Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-09

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l drew forth my ''Beecher's Bible" Zone of
Sharps' gobe-sighted target rifes,) and
blazed away at the gunners, till my piece got
too foul to work. | trust / didn't XIII any,
body; bnt there were eighteen secesh and
three darkies "laid out" on the bank bv one
of their guns.
GU say that you can see no ''glory" in the
| present crisis; no good in so much killing.
have none of the warriors ambition, which
prompts him to fight for the sake of winning
GLORIOUS victories" But we must look
| deeper than the surface OF things. The kill
ing and smaiming, and consequent suffering,
and mourning throughout our land, is but the
unavoidable accident, not the result of the
present struggle. In order to Judge of the
present, we must keep constantly in view the
history OF the past. We must remember that
man has never yet achieved perfect freedom.
The few rich, have ever-more or less-ruled
the many poor; and it is ever an hour of
bright glory, when the down~trodden and OPP
pressed make a manly effort to obtain their
rights. Look at the history of our country,
and trace out the cause OF the present crisis
See Massachusetts and her band of hunted
refugees, whose great central idea was liber-
y,-"treedom to worship God" This idea
OF liberty has grown with their growth and
strengthened with their strength" till it has
spread over the almost boundless West and
become the central idea of twenty millions of
enlightened people,
On the other hand, see Virginia and her
sister states settled by English and Spanish
arlstocrats, impoverished mobiles, whose one
idea was wealth and the power to rule, which
1t ever gives. These different principles found
common foe in England, who insisted upon
right to rule the liberty seekers OF the north
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aud tor mutual protection and defence, these
opposing elements, for awhile Fused But
1t Is not reasonable to suppose that thew could
long remain together in harmony. American
slavery is nothing in the world but Old-Worl
arlstocracy gone to seed.
In England the producers, ''tillers of the
soil, though not bought and sold practically
belong to, and are ruled by, the owners of the
SOIL. In Russia, the workers are only bought
ana SOLD with the soil they till and now
grand reform is going on even there. In
America, that boosted ''land OF liberty" labor
ers, men in Gods image made, are bought and
sold like dry goods and groceries, and the
men who do this claim that it is not only a
constitutional right" but right divine
They claim the right to buy and sell their
fellow man wherever the American flag tiut-
tiers In the breeze Of heaven; and these men
have long, too long ruled in our Legislative
halls; and now they can no longer rule in
peace, they are determined to rule at the
point Of the sword. These men are the adj
vocates Of tyranny and oppression in its
worst forms they are themselves tyrants and
oppressors of the worst stamp. The object
for which they fight is in direct opposition
to that spirit of liberty, which. like an San
gel OF light" settled on Plymouth rock,
spreading JOY and gladness over the green
hills OF the morrill, and the broad prairies of
the west.
In every age Of the world tyranny and lib
erty have been in conflict, and though the
contest Freedom III has gained some vantage
ground; and at last, in our land and in our
time, their hosts are marshaled for another
struggle; and isn't it glorious to see mil
lion young men, ready to leave all the COM
forts and pleasures of home, and peril their
lives not for wealth and power, not for
glory and fame-but for the sake of liberty?
Isn't it sublimely glorious to see twenty mill
lion men, women and children united as one
soul in defense of freedom? And, oh is
there not Il halo of idvlne glory radiating
from almost every home in our land, where
loving, trusting sisters, and fond, gray haired
mothers are saying ''tarew ell' to brave broth.
ers and noble sons-bdding them 90 forth,
W uSll anu W ulG Ill tllt CAUSE VI llDtily
We hear much of the "Spartan heroes" and
'Spartan mothers" of an age gone by; but
for every heart that throbbed with an unset
fish love of liberty in the days Of old, a
thousand are beating in our own land to-day.
| have seen the warm life blood of brave
men dyeing the green prairies of Missouri,
and trickling in crimson rillS down the tlinty
hill-Sides of Arkansas. | have seen fond
mothers and loving sisters come to the field
of battle after the ''angel of destruction had
passed, and there find sons and brothers all
pale and cold in DEATH and amid their bit.
ter sorrow | have heard them thank God
their loved ones died i'll the sacred cause
of liberty. This is not fancy; | have seen
and heard all this more than once; and
tell you it Is glorious, and such self-sacrl-
fcing devotion shall not be for nought.
This time the hosts of freedom and oppres-
sion are marshaled for deadly struggle;
and this time freedom shall be victorious
and tyranny crushed to earth. From hence
forth there shall be Il green spot somewhere
on Gods earth to which the world can point
and say ''there is freedom; there tyranny and
oppression can never come; there man, of
whatever color, or from whatever cline, is
FREE" And shall not the time when such
reform takes place be crowned with glory!
OH l tell you, this is the most glorious hour
the world has ever seen. When perfect free
dom has been won, and peace again restored,
with what reverence will those who come at
ter us look back to the hour in which We now
act.
But l am writing quite long letter, and
taking up too much of mig time, if not of
yours, and, besides, it is bitter cold, and l
must stop awhile and warm my fingers. We
shall move from this ragion-where to is more
than any of us pretend to know, but some
things indicate Texas as our place of destina-
ton. As you say, | may meet with Rufus
and William. How should like to. have
not heard from them in a long while, though l
have repeatedly written to them. You must
not keep stockings in the closet waiting for
me, for it is very possible they may never do
me any good, and you must not think that we
are suffering, either. 1t is true we are not
very well clothed just at present, but we do
not have a great deal Of very cold weather,
and most of us have got used to going without
stockings, as well as a meal, now and then,
when it is necessary. You may never see
this. Squads of rebel cavalry are all about
US, and our email ixins' are very uncer-
tain. If you do get it L hope you will answer
it at once. Direct as before, to st. Louis.
| Remember me to all the friends. Good bye.
Jason.
THE HOUSE OF STEWART IN New LINE OF
Observation-Disclosures dealers were not a
little astonished the other day, to find an OPP
| AVIATOR in tho huttar marie OF ,vho made clean