The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-02-02

negro who had left rebel, and in re!
cuing the fugitive's wife and childre
whom this slave.monger and traitor Wa
carrying further South. It is to be hoI
ed this matter Aill be probed to the bo
tom. Mr.. Wilkinson said he woul
never consent that the Minnesota so
diers should be made the tools Of th
slavery. loving tyrants of Missouri Nj
Lane, of Kansas, said the soldiers in Mn
souri, were unconditional union men, an
ti-slavery, all OF them, with scarcely a
exceptions; but that the officers appoint
ed by the Gamble regime are, almos
without exception pro slavery men.
The soldiers in our army, taken as ,
whole, have always been exemplas o
patriotism and courage. Never befor
in all the annals of history has such a,
army been put into the field. Doubtless
the "Ironsides'' of Oliver Cromwell
we're composed of the most intelligen
and respectable men, who were ever
previous to that time, in the ranks
Then were never, like their leader, wht
occupies their places from principle aud
from choice, and who were well inform
ed in regard to the controversy between
the tyrant Charles I, and the people oil
Great Britain. But tue rank and file ol
the North American Army, surpasses
that Of Cromwell. Though they wear
no shoulder straps. they are gentlemen
in the true sense OF the word, having lit
etary culture and fund of information
such as Northern votes usually lave
Had the West point officials who com.
manded them, and the leaders who owe
their rank to intrigue and favor. been
actuated by the spirit and wishes of the
soldiers. this war ere this, would have
been successfully terminated, as it ap.
pears to me.
The insta noes Of devoted heroism, ex
hibited by our troops. are such as will
hereafter shine in the annals OF history
and stimulate forever to noble deeds
One OF the most touching occurrences
have lately heard, was related to me Of
poor fellow from Iowa. He lay on a
blanket, and was breathing with diff.
Guilty. He was shorn OF his manly and
stalwart proportions, and mangled and
amputated had already received pass.
port for that bourne "whsre the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary at
rest" The death film was covering his
eye-the damps of dissolution stood in
great drops on his brow. In this. his
last hour, the comrade who held his
hand stopped over the blanket and said
to the sufferer: Henry. l am going
home tomorrow on furlough, What
shall l say for you?" James," said,
or rather whispered the dying soldier,
"tell them, l was reduced TO the shred
Of man-hardly enough being left Of
me to be called body. But tell them
| fought bravely, and that willingly
gave my life for my beloved country
And now, stoop nearer, James. Oh. tell
my dear Kate that my heart is still left
to love her devotedly. Tell her that l
die with her name on my lips" As he
spoke "the golden chord wa. loosened, !"
and another hero was added TO the glori-
ous number who have died to preserve
the liberty and government of these
United States. We can imagine the
deep sorrow Of the betrothed and the rel
atives OF this gallant and intrepid yonng
soldier; but heartfelt as must be their
grief, it must also be united with an in
expressible approval OF that devotion
which caused 30 great sacrifice. We
can imagine the father Of the deceased
soldier greeting the lifeless remains, and
saying with Cato. in Addison's trage.
dy:
Thanks to the gods my boy has done his
duty,
Welcome, my son (! There set him down,
my friends.
Full in my sight, that may view at leisure
The bloody corpse and count those glorious
wounds.
How beautiful is death when earned by vir.
tpel
Who would no be that YOUTH What pity
It's
That We can die but once To sav g our country
Why sits this sadness on your brow my.
friend?
should have blushed il Cato's house had
stood
Secure, and fourishei in civil war"
II war has lis atrocities for US TO exc.
crate. it also has its noble deeds for us
ever to admire.
ARIos.
One Sunday. in an Eastern village,
when tha nlata WAS heinz nassad IN