The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-14

city Soon they began to take their coats
off; yes. and soon off came their vests,
and d big dry goods fellow and a big ship
chandler fellow Il think their names We're
Alden Chase and Woodbury. Frederck(
called for a wet pad to put on the back of
their necks. | said "Uncle Sam furnishes
them only to the regulars -not for minute
men. The hour for first relief was up.
and so it went OF until the four relefs
had taken their first lesson in soldering,
which, no doubt, some of your readers
will remember. It is much harder to drill
in practice than in action, as the guns
have to be worked by hand in and out of
battery. The recoii in action sends the
gun to the rear 50 that it can be loaded at
once, and then goes in battery on down
grade easily, The ''minute men, report
ed for some time; finally the excitement
Gained down, and the next we heard ofthe
rebel cruiser she was in Canada coaling,
and doubt very much if it would be
allowed by Uncle sam to-day.
l must not forget some OF youl people S
Kindness, : Woodbury. Frederick, John
Quimby Whom l had met two yea1s be-
fore at Camp Pope, Bangor, 4 very efficient
aid to Gov Nashburne, and his estimable
wife, one Of the sweet singers of Israel)
and Mrs. Eels, with her rich, low con
tralto The latch string was always out
a Dr.. Moodys [ look back to those
days in my maturer years with great pleas
ure and as one of the bright spots in my
life.
l have met i'll Colorado old confederate
soldiers from all parts of the south, and
the only one that was not willing to accept
the situation was from South Carolina
he wanted slavery restored. The very
idea lying back of the Union soldier was
that sectional lines should be forever
thing of the past, and that we should
know only lone glorious Union, in which
all men should be brothers; and in so far
as any man fails to grasp this idea, he has
failed to grasp the very principle for which
the soldier fought. The Fourth Of July
commentaries the spirit of nationality
from foreign dominion and aristocratic
form of government. Hence it belongs to
the South as much as to the North; to the
East as much as to the West; and the man
who would give utterance to a sentiment
that would create sectional hate would be
false to the great underlying moral pur-
pose of the war; and is not patriot or a
statesman.
If your readers will look back at the
history Of our country from 1920 to 1860,
you will find that the war of the rebellion
was inevitable. 1t was not something that
politicians got up. 1t was, on the other
hand, something they tried to avoid; and
the wonder is, as we look back upon the
condition of things from 1920 to 1860, that
they succeeded in avoiding it as long as
they did. You may stop the onward march
of an army, of a cont1agration, or pesti-
lence, but you cannot stop the onward
movement of moral ideas. Let your
readers look for moment at the facts
the idea of liberty for all men was abroad
in the world centuries ago. These ideas
powerfully affected every civilized country
in the world. Now glance at the condition
of things here in our own beloved Column
bia. We had built our country upon the
basis of liberty and freedom-ourselves
cursed with slavery. This evil belonged
to the North as well as to the South. 1t
found apologists in every State of our
Union, and it found political demagogues
using it for political purposes, and soon
became sectional; but the good providence
of God came to the rescue and blotted it
from the face of America; and so will it
be with all sectional issues, and especially
free coinage of silver, which, 1 am sorry
to say, our State of Colorado has gone in
sane over. Let US Americans stand on
national ground as broad as our country,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and spurn
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