Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-16

rights Of man IL was for your schools,
for your churches, for your bibles and
homes you have fought nobly and brave
ly, hence your eause was tina cause of
God and your county.
When Jon took up arms against them,
they were proud and naughty, they were
defiant and confident of success. The
monarchies Of the Old World were in
sympathy with them !; they (the South1
knew that the North was divided, and
that they would receive sympathy from
the North; hence they were confident
they would succeed. While they were
SO confident, there was a general gloom
spread like o funeral pail ell over our
land The brazest hearts doubted; the
most hopeful and b1oysut were fearful;
zii hoped and prayed for the success Of
the Union cause. Under all these
gloomy forebodings, you rushed into the
ranks to the rescue Of the old flag. 5s
Now, word respecting the character
Of the rebellion Words fail me to give
an adequate description of it, of the
leaders in it, and Of the manner in
whiehiit was carried on. The English
language is TOO weak to express it; Bill
inEsgats aRd the dialect of hell would
not give sufficient description Of the
blackness of the character Of the lead
ere, and of the manner IN which they
carried on the war. II is true that ct
that time a systematic arrangement for
the starpation of our men had not been
entered into; but you heard Of their
barbsrities to the wounded, Of their
fiend-like acts to the buried, of the or
naments for ladies to wear made from
the bohes of your. brave boys, some Of
whose skulls they made into spittoons
for their gentry-yet you recoiled not;
revenge and O. noble love of country i'm
PEELED you on in the face of all these
dangers; 30 law sa .a h1a g51q
We must pause to notice the difieul-
ties We commenced nnder The Gov
ernment was without arms, nearly every
arsenal had been em mptied and robbed of
its arms, and we had but one single YES
sci to do duty on the eoast-al the 9TH
ers had been sent to the four points OF
the compass The Treasury was empty.
There was lack of everything ueedful
to carry on the war. But we know what
you, as q part of the grand army, have
accomplished. / need not speak of the
forced marches, how you have bivouack-
ed on the open held IN the burning heats
Of summer, and amid The sleets and
frosts and snows Of winter. You re-
member these, and you will Always re-
mem Der them. Bat, We pass TO notice
how you met the armed hordes of the
rebellion, and how, under God, you have
redeemed our country, so that now we
may sing a. the angels sang When the
Messias csme--Glory to God in the
highest; peace and good Twill to mem
And let me give you the language Of
DIR. Buddington; he says:
tOur country is redeemed In a single
week the most formidable rebellion
which ever arose against any govern
msnt has been defeated, its leaders
either killed, captured or driven into
| obscure hiding places-safe because 81
obseurity. cAa there was never 80 greai
| a rebellion, SO there was never so grea
an overthrow. The world resoundI
With it; and in coming centuries, Al
through corridors Of time, the echo viii
not cease to vibrate. We are too neAi
the great events. of this war to under
stand them, certainly to apPreciat,
them. 1t took two hundred years t
prepare the way for this conflict ant
issue; 1t will take more than that length
to develope the PRINCIPLES and mature
the fruit that are to come out of thi
victory. We have lived great while
4 in this last four years; and the time
that antedated them are already look
ing dim aud distant, like the years be
fore the feed. Oar politics, our morals
our Christianity have been delivered q
from 8 brooding nightmare. Never I'll
to-dsy were We one people, and q fre
people. Onr history begins from thi
date: the history of homogeneou
people reverencinR one flag, owning on
j principle, consecrsting . continent 70 Ii
and leading the nations of the world j
: the name Of the largest liberty, politios
and religions, of the body and the SOU
And God has done it,. This war wa
not of our chosing or making; nay, "
would not believe il possible when 1t b'
came actual No one can doubt nov
what nearly every one did before. tbs
the system of slavery was too deepl
Il rooted in this land ever to be extirpate
at less cost than this war, SO long, I
bloody, 90 fearful. We wanted il !
stop the irst summer; we expected, il
} do 50 But God baftied our efforts, sn
disappointed our expectations He d
J lsYed the answer TO our prayers, as 4
, often does, to make that answer cor
plete and satisfactory. To Him then
all the glory. .,.l1 asgnT.gr.vxT
"Do you object, that it was to the ak
j Of our Generals, and the bravery of OF
2 soldiers3 But who are the men th
: have led US 10 Yictory7 Not the men
( whom the nation tnrred in the hour
: its danger. With searcely an exceptio
! The men most prominent. dissppeare,
: dnd whcihave taken their plaees7 Lii
. Cincinuatus, our great commander vi
! found at the plough With nothing
i distinguish ban from the small farmer
Q bringing IN little wagons the little pE
i dues, Of their farms to, town; with .
!, thing to distinguish him from his fello
o towrsnsr, talking with them of Il
9 snail gossip Of the farm, and whittliE
|, while he talked; Jet He erwho took Dav
from the sheepfold, drew our great lea
y l NT IKQll DIG 1O1E 0S@~AAAtIf. 91A kA@~i
!. him at the bead, to do the brsin-Work
|. this ereatest war Of ell the ages of civ
i lied warfare, msrshalling his fore
% over the breadth. of the continent, co
It veying them by wide sweeps Of slcto
!; Gus marches unexamPled in histol
70 nntil the appointed moment, when
z the world were gazing at the little ar
A. where vast armies we're eonyerging, 9
ID 6nAl battle was set, which has scatter
ID TO the winds alike the rebel governme
Il aud the rebel army Last Sunday I
ID srch-rsbel was sitting in church a.
10 secure in his seat, and Acenhdeut Of
rs prospects, At night fugitive: he is q
If Sunday homeless and helpless, withms
Ir, TO hope from his enemies, than from /
C. friends ne has deceived and ruined.
n "Honor then your Generals, and 1
il more you h0aor them the more Y
ID must honor God who raised them ,
or They were OF God, and have couquer
> through God; and to God be all
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