Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-02
WHOLE NO. 2474.


ing up. Since the first of January Io7.-
. listed. (Applause.) I would multiply
= tne last sum by three to get the sum to-
: .Sl OF It's value. They are worth not less
than 100000. They have been trisd r.
! the fire and not found wanting IGreat
/ Appplause). This is the basis of hone
he believed that the fighting that wa.
soon to come would be more fierce than.
, any we have had. 1t was sad to know that
: so many must go down to death in the
, conflict but who could ask a grauier
! death? Who would rather wait few years
to die in his bed, than to go down amid
! the wild roar of the salvation of battle,
with the light of his country's victories
in his eye, and its glory in bis heart!--
Great Applause '-etf aas --srr
Let me now, in this connection, ad-
dress few words to the organization We
are met TO lnaugurate. You cannot do
one tnlng too much. You cannot make
one sacrince more than will be needed
1o1 cannot heap your donations single
men TOO high. We must not slackeu our
eIorts. am proud to meet so many here.
taxing part in the work. am proud Of
our own State. 0HIo,-God bless her
mas taken noble part in the war. Shs
mas sent more than 100000 men 70 hat
tie, not including the more than 200 COO
who are at work by their fresides for the
national life. And yet, Ohio has but
one star IN the glorious galaxy in our
banner. From Wagner and Gregg,
along the angry shore of the Allan
TIC, up the Rappahannock, through
the mountains of Western Virginia,
sweeping down to Chattanooga, and then
along the line to Memphis and Vicksburg,
down the mighty river to the Gulf, and
along the borders of Texas to the dark
waters of the Rio Grande, the line OF
Onlo, gallant troops stands proudly front
ing the foe, and the bones of her sons,
strewn upon every battlefield are the
monuments Of their valor and glory. As
l tnlnk OF the steadfast bravery of our
troops, there comes up before me scene
OF that memorable day in September,
Wnen, weary and worn with battle, twen-
" thousand of our brayes stood in grim
and solid serni-circle, facing three times
their number among the foe. Shoulder
70 shoulder they stood, facing destruction
But 1t was proud thing to see then, and
TO remember now, that along that whols
line not one man hesitated or faltered.--
Never before did l see men that seemed
to 6e inspired. Each man stood as erect
and firm as if he bore upon his shoulders
the destinies Of the Republic.
One wing of the army had already been
Vauquishsd, and wsyering or rout here
might endange- the safety of the array
and the Nation. And now there came
another mass of rebels creeping IN b.
hind, ready sweep down on the rear of
that little band, and crush it out of ex-
stence- At that moment, between Us
and the advancing cloud in the rear, came
another little body, swiftly gliding to-
wards us. Was this another body Of the
enemy coming 10 complete our destruc-
non messenger was sent to
meet them and Immediately returned
1ews that they were our own, the reserve,
md reserve in double sense, for they
we're mostly from our own Reserve here.
There were but two brigades of them,
nen who had never smelt the breath Of
'attle, but single word was sufficient to
ell them what their duty was, and they
Vere about it Immediately. -.
The opposing columns swept swiftly to-
Yards each other, and sank down as IL
,arth had opened to swallow them from
nght. There were but 3400 of that re-
serve force, and in less than forty min
1tes OF fearful contest one thousand OF
them had become immortal another
hour and eighteen hundred of the thirty
four hundred were immortal, or wore
marks Of beauty won in that wild tempest
of war, which viii ennoble them forever
With such work before IS, who is dead
70 manhood-who bears heart of earth
md not of flesh, and will not give up all
or his country. No man will ever sue
,eed who only gives up half We should
q al mr.
md say, Here stand, sink or swim,
i've or dis." Weshould make sharp and
Iuick issues in life. Let our national
MOTTO be "Cita Hors ant victoria L1ta."
The nation should choose its ground 10
i've and die on. It should gather up its
tarry robes of glory around it, tearing
pose from everything that binds it or
mpedes its action, and leap into the arena
ever to quit the struggle until it lies
rostrate in death or stands in triumph
nth its foot on the body of its dead foe,
Let our Legislature encourage the peo-
lie to do this. Let party y-issues, and per-
onal squsbbles lgo to the winds when
be nation is in danger. When our flags
ONES tattered, and our soldiers, come
ack shattered, and the war is over, and
he veterans home again-repew then, IN
he better days Of the Republic, the in
rigues Of party politics, if you have 9
aste for anything so low. But leave
hem now, until the time when sob
Heaven its wouted face renews
And with fresh verdue bill and valley smiles.
] close with the hope-I say with the
ops-that the nation may receive and be
-orthy Of victory before the snow comes
gain.