The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-03-03

The determination Of the veteran
soldiers to stand by their Government,
has made glad the heart of the patriot,
and will be heard with fear and tremb-
ling by the bad and wicked men who
set on foot this monstrous rebellion.
II tells of q fixed and determined
resolution to preserve the Union in its
purity, in all its power, in all its splen-
dor, and in all its greatness, with not
one stripe erased, or one star of its flag
polluted. And this will be glad tidings
to the people of the nations who love
liberty, and hate oppression. For liber-
ty will not, with your consent, perish
on this continent, neither will it be
permitted that this Government shall,
in the life of some of its founders, be
brokenpp and destroyed. With her i'm
monsc power andresources there can be
no question as to the ultimate result of
this deplorablc contest. The rebellion
will be crushed, and the Union of these
States restored. Those ininsurrection
will be brought backto their allegiance,
and made to acknowledge the rightful
authority of those in power. 10 this
end you must use all the legimate
means God and nature have placed in
your hands, or within your reach. II
your adversary has an element ofpow-
err you must cripple and destroy it, and
If it can be turned to advantage against
him, you, are unwise if you neglect
doing it.
Soldiers of the seventeenth, its des-
TIMES have been committed to you, and
your associates in arms. 'Tis fearful
responsibility, from which the weak
and timid shrink, and none but tho
brave assume. Show yourselves, as
you have hitherto done, worthy of tho
high and holy trust, and make mani
| fest to the people that their confidence
in your valor, your patriotism, youl
reverence and respect for tho law, and
love for the Union, has not been mis-
placed Right well have you hitherto
sustained it, and right manfully yor
will, VIC feel assured, in future do YOU
duty.
You leave us, but not urcarcd fol
or forgotten. These gathered thous
ands will treasure in their hearts th'
remembrance Of your heroic virtues
your noble self-sacrificing zeal ant
devotion to your country, and whethe
in camp, on the march, Or in the field
Frustrated by sickness or mcnaced witt
' danger, their prayers will be offorc,
up to the throne Of the Living God il
Q your behalf. Pray that your countr,
: may be always right, and remembc
g that the insurgents are instigatcd AM
led by wicked and ambitious men, in
: hucnccd, not by that kind Of ambitio
}, which would elevate a state, OF
;: the condition Of his people, not th
u kind of ambition which fired the hear
q of Brutus, but that which made a Cat
q aline, and turned the virtues of
c Caesar into vices, desoated Franc
q and, in the name of Liberty, called fc
}, victims until the streets of her chic
d cities ran red with the blood Of he
+ people.
Remember these things, and pro
T. tect her from all her enemies. Wit
l, this determination on the part Of he
g soldicry, and sustained and supporte
/ by men so resolved, though many
n hearth -stone is made desolate, an
I, many heart made to bleed, an
70 many child made an orphan and pa
a ent childlcss by this unhappy war
l. kindred, she will come out of her II
c, ais and Affections purified, unshorn
"a her strength, and renewed in powc
l. God grant this Union may never pc
n ish-strong, vigorous and free, ms
O. it stand through all time, and the su
Is light of liberty rest upon it forever.
n, Soldiers of tho Seventeenth, far
II well: and may that Power in who
IN hands are the distinies Of nation
ie guard you. sustain you, and at t
end ofyour service, permit you to +
u turn in safety to your families al
), friends.