Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-03
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Bnt for love of li .ti. hneM lne agony oi thIst- g assls; L; ulIv, ie rain of death--the bowling o9 asaaiy as bursting she'll the hissing storm ment when on. after another nf the;r comra IS o gan 70 iai their sides-they were steady and true; fher.e they fell and were hastily buried oa sr;sa o1rs of patient agony on the battlefield carrle' to tn hospital, amid unnoticed thonsands unrp drmuring and manly to the last, they died
 such clear recognition and faithful discharoa of duty by our fellow citizens demands of nc reooe m n,.an, not m words but deeds Demands our un teasing and soicitous care of their w;dows and o. phans as our reasonable service Demands t,a+ sacn oi as eonseerate himself in his heart nnra heasuiy @ than before to truth to Liberty and Cod bas Gecreag rather mindful of their sacrifice ana Qnion in all our borders, has bade his messa gers 70 tbe railroad stretch the telepranh from boean to ocean, from the equator to the pole has bouse e hn,d erect the printing press rear the school niarnur @ oi schools, the hum of peaceful industru
 iand of plenteOus fields and happv homaSS' echolng the sweet clangor of Sabbath beilsNa ialu Wnefeln thelr neither is nor shall forever he aught to moest make afraid, shall sta nS aa all ment saohu-
 Comrads of the fallen Survivors. of the storm M your nauve county rejoiees in your return Even the sound of your footsteps Long may you en;ov av among us the peaseAl rest your arms have won Ihe shrlll fife land ratting drum shall break your slumhers With their reveille no more no more at evening shall singing bugles blow the wished for signal of repose Enter, soldiers of the Union eu puf
 ter here into possession of the honors due to citi zens who have saved the Republic The assembled multitude salute you! Children that now look mn with wondering admiration in your faces, grown to De men and women, shall prolong the tribute of grateful praise. Long may the day be absent when, lowing venerable gray hairs to your onlv conqueror the villages shall mourn your loss, and youth and beauty strew your graves with flowers Then succeeding generations, happier than this of ours, children of long peace and heaven blessed liberty, shall hand down the story of yonr battles and your triumphs. They of that blissful era. it is reasonable to hope, will know no nearer person al interest in warke actions than that they trace theiI ancestry to you Treasuring every memento of our times, interested in every incident of your lives, they would charge me with neglect did fail to address you in their names to-day. They bid me greet you by the title the future shall assipn you and by an authority that history shall ratfv
 proclaim you here, HEROES OF LIBERTY
 Rev. Geo. Richards then read a letter from
 Judge Dutton that we hope to print in next
 weeks Enquirer. ..t. ....
 Hon. John H. Hubbard then made the fol-
 lowing patriotic remarks: .....
 Returned O6fcers and Soldiers Noble de-
 lenders of your country, welcome home again. | You have performed the hard task set for you
 to do, ard come back to us crowned with vcto-
 ry and with honor. We receive you with open
 arms and bid you welcome, thrice welcome
 It all the ages of the past, brave men who
 fought for the rights of the masses, have been
 venerated True courage displayed on the field
 of battle in good cause, has ever been accept. T ed by the world asthe highest test of manhood No men ever carried the flag of their coun- try more bravely through the storm of battle
 than you have done, or ever fought in better
 cause hence we proudly accord to you that high need of praise which the world cannot | withhold, and which envey itself can never de-
 preciate; neither the rust of time can corrode,
 nor the blight of malice touch the fair fame
 you have won for yourselves, and for us.
 i The heart of the country beats with emotions of pride, as we recount your noble deeds on so
 many glorious fields. History will record that
 once when all the other hosts of Sheridan re-
 tired, the Sixth Corps stood firm and undis
 mayed.
 As soldiers of Conn.,, you have won imper-
 ishable renown for the State, and the memory
 of your glorious actions shall be perpetu,ted forever.
 , The great Union army, of which you are a
 part, by its patriotism, its valor and its blood has made our country what it was intended by
 tiie fathers it should be Il land of freedom and an asylum for the oppressed. It has fought , and won freedoms battle on this continent while the world looked on
 Your hard fare, your toilsome marches and s constant exposure to wounds and death have been crowned by the highest reward ever gain 1 ed by men in arms. The consprirators against 3 a peoples government, are in the dust ant
 freedom is triumphant
 The dark coad of civil war which for foul long and weary years brooded over the land
 shedding down drops of blood upon the natior has been dispelled, and our victorious soldiers r are returning to us day by day.
 . Some have passed through the perious orde
 al unharmed; some come back to us broker f and maimed. For these the nation must ant will provide. But alas ! some there are whl t come not back to us at all in this world g Would to Heaven all were here to-day who SC nobly went out with you. But alas so it coulc ' not be- So it was not to be. For the faller martyrs and their kindred, we have shed many } bitter, but unavailng tears
 ] But soldiers, l believe the time has come when we should wipe away all tears from oul h eyes On account of your fallen comrades in con t temptation of the glorious immortality they y have attained.
 a Those who come not back to us will neve
  e Tradition. records. monuments and song .wil transmit their bright fame to generations ,e e unborn.
 The memory of the brave men who fell al v ,fhermopyle more than two thousand years agt t still lives green on the historic page, while th, g undistingulshed masses who died but yesterda, e are forgotten. , Lincoln and his fallen heroes, on whom trea ' son has done it's worst, are with Leonidas ant : his Spartans in the spirit land, and the fam, Is of them is immortal.
 Soldiers, we acknowledge We owe you deb . we can never pay, but We pledge you our lasting . gratitude.
 s We know well, that though 1t must he pleas y ing to you to have our acknowledgements ane the plaudts of all, and to hear it said as yo, pass through town and hamlet there zoe one who fought at Cold Harbor or at Winches ter,' oi in one or all of the sangunary conflicts e inscribed on your banners yet the conscious. s ness of having done your duty, of having tough for the Union, and for that freedom which i f an instinct of the human soul the conscious ness of having vindicated the manhood of the 7 North when so;many shirked the battle, must forever be your highest, proudest and best re ward.
 Short and vigorous speeches were also made
 by Hon. E. 5. Van Wrinkle, Rev. Geo. Rich ards, Mai. Belden of the lst L. I, Regt, and Capt. Gold of the 2d Art'y.