Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-12

CLEVELAND, Aug. 10, 1854.

Col. Samuel B. McClellqag. Captains A. 7. Wilcox
ToaRd Erasi J. Krieger; 7h Ohio goL Inf.
GENTLEMEN II have read the proceedings Of the
meeting fyou and your brother officers regarding
the disposition OF your regimental colors and, the
Mayor of the City, and on behalf OF the ity
COdncil, 10 whom IN common with myself you en-
tFdst them, pledge myself, the Li,y Council, and
SUCCESSORS, the sacred regard Of your WISHES
These battl STAINED banners shall he preserved with
alous care as mementoes OF the heroism Of our
brothers and friends who have taLJn In their defence
md OF their survivors VINO haye proudly borne them
la the face Of death and danger, and through every
hardship to the last day oftheir term Of service and
who now lay them down, not in disgrace, not in
shame, but as mute witnesses that their bearers
nave faithfully protected, and religiOusly hOnOred
them. They shall md place with the battle-1ag Of
the brave and gallant hero Of our lakes who in
other war made Il tho Dear Of hope in
the murderous conflict end the emblem of
during victory wnen that cOinGt was over.
How treasured will they be by OF the present
day and generation, to whom the glOries Of russ
Lanes, Antictam, edar Mountain, Z hancellOrs-
Vile, Lookout Mountain, and Gettysburg are as
familiar as the eve Is OF yesterday, but how much
mole treasured, how sacred will they be to those
VINO come after us Mith what yeneTatiOn will our
children and Childrens children point to their
emblaEoned folds there faded with the lapse Of
years, and what emotions Of gratitude and pride
will be excited with their sight. At some future
DAY the anniversary Of the act that closes this
unhappy rebellion, aud when people gather them
selves together, 10 thank God that on that day
years before, their beloved country ceased to be
ono vast field Of bio0dshed and embitttTed strife,
then will these banners again be unfurled to the
breeze, not, as they have been, amid the dJst and
smoke OF battle and over the heads OF armed men,
but IN the clear light Of the sun, and in the re-
joiclng presence Of thousands Of free aud happy
citizens.
Then will the orator recount the deeds Of the
glorious old heroes who left their homes and their
loved Oues, aud rushed to arms to save the Union
which has been cemented with tn blood Of their
fOrefathels, and which had rendered our coui try
respected aud honored among the nations Of the
earth. Aud who more glorious will those orators
have 20 \ me, than the gallant men who have borne
these banners these battle 1ags OF the brave anu
heroic seventh
Who quicker in the response to the call TO arms
Who 6ercer lu the ebarge3 Who more patient in
fatigue and hardship What leaders more daring,
more fearless, devoted to the sacred cause In
which they wore engaged, than the eagI yed
reighton and the neyer-yirl ing raneI HOhoIed,
thrice henOred will he be who poiut to these
and say Those flags waved over my sire when he
fought with the gallant Id Seventh.
AS sacred will these banners he are now and
always will be the tatteTed old flags of the Hoyou-
tion, and revered and honored will be the names
on the rolls Of the seventh Regiment those of
the heroes Of '76. Both memeutoes Of terrible
strife for liberty, and both sslf-sacrieing he
roc patriots.
eau but repeat, gentlemen that the flags wiz
be accepted and guarded as you have desired |
though assurance may not he required, for the peo-
PIE, who's servants we are, would tramplei under
loot whosover would hint IN word or action any dis
regard OF your wishes, any neglect in the OF
such memorials. |
I have the honor to remain, gentlemen,