¥ ds-^s / F 142 .G5 G Copy 1 G5 G5 ^^'i^ THE :^EDICATION OF x ERECTED BY THE COUNTY OF GLOUC TO THE SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN THE REBELLIOiN, BY REV. MR. J. F. GARRISON, JAMES WILSON, ESQ". SENATOR F. T. FRELINGIIUYSEN, AT WOODBUEY, N. J. MAT SOth, 1867. WOODBURT, N. j. PRINTED AT TUE CONSTlXUTIOJl OWICE, 1807. ' -;^.>n are willing to do battle, and. it it mu-tbe. die for Iter, these are not ti e times of national decny and downfall. When men think the only sim of living is to seek for plea.«ure o- gather money, when they feel no principle worth dy- ing for, when ease and quiet are more than right, when '•!' am mce than "the nation," when "mine" is hig-her than the preservation of a vitHl truth, ih>'n is the people's spirit poor and dying, then is the nation's I fe de- parting Corruption is already fes'cring at the centre of her being She will S'on be a despised and rolling carcass, and where the carcass is Ihe eagles soon will gather. No nation evei prew to greatness whce people were not willing for her sake lo offer up. if called, their lives in her deliverance. Only through some great struggle, in which they laid upon the altar of the biitle field Ihe sac- rifice of many of their bravest and Iheir best, did any people ever maintain a noble truth or fill a lotly place in human story. It was »3 through such a conflict that our land gained its tirat cousecratioa to a pUce among the powers of the eaith. The t'onudmions if ibe mighty edifice were laid of living stones, oi men, who built ttietr lives into the walls, and filled the temple with their spirit. And ii wa^ for the holiliug up and keeping safe ihe su perstrncture of this glorious building that we were c*lUd to enter on the struggle in ffhich these brave men give themselves the sacrifice and without which al; that had be. n done be fure would have been crumbled into ruin. Ii ■was H costly price to pay, but f recious bles- sings can be purchase^J only by the richest of ferings. There is a story of old Rome, that in the time of a destroying pestilence, a hugf gulf opened in the forum, and when the priect? asked of the oracle how they might end the the plague and close the yawning chasm, the answer was "by throwing in the costliest gift within th' keeping of the nation." Gold, sil ver, preciou! things innutuerahle, were casi into the gaping ruin; but still the plague raged on and still the gulf yawned wide and fearful. When a young Knight, Marcus Cur tins, clad in all his arms and on his noblest steed, rode solemnly among the trembling crowd, and said : " The worthiest gift a na tion has is her brave men;" and sprang into the dark abyss The vast sides heaved to gether, and the death plague ceased. He had the answer. A nation's richest treasure is her brave, true men. And when the threat ening chasm of disunion cleft wide in our trembling State, an*-treason like a pestilence was eating out the vitals of the land, we, too, must throw in our costlieft gift; and in they sprang (o make the offering, not one lone knight, but half a million of the sons and fathers of the nation. And it is meet to stand before this menu ment, with bar«>d and bended heid. as by an altar on which we had laid our portion of the pricele!8 sacrifice How they come trooping UD to take their places, from the sad records of the fierce battle fields on which they died ! As they sweep by, a shadowy host, each tel ling his own story, we tread over, step by step, the dark hours of that fearful rnr time How swift, yet clear, the scanes and actors crowd upon our thoughts! The earthquake shock that heaved the nation as it beard the suicidal cannon booming over Charleston har bor; Ihe stern yet calm determination felt in every heart that the repub'ic should not per ish ; the first dL^aP'rous fight; the hunyan' hopes that 'On to Richmond" soon would end the bitte^ and unnatural conflict Then came the weary, wasting campaign on the Penin?u la, and we were saddened almost every hour to hear the tidings of some new among the dead. We call up the long stubborn day at Williamsburg, where the 2d Jerj-ey Brigade, couched in the swampy timber, bore hour af- ter hoar, the murderous assault of OTerpoir- ering numbers, and yet kept it against all iin- lil the victory was w >n. We seem again to hear the dark rumors and ihea the sickening truth of the we* k of battle before Richmond, •. where the Ist .lersey Brigade stood so large a ' share of the fierce onslaught and heavy loss • if the first day's brave but ineff' ctuul defence. We are summoned once more to the ill omen- ed scenes around Manassas. We wail, as we then waited, for the dead from Antietam. Some rise from the fatal slope of fiery Fred*" erickfburg Soiiie speak from the emouidtr-" ing woods of lost Chancellorsville. Many recall the deep "Thank God" with which wft heard, upon the nation's birth day, the rolling back of the bold, bafii d Lee, from the ter- rific onset upon the bills at Oeitytburg. We hear from somj the shout of victory ot the (ersei 9ih, as they storm into the defences of Roamke and sweep resistless over Newbern bridge. Up others come from the valley of the Shenandoah, under the great leadership of the tlear-headed Sheridan. How they rite thick and fast hU along that mighty battle march of the unwavering Grant, from the Wilderness to Petersburg, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, ia the trenches of the long siege; in the wonder- ful campaign of Sherman; under the walls of doomed Charleston. Where do they not come from ? To what battle field have we not sent one or many who say there in their dying, we here give ourselves the needed offering for the saving of the nation. And here, too, are names known over all • he land. Not braver nor better than many who will be remembered only within ti e nar- row range of their own home and neighbors, hut whom a higher rank has maiked on the hi-itoric page among ihe hoij'>red list of those who nave deserved well of the republic. The names of Brigadier Generals Joshua B How- ell and George D. Bayatd and Majir General Ohailes G Haiker are national as well as pe- culiaily our own. In almost every battle of the first campaign on the Peninsula, at Williamsburg, at Frir Oaks, protecting the retreat on Harrison's Landing, Gen Howell bore a prominent and ifien a disiinguished part. He was the first to land his troops upon the Island that gave our forces their firm foothold for the siege of Charleston: was commandant at Hilton Head, and shared with honor in the Army of the •lamep; and everywhere maintained a repuia- tion high and growing for all the noble traits that are essential to the character of gentle- man and soldier. General George D Bayard, although but 28 years old. when he tell on the field of Freder^ i(!k.