The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-04-08
From the 57tk.
CAMr DrNvIsoN. March oftj

claim as on ours, who have never I'M
dcrgonc single privation. Wo an
swer proudly, we belong to the old
guartl--thc first three hundred thous-
and the men who have brought this
rebellion down from the flush OF man
hood to- the decrepitude of old age
who have set IL on its crutches, and
are even now moving those crutches
down the prthway of time to an igno-
minious grave. 1t is true, the fcster-
ing carcass ofrehcllion may turn, cast
them away, stand for moment erect
without their support, hut it is the
death struggle; the wounded bison is
most dangerous. and most powerful
in his last agonics. Now, then, is The
time to strike. Davis and his min
ions are blind with rage and fury ut
their hitherto ill-success; their fol-
lowers are dcserting their standard
not by tens or hundreds, but by
thousands. lie is even now casting
lots with the potentates of Europe
for che spoils of our fair country, as
the Jews of old did over the raiment
of our Saviour. Would we, the sol
dicrs of America, tolerate this, or
stand by and have it told us that q
levy of conscripts decided the fate Of
the great Republic Of America? No!
A hundred thousand veteran volun-
tccrs arc ready to carve their names
with their bayoncts, and write with
their blood, il need he, the glorious
Inscription of freedom and liberty to
| oil mankind; yes, to rear with their
sabrcs and muskets n shrine that the
world will how before, and tho lovers
OF Liberty from every cline knecl
devoutly Mt, and worship an idol of
hope, u beacon light to the down trod-
den Hungarian and the italian, trcm-
bling in the chains of their forefrth-
crs.
What should we desert the ship
now, after having stood at our posts
through two years ofstorm, and night,
and rebellion; when her decks were
red and slippery with the best blood
of the loyal North! Desert her now,
when one 10y one her broken planks
are being placed in their former posi-
ton, and her course is becoming more
steady under the skillful guidance Of
Lincoln and his subordinatcs. Aban-
don her now. when we can feel that II
little more sailing and u few more
stitches ofcanvnss, we can outride the
storm, and the black piratical craft of
Rebellion will bc our preyP No, We
mean to stand by the bulwarks of
our good ship until their flag is struck,
and their crews suspended ut Ivcry
yard arm. r
70 the friends of our comrades
whose graves mark the green hillsides
OF Tennessee, or can be found among
the dark oaks of Arkansas Post, or
by the waters of the iietful Mississip-
pi, the river of death OF Mississippi,
/ wish to say n word. lou have the
proud consolation of knowing that
! they fell in cause, the sacredness OF
which is second to none ever contest
ed on the earth; that they fell fighting
to demonstrate the feasibility Of self
government; to prove the superiori-
Is of freedom over slavery, ciyiliza.
tion over bnrharism, light over dark
ness, with their faces toward the de-
luded foe, doing their whole duty to
their God. their country, and human
itv: that their bones will form Il part
of the corner stone of supcrstruct-
urc, whose like was never presented
to the gaze of man.; Republican
Government interrupted, majestic in
its might, subime in its majesty.
Yours respectfully, t
W. III. CRADLE,
p. S.--We leave for the front in
few hours. w. ii. c.,
Work Laid Out for Canadian Refugees
The rebels are inclined to improve
upon the dastarlly and murderous
means means heretofore relied upon
by them for carrying out their wicked
intentions against the Union. They
have before threatened, in case Of dis
astcr, to raise the black flag and give
no quarter; and now they have hittp-
on another beautiful programme
Here it is, from n late number of the
Richmond Wing:
1--WE may not, it is true, be able to
send raiding party to dash into
Philadelphia or New York, to do the
work; nor have we artillery that will
carry Greek fire far enough to reach
thcm---but we have that which will
90 further than horseman can ride,
and will penetrate what the mightiest
artillery would make no impression
Olive have money. A million OF
dollars would lay in ashes New York,
Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago, Pitts
burg, Washington and all their chief
cities: and the men TO do the business
may be picked up by the hundred in
the streets OF those very cities. Hit
should he thought unsafe to use them,
there are daring men in Canada, of
Morgan's and other commands, who
have escaped from Yankee dungeons,
and who would rejoice ut an oppor
tunity of dong something that wonld
make all Yankeedom howl with an
guish and CONSERVATION. That what
we are saying may he given more
practical turn, we will add that We
know and have talked With lnan--a
well known officer in the army, and
every way competent and fit-who Is
ready and anxious toprocced to Can
ala on thio btsinnsa Iln knows Lha