The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-21
. uow Years Letter to the Union
- APMv.
nv WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Army.
nv WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
c,,s.c-s on tAe Eaion tray: lave been
,eS:rel nv the conductor OF the sS0tGsers
r.raI 10 address few words 70 you 2:tSe
nner;rc Of the New Year. ] take the "c-
easiou 10 cf'er you ny warncst conyrasn-
,..,ors on wha. -. have accom- plIshed II ,
.ha mss, yea<, AND v Ast you may expec. 70 !
one,rlplish IN tho year before you.
4. no beginning q. the year 1Si he
-oba; Generals presented aforrniaa .con:
~ orr armies. lee. y: the head nj a pow
erful force, occupied the hanks o. he Hap-
;san and the Rappahannock, threatening
Washington and Pe'insv;vania. Esr!v ah'.
his -eheI cavalry he'd the wide valley a.
tho Shenandoah. Johnston, wit. .91-
-niiable arnv. had posted himself al AZ
iants. &c. nel an !nrre-nabie position. =
rhi:S The rebels had stored the munitions
~ war ia vast magazines, and collected re
machinery hy wai.n they were fabricated.
c.anae a. tie history of the past yeA-
vii, show Won how al this state oi th-ISs
mas been rapidly changed.
II VIII show General Grant transferred
from, TIE West, ard invested with tEe @osn-
man: OF oar armies, pressing Lee ~ . Sc
res o. splendid and holly contested veto
RES southwark 70 Richmond, where I-an:
now holds The frs. General OF ,he ceoe-
army, and is choices. troops, Drwi.. ng
prisoners.
w:u snow General Sheridan sweer rs
down ne Shenandoah Valley, and by a se-
-les os brilliant successes, driving '-I-y
from .hs .ielsi.
II wi!len0w cen. Sherman leaving E-s
position IN Tennessee, and nv series 2.
able n.oyements reaching Atlanta. nanl-
ING ana defeating Hood, capturing Atlanta,
giyin. .ha. stronghold of rebellion 20 the
.ian,es. and then making t.iuMpc2ri
march Of $40 miles through the heart oi
Georgia down 20 Savannah, wbicn yielcs
p, he frs. summons, while tie troops .ha:
held il save themselves from capture py
fight.
T. wiz show Gen. Thomas, lett in Ter
-assee by Sherman to deal with HOOD .a--
ing that commander iron, bis advantage
Gus position, and then falling upon lis
troops with an impetlosity whicn .hey
cannot resist, till by defeat after defeat nis
broken and diminished army has become
amere band Of fngitlves.
II will show Mobile Bay entered by CT
navv under the gallant Farragut, and held
nv him until the Federal troops sha!. De
ready 70 occupy the town from tie lsnc
side. twill show Wilmington that r--n-
cipal mart of the blockade runners, E1ec-
aced both by sea and land, and Charleston
trembling lest her fate may be like .ha: o.
Savannah.
Tie year closes in these events. which,
importan: as they are in themselves, are
no less inportan. in the consequences 20
which they lead, and which. as the ports @;
the enemy fall into our hands. "a snelr -e-
sources one by one are cut of, their com
nunica.ions broken, and tneir armies less
enei bv defeat and deser:ion, promise iha
earlv G.sorgs niLatlon OF the reDal Ion. /.
speedy end 0. all formidable resistance e
the authority Of The government, and ne
abandonment Of the schemes formed ty
the rebel leaders in utter despair q TIE y
liability to execute them.
Soldiers, This your work. These are
your heroic achievements for these a
grateful country gives you thanks. Nil
lions of hearts hea, with love and p.ice
when You are named. Millions o: tongaes
speak YOUR praise and offer up prayers K,
your welfare. Millions OF hands are dong
and giving all tnev can for your coinfor:,
and ihs. OF the dear ones whom yea have
,eft 2. your homes. the history otthe pres
ert war viii pe the history on your cour.
age, vour cons.ancy. and tae cheerful SIC
riicas you have made to t.e cause Of youl
country.
feel that yen need no exhoria:.cn &
pe-severe as you have tegUn. II cjc.
would say 70 the men at the front: s5s
stron-l be hopeful, your crowning ~
ulnph cannot DC far distant. Nnen !. ar
rives our nation viii have wiped oa.a ca. 4
stain, which we feared it might yet weal
for ages, and will stand in the sight Of Il,
bound together ~ ties which Will las: a.
long as the common sym pathies Of or
racs
To those who suffer in our hospitals, :he
wounded and MANNED in the war, / woa,c
say: The whole nation suffers with you
the whole nation implores heaven for you
relief and solace. grateful nation vii
not, cannot forget yon.
Tho nation has voted 10 stand hy 20:
who have fought or are fighting its battles
This great Christian nation has sign fe.
to the Government its will that th.. caus
ia which you have SO generously suffered
and bled. shall never be abandoned. tu
shall be resolutely maintained nn..l *
hour of its complete triumph. Meantime
the salu.ation Of the new year, which O.
fer you. comes from millions OF tea..s g
well as mine, mingled in many Ct :he,,
with prayers for your protection IN :u,ur
conflicts, and thanksgiving for your sue
cess in those which are past. Nay yo
soon witness the glorious adven. OF tha
happy new year, when our beloved larG
having seen the end OF this cruel strife
shall present TO the world union q State
with homogeneous institutions. 'oonde
on universal freedom, dwelling together
peace and unbroken amlty, anC when 70
who have Tough: so well, and tzlumphe
50 glorioasly, snail return TO your home'
amid the acclamations OF your country me
wiser and more enlightened, ana 10. it>
vlrtaous than when yoa took up arms io
your country, with nc. one wee OF Tie cam
10 cause reg,e. 10 your friends.
January l, 1855. ,fa. Z. BRYANT.
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CAPTURE or A DEsrRTfR At FAYAL.-
iSaWar0 Cum beriaaG, CT Portland, enlis.e
n New Hampshire regimen. last yea
and was trSUe..rYpti .n -eppavv RYme2r