«burg, had already shown himself a worthy inheritor of a name distinguished in the an- nals of the Revolution, and made him-»elf pre- eminent for bravery and hkill among the fore- most Generals of the Army of the Potomac. As leader of cavalry, he had been marked 4 f from the beginning of the war for hia wise en- I The war was not, upon ihe nation's side, » ergy and BuccesBful daring; and it wa* large- contest for the increase or maintenance of ly to his ability and watchful xeal the arnoy power. Neither was it for the barren glory was indebted for its preser»aiion in the disss- 1 of asserting some Tain point of wounded pride trouH conflicts of the second campaign of Ma- | or touchjr honor. It wis a struggle for the naseas and the subsequent retreat on Wash I existence of the nation, and for principles ington. in which he fully merited the honor I ihat are essential to the being of any peraia- given him by Gen. Pope, in his official notice: | nent republic. The effects of the secession ■•GenrralP Bayard and B.iford commanded ,he I movement, had it succeeded, would not have cavalry belongifig to the Army of Virginia. Their daiiei wer^ peculiarly arduouo and hazirtnus. and it it not loo much to any lhat thronghoui the opera- tiuiii. from ih' fi'tt to the >aet day "f the campaign scarcel) a day MaKfed that these oflicers did not ren- der service which entitles them to the gratituae of the Governmeni " Among the group of noble men who were gathered around Sherman in his campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, there was no one who promised higher, had his life been spared, than M"jor Qeneral Charles G. Bar- ker. Born in 1885 the same year with Gen. Bayard, he had, like him. just touched the verge of early manhood, when he attained so high a reputation as a soldier and a man The records of the army of the west show him continually rising in distinction and regard At Shiloh. at Corinth, at Stone River, we find him increasingly more brought to notice. At Cbickamauga he w.is one of the most distin- ceased with only the dividing of (he country into two Governments, but would have been the oommencement of an endless serifS of divi- sions and have doomed every portion to con- tinual war and misery. Whenever any sec- tion of the land, or any State of cither part grew restive bscause it could not wield the Government in its own interest, there would have been a new secession and a still further disorganizing of the nation. Whoever sought a change that could not be attained by peace- ful means would have demanded it by arms. On every petty pretext, feud would have fol- lowed feud, and drenched the land with blood, rhe clashing interests of the divided parts must have provoked perpetual hostility; in- cessant confiicts would have desolated the embittered sections ; and instead of one uni- ted people at peace in ourselves and mighty for the cause of liberty and right, we should have become a wretched class of ungovcrna- guished of the heroic band who rallying 'j^ ^^j ^^^^^H^ ^^g^^^yi^g fragments. around General Thotnap, retrieved the fortunes of that bloody field. When Gen. Howard took command of the 4th Corps, "I was Kurpriaed and pleased," he writes, "to find lhat fo ynjng a man hnd won the complete cimfi- dei.ce of the commanding General of Ihe Depart roent. The only complnint thit I ever heard was lhat if Marker got Rtar'ed against the eiipmy he C'>uld not be kepi back. Vel I never knew him other Itian cool and selt po8HeB^ed. Whenever anyihirg diflficult was to he done, anything that req'iired pe culiar p'uck and en'-rgy we called on Gtn Marker. At Rocky Fiice, where his Division wre»t»-d ^»ne hall oi lhat wondertul whII of Birength (rom the Rebe's ; at Renaca, where he leuacionMly held a li':e of work* clone uiid< r the Rebel fire; at D:illas where lor several days he hammered the Rebel works at a distance of lers than a liundred ynrd>< ; at Mud Oetk where he reinlnrced the ^kTnli.■^herM arid directed th*>ir movements with so much nkill and V gor as to take and hold a strong line of th** ent-my'- earthworkti; at K'^nesaw where hf led the terrible assault on the enemy's breastworks, and met hit death; in fact, in every place whfre ttte Corp* haH beeo engaged, this noble voung man ear- nemly and hear ily purformed his part." So high the names, so many the long roll But this was only one phase of the great stake depending. on the contest. There was another and still more essential issue involved in the decision of our struggle. Is it possi- ble for a republic to be a government of law and order and stability? The world had seen many republics, and under various conditions, but they had nil failed. And be one rock on which they stranded had always been the un- willingness of the people to submit themselves in time.') of great excitement or under the im- pulse of strong passion, to the control of the established principles of their own organic law and government. It is a very flattering thing for a people to believe that their opin- ion and their will must necessarily and at all times be right and best. It is a very insid- ious plea, that as the power belongs to them of originally making their own constitution, they may in any crisis they shall d^ero suffi- cient, disregard the fftrms and principles of their own fundamental law and gain the end I bay seek by any means that seem to them best fitted to the purpose : but t^e rapuUs of call of the numbers we here record, as our ! the experience of centuries have given one un- portion of the tribute