New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27

not unIneet 10 speak vi tueSo HeIo uPoh uio
Sabbath, and in tho house of God. For We speak
to His Praise and Glory. Under the Divine VIII,
ills achievement, this sacrifice, has wrought out
the dawniug hope Of the hour. Better still: it
has kindled nobler life in the Nation.
This martyr spirit has borne its testimony not
only in death. but in the effort and self-denial
Of devoted w9mer-in tho endurance and suffer
inc OF true-hearted men. Such spirit speaks
in the words Of tho captured Representative,
from Pennsylvania, who, nom bis Richmond
prison, writes thus TO Dis father:
Bo hind enough to convoy my brother serato s'ar
of respe,t aud esteem. Tell them hong cast do"r
them my prayer and ius, is @ wofj n deed may 60 ou
OF the cgn'e Of your Ssuso to wea:en The n OF IL s'
hoaug in le field AID triumphant suecr tie gre's
! es. sIusse Of history"
And we remembe. that the words Of this loya
sufferer are not merely his own, but those OF al
who suffer with him.
Considering the nobler life, the deeper and
moro solemn meaning, which all these instances
| have impaired ~ the nation, VIC give God the
praise: and, still mindful Of tho dark hours that
may yet come, and tbs disasters that may. YET
belali, wo look humbly 10 Elm for help. And,
| repeat, il is rot uuiittingly that we mention
/ these things here, if thus VIC may viydly real
i2e that the essence OF tue Hero and martyr
| Life is sef.surrender TO his voice within, ai1c
loyalty TO Truth and Righteousness winch arc
also His.
we may remember, TOO, that tho Hcsc-act,
the Ma,tvr.sacrifce. lives not only in name,
but becomes incorporated with the lives Of rien'
with the Life of 8 Nation, as power anu pos
sibilty Of further achievement.
There arc indeed names which contain sucn
power aud possibility. Such namo viii dwell
OF tho tongues OF the people tc-mono"--thc
birthday Of Warrington. Some OF NJ, perhaps
have read Of that company whom Their brave
officer mad So often conducted 10 victory, ana
who would never ra-t with their dead hero's
name. 18TH, day by Aay, ct The head Of the
reGimental roll, Il j. called aloud; tie genera.
ton that loved him have passed away; hut
their sons, aad their sons' sons, VIII ever aOd
always have the honorcd namo. Comet La
tour d'Auvergne, still first OF the brave band, Il
summoned; aud ever aud always q soldier steps
from the ranks 10 reply: Dead on tho heid OF
hOnor!'"
Deed on the field Of honorl" This. too, il
tho record Of tboupands OF n-sGmcd men, whose
influence upon other generations Is associated
with DO personal distinction, but whose sacrl'
hce will lend undyng luster to the nations
archives and richer capacity to the nations lie'
And yetthese martyrs are remembered by name.
Go vsi. the mourning homes Of the lend homes
Of wealth and plenty, some Of them; but nchVr
now by the conservation Of sacrifice. Bat
many Of these ore bones OF toll and obscunty,
from which the night hand OF support has been
taken, or the youthful prop. Poor and OBJ
scure but there tho unknown fallen have
names, and inches OF solemn, tender memory.
And what hersldry on pastia walls
moro glorious than the torn cap
and the soiled uniform that hang In
those homes whore tie dead soldier comes no
morsi What arstocTauc legend refers TO
proudcr fact than that which shall often be re-
cited in the still, Summer fields where he
labored, ard by the Winter fresido where bis
place is vacGnt-"B lie fell in the great war for
Union and for Freedom" Sleep, sleep, IL
quiet, grassy graves, wherever The symbols that
you loved so well shal cover and spread over
yon--by day tho flowers Of red, white, and blue;
and by night the consolidated stars-while out
Of those graves there grows the better harvest
Of tic nation and oftimcs 20 come
And, while we praise the Divine Ruler for all
this good, and ask TO comprehend these lessons
Of obedience and Of faithiulness, let III also COM
NIT 10 heart the truth that, whateve. may exist
in CHEZ realms Of icing; whatever bettor and
golden age nGyrnRire; Pow, in our present
time, and present conditions, the deepest, LOTT.
ost possibility OF sny sphere OF LIE and dnty,
blossoms AID flowers ia its Heioss and its Mar
tyn