The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-14

fathers blessing sons; wives and mothers
sitting their sobs, that their husbands and
sons might be of stout heart; sisters doing
little kind Offices, with sinking hearts and
dark forebodings, but placid face; maidens
with pallid lips, bidding good by to lovers.
Iifollow them TO the Peninsula, to. the
marshes Of the Chickahominys to the seven
days fight before Richmond, to the second
Bull Run. Frederinl1sbnrg,z Chaneeflors-
vile, Gettysburg, Pea Ridge, Donaldsoni
Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Knoxville,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Franklin, Nash
Vile, from Atlanta TO the sea- i see them
on the march, in the camp, in overshadowi
| ing forests and on broad savannahs. see
them weary, hungry and foot7sore.i see
them in the conflict. i see color bearer aft
grasped by fresh hands and borne aloft,
although to grasp the stad was certain doom,
and hear theiwords the dag speaks to them,
the SS thsses. sasy % Of SSe gSt LOOK for me fS
there lies the path to honor and glory.''
lace them with Sheridan at Winchester,
with sherman at rResaca, with Grant at
Vicksburg, with Thomas at Nashville; j
| see them first on the crest Of Lookout
Mountain, in the craterof Petersburg, and
in the struggle Of the Wilderness;1 see
them, weak and stragglinS. murdered by
guerrillas; in the walls of Libby, IN the fetid
pens Of AndersonviIle, Salisbury and Mil en-
/ i can see their faces light up, As eHfecbledi
| by starvation they talk OF home ms wounded
and dying on the field, they give each otherI
4 IuctrdHte " 70 lONcu OuCct cuO0tu OiH
perchanee survive; yet never see look of
| regret on their pale faces, 1 never hear word
of repining at their fate -
We may all ask, has not the Nation, has
| not humanity, have not oar dead heroes
made an unequal bi,rgainl But could they j
whose memories we honor answer from thai
higher plane OF existence, upon which they
have entered, we should hear without dis
sent; 'tnot il you accept in the same spirit
l. with which w rapOmmiL the :
into our keeping. We gave our lives, and
| now it Is for you to give your energies aud
the aspirations Of your hearts," And what
q trust is in our hands \ restored country,
/ Jaw. E#Esr 80 FHsHa
| "AIl common good hath conn on price, 5
= Exceeding good exceeding; :
Christ bought the keys of Paradise
/ BY cruel bleeiing " - ~ "''i7 /
| Whether the war could have been aYerted,
it were bootless now to ask. We cannot
undo the past, but it appears ofteniimes
that liberty makes her most rapid marches
| knee deep IN blood. These men have paid
| the price Are we worthy OF itt, We are
\ and shall be, il We endeayof to secure By
immolation has bought. There seems to me
to be but one way. None of US doubt the
love of country Of the other, and yet we may
honestly differ rs to methods. There Is but
one way. Let every man feel that 300,DG
men--15, 900 OF whom were sent by Miehi-
gan, went out and died for him. Let him
feel that such sacrifice demands on his
part every acknowledgment he can make,
aud the only fitting one he can make, is to
render himself worthy of it. Man Is only
| great by his possibilities, and his highest
aim should be the building up OF
his personal character. With that
come .cleaness Of vision and accuracy Of
aim. With every American imbued with
this spirit, there need be no fear of the fur
/ ture. The majorities will always be on the
right side, and mistakes will only act as ed.
ucators. But this feeling wanling-indiffer-
ence existing-we lack the animus thai
makes US worthy of the sacrifice, or the
i blessings We enjoy. 's Eternal vigilance the
price of liDerty'' is true now as ever. We
/ must divest ourselves of passion and preju-
dice in determining our course, and only LEI
Il passion impel us on, when there is no longer
reason for doubt as 10 the correctness OF our
line of action.
Again, let us be very careful how we start
i out on any political question; n slight de-
i Election at first often brings us out at point
Il remote from the one we desire to reach AT
Il the Detroit Railroad depot there are. a num-
Der Of tracks near together, apparently run
II ming in the same direction. step into the
II car on one of them, and without you soon
Il leave it, the next day you are the shore 5
i Of the Atlantic. Step into the car on the
Il other, and IL you remain there fora few
Il days 1t will land you at the Golden Gate. So
il is with political and moral questions.
