The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-13
NOBLE WORDS FROM GENERAL
EWING.

NObAh ~ OROo RAAOHA OAANA1ANAAA
EWING.
General Thomas Ewing, Jr., another
Lancaster General, was serenaded at
St. Louis, few evenings since, andin
his speech. gave an account of the Pi-
lot Knob affair. His many friends
here will read his address with pleas
ure. In the course of his remarks lie
uttered the following noble words:
Men, neuer tcaS there a moment in
that siege, or in that retreat, ,chen l
dreamed of giving up, so long as Ihad a
r0ice, or a sWord TO raise IN resistance
! [Cheers. 1t might be said that had
Alright to expect that my men would
be treated as prisoners Of war. No,
they would not haye been. Look at
the fate of Major Wilson, the soldier,
the gentlemen, the fearless, spotIess,
Christian, taken by them in fair fight,
as he was at Pilot Knob, stripped Of
hat, coat, vest, shoes stockings, and
made to walk through their camp,
.iccrcd at, and driven by those hell
hounds he had been fighting. And,
now the rumor reaches MS, to well,
alas, alas, authenticated, that he has
been given over to Tim Reeves to be
murdered If he is, hope that the
memory Of his peerless character, and
his atrocious murder will rouse the
authorities to revenge 50 swift and
terrible, that henceiOrth these men
will have to act as soldiers, or on both
both sides the black flag will be raised.
All! gentlemen, you little know,
You who have lived here in quiet in
st. Louis, the character Of that loyal
people. You little know tho hard
ships these loyal men Of South east
Missouri have endured. When have
marched by their ruined farms, and
2 have seen their wives and children
shocIess, half-starvcd, eking out their
existence in loneliness, | have bowed
down in spirit before the heroic pat
riotism of these men and worshippcd
it. None OF us have made sacrifices
> no man whose family has been in socu.
rily, and beyond the reach Of the ter
rIble hazards of war, has made sacri-
ces compared TO them. Honor them
revenge them, aid them. Do as much
rs YOU can to relieve thcm and after
all that, you can enjoy your quie'
homes here, and will not discharge
. ono tenth Of your debt Of gratitude tc
= them.
In conclusion, he said;
: No. The position and destiny o
I Missouri is to be settled by fighting
now, this fall, not by peace talk anc
/ the loyal people, the men without dis
l. tinction Of party, who wish this mon
ster expelled with violence and blOoC
, from this State, owe it TO themselvc
to unite, form one solid, compact bod,
and cxpcl from it the men who vii
l. not be loyal to it and to the Genera
l. Government Cheers.
l. Speaking of the scrcnadc, the Ais
u soad Democrdt says
~ The scrcnado to Brig General Tor
- Ewing assumed the character Of a
ovation, and will long be remembers
by every one present on the occasion
20 The General speaks like true soIdie
y, and patriot. His tones are clear an
@, sound like the war notes of II bugI,
i. or the voice Of his guns, when the
awoko tho echoes Of Arcadia Vale,
rs The congratulations poured upo
DC hiaI last night, by the loyal men Of S
G. Louis, were the spontaneous outburs
ut of gratitude for his distinguished SCI
'r vice, based upon n conviction of h
a. deserts, and must prove grateful
I" his feelings and to his friends every
a. whero.