St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-02-18
Our dead our beloved dead Moth

ing can rob us Of that proud intosit.;]
ance. Never, never shall the people ols|
Minnesota, through all the Countless
coming generxtions, forget the glorious
contributions YOU have made to this
war. Yes,
Fallen TO saye an injured land.
s. Imperial Honor's awful hand
Shall point their lowfy graves 9
Brave hearts-truc hearts-full Of
youth and hope, and Ill the sweet i'm
pulses Of life, you willingly gave your
selves up 20 the dark ess Of death that
the nation might live; that truth and
liberty might not peri h from the earth
Nay the blessings Of d peoples eternal
love halo your MEMORIES NAV t:
sweetest and safest sunshine Of ALI
Gods heavens linger where your poor
bones are mouldering into dust!
Yet why should We -grieve for YOU ?
instruments whereby God has worked
his purposes, you have indeed perform
ed. a mighty work.. Some OF you lie
along the hills of Gettysburg, where :
in the most momentous battle Of mod
ern tines, the ser,ied hosts Of slavery
recoilcd from before you, as the waves
lrecoil, torn and broken, FROM the eter.
nal rocks. Your graves are but dots:
upon the hills, yet what work Of lite is
comparable to yours! You have chang
ed the face Of the centuries; you have
affected the dcstinics Of mankind to the
re,notest generations; you have altered
the future Of the entire world. Who
would recall you? No; sleep on etcr-
nal memorials Of unshrinkiug courage.
and unbounded patriotism; fragments
crumbled from the living wall which,
on that dreadful! day, stood between.
the nation and ruin Coming genera.
tons shall tread tendetly Is they ap-
proach the little mounds which cover
you, and shall spell, out. with, reverence
and with love tho names craven upon
your monuments. Sleep on, brave men
your dust is sacred, your glory im,nor-
tai, your memory in.ertwincd with the
protcundest love Of a grateful people.
Go home, thcn. officers and men Of
the lst Minnesota! Revisit your friends,
renew the sweet associations olong dis
rupted'; brighten again Tie chain Of
friendship and Of love so long dimmed
by the te1arrs of 'absc6ce. l%@F5 -
But, remember your work is not vet
flushed! Remember that by the LIST
of May the nation will look to see you
once more in the field, your thinned
ranks filled with new recruits, and ev-
cry one Of your old veterans facing
with renewed determination the line Of
the enemy. This regiment must never
die until the rebellion dies. 1t saw it
in its cradle it must look down upon
It in its grave! Never never let your
ranks be broken until this most damna-
bic, this most accursed rebellion il sunk
into the bottomless pit of perditiun, a
thousand fathoms below the faintest
whisper of the horn of resurrection,
overwhelmed beneath mountain OF
human oprrobriun aud indignation.
When the long line OF our army
winds, as it will yet wind, With drum.
beating and colors flying, through the
streets of captured Richmond, the "lst
Minnesota must be there there
where it has always been in the hour of
danger, in the front rank. "L'Etole
du Nortp-the star of the North must
shine in flat respondent constellation.
:oon IL rise above. che wreech,d SUI i,
torete!'lng to its bias'ed fields, prosper
ity, peace ~! Liberty.
Yoil a:>ne have represented Mime
sofa in tie %rc.t armies Of lsic East.
You a1'''is=; ii!''.t continue to represent
her there. u'irT She last lIow Is struck,
and ti,c '.st ;c9v4 lies !rcs rate III the
dust. .ss=r-r>:.r ~. ..,-.s.4-,.
At the conclusion u Nh Dohaelly,s
speech ,;'c ic. ii, itics ca.:,e to an end,
the party Separating shortly after lid
night. The Lest III order prevailed,
and the bau,,u is regarded as one Of
the MOS: success FIJI ever given il Wash
ton.
We have received the first number
vft'lc New Ulm Post, a wcll.printed
German paper Of course, we cannot
si,ak as to the character of the con-
tents, any more than that the paper is
fG'r ':77':e thcif, ':'ccAt and Fortschritt.'
from the reputation Of it editor, Mr..
Wolf, We should jn6ge it to be such
journal,;is w5t'd prove e interest to
the Germans Of the State.
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GEN. HAE1EcK telegraphed to Gen..
Pope on Tuesdiy That The order for the
Second Minnesota Cavalry to go South
had been revoked. Cen. Sibley re-
ceived copy Of the dispstch at Depart
mcnt Headquarters.
IN answer to 81 inquiry By NJ. Ram
soy i'm the us. Senate, on tile 4fh
inst Mn Wilson, Chairman Of the
Committee on Military Affairs, 1atated
that the number Of colorcd troops now
in service was,sbout so 900.
FRI on Il ;or n M o,o1 Ctavn~e -, lie.