for the defence and de i varying answer to all such views of govern- liverance of the republic. It was a fearful I ment. Whenever any people have gi^own so price to pay, but great as it was, the cause | disloyal to their established constitution that Wis worthy of the sacrifice; and we can mea- the will of any section or of any party is al sire our full obligation to these brave men only when we regard the imminence of ruin w'lich was then threatening the nation, and fesl the Tital import of the principles wbicli ir«r« ftt itfuxa ia the oonfliot. lowed to override the settled principles on which the whole is founded, they soon will make their supreme law. not a fixed rule by which all are to b« gorerned, or which they must ftller ia the waj of ttieir own origiaftl ordaiainff, but a mere dead letter which gives no protection to the weak, and forms no ob- stacle to check the violence or hinder the ex- cesses of the strong. To-day, one faction, in its hasty zeal, throws down the barriers that lie between it and the object it desires; to- morrow comes another, and in revenge sweeps off all that would stay the torrent of its an gry passion; and thus the walls on either side uptorn, the goodly heritage is epen to the wild beasts of lawless rage and party interest, and its beauty is soon trampled under fool, and all its glorious fruitage crushed into the mire. Once cut the river banks and no man then can set a limit to the desolations of the drowning waters. Each form of government has its peculiar danger, and this unwillingness to bind its present impulses by settled law, is the especial peril of republics, the one to which they have the greatest and most plau- eible temptations. It often seems in times of high excitement to be a matter of vast mo- ment to drive straight on t> our end. We are in haste; the need is pressing; the laid-out road is long; why tarry in its windings? Down with the fences, through the fields, over the gardens, and swiftly and safely we have reached the mark. But what one does, an- other follows. The very success of one un- authorized departure from the legal road, is used to justify their disregard for right by others, who have no reason for their headlong course, but their own wilfulness and uncon trolled desires. And in the long result of years, the only security for any right, or in stitution, is that we keep faithfully wall d in the known established roads, and travel stead- ily along the ordered highway, which was prepared originally by the will of all, and for the good of all. "The way of ancient ordinance though it winds, Is yet no devious way. Straight forward goes The lightning's path, and straight the feariul path Of the cannon ball. Direct ii flies and rapid ; Shattering that it miy reach, and shattering what i< reaches. The road, the human being travels. That on which blessing comes and goes, dot h follow The river's course, the valley's playful windings; Curves round the corn-fields and the hill of vines. Honoring the holy t)ound8 ol property ! And thus secure though late, leads to its end." When Liberty is willing thus to bind itself by law, then it becomes the loftiest exhibition of a nation's greatness and the highest attain ment we can ever hope in human government, but Liberty that will nor, be restrained by its own appointed Constitution is only a delusion, and means the domination of the strongest, enforcing their arbitrary purposes without re gard to anything but their own will; and the will of thirty millions, under intense excite- ment, is just as apt to be in error as the opin- ion of an individual, is just as capricious and unreliable as the whims of a single tyrant. We see this in the constant change of t arty rule; the varying popularity of individuals. Those who at one time can hardly gain a hear- ing, at another ride triu Dphant over every ob- stacle, and again often sink into a paltry and despised minority. Those who to- day etrew palm trees in the way and shout ho!ii' ing people, with thanks hD'I honors, so jusr Jy their nue. Rut as wh lodked upon tbf ■ returning ranks of those bror z«d and war- Wiirn veterans, we souglit in vain, fur th' familiar faces and m tnly forms, of many who went f,.rth wi h thnm to the contehi, but who did not return again. We hfid n need to a^-k of them, "Brave soldiers of free- dom, where are y 'ur comrades?" for W' knew ton well, that thev had (al'en in th' path of honor, and that thr-y hnd tealer! th(-ir devotion to their counir\ , with th ir blood. Our hif liberty was supreme ; who promptly an^^wtred their ccuntry's ctII in the hour of darUness and n^ril ; who for her sake faced danger and d^'aih in every form, and wfio guve their lives, a willing S'liinfioe, that this Uoton might, live. Wt- knnw tfiat their nanie-i are rnciirded on thas T'>\ of hon.ir imiiry of great events, and in honor of men, who ly their sacri.'ices and eervicus. or their great and useful lives. have nfnrred signal blessings up- n man ]iind. And whedier it be a rude and simple etuoe, the ettitue, sculptured with ekill and beauty, the graceful shaft, the gorgeous m luscleum, or the tjrand and massive p'^ra- inid, all alike, remind us of the p.ist and of the banefictirs of our race, and imprets upon our heMrts the m st useful lessons. Wfio ever looked uiion a st-ttue of Whsh- 'ngton, without feeling his heart warmed .new, with gratitude ami adiniraii.iti for his dure and lof'y virim s. nnd his great serti- Cfrt to his country, and to munkmd? Who ''ver t>t od fiy ttie granite hhaft unon Buoktr Htll, witttout almost hearing, the vonses of Putnam and Preset. tt and Warren, as they (jtieertd on their men — or without almost -eeing paws tiefore him, the scenes of th; t •leroic struggle, which baptizd that ground wiih the b.ood of patriots, and made its soil lorev^^ SHcred — or wirh'nt having a n?w •^ense of the great s lerifijes by which our liberty was won; and feeling his snul strung, with h' firm resolve, to defend that liberty with his life, if his c untiy stiould ever de- inind It? Such monuments are constant md impressive, though silent teachers; they educate to a love of country, and to great and noble