The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-06-03
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were uuCOmIOIIADle III uudCCubtOLueC
uniforms and awkwardly handling un
familiar weapons. What were these
men doing? They were responding tc
the impulse of patriotism. Lincoln'f
calls for volunteers were answered by
2,67S,967 men. They came from ev'
cry walk in life. McClelland was
vice president Of the Illinois Central
Railroad company with Offices In Gin
cinnati; Sherman was teaching in
Louisiana; Sheridan was quarter
master; Grant was running tan
merry at Galena. Illinois; Logan was
a lawyer and a congressman and re-
signed his Office to go into the army;
Fighting Joe Hooker was farming in
California; Burnside was a manufac-
turer in Rhode Island and Banks was
a Massachusetts lawyer and states
man. The soldiers OF the Civil war
came from the peaceful pursuits of
life.
Think of the spirit and determi-
nation OF these men as regiment af-
ter regiment Of them marched to the
front They were not fighting for
power, as did Alexander the Great.
or for the seizing OF territory, as has
been the case in SO many Of the
worlds great wars. nor were they
fighting for money with a salary Of
thirteen dollars a month. They were
fighting for the life Of the nation, the
defense of liberty. What splendid
men they were and how thoroughly
they did their work is attested by the
awful resistance at Shiloh; the pa
dent toll at vicksburg; the reorgani-
zation on the field at Stone River;
the wonderful persistence as Thomas
with $4,000 men held the Rossyille
road against 10000 Confederates at
Chickamauga: the brilliant dash up
Missionary Ridge and the constant
hammering during Grants campaign
in the east Never will all the deeds
of heroism be recounted. So forget
ful Of all self-interest were they that
they could actually see the humorous
side of starving to death in southern
prisons. Personal loss seemed as
nothing in the face OF the nations
need With the roar OF battle still
ringing in their ears at Cold Harbor,
with the unburied bodies Of their
dead comrades lying In full view on
the blood-stained stretch OF wooded
swamp and plain the Union soldiers
quietly and calmly prepared for the
next charge and sacrifice. They were
quietly sewing to their Jackets strips
Of cloth marked with their names in
order that their dead bodies might be
the next day amidst the
debris OF the coming
storm.
In consideration Of the awfulness
Of war we ought to be inspired to
labor for peace. and the settlement Of
and international difficulties
by arbitration. War is not glorious.
War is he'll, said General Sherman.
and he ought to have known much
Of its horrors. 1t devastates the land
and leaves want. famine. fear and
death In its wake. II fills homes with
and misery. Farms are
left desolate by Il and great indus
tries languish and die. II is awful
for men to consecrate their energies
to the destruction Of life and property !
We do not celebrate war, but the vaIor
that was willing to endure II as a
seeming necessity.
Under existing conditions what
may be the necessity OF the near fu-
ture we may not with certainty pre-
dict. It is possible some emergency
may arise. We are assured that our
president. and all who are
with him. OF whatever poll
tical faith, will exhaust every honor
able means to maintain peace. At
Lake. New York. on May goth.
President Hibben OF Princeton uniyer-
sity said: But let us NOT forget there
are some things which cannot buy
peace. II we sacrifice them in or
der to secure It the peace thus sought
becomes for us the veriest torment Of
a living hell. We dare not trade hon
or for peace"
Whatever may be the test Of the
coming days we believe our people
will respond to the country's call with
the determination and patriotic fer
vor that characterized those who
contended in the great fratricidal