4 Without care you will reach n destination
not desired by you, not advantageous to
/ your country ana from Wnlcn YOUR Steps are
| 10 be retraced, possibly with bleeding feet.
4 Furthermore, let US cherish and be true
4 to our traditions Along the shores of some
Of the northern lakes aud rivers Of our
State piles and clusters Of piles may be seen,
which awaken the curiosity OF the traveller,
but whose use IS wen known to the prac-
/ ticed eye-of the lumberman. They are the
/ means of safety to the river man and his
| charge. When the current Is too rapid, or
the wind adverse, or night overtakes him
4 and WoarV. he thr0Vs n line 0f
them, warps his raft TO the shore and lies
down in security till the eNigency is past.
| So it is with our traditions They are the
snubbing posts in life, to which we may tie
| when we feel we are going too rapidly, or
the sky grows dark, or the tempest threat
ems to overwhelm. They are the landmarks
Of which we must never lose sight. .s.,t.
They say that republics are ungrateful.
Does any man believe it of oursS While the
Government is straining under a fearful
debt, she has voted i'm addition to the year.
ly pensions already accorded, between 80
and 100 millions OF dollars. Men may be
selfish, and their wants or ambition may
lead them to prefer their own interests 70
that of our soldiers; butiwe all know and
feel, that in the aggregate, the public are
not indifferent, and as citizens and voters,
we should formulate the impulses of our
hearts into o rule OF action 10 the end that,
when the people have aught Of honor,
| emolument or profit TO, give, other things
being equal, the soldier should be preferred.
/ Nay HOTt, IN pTlNaJc Illb Tulc cnOuiO
obtain, and if, by kind acts or petty sacri-
fees, we can show our gratitude TO those
men, who, when the scales inclined against
us, threw their swords into the balance, let
it be our aim so to do. o. stf +Htl
III the gratitude Of your fellow citizens car
compensate in part for the tolls and danger
you have passed through, let me assure you
Of its possession. No child lisping on its
mothers knee throughout the States ex-
panse but shall hear OF your heroism; weep
oh faar ernffa
shout for joy at your triumphs; and when,
as the muse OF history, seeking for theme,
scans the annals of the Nineteenth century,
she can ind no worthier one than the story,
that 1900, 900 of men, impelled by an idea,
marched to battle for the rights OF millions
yet unborn r-s
Poetry will delight to linger along the line:
of your marches, nestle around and rekindle
your deserted camp fires, and hover over the
Il scenes of conflict ennobled by your yalor and
enriched by your blood. Your fame is .saft
in the hands Of humanity, because you
fought for the vindication Of those princi-
Piles, which are rs irresistible in their on
ward march as truth, and as eternal as the
throne Of the Most High.
OF those TO whose memories we to-day of.
I fer perfume of flower, and the incense Of
our hearts, what shall say! 1t makes but
little difference where they sleep, whether
in Government cemeteries or in unknown
graves, or with Kindred. Their memories
are enshrined in the hearts of all true lovers
highest moral COED I have no fears for theii
future. There can be no terrors there fol
men who unselishiy died for men. And II
Is a pleasant thought TO. me that on such oc-
casions as this an Invisible 1rrny OF martyrs
are eRcamped round about US, an army o
men and women of all degrees, whoin every
age have died for humanity. e=f.. Z r. -
With perceptions purified, with the gross.
er part Of our natures IN sabeyaHee, ,Fwe may
hear Alright the language that each and ali q
them address to- us: ",Remember thai
truth, humanity, Justice, equal rights, have
bought you, and with price; see 10 it tbai
you surrender yourselves glad and Willing
thralls to their service. 2 TFsr.ist -
in the middle ages, on the desth oI
monk, his plate was placed on 4tht
table at every meal for month. The
usual quantity of food was put upon il
and this was distributed 10 the poor