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 intoritr;l
ance. Never, never shall tho people 81
Minnesota, through all tho Countless
coming generations, forget the glorious
contributions you have made to this
War. Yes, S
"Fallen 70 save an injured land.
.sa Imperial Honor's awful hand
; Shall point their lowfy graves!"
= Brave hearts-true hearts-full Of
youth and hope, and Ill the sweet i'm
pulses Of life, you willingly gave your
selves up 10 the darkue Of death that
the milton might live that truth and
liberty night not peri h FROM the eartl. ;.
May the blessings of a people eternal
love halo your ldeinories' may t:c
sweetest aud sottcst sunshine Of all1
Gods heavens linger where your poor
bones are Wondering into dust: 4
Yet why should We -grieve for you ?
Instruments whereby God has worked
his purposes, you have indeed perform
cd a mighty work.. Some Of you lie
along the hills Of Gettysburg, where, ;.
in the most 1momentous battle Of mod
ern times, the serted hosts Of slavery
recoilcd from before YOU, Us the waves
recoil, 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; ye>1. have
affected the dcstinics Of mankind to the
relnotest generations; you have altered
the future Of the entire world. Who
would recall you? No; sleep on eter-
nal memorials Of unslrinkiug courage
and unbounded patriotism fragments
crumbled from the living wall which,
on that dreadful! day, stood between.
the nation and ruin. Coming ge:era-'
tons shall tread tendefly as they ap-
proach the little mounds which cover
you, and shall spell out with reverence
and with love the names craven upon
your monuments. Sleep on, brave men
your dust is sarrcd, your glory i,nmor-
tai, your mc!'hory interlwined with the
protcundest love Of grateful people.
Go home, then. officers and men of
the LIST Minnesota Revisit your friends
renew the sweet associations so long dis
.rupted'; brighten again the chain Of
friendship and of love so long dimmed
by the tears of absence.
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 e1-
cry one Of your old vcteia,is 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 botto'nless pit of perditiun, a
thousand fatloms below the faintest
whisper of the horn of resurrection,
overwhelmed beneath a mountain Of
human oprrobrium and indignation.
When the long line OF our army
winds, as it will yet wind, with drums
beating and colors flying, throu5 III 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'Eto2e
du NortI"=-the star of the North must
shine in that respondent constcllsti'.n.
:oon IL rise above thc wresc|:,d >;uu y,
f6rete!'iug to its hiias:cd fields, prosper
ity, peace an! Liberty. = #
You a:>ne hav: represented Mime
sofa in TIE great armies Of Tie East.
You a1's'E:, INIT continue to represent
her tf;er;.. u'irE ';he last llow Is struck,
and Tie ;Aet Icve4 lies tres rate in the
dust. $780,.
At the conclusion i ! N1 Dohnelly's
speech ,i'c f. ii irics CAGE to an end,
the party Separating shortly after lid
night. The Lc~ s"l order prevailed,
and the Lauiu.t is regarded as one Of
the Ecs: Successful ever given ii. Wash
ton.