deeds; and if the I'ssons which they teach, sir k deep into the hearts jf our peoile, we shall ever be, a nation, free, great and invincible. Ojr Fathffs loved liberty — They know w. 11 its value, an I what it coit to gnin it. Side by side, they pasi«ed through the sacri- fices and sufiF-ring'j, the toil and blood of the r vnlu ii.n — thiy staked their all, fir their c uniry and for Ire'd' m; and they tr:umph- ed. Before their brave hearts, ,^nd their sturdy a'-ms. the fl ,g of the despot went d wn; and kingly power was swept from ihe-e shores. They knew and felt, that in th^t great contest, their strength Wis not merely in the jiis'ice of ih'ir ciuse, but in their Union and that without it, they would huve been )oi quered, arid would have remained serfs of Ureat Britain; and that their legacy to their childrpn, wouM have been a legacy of -bondage, and not > f freedom. When the storm of war had passed away, they met together ; and with all that wisdum and forethought, for which they will ever be r nown' d. they framed our g vernment, and formed this Unim ; und'^r which they fond- ly hoied, that they, and their children, and their childrehf*' children, would e' joy tl e blcsaioga uf liberty through all future time. 8 W« revere our gnvprnment — wo love our Union — as the work of their hands. They conoidered the union of these utates. not as merely h thing to be prtferred, but as abeolutelj essential, to our penc* and pros- perity at home; to our dignity and power abroad ; and to our very exiefnce, as a n« tion. among the nations of thu earth. Look to the record of their opinions and their deeds; listen to their teachingf", their coui - sel and their warninga, as they are written on the pages of our history. Washington, after having led our armies through the sev- en years war of the revolution : and alter having, ns our Chief Mugistrate, guid^d the destinies of our young reputilio lor eight years more ; bade adieu to put)lic life, and gave to the people bis lareweii address. lie there hhjh, "the unity i f \o\ir givern ment, which cunsfitute* you one peopip, ii- dear to you. It is justly 8< ; lor it is a roa n pillar in the edifi ;e of your renl indepen denoe; the support of your trarquiliity at home; your peace abroad ; of your flnfety ; of yoiir prosperity ; of that vpry liberty which you to highly prize. It is of infinite moment, that you should properly estiroa'e the immense value of tour national uniidi to yur C' llectivft and iodividunl hapj-iness ; that you should cheri(»l and immoveable attachmert to it ; accustom ing yoiiri»el»e8 to think and spetik of it, iis the pall idium of your political safety and profperity ; watctung for its prpservati n With j -alous anxiety; discountenancing whiitever may suggest, even a suspicion, that it can, in any event, be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the fird dawning ol every attempt to alienate any portion of uur country from the rest, or to rnfeeb e the sacred ties, which now link to- gether the various parts." Could more valued counnel. more earnest exurtaiion, or nrire solemn and impressive wartiiiigs, be spoken by human wisdom, by ex ilted patriotism, or th ? yearning love ol a lather tor his children? Wtiat VVrtshingtoo so wtll said of the val- ue and iinportance of our Union, was more than verifi-d by the fxperience of the years which followed. Our young republic grew rapioly in strength, and grentnesH and pow er; and our people enjoyed unexampled pros perity and happinefS. They knew our gov- ernment chiefly by its blessings ;for its bur- dens and restraints were 80 light and gentle, that they were hardly felt. And for many long years, our whole people loved the Uni- on. They never looked uroo our flig — ihe beautiful banner of the stripes and Btars — but with affection and pride. They regarded it aa the symbol of our natioDality ; as identified with all our glory in the past ; with all that we value in the present ; and with all thflt we ci uld hope for in the lu- ture, of national greatness and power. They remembered that our faihers carried that flag, in the days of Sevemy-eix ; they re- numbered that under itt waiving folds, in the war of 1812, Hull and Bainbridge and Decatur, and their brave compters, humbled fie pride of Great Britain, wh > boaitifl I that r>he was the mirtress of the sea ; and that it fl«j licing na- tion. What led any of our people to forswear their nllegiance to that gl .rious banner? What Could lead any of our country's sons, whom, like a loving mother, she had tenderly nurhcd upon her bosom, to raise their hands against h< r liff ? Tfipy felt do onpression. and hufi" -red no wrong. Al x- anaer Stephens addressing a convention in Georgia, when the question of seceding, was under Consideration, said "WhHt>i nt has the North assailed — what interent of «he S.)Uth hax been invaded — what ju!»tico has been denied — and what claim toonded on justice and right has been withheld ? I rhallengo the anawer. Now f.»r you to at- tempt to overthrow su.-h a government, un- 'ter which we have liv d fir throe quarters of a centurv. in which we have gaitied our w^alth and our stHnding as a nation, i* the height fif madness, folly and wickedness, to which I can lend neither my sanction or my vote." Such Aierr his warm and earnest words; .and they 1 'se none of their force or truih, irom the fact, that he was himself soon nf-er. carried from bin feet and dHshed into a melancholy wr>«!k, by the whirlpool of irtmson and maduess, wbinb boiled and surged around him Slavery and the corrupting and degrading passions which it engenders and fosters, was the root from which this great rebellion sprung. Under itt malign influence, there grew up in the slave States, a class of men, who hated a republican gtivernment, who bated an equ ility among its citiz«nH And who wished to build up a government with slave ry as its corner-ntone ; in which they should be a preferred and f.ivored clasa, aid should hoi 1 all the po«-er. And to do this, they (ijught to destroy our goveroment, to tear asuoder this Union, and to whelm this na- tion in blood. And we now know from their own lipn, that for thirty years, thev