The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-05-21

Smith Surgeon.
tFrom the New York Evening Pos.)
lHg VOICE or faE BRAVE NLDIg2.
An Appeal From the Ellswerth Regi.
ment.
NO FIRES IN TIE REAR.
A letter to us, dated Army of the Potomac,
March Q. says:
"The most eloquent voice yet raised
agsinsta dishoporable peace and the ma
chihations Of traitors at home, is that Of the
Forty-fourth Regiment New York Volun-
teers. in tho ADDRESS sent herewith, which
was this day adopted with startling unanim-
ity, every officer and soldier present in the
regiment subscribed his name to it with en-
thusiastic earnestness.
"The words are few but we'll chosen, Wig
orous, and pregnant with truth. These
men have right thus to speak--their bat
ties, their bravery, their discipline and their
honorable scars. entitle them to hearing.
Let no one fail to read this string appeal in
favor Of the war, by those who are fighting
it, and let sympathetic traitors hang their
heads for shame to be thus rebuked by pa:
triots like these"
THE ELLSWORTH REarxExr TO ITS FRIENDS.
An appeal to the People Of tie State of NesO
York.
We can no longer keep silent. A sacred
devotion to our country. an ardent lose for
our homes, aud above all, an abiding faith
in God, bids Us speak. For nearly two
years We have suffered all things, perilled all
things, endured all things, for the sake
Of our country, we have lett our business,
our kindred. our friends the fireside of our
youth the sac ed places Of prayer, and all
the nearest and dearest relations of life. to
serve our country. We have endured hun
ger. thirst, cold and heat. Ry day and by
night. we have borne the weight of our knap-
sacks and the WEAKNESS of the march, We
have worked late and early in the trenches;
we have bivouacked in the swamps we
have suffered sickness in the hospitals;
We have not been spared from "the pesti.
lence that walketh in darkness" nor from
''the destruction that wasteth at noon day"
We have never shrunk from duty, but
rather again cheerfully sought DEATH even
at the cannon's mouth. to save our Union
from destruction, and homes from disgrace,
and v.u and your children from eternal
shame
When we came TO the field we came with
your blessing. You told us to go--that
God would be with US, and that your most
fervent prayers should follow us. Eneour-
aged by your words Of patriotism. of hope,
or faith, we came to the war. After suffer
ing thus much in behalfof you and your
children, and the nations honor, dear alike
to US all, will you withhold from us now
your sympathy and support, Will you
join with those, worse than traitors, at the
North, who cry "Peace" when they know
there is no peace. nor can be none till this
unholy rebellion Is crushed ? Will you ally
yourselves with those who, by words of dis
couragement. are prolonging this war, and
and who are thus becoming, in the sight Of
both Heaven aud earth. he insidious 1mur-
derers ofyour sons and brothers here in the
ields Why should you. who suffers none
OF the dangers. none of the privstions Of
field or camp. be less patriotic. less faith
full. less hopefal, less confident in God and
the holy cause in which we are engaged, than
We who endure oil ?
Shall the future historian. in writing the
record Of this great struggle. declare with
truthfulness that the people Of the North.
having sent their sons to the field, to peril
their lives Cor the safety of their homes,
their property and the national government;
having poured out at the first hlush of their
patriotism their treasure and blood with the
freeness Of water, at length, through indif.
ference and apathy, and the love of ease
and luxury which the war engendercd,
sought The unstable terms of an inglorious
peace, and finally became only subservient
to those whom they attempted to sub.
due .~
This shall not be the record of the Empire |
State. with your sympathy and harty coop |
Grafton, we, the undersigned officers, non
commissioned officers and privates, of the |
Forty-fourth regiment New York State VOL
iateers, representing every county from
Lake Erie to the Ocean, here pledge anew
,ur lives and our sacred honor. For we feel
assured that ifyou seek peace now up.
IN any terms less than those of an entire
on the part of the traitors in
arms to the Government Of the United States,
hat the peace will only be temporary, and
hat sooner or later you will be oblige to
end your younger sons and brothers
o enrich this soil, already fertile with the
lead-younger and fresher blood 10 re-crim.
on these streams already with slaugh-
er.
Headquarters Forty-fou regiment New
FORK State Volunteers. Camp near Fal,noth,
"a, March Q 1863.
Signed, Colonel James B. Rice, Major E. B.
lonx. Surgeon W. w.Townsend, Adju,ant
leo. =. Henendeen, Lieut.. r. r. Mundy,
luartermaster Assistant Surgeon H. Fern
apt. L. s. Larabee, Capt. w. N. Dants,
'spt E. A. Nash, Capt Chas. w. Gibbs. |.