The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-07-27
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The proclamation long looked for has ar
rived at last. The hours demsnd is met ;
the peoples petition is heard and answered.
What the wisest declared to be the best
wisdom, and the sagacious the highest sa.
|gacity, and the patriotic the most. valuable
expression of patriotism, is responded to by
the National Government. Five hundred
thousand men are called for. The Presi
dent has simply done the beh st Of the peo-
pie in calling for them. Again he is ruled
by events. The exigency is Imperative
The armies Of the Republic must. be once
more recruited, OF the. Republic will be in
Jeopardy.
Our armies now in the field have done
magnficently. They have achieved amaz-
ingly they have swept tr,umphantly over
vast reaches of territory, brought cities and
States back to their allegiance, cut the rebel.
l'ous land twaiR, and opened up the val,
ley of the Mississippi to the commerce of
the West But in doing this, alas, alas.
they have left many, aye many hundreds o<
their number in the patriot soldiers's grave.
All over the conquered States, all along the
banks of the great river. as far north a. the
Ohio, as far south as the Gull, as far east as
the Atlantic, and as far west as the Arkan-
sas capital, there
'AeaVes the turfin many mouldsring heap"
and under it lie the men who stood and
fo"gh and fell for the defense and p.rpetui
ty OF the na.ion-lor Our homes, for our
cause, for us
And now comes the spirit of such as
these embodied in this proclamation and
crying piteously and with all tender and vet
storm entreaty, Amsvlcans D 44msricans !
hare zoe died in vain VIII. you leave ou,
work, Of your own free choice, where we
were compelled to leave it i? Shall our
|chlldren grow up with curses in their
mouths for the heads Of yours, because you
ded ANONYMOUSLY and pusi!lauimous!y
from the hallowed enterprise which we viii
'lngiy laid down our lives for?
This is the volce-thc voice OF the dead
to the living, sni Of the living to the dead
l. which throbs and thrills through every
sentence and every syllable Of the prccla-
mation, flying as we write on The wings Of
tue lightning from the Nations Capital to
The remotest boundary Of the nation. -
o. countrymen, we entrcat you, by the
memory Of the deeds of those that have
,ded for US; BY the example that reaches
US in their lives, and by the admcnitions
that come to us from their graves by all
that is inspiring in their heroism and valor,
their fidelity in the ranks and their martyr.
dom at last; by every sentiment Of patriot
-@tadness and Of faith in the. divine
s""ated and Inspired them
dc,. voice Of theirs,
ause which au,.. ~1aces in
e entreat yen, heed tbls
,lf, their bidding and fill their p.
'trenchment, field and fort |
Let party clamor cease, Let partisan It
hip come to an end. Let the querulous ].
vi their croak. .ng, the mercerary their {
raffic, the ambitious their intrisues let
here be truce to every spirit and every
ehavior, but the spirit Of pitus loyalty to
he flag, and the behavior Of filling our de-
,le1ed ranks with men who shall trample
bis accursed insure ction forever and for. /
yer in the dust!
To arms !Countrymen, to arms, and God
save the Republic,-Chica7o Journal