The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

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not what would be the outcome of the
thunderous clouds and the fitful flashes
of lightning off in the South. But the
firing upon the stars and stripes waving
proudly over a Nations fortress in
Charleston Harbor, and the trailing of
that beautiful banner in the dust of
Sumter's floor, stricken down by the
shots of-aye, of Americans, as we are
The shifting of the heart of a people
who loved Washington and Green, and
Marion and Morgan, by those who, de-
scendents of men who followed those
brave leaders, could so far forget their
birthright and exalted principles as to
fire upon their countrys flag-That event
decided our President, and his call for
men to defend the Constitution and
Flag, and maintain the dignity and hon
or of the law of the land was the procla-
nation of the Almighty. Gods intent
to make this a grand nation, noble peo-
pie, company of freemen and friends,
always and everywhere of the oppressed,
must be fulfilled.
Motives many and various may have
excited men to enroll themselves as
soldiers in '61-2-3, but there was the love
of country in them all, sanctifying every
purpose; there was determination to
upI0 e'I,,. UIo los anu Cmero Vas o"i IN
az anu ~ - roSUto ~ Tito W uo
no pa ~ os OrS ~ "u't
Sins -yo nr' o,,d,, ~ bor co,,so 1Ub;ob
tastod a. 1899 so,,I NJ stooJ ST.
in battin sido by s;do ond sbonIdaI. 40 ~,
sboriJar fao;nc u,;tb0,,t flinob;nor AZ
SaoSiu sbaIi No, 49, strinI,on e., v,'
bnt others were onick to take Their
niaces and tbonqb Inc after line Tas
sbriveiled almost to nothingness and
what was left was scattered like tbe
leaves before an Autumn blast vet a
new line. brave, bopeful. patient. moved
nm to the same awfnl task
Men, YOU know what / know not. and
others who were too Young to stand at
your side. know not, the terror, the aw-
fulness, the madness of the battlefield,
the high excitement that kept man up
to his work, and the horrible heart sick
ness that followed when you walked over
that bloody meadow, climbed that slip
perry hill, entered that CHASTITY wood
where men who ate breakfast with you
that morning were so pitiful in their aw-
full death, with wounds so horrible to
look upon that you fain would hurry
back to your living comrades, to shut out
the sad sight of the company of the dead
by the talk and busy movements of camp
life. 1t must have been brave spirit
that could walk the fields of the slain
and vet the next day take his place in the
line of battle. And if some faltered and
held back from the repetition of such an
awful experience, we cannot wonder, and
it magnifies the bravery and enhances
the glory of those who persevered to the
end.
Soldiers of the war, am glad to be
able to face Won TODAY in a service far
more neacefuI than that in which You
faced The enemies of your country thirty
wears ago. We meet. now. to comment
orate bravery and devotion. that of Won
who fouobt and were shared as we'll as
of MANY thousands who fouGht as brave
lv vet IN tbe instant flash Of the bullet
dieS tbare in tbe roor Of fbe hattie or
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raecbed tba loved ones at home and
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Know InaC YOU ioyal SERVES Oh your
C..oS y, Nun w ho 4oP, n"tI uone Cnls
80 s,,ords o,,d 80 yUu Po" oIiaies
snears and stood forth with moro tban a
million comrades. And then when re-
volt was over and slavery killed We heat
vour swords hack AGAIN INTO nIow Shares
and vour snears into nrnning hooks and
returned to the enjoyment Of that neace
which vonr bravery and faitbfnlness had
won '''>''' --''''
And as for Won We sons of the soId;er
Won have a noble work tn do am