bad planned and plotted for this purpose, though they carefully concealed their echetnes, from all but a ehusen tew. Aod when their plans were ripe, and they fell sure of success, thev sought a pretext for a quarrel in order to commeoce the war, upon which they were resolved. The leading traitors, and ihose wlio were insym pair with them, hid long filled minyofihe m'i»i important iiffi es 10 the Guvprnment, and had con- trolleV ith t'le nation thus disarmed, with no army arid no navy — without, money anO wiih'iui rredn — wiiii traitors, iipeo o; disguised in every de,)arime«t of the guveriimeni — our country wa*" truly in exiremest peril, and the disisu.niion o our Union seemed hI- most HCDomplished No wonder that the iratirs exulied over their siipposird success; no wonder that tyrants and despois across the occa i echoed bai'k their exuliations. and waiched and wttiled lor our desiructioif, for the knell ol American liberiy would be the sweeiesi music that coulJ greet their ears This was our sitnaiion when Mr. L'ncnln came into iiffice. Lincoln, ihen almosi unknown and wholly nniried. but now known and belovtd and revered by all this people, and by Ihe friends ol libt-rty fhrmighoui the wiirld Me saw and lett all the ' ifficullie.s before hini, but his great spirit was not d»UMted nor wa^t he moved (rum his purpose, lo keep iaiihfiiilv the sacred trust c-cimmitied to his charge, lie baid, in hi-* inaugural adiire s, " there need be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none, unless it is forced upon the naiional au- thority," and, addressiiig himself to ihem. tvhom in thp gentleness of his hcirl h- called by no harsher name than "my dissatisfied country. neit." he said. '•you can have no coiifl^ct without being yourselves the aggressor-t. You can iiave no oath registered in Heaven lo destroy this Union, while I shall have the most solemi-ione to preserve, protect and defend it." Our people tried every mode which human wis- dom could suggest, to slay the traitors in thfir course, and turn them from their purpose. They appealed to their reason and their pairiotifm, to the memories of the past and the hopes of the future, but in vain. One ol their number revealed the spirit which swayed them, when, in answer lo our appeals he said, "If you would give us a sheet of blank paper, and a>-k us to write upon it out own terras of reconciliation, we wou d spurn it from us." Our best eflurts were fruii less, ai.d the nation waited in anxiety what the future would U sclone. Soon the tiaitiirs. in iheir madness, fired upon Fort Sum- mer, and the thunder of their cannon proclaimed that all hope nf peace was at an end. Then Mr. Lincoln, remembering his oath recoided in Heaven, and looking to the Great Ruler of Nations for his guidance and protection, issued his proclamaiions arid summoned the people to arms Thai summi'ns rang through ihe land and thrilled the hearts ol the people like a bogle call, and everywhere received a prompt and cheerlul response, and men hastened to gather around their country's standard, and'to ar- ray themselves for her defence. Thek came from evrry place, and from every calling and condition in life. !• rom the field and farm— fom the lorest and the mine — :rom Ihe workshop atio' the factory — Irom the commercial mart — from schools and col- leges — Irom all prolessions and pursuiis they came — the young and the old alike. They came not a? slaves, at the command of des- pots; not as men who loved war or who delighted in scenes of caroHge and blood. They we'e not prompted by a desire to gain an empty lame, nor by a liiHt of Conquest They did not c ime. hot with pission or burning with revenge ai d haie. They came as freemen, as volun.eersin their country*! ciuse; loving peace, yet knowing ih'it even peace hilled ihemielves henea hour R<\g, the voice which s >oke in iheir heart* was, " For God and our Couulry w- draw tke sword " This nprisiiigorsuch meri,throu);hout all this broad land, moved by such ;"ure ami loliy purposes, was a spect.icle of moral gr ndeur and sublimity that has no pirallel in th^e history of miiiotis. Having liivpii iheuiselves lo this aerv^fe. they have every- where and al all times been faiihtiil and devoted to their great diiiies. Though so recently coming Irom Ihe ireedom and quiei of civil life, they have been patient and obedient, under Ihe strictness of military discipline, and at all times prompt and rea- dy to answer all its demai'ds They hive made long and weary marches -they have endured hun- ger and Ihirsi — the burning heals of summer — and win'er's fierce an I pie cing blasts — and through Ihe long, tedious hours ol night, ihey have siood sleep- less, and guarded the dangerous outposts, and watched for the safety of their cumrades. slumber- ing in the distant camp. In the storm and rn.sh and .strife, of many fit'ice and bloody battles— before the dttillery's sle'n and grim array — or facing Inng lines of glittering bayonets, or deadly rifles — or midst the trampling hools and fla.shiig sabres of the cavalry — ihey have been calm and brave^- they have fought with ihe utmost courage and resolution; they nave followed ourflig wherever it led, and have freely ()Oured out their blood in its delence. Their love of country and their devoiion lo ine Uniiin have at all limes been conspicuo.is; shining, not in fitful gleams, but with a steady, brilliani and coiisiaht light. 