St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-17

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Welcome, and laid our public offerings
Of gratitude at their fee. 81 Bat thu
alas! we are not persisted, . dosA
wise Providence has othsT1wiilDs ondssed.
Besides manyzzothers, whom our Heart
equally Irompsss y,,s rs stnehtioui the;
three above, named Ulcers hays1h fall
len-fallcn in fierce and despeIate con-
4icts; the first, before the Heights Of
Fredericksburg, where bis mrrtd re-
mains have since slept quietly bcneath
dhc sod, though "the foe has been riot:
ing over his grave;" the other two, at
|he late brilliant AID successful charge
ppon the banks Of the Rappahannock;,
10 which the most of their comrades
we're either killed or wounded, and the
humber of prisoners taken, more thai
doubled that of the original assailahts.
And, to commemorate the valor, reflect
tpon the deaths, and bury tn, mortal
femains, of these two, is our peculiar
work to-day. te2%
And, of the many, who: have gone
from our city to the service of their
country, none, perhaps, have: presented
/ fairer record-as none. certainly have
made a greater sacrifce-than Capt.
Furlong and Lieut.. Waite. Their pa
friotism was true and 1astihg Dangef
and deprivation did not drive them, nor
The love of home and friends draw them
from their country's service: They
have been, I believe, with the excep-
tion of one brief furlougq, constantly
ht their posts. Their purpose evident:
~ was to rise in their profession, by a
faithful performance Of their duties !;
and, that they deserved we'll of their
comrades and superio,s is proved by
the fact. that both were promoted to po<
sitions Of higher responsibility aud hon
or. Their courage was unquestioned::'
Belonging to regiment, known the
country over, tor its intrepidity in bat
tie, they were not unfrequently assign
ed to posts of duty and danger, for
which few others would have been
fdcemed competent. In tie numerous,
battles, in which it has been their lot.
to participate, and the 6eece charges,
which they have been called to make,
they have never, l believe, ravered.--
The honor of their flag has never been
/ furnished. And in the las, charge, In
which friends and foes mingled in NOR
tai strife, aud victorp perched so uobly
above the stars and stripes, though at
the sacrifice Of many precious lives, .
n'me' already hie4 a&ag zs]o6 o6d, feaeB65esas a@eB6ss
loss we mourn to-day, ended their con-
stantly rising career, and, though life
WAS, doubtless, sweet to them, and had
its objects of tender love and lawful
ambition, yet if they must die, as die
all must, perhaps it would have been
their choice, to fall in their counrry's
service, in fierce struggle for the sup
port Of liberty, aud, at the moment;
when the note Of victory fell upon their
ears. "D"lce est pro pdtra n,ori,' - ffit
is sweet to die for ones country ais i
sentiment handed down from classic
times. Many hero has passed away
with smile on his lips, when he has
thought that his life was given for his
country's good.
And, fellow citizens, let us not sup.
pose, that the lives poured out in this
sad struggle are lost or thrown away
Ignorance or uubelief might SO regard
it, but intelligence and faith would give
different verdict. 1t is the crownine
glory of Infinite wisdom to lead His
creatures by way that they know not
and to cause the darkest and most un,
promising events to result to their great
est good The hi CHEST attaihfhehts
have ot,en been reached through the
bitterest trials, the richest blessings pur.
chased by the severest sufferings.-
What persecution was to the church
the blood now shed is to the Republic
What Gethsemene was to the world
these scenes of agony are to the Amer
ican Nation. Liberty always thrive,
best in soil enriched in patriot blood
In a selfish and mercenary age, hel
roots find no proper nourishment,l he
leaves wither, her fruit falls. The ster
lie soil Of earth must be, from time t
time, reple9ished. Fierce struggle
must arise between the different. ele
mcnts Of society. Mems principle
must be tried. The true must thus b,
separated from the false-the gold from
the dross-that al may see the excel
lenee Of /. the one, the. xorthlessDess o
the other. ''''