, 1863-06-30
FROM R0SEcRANS' ARMY. I.
A Characteristic Letter from Our
'E1-0rdarly."



cAm scuArrEn, &UnrnzEsBoao. TEsN.,l
juno q, 1864
I hope 1t Is not atrocious to gloat over ap-
parent calamity, for II it be SO, then am afro
clous. Because I frankly confess that when,
q few days ago, the camps were thrown Into
fever Of excitement over the news from the
East, I grew strangely and nightly jubilant.
Is the old Keystone State invaded! Are her
citizens fleeing? Are her towns and villages
In peril Z DO terror and trepIdation stalk af-
fightingg throughout her borders: 90 much
the better for by SO much aze we higher unto
the end. He who voluntarily puts bis shoul-
der to the wheel Of the worlds progress has
God to grease the a1le-trees for him; while hs
who refuses to lend assistance is dlagged be-
tween the ehafts, and driven. Thus al-eYen
The mules--:labor.;
There are certain matters, Of much moment
to ourselves md the world, the accomplish
ment Of which Providence has assigned to us.
But, unfortunately, we hare manifested ain
'gular disinclinatian toward the performance
Of ::such delegated duties. And more than
once Or twice we hare lifted weak and cow
a1d1y hanaa to heaven, CRYING shamefully, 1T
cannot do this thing" But you see that, be-
ing involved In the meshes Of that Fate which
is woven by: the; loom of the
great = God himself, it Is impossible
for us to sneak out from the fultl1mens Of f.
talistic ends; and so these dutles-though
never 20 often thrust aside-hayeal been
re.imposed on our shoulders, each time with
the addition Of h constantly increasing ad-
mixture Of he'll fire, by way Of reminder TINT
the thing which IT IL given INTO us to accom-
pliah, had far better be done at once, and
without unnecessary grumbling. This time
the sulphurous infusion takes the form Of
the Confederate General Lee. How do you
Ike birthstone, o my countrymen?
Poor Robert Bulns-what pity It was that
such ce1estial, thunder-volce should have
had to utter Itself solely through the narrow
chinks Of Scottish song-writiRg-ouce said:
''.The fear o Hell's q h8ngman's whip,
-. To had the wretch In order"
Neither do / possess: the divine afaatus. For
which reasoRs I am incompetent to decide.
But have very often noticed that the Su-
preme Power quite frequently makes use Of
most Internal Instruments to bring about the
passage Of most beuedcent designs. And 50
in some wise initiating the verse Of the lin
joy, following his plow along the mountain
side''-I believe that.
The fear Of Lees the potent ecourge which God,
The mighty wisdom teacher uses; ..>
That we-all other modes OF truth wlthstood~
May learn 1t through our bruises.
There now. am perfectly willing to admit
that the poetry Of my poor solitary stanza is,
beyond i'll parallel, execrab1e; but shall
Vindieate its philosophy agasnst;a1l eomers.
We'll, well. am CHEEKY enough. Being
an Optlmist, I believe that the whole green
earth is every way hound By gold Chains to
the dear feet Of God and 50, In this new de-,
Ve1opment Of the war try to see Jacobs
ladder, upon the rounds Of which the angelic
and the human meet. I hold, with Tennyson,
that men may rise on stepping-stones Of their
dead selves to higher things. Unto every na~
born. The period Of . peoples pregnancy is
painfully tedious. Ninety years has our conn
try been quick with travail, aud still the IDEA
IL not get born. But this is the hour of It's
sparturition and maternal pain. 80 all these
stormy throesl let us be reyeleut and meek
beside them; for are they not the auSuries Of
that mighty delivezance In which the nebu1ous
Thought Of the century shall be solidi1ed and
and cFystallzed into historic human Fact? I
care not what horrid thunder-pea1s wait upon
the accouchment; care only for the mother
aud her child. know that all this ferment-
all this hot seethIng to and tso-all this uneasy
motion and tofllng gloom-is only
ssThc Spirit of the years to come,
. Yearning to mix itself with Life;''
and therefore am content; for why sbouldI
be afraid of the Yeast which comes from God?
see plainly that these Northern States Of
ours will shortly-under the evaporation Of
splendid deed which not all the high incen-
tives to the performance 6f an act Of right
cousueeB for righteousness oWn sake, could
induce them to undertake.
Why, therefore, should you and repine?
Our country suffers. Very vel; what then !
ecstatic hands, Moreover, what If We perish,
and are lung into the, ditch? Will not our
carcasscs serve as tasctnes across and over
which the peoples who come after us may pass
on to their tighsful lnhesitance9 And Is not
head friends. Do you think The Universe will
fly off ut tangent for your How unreason-
able you are; and how foolish, also. OF old
the Assyrians. shot arrows At the lightning;
like {ou, they threatened. Now. men have
long since returned their arrows to the quig,
ere, lifting lightning rods for protection. OF
to the free waves, s::Haltl'' Was he drowned?
he would hav re been, had he not In
continently moved away. Now, men
note the law Of tides and build their
always, in the'end, we yield. All, my hear
ties! Yon may be very expert wrestlers, but
I would not advise you to risk fall with
Fatc; for if you do, though grant you to be
knnves, shall be able to prove you still more
blind fools. You argue; you protest, you
grow petu1ant, do you? Very we'll, there is
8 remedy for all that, and presently an Invisi-
BILE Hand seizes you by tho hair Of the head,
.yon are lifted up aud swung round in circles
Of dizz5fng horror, the earth eddies beneath
you, on roaring wheels Of blaekness the great
world flies away. When you have had enough
Of this 10 teach you obedience, you will be set
down. You stagger good deal. but 1t Is a
very wholesome lesson. .,0I you lncompara-
| ble b1ocRheaasi ..
:, Oh! that we had for social and moral lead
ers, men who, felt on these subjects
<as men should feel. There is SO much
| lukeWarmness among the best and noblest Of
them. There Is such = passion Us sacred
| rage. We need tho exercise of 1t now. Speech
| on fire Of God-w1itings, along every line Of
which the big heart tingles and throbs. And
| every man who, in this hour Of awful crisis,
outraged and insnlted this Gods world with
devils sophfstries Of Compromise and Peace,
| should be subjected to the penalty of having
q ellce Of his blasphemous tongue clipped Oh
! every time he opened his mouth. For, wheth.
er we know it or not, we are actually engaged
in storming He'll. have yet to learn that
| this can successfully be accomplished without
interference with the personal comfort Of Sa-
| tan. Do you think it can? Ex-ORDERLY-
NJ OTI G Z Madame Andrews,
~ OaE7o5ant. from Boston. Mass.. can be eoa-
~ SOUTH MONROE STREET.