Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-06-29

victory with his blood near the great wa
ters of the Niagara, who repeated and
eclipsed the achievements of COrtes, who,
although a cOnsumate and confident COM
mander, ever preferred, when duty and
honor would permit, the olive-branch of
peace TO the blood-stained laurels of war,
and who stands, at the close OF long,
glorious and eventful life, a living column
OF granite, against which have beaten
IN vain alike the Establishments and storms
OF treason. His name will ever be one of
our proudest boasts and most moving inspi-
ratIons In lOng-distant ages when this
Insipient monument has become venerable.
moss-clad, and perhaps ruinous, when
| the names inscribed upon it shall seem to
those who pause to read them, indistlnct
mementoes OF an almost mythical past,
the name of Winfield Scott will still be
clearly cut upon the memory of all, like
/ the still fresh carving upon the monuments
Of long forgotten Pharoahs. But it is
time to approach the present. In the
war which now shakes the land TO It's
foundation, the regular army has borne a
most honorable part, Too few in num-
| bers to act by themselves, regular regi-
ments have participated in every great
battle in the east, and in most of those
west of the Alleghanies. Their terrible
! losses and diminished numbers prove that
| they have been in the thickest of the
| fight, and the testimony of their comrades
and commanders show with undaunted
heroism they have upheld their ancient
renown. Their vigorous charges have
often won the day, and in defeat they
have more than once saved the army from
destruction or terrible losses by the obsti-
macy with which they resisted Overpower
ing numbers. They can refer with pride
to the part they played upon the glorious
fields Of Mexico, aud exult at the recol-
lection Of what they did at Manassas,
Gaines Mills, Malvern Hill, Antietam,
Shiloh, Stone River, Gettysburg, and the
great battles just fought from the Rapi-
dan to the Chickahominy They can
point also TO the officers that have risen
from among them, and achieved great
deeds for their country in this war-to
the living warriors whose names are on
the nations tongue and heart too numer-
Gus 10 be repeated here yet not one Of
whom would willingly omit. But per
haps the proudest episode in the history
Of the regular army Is the touching in
stance Of fidelity Of the non-cummissioned
officers and privates who, trcacherously
made prisoners in Texas, resisted every
temptation TO violate their oath and de-
sert their flag Offered commissions in
the rebel service, money was freely ten
dercd them, but they all scorned the IN
ducements held out to them, submitted 10
every hardship, and when at last eX-
changed, ranged themselves on the field
Of battle for the insults offered their in
tegritv. History affords 80 brighter eN-
ample of honor than that of these men,
tempted, as blush to say they were, by
some of their former officers, who have
themselves proved false to their flag, en-
deavored to scduce the men who had
often followed them in combat, and who
had naturally regarded them with respect
and love Such is the Regular Army
, such ITS history and antecedents, such Its
officers and men. 1t needs no herald to
f trumpet forth It's praises. 1t can proudly
appeal to the numerous fields from the
? tropics to the frozen banks of the st.
: lawrence. from the Atlantic to the Pa
, cific, fertalized by the blood and whitened
t bv tie bones Of its members. But ! viii
| not pause to eulogize it. Let its decd:
2 speak for it, They are more eloquen
= than tongue Of mine. Why are we here
= 10 day? This is not the funeral of on'
: brave warrior, nor even the lament o
i death in single battle field, bat thcs,
f are the obsequies of the best and tin
Y hrayest of the children OF the land, wh'
!. have fallen in action almost numberlesS
q many of them among the most sangui
n nary and desperate of which history ha
II recorded The men whose names an
If deeds we now seek to perpetuate, render
d inc them the highest honor iii person
: have fallen wherever armed rebellion show
Is its front, in far distant New Mexico. |
% the broad valley of the Mississippi, in I'll
lie bloody hunting grounds of Kentucky, l
" the mountains of Tennessee, amid Il
of swamps of Carolina, in the fertile fielC
n of Maryland, and in the blood-staine
4 thickets of Virginia They were q
re grades, from the general to the privat
i'll of all ages, from the gray haired veteTs
s. of fifty years service TO the hear'lle
On youth, of all degrees OF cultivation, trU
is. the man Of science to the uneducated bo
sst 1t is not necessary, nor Is ii possible,
nd repeat the mournful yet illustrious roll
he dead heroes whom we have met 10 hon,
m. Nor shall | attempt 10 name all "i lh'