Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-02-11
WHOLE NO. 2419,
The Voice of tho Army.

1t was happy thought for the officers
of the Indiana regiments IN Rosecrans's
army to convene at Murfreesboro' last
Thursday and utter their patriotic voices
in denunciation of the disloyal course OF
the peace Democrats of the Indiana Leg
islature. Had it been possible we would
have liked every soldier from that Com
monwealth to have been present, so that
the protest would have had the mighty
concurrence of every lndianian who now
bares his breast to the foe in the South
west. The resolutions adopted compli-
ment Gov. Morton for his energy and pa
triotism. declaring that the Union shall
he preserved Internationally, and that
the soldiers of Indiana will devote their
means and their lives to the Unien. The
resolutions were drawn by Col Hunter OF
the Eighty-second Indiana regiment
Democrat. who with Col. Goodin OF the
Twenty-second Indiana, and other prolnl-
nent Democrats made strong speeehes
| denouncing treason in the Indiana Legs
! lature and at the North They also
| pledged themselves that there Is not an
| Indiana soldier whose presence ennobled
| the field of battle who will not indorse
the resolutions, and who will not fghtthe
enemies of the Union, North and South,
/ to the death. The resolutions will be act
ed upon by each regiment, and forward
ed. through committe Of officers, to the
Indiana Legislature. 1--- ~
Such action would be appropriate in
the volunteer force of every Common
wealth Mt this crisis. Treason at the
North. mingling with every element of
coyardice and disaffection, IS attempting
to undermine the Government and poi
son the heart of all the people. Every
engine of treachery is secretly or openly
at work. The organs of disloyalty are IN
full cry. and the mischief 1t may beaIn
their power to accomplish, no one can
foresee. -.-t .-.5..ltr,f
Now, therefore, is the time for the army
of the Union TO set its seal of eOndenna-
ton upon such villainy. Its voice Will
bear down all opposition, and will restore
the people to their full trust in the great
principles for which the Government and
the army contend. A purer or more pat
riotic host never faced foein Iineof bat
tle.or obeyed the commands ofrightful 8u
| tbority. Amore intelligent mass of minds
never attested love of principle by scorTof
death. Let them speak; let their devO-
ton to the Constitution, the Declaration
of independence and the traditions of
their ancestors, take shape in denouncia-
ton of treason, even as their acts on the
battlefield have been the brightest at
testation of that devotion yet vouchsafed
to the world. The vile politicians who
have recently unkennelled from the obs
curity in which the fall of Sumter envel-
oped them only need some such demon
| stration to shrink back into their former
oblivion, and loyalty sweep over the Land
| like the voice of Divinity, which caused
| the dry bones of the valley to live; and
which lit the flames of Pentecost.i The
nation needs acton, by which to purity it.
self 1t needs to have million times re-
peated and a million times illustrated, IN
camp and council, the foundation of tins
struggle of law against anarchy, OF light
against darkness, of liberty against slave
nv. Our twenty months Of war have
proved that 'swe know now how to save
| the Union. and that we have the patrl-
otism and self-abnegation necessary Tor
the task. Let US re-double our ardor, IN
stead of listening to the councils OF iHlbe-
cility and treason, and let the army lead
| the nation in its renewed zeal for the th1r-
tv-fe,;r stars on the flag and all that that
ension synbolizesw with its radiance--PhH-
G2slphia Ba,llstin. - a7a1