Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-09-28

lustre OF your fame. Of Mauish\ ;,
Battery l can only say here an,
now. as the immortal Lincoln, whet
speaking of our heroic dead at Get
tysburg, said to them:
The world will little note nor Ions
remember what VIC say here, but i
can never forget what they di,
here
So the remembrance Of your Low
atty, patriotism, houors aud service,
rest upon more secure foundation
than any words mortal man ca,
now speak; rs part of the histor,
of a grateful country your hcroi,
achievements are inscribed high ur
on fame's eternal scroll, there to re.
main a lasting monument to ever,
man OF you, Lying or dead.
am partial to the Marion count,
boys who wore the blue, because
was born and raised among them
they were the plsymates Of my
childhood, the schoolmatcs Of m,
youth, the comrades OF my carly
manhood, aud together we follow ed
the old flag and kept step to- the
majestic music of the Union i'm the
days that tried mems souls.
Notwithstanding this par,iality. |
am devoted to all my old comrades.
and honor the brave men who
fought on the other side.
You remember that from our
countrymen subject TO military duty
during the war there spraug into
existence three distinct classes. each
an important factor and actor i'm the
terrible tragedy OF civil strifc-Un.
ion soldiers. Confederate soldiers.
Coppcrhcads.
Now, when all ofthesc .hall have
been mustered out of this life. and
IN the New Jerusalem Camp beyond
the River shall join the silent ranks
OF the Commander in-Chicf of all
armies, trust that they will there
be assigned to quarters in the order
named, that is to say
Fns,, that the 2,700 900 who plo.
riiied the blue will be given the
most pleasant spot in camp, nearest
to headquarters; that in the front
rank OF these, and nearer still TO the
Commander-in-Chie will bc quar-.
tered those whose education, enyi.
ronmcnts and sacrifices entitlc them
to the post of honor; who did most.
dared most, pcriled most i'm holding
high the glorious stars and stripes
the Union soldiers of the Southern
States.
Among the latter should be tent.
cd two whom the southern States
of Kentucky and Virginia gave to
the world; two patriots and states.
men; two heroes and lovers OF per.
sonal, civil and political libcry who
did not wear the uniform, but
whose names and fame, insepara.
BILE from that Of those who did, will
illuminate the pages of history, and
be celebrated in song and story
while time lasts, freedom is cher.
ished and republics live-Abraham
Lincoln and Francis III. Pierpoint.
Educated and trained in the be.
lief that slavery was crime agains,
humanity; associated from infancy
with those who taught them that
the triumph of State sovereignty
and slavery would sound the death
knell to republican government, il
was both easy and natural for our
comrades from New England and
other Northern States to oppose the
South.
Not 80 with us. Our education
had all been in different direction.
To break away from this: to sever
tics of association, friendship and
blood; to go forth and fight for the
right, against our kindred and our
State, because we knew il was
right, required patriotic courage
OF the highest order, and thank God
the loyal men Of the South had il.
The war was commenced and
prosecuted, not for the abolition Of
slavery, but for the preservation of
the Union. Few Of US, if any, be.
lieved in 1861 that the war would
result in the freedom Of the slaves
and not more than one man 90 the
West Virginia regiment could have
been found who then hoped for that
result.
The abolitionists Of the North
were clamoring for the emancipa
ton Of the slaves from the begin.
ming. But Abraham Lincoln was
at the helm. lie kept his ear 10
the public heart, his fingers on the
public pulse as no man ever did
knew and understood the plain
common people Of the country as
no man ever understood them; he
knew that the time had not We,
come, for the reason that 90 WELD 70
the demand ofthe abolitionis,s was
10 ground the arms Of the Union
soldiers from tic slave States.
Ia his famous letter 90 Horace
Greeley Of date August %. 1869.
Mr. Lincoln said
My paramount object is 10 save
the Union aud not either 20 save or
destroy slavery II / could save
the Union without frecing an,
slaves, ! would do IL. III could save
it BY freeing all the slaves. would
do u; and " could save Il hy tree.
ing some Of the slaves and leaving
others alone, ] would do a.
But God was marcbino ON ".