The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-10-10
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OR TgETBRNED SOLDIERS (
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ssaier IN SIS esa. aad mes, ~ y
soafe 8pasa, 4 tie Ration. t. e.
rsa that vas d,eB cred GU fhe keasaf 81
Difficulties. ard settled ibe question for ihi
Aesss.. IAere ~as 40 l.eess--aas heA.aa
zion. o. da4bi.ag,pr inaseop Fram plA
- ara eoau,-rs hom Shop ana deil.
lie Bssi mea 6ri'g country ratified fos III,
Fdrieaee q tbe government, sni poured ir
mishiy stream 70 ilie South From tlia
Jal iofvard DC. tleus q the eause q
lLe Gnoa, with a deroaqu egda 20 ihs
Arler eah ah,eh ,l,ey e'uhractd il. lbea
history a a. arruy i iiliel si,h deeds MOI
lsss worthy i r.gowu, than HE most Get
elrdel aeliefepeni. q aHgieni % { mol.
SD lmes. Nlc.afies nref,ed from disas-
lrfs. matehes unsurpassed ia history, de-
isats wilbool distoaos. delays without dis
courasemeni, atctbo proofs Of lheir brave.
y add loyalty.
The war has closed, and The survivors
VI our nobio army d volunteers have re-
turned 70 their homes. We have welcom-
ID ,he veteran regmenisof four years
conflict With saluiss, and festivals, and
speeches aud have dismissed tle soldiers
% iheir amiies with heartfelt expressions
Of our thanks and gratitude. Men who
lost tlieir limbs on the battle field, or their
health in the awful monotony d a prison
pen, are now scattered throughout tie
land. We should not forget that the debt
we owe them is not one 10 be fully paid by
bouuty or pension money, or even BY tie
tributes q orators and poels.
There IS lills danger thai We shall ever
Iorget 10 honor our soldiers with words
and monuments Of praise. Their deeds
arc not likely TO be passed by, by tile writ. I
performances. The painter OF battle scenes,
81 tie historian Of his county. We shall
lonor them while. living, aud our hleFa-
ure. will honor them when dead. But
bis applause viii hardly pay our deb. 70
hose who are Without the comforts Of life. 4
zoo often have the defenders OF county
cen 81 tieriug ID want, while the land was
ihgng with their praises. There Il no
adder chapter in our Revolutionary his
by than that which relates how, when the
rmy was disbauded, thousands Of lis sol
iers went fortI, 10 wander, destitute and
0 mele,s, in Tie country tof whose exis.
nee they lad fought and suffered seven
pg years But then society was disor-
lnized, and Die government bankrupt
I'd their condition could rot easily be i'm. ,
%, ed. II the historian is compelled TO
cord similar treatment Of tue soldiers
our regent Conflict, it will be lasting
sqiace 10 the Republic. b
There il reason to fear that our obliga
ms 10 The d scharged soldiers Of our ar 5
J are not always remembered. Very G
len we read the story of returned sold {
who in his efforts to obtain an houora {
: employment, finds that others are in e
riably preferred, and meets with nothing y
t encouragement. The appointments I
der the General and State governments, \
lich in our JOY at The close Of the war G
{ resolved should be given to our gallant Ii
eseryers, do not seem to be generally SO Ii
;pensed. 1t is bad enough that civilians
onld be pre- ierred to soldiers, but there
something worse. 1t is reported that
lie manned and wounded officers aud -
ldiers Aobble through The streets Of 4
ashinglon in search Of employment ap =
in government offices are Civ. !,
TO returned rebels If clemency TO the 4
bells Is 10 stand in lheway Of justice to II
r soldiers, ii Is time that The men at Y
ashiugton had some instructions from !
} people, as 10 the respective claims Of :, !,
. tive classes 81 "a
Il seems, as though there could be moth tt
else in human misery, like the misery :
soldiers whose wants are unn2ticed IN 2
land they have saved. They see 10
,und them on every hand the comforts m
ich they have fought 10 gise TO others, m
in which they have no share. Let us
member that these men have fought cor
ties, and bourne our burdens. II was
US that they left their homes and their ~
iness, and took the risks Of the battle. ~
and the prison. Let us never forget y
I to them we owe the safety and coin =
IS we enjoy, and that in remembering y
If wants We are but paying a debt we v
ily owe. Let us see that while our ~
IDS do them honor, our deeds give Them *
RAILROAD MEETIEe.--The meeting OF an
zens At The Court House last Friday, e,