Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-29

must display that liberality, devotion and
spirit of sacrifice that can be inspired
only By the conviction. that victorious
we shall save country liberty and honor.
and that, defeated, all these are forever
lost The hope of the Republic is in her
armies Thekgreat question must now
be settled by the arbitrament of the
sword. They who take the sword shall
perish by the sword; and the rebellion,
having wickediy aud madly appealed to
arms in the beginning, by arms must it
be utterly crushed and blotted from the
nation. The man who would counsel
the. nation to stay the march of our vic
torious armies, and give the rebellion
pause to recover strength and vigor, un-
der the pretext of compromising with
our erring brethren, must be a traitor or
fool. Compromise implies concession
on both sides; and what could we CON
cede to them short of independence of
their Confederacy and the destruction
of the Union, and what else would they
: ask US to eede? In The very beginning
spurning all negotiations. rejecting all
moral and religious considerations, the
rebellion sprang to arms, and slapping
the nation in the face with the mailed
hand, challenged it to combat or igno-
minious surrender.
Our State Troops.
While We rejoice in the bravery dis
played by all the armies of the United
States, it is subject of profound con
graduation that the Indiana troops have
behaved with uniiorm and distinguished
gallantry in every action in which they
have been engaged. They form part
OF every army in the fell, and have been
the foremost in desls of daring, while
their blood has hallowed every soil.
Our troops, hitherto engaged in the
peaceful pursuits of trade and agricuI-
ture, have manifested that lofty courage
and high toned chivalry Of winch others
have talked so much and possessed so
little, and which belongs only to the in-
telligeut patriot, who understands well
the sacred cause in which he drew his
sword.
Indiana has already made a large in
vestment of her best blood in the cause
of the Union, ard will never consent to
its dismemberment or TO dishon0rabe
peace. The bones of her sons ningle
with the soil from Virginia and Missouri
to Louisiana, and she will not confess
that the sacrisce has been made in vain.
or acknowledge that it was in an unboly
cause Gen Hackleman, Coils Brown,
Bass, Link, Halfway, Wheeler, Van Ire
bra, King, Carroll, Lieutenant Colonels
Hendricks, Beachman Keith, Gerber, /
l,,ot r,ol- (trn2z-y,,4 Tar,x..,z WE
Kempton, Glass, Swain, Shanklin, Sheets,
Leslie, Slough; Majors Tanner, Gavitt,
May, Avon, Albeit Couklin, Hill, Le- I
mon, Finley, Mason and PROT and /.
many others of lower rank, but with val
or not less distinguished, have yielded
up their lives upon the field that our
country might be preserved Thousands
of our private soldiers, with equal cour-
age aud patriotism, have fallen, the vic
tins of this unnatural rebellion.
They were fighting from deep convic-
country. Their unlettered graves mark 1
hundred battle-felds, and our country
can never discharge to their memory
and their posterity the debt of gratitude /
it owes. Our gratitude should be testi- !
fed by the tender care we take of their /
families and dependent ones whom they /
left behind, by the education of their /.
children, and by the honor we paw to
their memory
Nor should We forget those who have
perished by disease in camp or hospital.
They were denied the soldiers privi- I
lege Of dying in battle, but their sacrifice /
was none the less To die in the field, /
amid the clash Of eontending armies
and the roar OF battle, fighting in a holy .
cause, is glorious; but when death comes
slowly on, in the loneliness and desola-
ton of the hospital, with no mother or
sister to soothe the passing spirit, and /
minister as love only can minister, with
none but the rough hand OF comrade
to press the clammy brow and perform
the last Offices to the dying-it is ter
rible.
At the conclusion OF the Governors
speech, Gov. Wright sprang from his
chair and called for "nine cheers for
Governor Morton And they were
given in full measure, and with spirit
that looked as though nine more would
have been more satisfactory. The
speech was Leard from the first to the
last with close attention, better CON-
pliment than applause, but was heartily
applauded, too, at every one of its many
we'll planted hits and fatal thrusts.