Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-10-23

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have remained at home IN all the darl
and dismal hours Of the nations need
The government offers monthly pay aut
bounties far beyond that OF any natiol
on earth, and the sum is such as to maxi
fighting the most lucrative and best pay
ing business that is now carried on
Even if principle were wanting the pay
should be a sufficient inducement to thos,
who can to go to the defence Of the coun
try. The fall work is over; the fruit;
of the earth, bounliful harvest, art
gathered and safely stored in the barnt
and grsnaries of the farmer; there is nj
pressing need for young men TO liDger
let them leave the Preside 10 be Rugged
and the hocks to be teLded by the patri
arch Of many winters, while he goes &c
fight for the flag that protects him. An
other inducement to volunteer that the
new recruit will have over the first regi-
ments is the near close Of the war The
prospect Of its speedy termination i.
bright and cheering; those who enlis
now will have no long years of suffering
before them which the veteran regiment:
have had. They have borne the heats o.
summer and Indictment winters naufully
uncomplainingly; have endured marches
long and fatigueing; have buffeted mis-
fortunes and endured priyations with nc
murmurs have suffered with sickness in
the camp, the field and the hospital, and
are ready, what is left of them, to endure
more still. But human nature cannot
endure everything. Soldiers are like
other men. They can and do wear out.
This has been the case with all the regio
ments in the field, and now the president
calls for the new levies to take the places
of those who are dead and gone, and Of
those that will 10 few months return to
the state they have honored by their va
ior on hundred battle fields.
We have said that the war is near its
close. We believe this. We believe
that before twelve months have passed
away the rebellion will not have where to
lay its head, and the stars and stripes will
wave over every acre Of soil now dark
ened by the rebel flag. We know there
are many responding hearts who are ev-
er prophesying evil and predicting Gisas-
ter and final ruin to our cause. All such
would wear a gloomy face were they at
the gates of paradise with carte blanche
to roam at will through the streets of the
Celestial City. These croakers are
misfortune to Us and prop to the rebel
lion, and next to the copperheads have
brought more woes upon our country aud
greater disasters to our arms than any
other cause. A hopeful spirit, conf
dent feeling should pervade all classes
A soldier can no more fight with spirit
and a will Which is necessary for a vic
tory when thousands are shreking defeat
in his ears, than can party of children
enjoy picnic in a graveyard where the
tombstones Of their parents rise grim
and solemn before them. Forever proph-
esying evil will bring evil, and predicting
good things to come will set ,hem drifting
toward us. Let US consult the good
prophets. Let US for a moment look at
some of the fruits of the war as CONS
pared with eighteen months ago. With
the Insignificant exception OF marauding
bands Of gueriIlas we now hold sway over
all Missouri, nearly the whole of Arkan-
sas, all of Kentucky, all of Tennessee,
all of Louisiana, a part of Virginia,
North Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, a
foothold in Texas, and the guns of Gen.
Gilmore and Com. Dahlgren are pound.
Ing away at the delenses of Charleston.
Sooner or later they must yield to tue
power Of northern arms and that spirit
that never gives up while foe is left to
contend with. We have never doubted
our final success we cannot doubt now
it is wicked to doubt it sinful to believe
that God will allow the traitor flag TO
faunt its insulting folds over land made
holy by the blood and the tears of the
martyrs of the first war for independence.
Respect for their dear names and memo
ries, as well as regard for our safety and
the welfare of the generations that are
TO come, demand of us vigorous prose-
eution of the war to the final subjugation
of all traitors north as well as south, who
fomeht discord among the people, at the |
ballot box, and on the speakers stand