Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-19

the solemn, heart-rending scenes Of the
past But, my friend, let us turn from the
gloomy past to the more hopeful and glori-
Gus future; and may the solemn scenes
which you baye Just witnessed teach you
that great and Important lesson of human
life, that nothing Is left for us TO do but our
duty to the living and while we cherish
In fond remembrance the recollections Of
our martyred comrades, let MS pledge our
selves anew to the glorious Union bequeath-
ed us by our revolutionary fathers to the
wives and children of those who will re-
turn to them no more forever; and to the
living representatives Of the gallant vOlup-
teer army Of the Union-the saviOrs of the
country. 4 will now surrender you into
the hands of the Post Commander for fur
ther Instructions. .-....r r..tr... .,... ,.......
At this juncture the Post A6jutant will
command, Parade is dismissed"
The Guard will then stack arms. The
Battalion will, with the Guard, repair 10
theirseats, and the Orderly at the entrance
will cause the entrance to be closed. The
officers having resumed their stations, the
Otllcer OF the Day will address the Com
mander OF the Post i loo .I.siHI H.'
, Sir, i have the honor to introduce (hcre
give name) formerly of (here give regi-
ment) volunteers.
The Officer Of the Day remains with the
recruit uutil the charge OF the Post Com
mander is delivered, which he will at once
proceed to do.
The Post Commander will address the
recruit In substances, as follows: ~ ..i
' My friend: You have now, Of your own
free will and accord, taken upon yourself
the most solemn and binding oath that is
possible for man to give or receive, and en-
rolled you self in the most powerful army
ever enlisted since the foundatiOnuof the
world, and it now becOmes me, as the Com
mdnder of this Post, to explain to you the
nature of this organization, and the neces-
stiles for such an order.
You will recall to mind the fact that in
1861, soon after tie Inauguration Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, as the Chief Executive Of
this nation, the traitors hand was put
forth to loosen the fraternal ties of this
glorious Union; to break the almost i'm
pregnable breastwOrks of its defenses, and
TO cause the dark waves of treason so to
swell and surge against the bulwarks
oflour National Capital, as to threaten the
entOmbing of the Union beneath the Sty
gian depths. Then all true men, regard
less of party anteeedents, were aroused, and
the nation awOke from that ''sweet dream
of peaceN and the fancied security it had
enjoyed nearly a century. Never did a
nation more promptly vindicate the chiv-
airy and pruwess of her sons in arms. New
er inlthe annals Of history was any coun-
try so severely, so causeleSsly tested. Our
fathers had demonstrated that man is capa
BILE of fselt-gOvernnent, and that with free
people the majority must rule. Our Con-
StitutiOn had secured TO us every blessing
the human heart has any right to desire in
this world. Our Government had spread
the broad rgis of its guardianship over ev-
cry member Of It's family. And while it
secured him from oppression at home, it
threw the panoply of its same projection
around him when abroad-alike in the
Courts of Kings and the hamlets of their
subjects. '' 'iH' r-.
Secret political organizations sprung up,
having for their open and avowed object
the destruction of this glorious and God
given Union. With such purpose, through
the sinister operations of their organiza-
tions, nearly all tile offices in our national
Capital, and many in our State, were filled
with men who labOrcd to overthrow the
Government. Before the nation was
aware of danger every vessel of war was
sent to foreign sels far beyond the reach
of recall. The few arms and munitions
OF war within the loyal North were trans
ferred to the dislOyal South. Our national
Treasury was depleted and our army scat
tered, and when this work OF destruction
was well nigh completed, our mighty ma
ton, like a camp surprised at midnight,
suddenly awOke ID a just sense OF danger,
The alarm was sOunueI: Every man to
his post by land, and all hands on deck at
sea.r l HH at'u' H .a %! yIBa-...
At dawn of day there stood o mighty
rnhaI .Vvall ,HttinnnI uv.l N an
drilled, ready aud waiting to blot from the
pages of history the very remembrance
of a self-goVerning people--an army like
that assembled by Satan to destroy the
heavenly hOsts-au army determined
to prove to the world that our Govern
ment was lie, and Republican instltu-
tions failure, and that GOverBment of
the people cannot endure. In that dark and
terrible hour, when the sun hid his face in
bushes, the moon looked down and wept
on outraged humanity, and the stars went
out in sorrow for the ingratitude of peo-
pie who were rebellious while making and
administering their own laws and dictat-
ing laws to the nation, that God, who is
the dispenser of all good, honoring and
blessing the nobly inaugurated mission of
our country, gave us the immortal Lincoln
as the incarnate aud sanctitied ser4itor of
liberty. Tie voice OF the mighty Douglas
rang throughout the land rallying his hon.
ored compeers - 10 arms! Beat back the
tratorous, foe And to that mighty
tongue, whose eloquence had for years
moved and thrilled the Senate, did the peo-
Pile respond. d..n0fg s.f ...E uLl" go lsu.
The camp was thoroughly aroused to a
sense of danger. The plow was left in the
furrow, the mechanic left his work Shop,
the merchant his store, the w00dman
dropped his ak, the doctor and lawyer
closed their offices, the professor tdotfed his
gown, and each shouldered his musket and
unsheathed his sword to protect the flag,
and as with steady tread each marched to
the field, he took a solemn oath ttiatby
his own strong right arm, by the
memory of tue fathers, and by the
blessing of God, that flag should still float
like a ilamein, the sky, and whenever, on
land or sea; the Oppressed shall see it, he
shall bless it; and alike whether it fioat
aloft inholiday triumpht on the summer
breeze, or be dimlv seen amid the clouds of
war, shall ever float the pride and joy of
the American heart. Thus you went for
ward when your country was to be vindi-'
Gated and glory TO- be achieved, and after
MANY years of hard service, sleepless
nights, cold and wet marches, and leaving
half your numbers to fill Bloody, graves, or.
to walk the streets without an arm or Leg
or Otherwise Haitned, TO drag out q misera.'
BILE exigtence,' you returned with victory
'ltTlhs, my fellow Soldiers, was III part the
result of & neglected ballot4bbx ipstead OF
choosing for our rulers honest, upright and
capable men, Whose actions were Igdided.
by the welfare Ofltheir country Wehave
too fremIentlV hOnored, those Who7labored-