The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-21

49, w.. or ever expects to Be, an Adolf
s;on;st : bat tell M. Storey. (sOt STOREY
Tory Tory tonight that If every man
In this country is called An Abolitionist that
3 willing to fight for and sustain his Gov
eminent, let him be called 50. And tell
Mr.. Storey Glory Tory y thatif belonging
70 the United States and being true and val.
lent soldiers, meeting the steel Of the South
ern rsvolutionists, marching to the music Of
this Union, loving the flag Of our country.
and standing by It in its severest struggles
If that makes as Abolitionists. let all Of
us be Abolitionists. Cbeers.
II it makes a man an Aboliionist to love
MS country, then love my country. am
willing to live for i, and willing to die for it.
If it makes man an Abolitionist to love
and revere that flag, then l say be it So
If it makes an Abolitionist to love to hear
the Star Spangled Banner sung. ard be
proud to hear that such words were ever
penned, or could ever be sung upon the
battlefield by our soldiers, then am proud
to be an Abolitionist, and wish to high
heaven that we had a million more then
our rebellion would be At an end, and peace
would again fold her gentle wings over a
united people. and the old Union. the old
friendship again make happy the land where
now the rebel dag faunts dismally in the
sultry Southern air.
sHE ARMIES.
= now desire to say something In behalf OF
the different armies. We have had many
victories and many reverses during this
Struggle, and il is quite common saying
throughout this country that the soldiers in
the Army of the Potomac do not fight well ;
that they are anks" and cannot fight.
Why, my friends, believe one editor who
has used these terms was born in Vermont,
himself / do not blame him for being m ad
at the Yanks he ought to be disPlessed Al
bis birthplace, that it had ever allowed such
4 curious thing as himself to come TO the
light Of day. Laughter. l have great
respect for the Army Of the Potomac, be
cause they have fought as valiantly as ever
any set OF men fought on any Geld. tina.
they have been defeated, is true. but they
were not to blame. II there has been mis-
management it has not been the fault of the
soldiers, and they are not responsible I, r it.
Troops have been massed against them in
such q manner as to overwhelm them, and
sometimes they have been outgeneral,d !;
but it is not their fault. There are SO NJ any
Of these brave boys now sleeping beneath
Southern soil, and so many battlefelds have
been strewed with their dead bodies, that it
would be ungenerous and unmsnly to speak
doubtingly or unseemly Of their valor. But
there were many reasons why thy could not
be successful. / am not Judge enough OF
tho condition OF the army, nor do l know
enough of its management to give any OPP
iniop in reference to its officers if desired.
But tell you tonight. that if the people Of
Pennsylvania and New York. and New
York city, (the wealthiest part of the coun-
toy, with as much power, perhaps. as half !
dozen Of the largest States in the Union,) I
had been united as band Of brothers. and
had sustained and supported the men of that
army. and sympathised with them. felt with
lhem, encouraged them, greater results
might have been obtained. Cheers, 1t
is the easiest thing possible to understand.
that an army will Iail in its objects il it fails
to receive the sympa,hies of those at home.
You have boy in the army he has been
taught that this is the best Government on
earth, that it is bis duty to sustain it; he
has been taught to believe that the STARS
and Stripes" is the mighty and true emblem
Of this Government. and that being such.
it is the emblem OF all that is glorious and
good. He has been taught to believe that
he must fight for it, die for it, and il need
be ask no better winding sheet to wrap his
body in when fallen upon the field Of bat
tie.
This has been his faith, and complying
with the dictates of that faith, he goes into
The army to maintain it. And men have
become 10 crszed and wild in their prejudi-
,es. as to induce the father Of this lad to
write to him that the war is wrong. He
writes the letter and says: My boy.
want you to return home as soon as posi-
bic the war is unjustifable. You should
desert il you cannot do so and get home,
Why desert to the enemy and be parolled;
ret out Of this unholy war somehow. it
makes no difference how" This is the
way that many Of these brave boys have
,een written to, and what is the result;
What could be expected! The result is.
hat the boy is discouraged, his energies
AVE been crushed, and it is not possible
OF him to Eight the battles Of his country
lnder such circumstances.
We find that the little army OF the West,
Il which believe every man is loyal in his
,eart, has travelled from Cairo over nearly
very foot Of ground between the Cumber-
and and the Mississippi rivers, down to the
outh Of Vicksburg has fought s battles
md been successful in every one. With the
Imallest army in the field (of the three ar
MES under the respective commands OF
Generals Meade, Rosecrans and Grant, Gen.
Grants is the smallest by having the sup.
port and sympathy Of the greater portion of
the people. that army has steadily advan-
led from victory to victory. and has deter
mined to repay the people, and this Govern.
nent. for its confidence and protection. and
o this il is mainly owing that they have been
uccessful upon every field where they have
net the enemy. And there is another rea-
on than that for their success. 1t is this,
here is man who leads them. who is an
his name is Ulysses s. Grant,
n my judgment he is one Of the bes. gen
rails the United States Government ever
ave . commission to. He is not what is
allsd talking man, but quiet. modest
md unostentatious gentleman, and withal a
uceessful man. And what is the secret of
is success? 1t is because he keeps his
ounsel to himself. acts for himself, and
ldgss for himself. Every officer and SOL
Ter loves him, and for these reasons. the
we for Grant, the love for the Union. the
we fos the country and all its interests.
it'll all these combined to bind them. not
Il the armed hosts Of rebeldom hurled