Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-10-10

B,others, husbands, fathers, sons, sew
cred every tie of home and friends. to
fight, to bleed, to die if need be, in the
noble cause. And how many of them
have fulfilled that destiny, the slopes of
Antietam, the hills of Vicksburg, the
seice at Port Hudson, the glory of Muir
freesboro and Gettysburg can testify. !.
A Nations best blood has mingled
with and crimsoneda thousand streams F!
The bones of heroes slain now ,nolder IN
the soil of foul secession. But
At heir names shall live on when the struggle
has ceased.
| And grim-visaged War, from our borders has
flown;
When the area Of Freedom has so far increas-
ed.
That its bounds can be traced on the Ocean
alone.
History will do justice to all--hcr YER
dict is never rendered until the testimony
| is in and the case is closed.
| And then many hero shall live
| "On monument and urn
who now lives unknown or lies i'll the 81
lent grave forgotten.
The same will hold true in regard to
nil matters connected with this war,
whether it be the people, the army, or
The Adj. inistration. We are not prepar-
ed now to net in an unbiased manner;
we applaud or condemn before we have
sufficient evidence to Judge correctly
Look at the stupenlous complications of
! Ia: L.. IL Il Ia of
the Government. And if; as has been
stated, there is not single fore: on Pow
or upon which we can rely, Or which is
friendly to the North and all should form
an alliance with the Confederate States,
it is not from any cause Of recent origin,
but the idea that has long conferred III
the mind of France and England, that if
we become divided at home, policy void
dictate to them that by intervention our
growing power would be crippled, and
so prove to those nations which sigh for
larger liberty, that this boosted Republic
is a failure, and they must be content
with monarchy and despotism.
And the scverest rctort that those ma
tons can throw back upon us, is that
intervention has been our past pol!-
CIV. and when the down troddcn of other
nations have struggled for their national
ity, and called upon us to aid them-al-
ways looking to us for sympathy, we
have returned them the answer that we
were deeply interested in their struggle,
but non intervention would not permit
us to give them any material aid. So
then if the fears of ONE are realized, the
selfish policy Of non-intervention, which
the Government up to the commence
ment of this war has pursued, will recoil
upon us when we are least prepared for
it; but though it should cost us long
and bloody struggle, yet we will topplc
on her throne Absolute Power in France,
and cause even Constitutional Monarchy
in England to quake and tremblo and
again seek retirement in her narrow isles.
And | will now hazard the assertion,
that whqtevcr may be the result of the
contest we are now engaged in, or any
that may come upon us hereafter, when
calmness shall have taken the place OF
excitement, and the Historian, whoever
he may be, and whatever party he may
be allied to. shall sit down to write on
the side Of progress and civilization, the
first great fact he will note will be the in
evitableness of this war, and the fidelity
of Abraham Lincoln and his Administra-
ton to his Country and Government.
In conclusion, let the science of Agri-
culture move on: let It take its proper
position among the people, in the Gov
eminent, and all over the land, dispens
ing its blessings and dignifigng labor as
it advances.
"Our Republic is a world within itself
Let us foster our industry; diversity its
pursuits; study economy; pay our debts
reward merit; honor bravery; love liber-
ty; cultivate peace; and drink deep al
the wells dino bv orr fathers -