Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-03

immediate sacrifices, SO nobly and unsefshl
made, in the gift of their home idols; but it
to their influence, aud instruction, that "
owe the spirit which forms the moral pawe
of our vast armies. Amidst the hallowed as
sociations of home the foundations were lai,
and the structures raised OF the scharacter
now shining in far different sphere. Through
the reverence inslilled in youthful breasts TO
that flag, through storied deeds of suffering il
the cause of freedom; related with veneration
listened to with admiration; through earl
lives passed among those who bonered conntry
next to God, our young men grew up with 8
pride for the laCd of their birth; desire Il
emulate the historic brave in deeds Of patriot
| ic heroism, and love for the banner. To thes,
influences, the country owed the support, sc
prompt to respond in the time of need; for our
defenders were as free in offering themselves al
they who had shown them their duty were tc
spare them and we can, without any effort o
fancy, discover in the spirit which sacrifices
comfort and life in the cheerless camp, and be-
fore the ranks of the enemy, the impress ol
Of that other spirit, which gave so much in
sending forth the child Of it's old age, or the
companion of its youth to danger and to
death. In our armies we see the Jewels Of
our mothers; the Gracchi, educated tor their
country; at home, are the Cornelias weeping
by their empty caskets.
While we are debtors to them as fosteEers
of that patriotism which is preserving US a
nation how much more are we debtors
for their sympathetic sufferinos with the ab-
sent. There are chains Of sympathy length
ened ont from our advancing hosts, which
while they hang but lightly on those who hold
the van, buoyed by the stimulus Of danger and
conquest, drag their weary length far, far be-
hind, and tug increasingly at the heartstrings
of those who watch and pray at home So
sensitive ara these ties which bind them. that
we see pictured in the faces about US, the for
tunes of cur braves; as the duetiIe mediu m
Of intelligence brings the news of battles hav-
oc, tie chords which connect heart, and heart.
are thrilled throughout their length, and the
shadow falls around the home, as the smoke set
ties on the battle fieid; the shrek OF the shell
is echesd in the cry which meets the story Of
its fearful work, and the cold that chis, the
hunger that weakens, 10 Ihe desolated south
chils ard wsakens at our homes in tue peace
ful Dorth
But there are those who suffer beyond
sympathy with The absent, who have immola-
ted all upon the altar OF their country, the
mourners OF cur land the light in whose eyes
has gone out forever, quenched beneath d del
uge of tears; motbers, widows, sisters, depri-
we'd of the consultations and hopes which clus-
tered around the anticipated return of those
SO dear, who in the pride of youth and matu-
riiy of manhood. sought the conflict in which
they perished.
The graves which mark the track of our
legions, are mirrored in these sep
ulchers OF buried hopes around US. And they,
grand in their suffering, are not few, afliction
has fastened on home, after home, and while
the moarned ones sleep peacefully in their mar
tial shrouds, in the soi they conquered,
throughout the land.
'SFrom the mountains, the sea,
Floats up, o; Lord to thee;
To the tOOLsto)i Of Thy throne,
The long, low, tremulouS moan
or chlldIess multitude,
Tender, and fair and good;
or mothers, fOrlorn, fororn,
Who weep for their early bora;
Aud OF widows, lorlorn they,
Whose hope, whose prop, whose stay,
Lie low in Ihe shallow grave
Of the unIorRotten braye'
To these, the peans OF victory are but the |
equiems of departed loved ones, aud the
hous which proclaim nations triumph are
hollow IAockeries to their woe.
What is it to the mother that the nations !
pulse beats stronger when it was qaickened !
~ the blood of her darling, or to the widow,
hat the car of triumph rolls onward, when
t has crushed beneath It's advancing wheel |
orever, the hopes which crowded round her |
Wedding day. They have been expatrialed TO
ecure to others, blessings they can never en-
oy for their country fell with ell that made
hat country dear, and its fallen fabric lies
in the graves of their beloved, by the
wamps of the Chickohominy. The sweet
raught of peace, and prosperity, which we
hall quaf, has been distilled from their grief,
he desolatio1 in their homes makes our happy
resides, and our security has been founded
Il the wreck OF their happiness.
Inseparabiy associated with the birthday
Washington, are the circumstances which
lade his career illustrious. While we honor
i'm, we honor him as the exponent of those
lorjous spirits, with whom he was connected;
s to day the incense OF our Offering floats up
} him, il floats up to his brave soldiery, our
me, who built his fame, together WITH this
0veroment. Therefore, in this day the suff-
'ers OF the rebellion have no common inter-
it, and it is seeLnly tribute to .hem should
z coupled with one to our glorious hero, ier
was through sacrifices sucb as theirs, made
= such hearts as theirs. that he gained the
roud title OF Patsr PatriG. The mantles
Dich fell IRON our ancestors OF the revou-
on rest upon their shoulders, enveioping their
prev bowed forms with sacred honor. As
9 to-day honor those who made us d nation,
lose who preserved US a nation, will be hon
ed hereafter.
And when this day with all It's associations
Iall have been, notched many times in the
7olss Of time; when the grass shall wave
,een, aud fresh for the lapse OF time over the
raves OF the fallen; when the rust OF rest shall
ave dimmed the swords, now flashing in the !
es OF our shrinking foes, and the arms which
ield them shall lie inert, and mOtionless;
hen peace shall long have blessed US, and we
all know of war only 10 story; the homage
a delivered people will be theirs, who, with :,
self sacrifice which parellels the nOblest ex-
nple Of history, made bulwarks OF their
urts best affections for the protection of
hers;
And then descending, from their high estate -
For them, be sure, angels will watch and wait;
our patriot sres, who all our freedom gave, II
Iook down and bless the households OF the bravo
But grander still, within his dome Of domes o
GoD smie his blessings, on our soldiers homes /
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