The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-06-16

|, and especially to those old
ades who answered to their
rvs call Mr.. Lacey in part
rty-three years ago today the
company that left Knoxville to
part in the war for the Union,
It Eddyville the first company
Oskaloosa. Capt. VIM. M.
Of Knoxville, commanded the
nd Capt John H. Warren, of Os-
"a, the other. Those companies
Cos "B" and III" Of the
iowa Infantry.
anniversary never recurs with
nging to my mind those two
les OF young men as, cheered
multitude, they turned their
towards the Southland,so many
I'm never to return.
me ask if any Of that old Com.
B or of Company H are present
is meeting? (Here two of Co.
lse.)
is impossible to picture to the
of the present the fierce excite
and stern determination of that
Mr.. Lincoln had truly said that
Union could not permanently ex-
aIf free and half slave. Slavery
nded the control of the terrific
md the supreme court had shock
conscience of mankind by the
Scott decision in which it was
that the constitution guaranteed
y in the territories, and that the
alone could declare their soil
This doctrine was denied by
reat mass of the people in the
who were content to permit
lstitution to remain undisturbed
old states, but who were I'M
that it should be expanded
he new and unpeopled terrific
The institution of human slav-
yas defended as divine in the
and the demand for disunion
cession arose in threatening
rhen it became apparent that
ssoln would be elected.
Acherous cabinet had deposit.
Z national arms mainly in south
rsenals and had sent our ships
slant seas, so that the loyal
was practically unprepared for
pfict which had indeed become
Sfble. f+-~t--
oung men who were rushing
camps in Nay, 1861, were IN
and it took time to get ready
--sS.acQn 6icta.- Il
H0wesna4NeoRe tnexsasf me 1iTtl
I'LL in the night. The boys of
% the grizzied veterans OF
nd the grand army button has
"a badge of honor even in
H;n and New Orleans.
tor was bitter and fierce. In.
Missions and prejudices gave
sahguinary hue that always &C.
mics civil war. Families divid-
d fought against each other on
q bloody field.
rty-nine years have come and |
since the final triumph of the |
CAuse at Appomattox. Today |
2dy fields of Gettysburg, |
auga, Shiloh and vicksburgl
yeome the property of the ma
err these scenes of combat have
military parks where the de-
Pes of both armies gather and
II the deeds of heroism there
lorated. The lines of battle
.gked with tablets OF enduring
yranite or marble, and loving
uaave erected monuments in
Il the men who fell in those
days. No one in 1864 would
thought that in forty years the
and gray combatants and thei.
nd daughters would meet IN fra
" upon those selfsame battle
efson Davis spent tn3 last years
life in writing his "Short His
u the Confederate States oil
lea" When that Confederacy
tfablished Alexander II. Stepil.
reluctantly entered upon the
OF fnr secession. announced
lavery was the corner stone
iew republic. But Mr.. Davis |
akiecIining years fully realized
IN verdict of mankind against
slavery was becoming so i
MUS that the main purpose of
teory was to shcw that slavery
We the cause of the war.
lily but surely the wounds have
and the scars have become
dim with age. The flowers of |
tsness mingle to 1ag with the
e of gratitude and we say,
tand South, God bless the Amer.
iJnioni
iowa all men AMI women were
, the Union. In South Caro-
asd Mississippi thu people were
united in their determination
de and destroy the old repub-
It in the border states, war
WI in all its bitterness. 1t was
70 us to go to war. 1t was still
Hngerous to stay at home. In
bia a company was being raised
aft for the Union cause and an