..
Miller, of Waterloo, took the premium as the
fastest gelding, which it fairly won in two
heats. A brown horse owned in Nashua,
and driven bp s. s. Mcclure, took the first
premium as the fastest trotting stallion
This concluded the exercises ofthe day, and
the crowd dispersed. Ths last day of the
fair was success, and we think all present
felt well paid for their attendance. At this
late hour we have not time or snace To fi,r