Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-01-21
Governor Andrews Message. An
Eloquent Tribute to the SACRIFICES
ana Glory of the War.

hOI AuQTOWh meBd1Ros' All
Eloquent Tribute to the sacrifioes
and Glory of the War. - r..
The message Of Gov. Andrew, of Mass,
has the following admirable conclusion:
Several topics-amongo others, the militia
omitted from this address, already long.
can be better matured hereafter, should oc-
casion demand their discussion. must
not omit to bear public testimony again to
the efficient manner in which the recruit.
ment OF volunteers is conducted through the
municipal governments. The work 10
brought directly home to the people. Led
by their OWE local magistrates, it is patriot
ically done. Time, an element not usually
understood will enable them to fill our con-
tingent. L can never express my sense Of
the sublime devotion to public duty have
witnessed in this people from my watch tow
er of observation, nor the gratitude |, owe
for their indulgent consideration. =, ...
But the heart swels with unwonted emo
ton when we remember Our sons and broth
ers, whose constant valor has sustained on
the field, during nearly three years Of the
war, the cause Of our country, of civiliza-
ton, and liberty. Our Volunteers have
represented Massachusetts, during the year
just ended, on almost every field and in ev-
| cry department. Of the army whore our flag
has been unfured. At Chancellorsyille,
Gettysburg, yicksburg, Port Hudson and
Fort Wagner, at Chickamauga, Knoxville,
and Chattanooga; under Hooker, Meade,
and Banks, and Gilmore and Rosecrans,
Burnside, and Grant; 10 every scene OF dau-
ger and of duty, along the Atlantic, and the
Gulf, on the Tennessee, the Cumberland,
the Mississippi, and the Rio Grande; under
! Dupont, and Dahlgreen, and Foote, and
Farragut. and Porter, the sons of Massa-
4 chusetts have borne their part, and paid the
debt Of patriotism and valor Ubiquitous
as the stock they descended from, national
in thei r opinions and universal in their sym
pathies, they have fought shoulder to shoul-
der with men of all sections and Of every
extraction. On the ocean, on the rivers,
!. thundered down from the clouds of Look.
out Mountain the defiance of the skies, they
!. have craven with their swords record i'm.
perishable.
The Muse herself demands the lapse Of
silent years to soften, by the influences oi
$ time, her too keen and poignant realization
l. of the scenes Of war-the pathes the hero
ism, the fierce joy, the grief of battle-bu
= during the ages to come she will brood owe
It their memory. Into the hearts of her con
d secrated priests will breathe the inspiration
D. of lofty and undying Beauty, Sublimity. an,
lie Truth, in all the glowing forms of speech
S of literature and plastic art. By the home
IN ly traditions of the fireside; by the head
ut stones in the churchyard, consecrated
E. those whose forms repose far off in rud
~ graves by the Rappahannock, or sleep b
We meath the sea, embalmed in the memoris
n- Of succeeding generations of parents an
he children, the heroic dead will live on in In
" mortal youth. By their names, their cha
I'd acter, their services, their fate, their glor,
lie they cannot fail: .... = .
rs In great cause; the block may seek their gore;
III Their heads may sodden IN the sun, their limbs
al Be strung TO siiy gates and ca ste walls;
I'd But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years
- Elapse and others share as dark doom,
Isl They but augment the deep and sweeping thozshis
Irs Which overpower all others, and conduct .r
% The world atlast 10 FRKrDoh."
Is. The edict Of Nantes maintaining the T
bel ligious liberty of the Huguenots gave lust
,ar to the fame of Henry the Great, who
,es name will gid the pages of philosophic b
lev tory after mankind may have forgotten Z
,at martial powers and the white plume
lat Navarro The great Proclamation of Ii
ht- erty will lift the Ruler who uttered it, o
Nation and our Age, above ell vulgar DE-
, a tiny.
ltly of Independence has found at last q vol
les- articulate, to proclaim Liberty througho
the all the land, and to all the inhabitants ther
Site Of 1t has been heard across oceans, al
,or- has modified the sentiments Of cabinets q
rict kings. The people of the Old World ha
the heard it, and their hearts stop to catch I
ex- last whisper of its echoes. The poor sls
esi- has heard 1t, and, with bounding joy, te
bel pered by the.mystery otlreligion, he worsh
and adores. The waiting Continent
mt, heard it, and already toresees the fulfil
Ugh prophecy, when she will sit, redeemed,
ere generated, and disenthralled by the gen
ma. of Universal En- ancipation.