The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-02-19

4 TIE rebellion 4. the time q bis
death ~ pabl.sisei a. obituary notice
a Mr. sfrs1. taken from The Chicago
Tr6pas Bui IS bis remains Dow he
a.ih hoe q bis Liudgsd Ia 0ur new
cem cry. and IS tbs tribute 60 lis
memory c1mes from the pen of one born
aEd reared 10 oar iouu. i san doubt
les. Be- q special .ntcF,s, 70 many Of
our readers
Address Of Gen. Roberts.
To you. Young gentlemen d Yale Col
icge, tile lessons 81 this war should not
be lost The memorials 81 tbe achieve
fnemts n orr illus,nous soldiers. should
be transmitted 30 the youth about 20
enter upon The stage 81 action, as price
less leraries Their real value cannot
&c estimated Their inspirations viii
penetrate the real manhood Ut Anglo
Americans, aud mpregnate new ideas.
aud lifc, striking INTO all future time,
7 The FIRES az au cunoblcd and lmperisha-
ble patriotism Tie deeds Of our living
anil dead, rae far above the heroic, and
IN their moral sublimity transcend the
realities Of all past time Fiction has
traced m the past, character that daz-
zlcs. and fancy has wrought Heroes Of
unreal stature. and lifted them ii light
and glory 70 the full stains If Gods
but tho realities Of accomplished glory
aud fame that rndiate IN halos from the
I graves Of our fallen Heroes will COM
memorate our illus,ilous captains when
\ the Heroes Of Homer viii be forgotten,
and the Anglo American tongue will be
y the language Of poetry, andmu unborn
Nitrous will touch with celestial fires
+ die cpics If the dead. The names of
LYoS, SEDGEWIcE, REYNOLDS RENo, Mans
FIELD, KEAHNEY, WADswoBTH, McPhERsoN,
I WnIrpLE, and tens OF thousands Of 9TH
ers whose last muster has been called.
viii then be sung, and shine in undimm-
cd mstfe until the elements of mortali-
/ Is shall be refined in the fires that will
I burn the heavens, and the earth as u
scroll, and etherialize man and his deeds,
in Immortality. With this generation
I they are apotheosized as man values,
and rewards virtue and worth by his
standard With God they are gathered
as the Jewels set in the blood OF martyrs,
aud constitute His crown of glory in
creating man. The cause they gave up
their lives 10 maintain and perpetuate,
was Gods The government that lives
Iregenerated in the baptism of their
blood, and renewed in strength and Wig
or, by the exacted inspiration of then
heroic example, is ours The higher
manhood imprognated into Life by the
lesson of their death, the young men Of
the day will noursh. aud on them is de-
yeyolyed the responsibility to take care
that is fruits shall not be turned to-
ashes at their touch You enter, young
gentlemen, on an enchanted stage. The
spell of realities viii be upon you and
tie generation that viii succeed you
that eclipse in their dazzling and intox-
icating charms the exaggerations of ro-
nance and restore back to mankind the
smiltude Of Divinity.
Tins war has set new land marks for
every mile Of life you have to travel
Their inscriptions are upward, onward.
Distinctions and honors have been tar
rll'ed at high rates. Their purchase
during your lives viii be at high cost.
But the tariffs al raloream 1t is fixed
on every capablity of man, and its great
assessment, fortitude, fidelity, loyalty,
religion, honesty, purity, truth, virtue,
all are scheduled, for at the cost of these,
and every other manly principle and mo-
tive in half million Of the flower OF
youth and manhood of Anglo-Americans
that have persisted, the standard Of fu-
ture fame, and greatness has been fixed.
Ii has been elevated 70 aE!gae~ Gol-.G....e
altitude. They have run the spires of
the Temple Of fame high up into sun
hight, aud reflect it with radiance Of
unsurpassed brightness. On their sum
NIT IN unfailng light is written the
shibboleth to the young men of the land,
Upward and Onward"
Your Alma Mater matriculated large
" to this contribution Of the sacrifice of
the country to the leya Of slavery, when
she gave up TO the spirit of tins war,
ALrxASpnE, HANxAHs, 0GpES, NoYEs,
CARmxdroS, PEcK, WHEELER, Of 80 !;
CLARK, SKrNxER, CAMP, BLAKE, ROBERTS,
REpnrLp, MAxRos, BEEcHEB, PogrER,
DurroN, WHEELER, of So; BUTLER, PRArT,
and WNrnEop This costly sacrifice is
dearly bought propitialion for the SINS
Of q nation, bur ii it's incense rises ac-
ceptably to the throne Of insultod JUS
iice, aud SO rcgenerates the nation that
il casts down thus idol forever, the Moth
er will be blessed among Alma Matters,
as Mary the Mother Of Christ was bless
cd among women.
-Four II tins first roll Of honor Of pa
triotic old Yale, served at times under
my immediate command, and in the
depth Of my best nature their lives and
their virtues have their dedication and
aill be remembered with imperishable
affection LAKE and DurroS at Cedar
Mountain. Prck IL Winchester, and
SKiSxTa al Petersburg. They had not
risen in rank to highest places and com
mantls. where their services were gazet-
ted, and their devotion and their deeds
have public record, and public applause
I3ut n the humber spheres Of their du-
ties they acted well their paris.
and deserve Of Their Alma Mater, pub
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