Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-05-07

sign, OUR pOstcrity will hold our memory in
everlasting disgrace. Future age4 will point
| to US as toe most degenerate and foolish off
men, in that we failed to appreciate the
blessings Of the most glorious government
ever instituted 10y man. Let us revere the
memory oi our fathers. let us follow their
footsteps in their disintere tied devotion to
the good aud true. Let US act for our no,
terity as they acted for theirs, and preserve
undimmed the light they instituted id tile
earth.
9 The interests of humanity at large de
mand the utmost OF loyal devotion at our
hands. Our land has long been the asylum
where those oppressed by the iron heel Of
despotic power have founl a refuge safe,
and n protection sure. Mt one Of the
countless millions who have sought home
upon our shores and sworn allegiance to our
| flag, has ever been unrevenged of any In
suit that tyranny might essay Under the
wide spreading protection Of the tree of liz.
eriy, that ha. been nourished in our fruit
ful soil and fiJurishe1 as nowhere else be
meath the sun, they have found a resting
! place, they and their little onc.. anil none
/ have dared Inolest or offend. The beacon.
/ light OF our nation glory has gone out
through all the world, and enlightened by
! her Frightening fame the nations of the
earth, who have long been grooming beneath
the opprcssor power, have denanled their
inalienable rights to liberty and aTpiness,
and everywhere constitutional government
Il being inlugurdted. dtspoti,n i. abiting
and civil liberty il increasing. D.stroy il
and those petty tyrant3 who claim 10 have
been born booted anl spurre1 To ri lie the
people y the grace Of Col will hold uni
versal jubilee. Th, requiem of our doom
WI wv nc Hur9 py every Wrlht ot earth, and
Ie"eam L'uiamS will o. cnantei by every
one .na' wears 'ne despot 8 crown. lie
tn's reoriiion that now RACES agais't our
To'ernmeht out prevail, and the dawnine
neht VI hper'y Is luehched; 70 be lighted
no more amongst men. L;t the blooiy
nand o' siaVeocracy 1ut STRIKE our Dition $
euolcin 70 eat'n anu rra'nPle u beneath
the'r power anu tne eHuieent Hglt OF our
prIstlne g!ory !: olo.ted forever from the
rec"rny OF coming ti'ne.
.. Inc saEreu memory OF onr soldiers,
VINO nave iaiien upon hu1lred CORY battle
heiis, dem ND 1t ct u. Counting not their
live' hear unto them, at Their country S
eau ihey went ,ortn 70 oattie Tor the cause
Oh liberty Dy the muraerous hand OF
lraitors 70 the'r country h'g, they met
,iar'yr iate' an 'reey smell thcir richest
o'ooi lhiI tnn c,u.e m humanity might not
perish. onall the,r Dlooi nav; 1pwei iG
VAN! oha' we whp thronsh their heroic
ieeu' are livins 70 me rich ani peac'inl EN-
Joymehts oi ear,nly oessines' by reason OF
craven spir'teu love OF peace now malIgn
tneir memory seek 10 di,honor their devo
non 70 .ne Union. .sh9n'y y'eld the cause
ior "h'c0 mey died! oha'i any traitorons
voice anoneSI Us oe ill,ed up IN denuncIa
{. nnf
mhi cowaruiy ini'creants dare denonnc
: tnem a' waging an unrighteouS war! Perish
: the tnoaght; AM III Justice We might say
perish the thinker, too.
T.; Inc wound;d' n aimed AMI suf;rinS
I soldiers ~ all our land claim ,yalty at our
; hanls: From every battle neld that stains
the sou OF our peioVed iani IN almost count
ies' th3hSahhs tney return 10 their homes.
10 'nc oosoIh' OF the'r iaiiilies, CARVING
uhihistnHaole evidences nt Their patru,tism.
ana thelr hcrolsm. From the iel! oil
nh,'oh nave th y come, from Corlnth, Pea.
nu" hurifeeso1ro nave tney come
n rom W,hche,ter anu , Urn's heys from
fair Oatsani Ma'vern hiii. WIN patro;c
prlue they strip their sleeve ami bare thelr
breast 10 eX i,oit thelr rewards; to sho"
their crippled arm AM mhn'i limbs a,
tokens OF tneir own heroic Ieei'' or tel
the place where their comrades fought and
ie'i, ana TO listening 'rlsnis hsht their bat
r tes er again " mere the craven wretch
thae wou,a say they fnnght IN unh'ly
s'r'c! ""c'e t"e sneaSihS coward WI
say, i was oppression cause in which they
bled Is one to he found so base as thus
+. to SANDER PATRIOTISM SO pure herolsn Sc
t noble! such an one would biacken with
0 infa,ny the father that protected hun, yea
$ would vlIe Sian iir tn Character OF the
mother that bore MN. :,
8. We owe y to the widows and orphan
D who have been =, oereavod by their hushan!
G and fathers taiing IN me ha,tlHs oil thei
= country; to uphold ana defend the cause IL
g which they were stricken DOWN Inc sab''
u hablllmen,s OF woe everywhere dirken th'
r homesteads OF the lana. Inc noolest mel
: OF tins or any other age nave sacrificed
y their lives at the shrine OF freedom. Ye
d mingled with the heartrending agony tha
n plerces the bosoms OF the bereaved. ther
q Is ever present the sacred Joy that they die.
e IN the hottest cause IN which man ever fell
there in all the ianI traitor, heart sc
!. fallen, 50 depraved, so utterly deba'ed. tha
e he would enter upon the precincts OF sucl
holy sorrow. AMI from the benightene'
carvenss OF his treason polluted soul add in