'I hese feelings were not born nf the emhii- siasra of ihf" hour; ihey have stood thf> test of dan- ger and siifTtfring, and all the stern realitjes nf war. It would be deeply interesting lo recount at length 'he particulars of their distinguished services and great sacrifices but to do this would be to repeat almost the whole history of the vear. To shoW somethina of the spirit which animated their souls, in their devotion to iheir couniry, let me mention a few of iheir words and deeds, gathered from their letters, not intended lor the pubhc eye, but writreh 10 to iheir frimdo ai hi>me. wiih all the Bimplicily and opcnnrM of 8fiec(ii>n and iruih One soldier, writing Ifom -lour inilf s nonh of At- lanta. ' •ays. "11 ray time were out, I would reen- liit. for I leel the duty o( sprving my bleedihg country more than I ever did-'' Anoiher wa» mortally wounded, and died upon the field o( battle. His comrade, who whs with him at the lime, wrote home, that among his last words were, 'Thank God ! that I am permitted lo die lor my country; ibank Him yet more that I am prepared lo go " Anoiher. in one of his letters, speaks of his lent mate, ol the name ol Waller S Colhy, and says : " He had a kind of slow ciinsiimpiion on him. and usually coughed all night. The furgeon iff-red him hiadisitharge, bill he answered ihat he would join his r ginieni and go on with it, or die. I never saw a man wiih a stronger will, aiid that was all that k pt him up; he never dropped oiii on a march, while many a urong man failed to come t" camp with ihe regiment Ai Gaines' Mill, while fighln'g bravely, poor (Jolb, was thui in the leg, whiih was very much Khattered As soon as he fell he gol up on the sound leg, Hiipporting himself as well as he could upon the shntiered slump took ifThis cap. and waving ii in the air, gave three chetrs fcr the Union. a\ iho top of his voice, lie iht-n bc-came weak, and (ell again. One of ihe hoys went lo him and a:rked him if he c uld do anything lor him He ihanked him. and said he could nut live a great while anyhow, and he might ns well die ns he was, and thai he had better not mind him. but lonk oui for himself; so he look a drink of water and'we never alterv\Brd heard from him." Anoiher. who was in Ihe holiest of the fierce struggles of the three bloody days at Gcliysburg. writes. 'Only ubml forty o( our regiment got off: and in my cnmpanv. only Ihe captain, one sergpani and mytelt got oil: tnd we all got bullet holes through our clothes. After giving some further par- ticulars, he snys, -'This is ihe great o> jpcl of my life— 10 aid in crushing this monstrous rebellion I believe ihai il maiurs liule wAen a man dies; but how and where, that is all important; and in no way can a man die so glorinusly, as when he dies lor his country and his race. One who has livid lo serve his country i^o years in ihis war. has done more ihan he who has spent a whole lileltme in stlf ag- grandizcnient. All offiier received a letter fr"m his wile, in which she spoke ol certain (.fTicerB killed in battle and of whom some one hail said (lu justly) that they were rash, and ha.-l exposed themselves unnecesHa- rily. She begged her hufband. while he did his duty, not to he rai-h. He ariswered, that being an officer his presence with his men was necei-sary and that in times of danger he wou'd lead his troops and not •■lay in the rear and order them for ward; thai he would rrol he niKh, but would do hie duly; and added, "If 1 nm shotd .wn let no one wear mourning lor me— r>mes for their country's service ; lo douMsor misgivings as lb the right or justice of our cause Though their pulse was low and feeble, and their cheeka \»'ere wan and pale, yei if ibe^e brave men could speak at nil, it was siill of iheir country, and of their love foi ihe dear old fl ig. And when ihey were prisoners, shut up in those horrid prism pens of ihe Soiiih, where they were wa'ched and lorliired b^ fienrls in human shape; where hunger and thirst and heal, and cold.nnd na- kedne>-s, aid disease in a 1 Us shapes w.isied away their forms, and weighed dov\n their mao'y beans; when the rebels tried lo tempt ihem lo j..in their rankd. promising Ihem g uid fiiod and clothing, and pay and promotion, Ihey spurned their tempters, and were willing still 10 bear their siifTeringK fur their couinry's (.ake. And ihousands did bear ilirni. iin 111 death relieved them; and other ihousarHls still, until the hour came lor iheirexchange ; when ihey reiurned to us. gaunt skeletons, clothed in filihy raga covered ,wiili vermin, and slowly wasting away with cuuFuming disease No Chrif-tian martyr amid the fires which ron- Riimed his quivering flech at the rtnke ever bore loiiier lesiimuiiy lo his love for his holy lailh. ihan dill these martyrs of liberty, lo their devutiuH to their country and lo freedom There were some crimes in this accursed rebel- lion which a great and merciful people may forgive orperniit lo go unpunished. But they who n Aided upon our tiemic men. those daily, deliberate, con- riant lortiires, are beyor.d the pale of mercy. Stern justice should pursue ihem. with aveneing hand, until the utmost rigors ol her righteous demands are satisfied. It was often said by those who seemed to delight in prophecying evil, that if Ihe rebellion should be crushed, then our soldiers, accustomed lo arms, would be so in love with military power that Ihey would turn their swords against the government and make themselves its roasters. But they who said 11 o did not know our soldiers, and could not compre- hend ihe greatnfss ot their souls li was to deterid their country that they took up arms, ard wlien that duty was performed, they gladly laid them aside, and fulled their beloved standards, stained and torn m so many battles, and joylully returned to their homes. They were actuated by the same spirit ns Washington was, when, at the close of the war of the Revolution, he resigned into the hands of the Continental Congress, his commission as commander-in-chief of our armies, and retired from public service. And that act has ever been consid- erfdasone if the crowning glories of his life The readiness, the ease, and ihe completeness with which th>> dissolution of our armies was eT- fectnd. was the astor ishment of other nations. And truly Ihe dispersion oi our soldiers was a scene no less grand than their first coming together, in an- swer to their country's call to arms It was at their country's command that they drew sword ; at her command they sheathed it again; and they returned it to its scabbard with no slain of dishonor upon it All that has been or can be said of the patriotism, courage and serviceo of our soldiers, applies wiih equal force to our sailors upon the sea. They have nobly performed their pans, and the highest honors are their due. They have braved every danger and peril upon the ocean, and our rivers and inland S08S. They have watched vigilantly upon our ex- tended coast, to foil our foreign foes, who with well loaded vessels Eouehi to run the blockade, to bring to the rebels arms and supplies. They have added new lustre to the ancient glories of onr flag, and are worthy to be enrolled with our naval heroes of for- mer days, whom this nation always remembers with gratitude and pride. 