, 1864-05-03
TEE GLORIOUS Es4aT7ED T.
ISM OF THE WEST.
A Handsome Acknowledgment.

From the N. 7. Tines.]
The offer Of the Governors Of the Western
and Northwestern States Of large number
Of men-according to report, one hundred
thonsaud-to man the Union garrisons and
forts, thus freeing from service an important
force9of veterans. ia one of the most fnepirit-
ing events Of the war. When one remembers
that for three years these States hive been
pouring forth men with a1avish hand, in COM
1unnitles where ererT man il Of especial
Talue-ulinoi5 alone having sent forth more
volunteers in proportion to her Population.
than any other State Of the Union; and iii.
nois and Indian ohaving put into the field an
army as large as that Of first class European
Power; and when ne recall that at this sea-
son OF the year every man Is needed, and can
hardly be spared for the tilling Of the ground,
We shall appreciate the patriotism Of this
odcr. a hundred thousand men taken from
the West and Northwest now, are 50 many
men Withdrawal directly from the Spring ID
bors OF tue farm. As almost every one
either own firms or labor on them, they will
in fact leave their ploW In the fnrrow, even
~ last Summer IN Indiana they left their
"reapers" on the wheat field It is not only
wealth, but the very source Of wealth, which
these Estates thusEoaer to their country.
ter, incompetent Generals and blundcsing
poliey, have not in the least cooled the IRE Of
the Western patriotism. The people are a.
determined IS they were when the first West
-ern soldiers occupied Calro, that one Govern
mint, founded on Liberty, shall reach from
Maine to the Gulf. For they belong especial
II to that vigorous race, who, having once
undertaken thing md set their viii upon Il,
hare 1t not iu them to turn back, but on the
col trar., are inspired and epurred on by OBJ
stacleb and delays
This voluntary proller Of new army from
t.ese We tern districts, where almost
every household has an empty ecat, and
where every battle from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande leaves vide circles of mourners,
is Ike g trumpst-caA to our Eastern pat.
1iotism.
The West appreciate the momcntous I'M
portance, of this coming SIMMER They
kEow that on its battle-eren as on such
battles as Arbe18 aud Marathon and Waterloo
the destinies Of future ayes and Of nations
will depend. They arc determined that all
that they can do and offer, shall be given
now, in the utmost crisis Of the country, to
.n.ake certaiD, 30 fur a. human preparations
can do 80, the victory Of the Union and free
Government.
Is the East equally patriotic and in earneste
the Eastern st ties? There are important
posts here, and between this city and Wash
ington, which might Just as well be garrison
ed ey militia, and thus relieve large numbers
OF veterans for active service. Is our militia
prntierel to The General Government? We
are glad to know that one regiment at least
llae been called out to man our harbof forth
dcatione. Though As Jet We hear no inspir-
il:u call from the Governors, we know that
tlis State and all the Eastern States are q.
tuly in earncet MS our Western brethren, aud
have made aud ate prepared to make IS great
sacrifices for the country.
Wien this tremendous war bns resulted In
the final victory Of free principles, It cannot
bc denied thut the Central West will stand
forward with glory. which she never pos
eessed beforc-eycn the glory of great sacri-
fees persistently made for great principles.
More than any lart Of the nation (unlees 1t
be the State Of Massachusetts} have those
powerful communities seen from the begin
ming that this WIS q struggle between free
principles Of government and slavery, and
they have struck, without fear or favor at
the accurstd "inBtitution." They have al
ways been In fayo1 Of the most vigorous and
thorough measures, and the school of Nc
Clcllan, whether In politics or strategy, has
met will. nothing but contempt from the
Certainly, not the leaet vigorous fighting
has been done By the Western men; and, Of
all our officers, Western General now ap-
pears at the surtncc rs, thus far, the bsst mil
itary head.
The Central West is, of course, to be the
great power Of the future on this continent.
No agricultural States on the richest river
bottoms Of tue Old World hare ever equ ,lcd
the wealth and power which are get to be
developed On the fertile plains Of tic al1uyial
West It is fortunate thing for them, rs it
is for the nation, that their primal founda-
ton in thus being nobly laid in the most he
roic sacrifices and the braycst services for
liberty and country. Their people will have
proud aud inspiring traditions to look back
upon. And 1t is no rhetorical exaggeratlon
| to say TINT when at length this whole land is
free from every taint Of slavery. and one free
republic rules it al, to no portion Of the ma
tion viii our county feel such gratitude, Us
| having Eisked and sacrificed every thing for
country md for free principles, as to the
t States Of the Central West