The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-07-19

WIN SlOOlu. Inc iHSI ray from tue
isun ofour national glory had grown
ldim in the political horizon. The
grand army of the cast with more
than one hundred thousand men.
had been stretched before the walls
OF Richmond and driven back on
Washington. HALLEcK stood con.
fused in the environs OF Corinth.
while BUELL., at the lead of his
veterans who had won victories in
bloody bittles, from Mill Springs
to shiloh and Corinth, was forced
back five hundred IN les to the
tanks Of the Ohio.
The insulting challenge and dc
tiart SCOTS Of traitors were heard
along our bor lers, trom tho Poto
lmac to the golden sands of Sacra.
mento; aud traitors in arms were
attempting to corrupt and IN 'slead
t Q millions.of the North by the
Inviting apple OF diseord. And
thore stood treacherous England.
with the blood oi ner victims in
ludia and ireland still clinging to
her garments, and in the name OF
ncu'r dizzy and her religion, pro.
'Iclolming cur war Tor fee govern
mcnt II barburism while ut the
same hour, she was sending tor,
lr III her provinces armed bands IT,
desolate our villages, and from her
harbors armed ehips of war, to
force oui commerce from the seas
| All Europe, with its crowned u8ur
Ipcrs, stood ready with upliited pen
to record tho failure ct tho iutau,
Republic of A mcnca, and anxious
to recoIniza thu independence OF
Jefferson Davis and his associates,
in this, the greatest and bmckest
crime ul all history, since the 10
volt of the iallrn angels. In this
hour oi misfortune the capitol OF
the nation was beseigcd Missouri
was Uverrun, and the prand col
umns oi Bragg and Kirby smith
were moving North, one on Louis.
vile, and the other on incnuati (;
and tho nation gave signs OF death
1t was in this trying crisis, that
Leandcr Stem, impelled by II sense
OF patriotic duty, and this remnant
of the l0lst infantry, went forth
to battle, reaching the field at II
time when the flag Of rebellion
could be discovered from the watch
towers of Cincinnati, and when
their camp ii es blazed along the
hanks OF the Ohio Regardless
then of the thick clouds that hung
over the destiny OF tho country,
and forgetful OF the clustering hor.
rors of death upon the battle field, ,
L'ander Stem, and his companions
refused to throw incense upon the
affairs of treason and boldly spurn.
ed alike the taunts of rebels and
cowards-the plea for compromise.
They went to the field, and incor-
poratcd into an organization with
tho veterans of Buel, they went
forth to sweep the mountains and
plains of kentucky; aud this reg
liment with its heroic leader listen
ed to the salvos of artillery that
proclaimed the steady advance ot
the Federal hosts from the mouth
of Salt River, to the banks Of tn,
Kentucky: This regiment, and 1T
; brave commander, whom we now
, mourn, stood at Chaplin Hill,
, when that bloody strife was inau
gurated, and bravely led the charge
, which turhed the rebel left, sweep
ing the plain, and receiving then
r tn ir first baptism of blood. Go
ing forward through the mountain
regions, victory followed the ban
ncrs of the Republic, and the now
triumphant column, under the he
roic Rosccran', drove the enemy
rom the beseiged city Of Nash
vile and encampcd on the banks
~ Mill Greek This was the frs
time this regiment, represented b,
rcmnan. to-day, had the oppor'u
nifty for that drill and education
: essential to SUCCESS in the hour Of
battle. There thoy prepared ioI
the coming struggle. There are
scores here to-day who will never
forget the night Of the 25th of DE.
cember, 1862. Our mighty hosts
: were stretched through the vallieS
= and over the hills when the order
came to prepare to march the mex
= morning, and all the important
= Divisions received the tidings viii
shouts of joy, for they were auX
! iou' to engage the insolent foe
Cheer followed cheer, and the notes
OF preparation were heard through
, the Intervening night.
Morning came dark and cloudy
when our great trains Of supplies
and stores moved back to Nashville
! TO be protected by the guns OF forts
! Negley, Confscation and Casino,
, at the bugle's blast the right di'
vision OF the right wing, under Da'
: Wis, moved out with the l01st,
bearing this battle torn flag in
: front, and the engagement was in
t augurated. AS all survivors oI
, that campaign who are here to-day
! will bear me witness, thirty min
+ utes before advancing the rattle Of
J musketry began on the left where
Criitenden was moving his forces,
, while Sheridan, johnson, Thomas
and Stanley, were moving forward
against retiring skirmishers,
stretching over a front OF more
than ten miles. The music OF ar