The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-03-24
From the New York Evening Post
THE VOICE OF THE BRAVE
SOLDIERS. m asa
An Appeal from the Ellsworth Reg
iIncnt.
NO FIRES IN THE REAR.

iInent.
NO FIRES IN THE REAR.
A letter to us, dated Army of the Potomac
March 0, says: n
"The most eloquent voice yet raised again.
st dishonorable peace aud the Vaccinations
of traitors at home, is that Of the Forty fourth
Regiment Now York Volunteers, in the ad-
dress sent herewith, which was this day a.
dopted with startling unsnimty, every officer
and soldier present in the regiment subscrib-
ing his name to it with enthusiastic earnest.
ness" 3f 90
"The words arc few but well chosen, vig-
orous, and pregnant with truth. These men
have right thus to speak their battles,
their bravery, their discipline and their hon.
orable scars, enttlo them to a hearing. Let
no one fail to read ihis stirring appeal in favor
Of the war, by those who are fighting it, and
let sympathetic traitors hang their heads for
shame to be thus rebuked by patriots like
these.
THE ELLSWORTH REGIMENT TO ITS FRIENDS.
An appeal to the People cfMs State of
Mew York.
We can no longer keep silent. A sacred
devotion to our country, an ardent love for
our homes, and above all, an abiding faith
in God, bids us speak. For nearly two years
we have suffered all things, endured all things
for the sake of oar common country. Wo
have left our business, our kindred, our
friends the fresde Of our youth, the sacred
place Of prayer, and all the nearest and dear
est relations Of life, 10 serve our country
We have borne the weight Of our knapsacks
and tho WEAKNESS Of the march. We have
worked lsto aud carly in the trenches; we
have bivouacked in the swamps; we have suf-
fered sickness in the hospitals we have not
been spared from :" Tho pestilence that walk.
eth in darkness" nor from "the destruction
that wasteth at noon day." We have never
shrunk from duty, but rather have again and
again cheerfally sought death, even at the
cannon's mouth, 10 save our Union from "de.
struction our homes from disgrace, and
you and your children from eternal shame.
Wien we came to the field We came With.
your bl.ssing. You told us to go-that God
would be with US, and that your most fervent
prayers should follow US. Encouraged by
your words Of patriotism, Of hope, of faith, we
came to the war. After suffering thus much
in behalf Of you and your children, and the
nations honor, dear alike to US all, will you
withhold from US new your sympathy and
supports Will you join with those, worse
than traitors, at the North, who cry Peace"
when tEey know thero is no peace, nor can
be none till this unhoy rebellion is crushed
Will you ally yourselves with those who, by
words of d.scouragemont, are prolonging this
war, and who are thus becoming, in the sight
of both Heaven and earth, the insidious mur.
derers of your sons and brothers here in the
field? Why should you, who suffer none of
the dangers, mono of the prvations of field or
camp, be less patriotic, less hopeful, loss CON-
| fident in God and the holy cause in which we
are engaged, than We who endure ALT g
! Shall the future historian, in writing the
record Of this great struggle, declare with
truthfullness that the people of the North,
having sent their sons to the field, to peril
theig lives for the safety of their homes their
property and the national government; hav-
ing poured out at the first blush Of their pat
riotism their treasure and blood with the
freeness of water, at length, through indiffer-
enco and apathy, and the love Of ease and
luxury which the war engendered, sought the
unstable terms of an inglorous peace, and
finally became only subservient to those whom
thoy attempted to subdue? Let
That this shall not be the record Of the
Empire State, with your sympathy and hear.
ty cooperation, We, the undersigned officers,
non commissioned officers and privates, Of the
Forty fourth regiment New York State Vol.
uuteers, representing every county from Lake
Erie to the ocean, here pledge anew our lives
and our sacred honor. For we feel assured
tina. if you seek peace now upon any terms
less than those of an entire submission on tho
part of the traitors in armes to the govern
ment Of the United States, that peace wilt
only be temporary, and that sooner or later
you will be obliged TO send your younger sons
and brothers TO enrich this soil, already fer-
tile with the dcad-younger aud fresher blood
to re-crimsou these streams already red with
slaughter.
Headquarters Forty fourth regiment New
York State Volunteers, Camp near Falmouth
Va, March o, 1868.
Signed Colonel James G. Rice, Major E..
b. Knox, Surgeon w. w. Townsend, Adj.
ulant Geo. B. Hcnendeen, Lieutenant +. r.
Mundy, Quartermaster; Assistant Surgeon H.
Fern, Captain l.. S. Lar ,bee, Captain w. N.
Banks, Captain 4. A. Nash, Captain Jacob
Fox, Captain G. 4. Royce, Assistant Surgeon
} ID. G. Spencer, First Lieutenant B. X. Kim
berly, First Lieutenant s. F. Jyhnson, Fint
Lieutenant Chas. d. Grannis, First Lieuten.
ant Albert N. Hustead, Frst Lieutenant r.
Ii. McCormic, First Lieutenant Charles KeE
Icy, Second Lieutenant James IT. Russell,
Second Lieutenant John J. Hardenburgh,
Second Lieutenant Anthohey G. Graves, Jr,
Second Lieutenant Horny J. Botchford, Sec
ond Lieutenant E. 4. Kelley, and every non-
commissioned officer and private present in
, the regiment.
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