The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-03-21
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your .or6 are ga tAe y aaut8il
4 fu year. aro. during tbe tpru-
be rebellion 10 B8tb irjiB an tn-
tire regiment impalled Jy sudden
puic, behaved with great 5owaedics.
AND acaasioaed great disaster 60 the
royal army Asa dluns punIshneH
their eolors were taken from i,cm
for 'bc Gag which hal beln htpded
in blood aud fre might no longer bc
subjected 10 ,haue and dshouof al
their hands Il Was q biiter al1fare
aGa bitterly fit Thereafter n ma-
uy fierce engagement baueath ma-
ny a burning 10, they 5ush, will q
desperate end uafa eiag energy MN.
fully braviHg every peril ard heroic
ally enduring every pJNHi5u in laiu
hope 10 win agaiu their loslrep eputtlion
and receive, as their most coveted re-
ward, the colors which they had for
ieited. In vain The decree Of their
shame was as memorable as il was
jusi.
But the DAY came when the Sepoys
had intrenched themselves upon a
mountain side IN a position n that must
be stormed and carried, yet one q
such fearful peril, that the brayest
among the British troops shrank in
dismay from the undertaking. Foot
BY foot, and inch by inch, was the
ground 10 be disputed, and every step
Of the steep and frcwning ascent was
exposed TO a raking aud deadly fire.
The British commaudant rode along
his lines. One by one, 10 many sue
cessiye regiments, be offered The peril
and the glory, but without response.
AT length he came to the disgraced
regiment, aud with a last despeate
hope kindIing IN bis heart, exclaimed,
"l our colors are on that mountain ]"
Life was dear To those men as to the
others, but honor was dearer siill,aud,
with one wild cry, they sprang toward
over the intervening plain, and com
menced the fearful ascent. In an in
slant the deadly fire poured in among
their ranks, but they pressed forward.
Again and again the Sepoy guns fash
ed and roared, and the ranks of the
regiment grow thinner and thinner.
Yet, their courage-born out OF no
rash or 1eeting resolve, but grown
strong aud steadiast through cruel
months Of disgrace and cxpiauon-was
equal to the task and to the danger.
With broken numbers, with faces pale
from exhaustion and suffering, with
uniforms rent and soiled and blood
stained, they stood at length upon the
height which they bad won, and sent
their shout Of victory echoing down
INTO the valley, with thrill in its notes
of sad exultation which told Of honor
regaiued at a fearful price Of blood and
agony.
So with US. Life isa warfare and
who Of US can say, that On none ol its
bat le. fields we have shrunk back ID
cowardly fear or foolish weakness p
Who may boast that we never bro't
shame to ouI royal standard, or added
a new thorn 10 that crown which en-
circles tie agonized brow ofthe "great
Captain Of our salvation 2"
The past is nrctrievable, but the
Present is with us, and the Future
lies before. Oil weary aud dishear-
tened Christian, whose arm may be
falling beneath the burden il bears, or
whose feet, weary with the march,
may shrink from the further perils OF
the rough asccnt--take courage and
press forward even ''unto the mark. :"
The deadly IRE Of the enemy shall not
harm you, for mighty and outstretch.
ed arm holds the shield Of sure de-
fence between you and it. And for
you also the reward waits. The CON
flict may be sore and long,--the way
hedged up, danger and difficulty on
every side, yet, take heart, Your
colors are on the mountain J"