Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-17
A Noble Appeal to the People.

The Peoples Regiment, (ths New York 44th)
has spoken, rank and file, upon the great question
Of the war to the end. The following Address
was signed this morning by every member Of the
regiment
70 dp PcSpl, Of he STATE Of New York
We can 10 longer keep silent. A sacred devo.
ton to our country-an ardent love for our homes
and, above al an abiding faith in God lid Us
speas. For nearly two years we have suffered all
things, porlled all things, endured all things, for
| the sake Of our common country. We have left
our business, our kindred, our friends the FIRE.
sides Of our youth, the sacred places Of prayer
and all the nearest and dearest relations Of lie to
serve our country We have endured hunger
thirst, cold and heat By day and by night We
have borne the weight Of our knap,acks and the
welrness oi tie march. We have worked late
snd early 10 tie trenches; We have biyoutcksd in
the swamp. we have suffered sickness in the hos
pal We have not been spared from the peIii-
ence that waketh in darkness, nor from the
destruction that xasleth al nooadsy." We have
never shrauk from dutyj but rather have sgain
and again cheerfuIIy sought death, even at the
clnnon'a mouth to save our Union from de.truc-
lion, our homes from disgrace, and you and your
children from eternal shame. When we came to
the field We came with your blessing. You told
Us 10 70 that God would be with uo, and that
your mos; icrvent prayers should follow Us. In
coaraged by your words Of patriotism, Of hope, ol
faith, We came to the war.
After suffering hus much in behalf u you, and
your children, and the nations honor, dear alike
10 "a a will you withhold from Us now your
sympathy and support? WI you join with those
more than traitors at the North. Vho CRY Peace,
when they know there Is no peace, nor can be
none ,.li this uaholy rebellion is crushed' VIII
yo1 ally yourselves with those Who By words Of
discourage nent, are proongng the war and who
are thus becoming in the sight Of both heaven
and earth the insdi0us murIerers Of your sons
and brothers in the fs12 Why should you who
suffer noae Of the dangers, none Of the privations
OF field or camp be less patriotic, less faithful, less
hopeful, esi confident n God and the holy cause
10 which we are engaged, than ne who endure
all?
Shall the future historian, in writing the record
Of this great .ruggle, declare, with irulhfulness,
that the people Of the North, having sent their
sors 10 .he field 10 peril their live. for the safety
of lhe.r homes their property, and The National
GcyeTnment--ha'ing poured out, a. The first
blush Of their PATRIOTISM their treasure and blood
s.l he lreensss Of water, al .eugh, through in.
tfIerelce and apa.hy, and the love Of ease and
luxury which TIE var enggns cred, sought The IN.
Stable terms of Oh ns-rou' peace, and finally be.
came cay s-o,sIysl. 10 those whom they at
tempted to su1ige?
Tia. ,h., shall no, be the record Of the Empire
State, with your sympathy aud hearty co-opsra-
ton, we, the unders gued officers, non.comms-
STONED officers aad priyltes Of tie 4l.h Regiment
4 New York State Volunteers, representing every
county from Lake Erie to the ocean, hsre pledge
anew our lives and our sacr honor. For we
feel assured that if you seek peace now, upon any
terms less than those Of entire submission Of rsi.
tors IN arms to The Government Of the United
States, ths, that peace will only be temporary,
and thlt, sooner or later, you will be obliged to
send your younger sons and brothers 10 endch
this soi.--arsady fertile with the dssd-young.r
aud iresher 0l5oI to recrimson these streams, al.
ready red with slaughter.