The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-31

this upopringing column. tits not the
representative of the god of war cry
ing, TO arms; to arms. 1t is that
of the Angel of Peace breathing bene-
dicton and love. And yet without the
men girded with overcoming strength,
the Angel of Peace would not have
descended from the skies
OF the citizen soldiers of Kenosha
county others will worthily speak.
They made a record of which the great
state from which they went was justly
proud. They greatly contributed by
their valorand devotion to the glorious
reputation Wisconsin soldiers always
won.
Gen. Sherman said in my hearing
and that of the ThirtY-SeCond Wiscon-
sin Regiment: Had all the regiments
behaved as we'll as the Wisconsin
troops there would have been no Bull
Run. And it was as much in COM
pliment of the men we sent out as we'll
as Of the policy of the state in filing
up her regiments with recruits, that he
said in his memoirs: eve estimated a
Wisconsin regiment equal to an ordin-
airy brigade. 1t is no disparagement
to the valiant soldiers from other
states to say that Wisconsin soldiers
were second to none in every physical,
intellectual, moral and military quail
ity. Wherever the white plume of
Henry Of Navarro was seen, there
always was the fight the hottest.
Wherever the flags Of Wisconsin regi-
ments were seen in battle you might
know the thickest of the deadly fray
was there. The history of the war
could be made out from the records of
the conflicts in which Wisconsin, sol
diers took part. I cannot do justice to
my Wisconsin comrades. Ten thou
sand died in battle, on the march, in
hospital, in prison pens, and through
wounds and disease at home. Our
noble Governor Harvey going to care
for the wounded, found watery grave
in the swiftly flowing Tennessee. Col.
Haskell, the embodiment of chivalrous
courtesy, culture and daring, fell early
and heroically at his post of duty.
Gen. Cassius Fairchild and Gen. Cutler
soon after the battles shock was over,
lay down to rest, wearied unto death,
through the preternatural stress and
strain of the war. Scores of other
brave officers fell, whose names and
deeds are engraven on tablet and
monument enshrined in the undying
remembrance of grateful hearts.
True to the last were these Wiscon-
sin soldiers. One of them who went
from the University in the northern
part of our state with the baptism of
learning on his brow, fell at the head
of his cavalry command, but the last
words that escaped from young Paine's
lips, as the sand in the road side drank
his blood, was Forward.
No maud1in sentimenta1isn1 must
weaken the tenacity of the iron mole
cu1es in the martial blood of our Amer
lean youth. Mil1ennial conditions do
not as yet prevail. However earnestly
we may wish and fervent1y pray for
peace we can fulfill our mission as
Christian nation only as we become
thoroughly prepared to compel peace
when ambitious nations may desire to
let slip the dogs of war;
There can be omnipotence in our
ringing utterances only as we can
make these nations hear the reverber-
atoms of the best cannon sighted by
the best artil1erists the world knows of,
if occasion should demand such an
accompaniment. We have sprung to
the front as one of the great world
powers not by any will of our own, for
no statesman nor soldier dreamed of
this three years ago.
Let skeptics sneer at us if they
choose, l but repeat the thought of
devout and practical men that the right
hand of the God of nations was on the
hands of our American heroes when
they were lifted up to destroy tyranny
and make wider yet the bounds Of
freedom in the charging of our ma
tiona1 domain. What we have we must
hold and we will hold with the grip of
gravitation for the good of mankind.
We will strike swift and steady blows
till the last armed foe expires. We are
sure we are right and we are going
ahead. We are going TO tax to the ut
most the learning and ability of our
commanding constitutional lawyers
the constructive genius of our fore
most governmental administrators, the
knowledge and de1iberative wisdom of
our most impartial and patriotic 1egis-