1 cannot now speak particularly of their different battles, but to one which had an especial interest 1 will allude. It was in the wateis which separate England and France, that our noble ship the Kfar- sarge, met the rebel pirate, AlabRma, a vessel built in a British porlj by British workmen, armed with British guns, woiked by British seamen, and just then coming fresh and warm from the feastingsand the favors heaped upon her in the ports of France. In a short, sharp fight, the gallant VVinslow and his Union ciew sent her to the bottom. The pride of England could not have been more stung nor her spirit more humbled, il she had openly avowed that vepsel ns her own, and ber own banner had waved above her deck, and had with it gone down in disas- ter and defeat. It was a peculiar pleasure to think that our brave tars had gained that vicinry, within sight of our French andBritish foes; and theirsneers at our sHpposfd weakness, their rejoicings at our troubles, and iheir almost dsilv prophecies ot our coming national destruction, received a fiiting an- swer, when the thunder of our victorious cann -n waked the echoes upon their thores; and the state- ly Kearsarge swept proudly on her way, bearing at her masthead and flaunting in iheir very faces the glorious and triumphant stars and stripes. On every occasion, when we speak of the great trials through which our country has p-issed, and of l^o8e to whom we are indebted fir our safety and preservation, the parrioiism. sacrifices and servi'-e« of our American women should receive mo»t hon- orable mention and emphatic recognition. The great i»suea at stake in this contest, the value of our Union, and the liberty of which it is the safe- guard arid the stay, were understood by none belter than by them. And when the call to arms summon- ed to the field Iheir fathers and brothers their bus bands and their sons, they freely gave them up to their country's servica, and helped to gird them for battle. They did this with willing hearts, though they knew well that the adieu which they then pressed upon their lips, might be the last and final farewell, aiid that upon their beloved faces ihey might never look again. If their feelings h'-d found expression in words, we would have heard Ihera say, as the ranks were forming, "Onward ! see otir country, Once a peaceful home. Where the world's oppressed ones, Might lor freedom come — Now all torn and bleeding. See, she fnintii g lies, Forward to the rescue. Ere our Union dies! Rally around her stand ird. Hasten on to save; Bo your watchword ever. 'Freedom or the grave!' " And when our men mnrched forward and were farnway, iheir love followed them, and was ever present with ihem, in camp and field and gnrtison, and in the vessel upon the stormy deep. Our sol- diers and our sailors knew thi^. and it filled their souls with Courage, cheerlulnetB and hope. In the hospital, among Ihe sick and suffering, our noble women were ever present, performing the' most ar- duous labors, exposing their own lives to contagion and disease, and watching many weary days and sleepless nights, that the sick and wounded soldier might lack lor nothing, and might again be restored to his country and his friends. And all over ihis land, in every city, town snd hamlet, their loving hearts and busy fingers were constantly engnged in preparing clothing and food, and delicacies, and ev- erything which they imagined a soldier could need, in sickness or in health, and sending them for- ward in steady and bountiful streams They have truly been ministering angels to them, and the re- membrance of their goodness will be cherished for- eve'- One of our soldiers, writing to hi* friends, said: "Many a 'God bless the women,' is heard from our soldier boys, in hospit' I, camp and battle fields." Another writes "Is it poFsible for us to fail ? No; not while tuch love and devotion as are shown by the women of this nation, makes itself so thorough- ly fielt among us; nerving us for the strife, and pointing us to the God of Justice and of Battles, as our Great Commander." Still annther says: -'The women of the North are doing a glorious work for the sick and wounded sol- diers. God bless them! When ihe women are so zenlons In their h yalty. the republic is safe. Hope- less would he the cause they would not sanction." In America, woman has always been cherished as the pride, the grace, and the charm of domeplic life; and the love and admiration wiih which we ever turn lo her. are heightened by the remembrance of her pntrioiism arid services in this war. Who tan say what would have been Ihe isfu of the contest, if her ii fluence had not so thoroughly insiired atid strengthened our armies, in the great strugg e fiir national safety and honor? When. then. Ihe roll shall be opened for those who are eminently enti- tled 10 the honor and gratitude of the nation, record there, in a distinguished place, the names of our American women. When we think of the great cost at which our liherty was first gained, and our Union established; when we think of the enormous expenditure of blood and treasure, by which they have been pre- served; when we think of the untold miseries which would have ioUo wed their destruction; we then 12 b8v« •' me ronrepi!on o( t\»8 eip/esffd by ihe word •' Treason." And, however «iine in hieh plares. or eluewhern may teek lo soften lit hideouR feBiureB, ihe total people know ihal it is Ihe bla( kffit ol all cr'imeo; thai It does, indeed, include within itfielfihe wit k- ednesg of all oihei rrimes, in the long raialogiie of human baseneBS and ddpravilv. and ihey leel Ir. their hearts that as such it shculd be punished. 