Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-06-21
The Voice of a True Soldier.


No man in the army from Pennsylva-
MIA fought more gallantly during the re-
bellion than Col w. W. II. Davis, of
the Doylestown Democrat. Scorning to
fawn and cringe to secure promotion he
stood by his principles throughout the con-
test He commanded brigade almost
from the commencement of the war, with
his original rank of Colonel. He has
been brevetted Brigadier since the close
of the war. The numerous honorable
wounds which he bears on his body attest
TO his devotion to the Union and prove
his undaunted bravery. Such a man has
a right to speak to the soldiers of Penn
sylvania. With his left hand, his right
having been shattered by a shell, he
writes for his paper, the Doylestown Dem
Ocrdt:
ssNo one can longer be made the dupe
of false ''glitter and show" nor deceived
by the hollow cry of patriotism and 10y
atty" The soldiers who were once i'm
posed upon by the sophistry of the Radi-
Gals, find their pretensions stripped bare
They were taught that they were fighting
for the supremacy of the Union and the
Constitution, and now that their object
was accomplished, is the victory to be
taken from their hands, and are they to
be told that the war was only to subserve
partizan schemes? Ask the wife who
sent forth her husband to maintain the
nations honor, if he went to force people
out, or to keep States in. Ask the fond
mother who packed the knapsack of her
son, her bright and lovely boy, and sent
him to battle with willing words, but
heavy heart, from which conflict he ne'er
returned-ask her as she sits pensively in
the summer twilight, remembering how
she sat there a few years ago, with her
only sen by her side, and she will tell you
while tears leap from her eyes, of the i'm
pulse which moved her child. She will
| tell you that for the Union he fought and
died, the a0ltOle Union represented by the
flag with thirty-six gGttering. stars upon
it, one for every State, and not eleven
erased from the rich emblazonry of its
folds. Will the Radicals dare, even with
all their brazen effrontery, 60 to the coun-
try upon the issues SO plainly made up
When the soldiers fought against treason,
are they to be told they fought for treason;
when they fought to keep States an the
U'tion, are they to be told they fought to
dylUe States out Before another year
these questions are to be decided. We
are also to decide between a noble Cauca-
sian destiny, and the blighted and misera-
BILE condition of African equality. We
are to decide whether the withering and
baleful influences of Radicalism are to
prevail over the broad and generous view
of Conservatism. So plainly are the is
sues drawn. Where shall we each stand
Party lines are not drawn so closely that
once faithful adherents to a now broken
and despicable cause should hesitate to
march under our banner. We are pledg-
ed to a restoration of these States to their
proper functions under the Constitution,
and to oppose all attempts of the men
who would elevate. for party purposes,
even Satan himself to be their equal. But
the signs of the times indicate promising
results
Our power is ready; ..E
Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth
Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above
Put on their instruments. Receive what
cheer you may;
The night is long that never finds the day"
Let US all join in the grand army, and
we will hurl from the high places the men
who daily disgrace them, and restore to
power, now SO justly merited, the party
which for forty consecutive years ruled
the country and elevated her to such a
pitch of grandeur and renown. Then will
the American Union no longer be by
word of reproach among other nations,
but her position will comport with the dig
nifty which should characterize SO great a
country.