'J'he people ki.owan«t Jeel ihai between /7«m ai>d Iraiiors, arm all who Bympaihize wiih trailers, there isa \ awn- ing ^ult of separaiion, vshirh is. and forever must be, niterlv irop<)s«flble, except by sincere penitence and thorough reformation The rebellion has been subdued. But let us be ware! Ireafon is not yet dead. It still lives, in thousands of hearis, in ihe lull vigor of its original venom and hate. What it sought to do. by force of arms, in the open field it will siiil seek to do, in an- other way. It will seek In destroy our Union, un- der ihe forms and by means of the ngencies of our civil government. Watch, therefore, oh ye sentinels of freedom! Keep well the citadel of liher'y! fur the foe is lurking in secret places, and the danger la not yet over. Our brave men. who have survived the toils and dangers of this war, are here among us, and are all over ihis broad land. We meet ihem every day and their honorable scars, Iheir crippled step, the crutch, the empty sleeve, constantly testify of iheir services and their vnlor. Towards them our hearts should ever be full of graliiude. respect and honor. There is no name or tiile so proud as thai of " Soldier of the Union." — no garment was evei worn, so honora- ble or 80 beautiful, as •' the Union Blue." Thry who hsve fallen have left behind them their kindred, their wives and their litlle ones. It is onr mrt«f aacred duly to proleci and ch*ri«h them, and lo make their lives peaceful and happy. But when we ^hall have done all that we can do; when our treasures and our (ur forth the tribute of our gratitude and our praise. Honored be your names! Loved and cherished be your memories forever ! "Yon faithful herald's blazoned stone, With mournful pride shall tell. When many a vanished age halh flown. The story, how ye fell. Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight, Nor lime's remorseless doom. Shall dim one ray, of glory's light. That gilds your deathless lumb." IS ADDRESS OF HON. F. T FRELINGHUYSEN. Ladies and Gentlemen: The scene before me seldom baa a parallel. That, chaste and beautiTuI monutneDt has a mutd (Inquence that I hesitate to disturb. On the lower plinth are carved the "arms of service." suggesting the nature of the fear- ful ordeal through which we have passtd. On the next entablature are the names of the heroic dead, who nobly died for us and for our race. Above these are the arms of that gallant State which has alwHjs stood in the front rank of the battle for freedom. Then comes the shaft of spotlesp. marble, uncarved and unlettered, fitly representing the pure moral sentiment which h»8 inspired the na- tion in the struggle, and enabled her brave champions to meet death, not with Spartan but with Christian, courage. And capping all, the Eagle, after long hovering on anx- ious wing, over the Liberty she guards, is DOW peacefully at rest, looking towards the North from whence were the patriotic sacri- fices that rescued her priceless trust. And gentle bands have festooned it all with •wreaths of flowers, which are, though they did not mean it so. fit emblems of the beau- ty of their kindly charity and of the fra gianoe of ibtir love of country during the fearful days of our trial. That monument is a claeeioal expression of ideas most elo- quent.- And around the beautiful structure I see a vast assemblage of patriotic men, who, al th'Ugh ever and ai>on they heave the unbid- den sigh, because their sons are gone from them, still have, to-day, hearts overflowinp with gratitude that the Nation lives. And I see and reverence, too, the mothers and fair daughters of America, who, like minis- tering angels, have, as never before in tbf worlu's l.iftory, allevinted the eufi^frir.gs of camp and field. These are they who are of- ten startled in their slumbers, as the nit'ht wind Bigha about their dwellings, by imagin ing that they hear the death crv, the expir- ing groan, of their dear boy as he dies alune and unattended on the field of battle ; and to-day memory brings vividly to mind that g'-nial couotenanc, with its smile of love. How joyous it would be «gain to grasp that hai^ and again to greet him. And yet when the g'eat moral sentiment \» evciked and yon rememb r that we owe it to our country and our God to give life and children and broth- ers and all to maiotain civil liberty aad hu- man freedom, you would not call them back, or if they did return you would at the man- date of high duty be ready to give tbem again in the same holy cause. We meet to-day, my friends, not only to honor the three hundred martyrs to Liberty, in memorial of whom the beautiful monu- ment is reared, but we come also to do ho- mage to the great sentiment that made them vrilling to die for Liberty. Our im- paired intelligence seeks to reduce all events to the narrow rule ,of material causes and effects: hence we are too often skeptical as to those great truths from heavf n, which are spiritual and supernatural. And yet the as- sociations of this hour suggest how moral power subordinates natural forces and cau- ses. The instinctive love of life, strengthened by the dear associations of joyous homes, and rendered more strong by the fascinating attractions that the world presents to exube- rant youth, was the strongest three-fold cord with which nature could bind to this earth- ly existence the brave men whose heroic deeds this structure commemorates — still, there wrs a hidden but efiScient power which snapped asunder the strongest cm d that na- ture could command — and prompted these men to choose the cold embrace of death rath- er than the joyous fascinations of life. Tho power which rendered these men superior eveirto the instinct of life and to the love of home and kindred was not a link in the con- secutive chain that, connects natural causes nnd eff<'Cts. It was a piwer operating upon that chain and independent of it. It ema- nated from the spark of Divinitv that exist- ed in their souls, and it controlled and ^ub- •rdinated nature. The majesticspirit which thuA rises in its superiority has in all ages and all climes onmmanded the admiration of mankind. The heroes of Faith whoso rtongs of triumph have been heard above the rush of the flames and crackling of the mar- tyr fftggots that surround them have ever challeng''d the reverence of men. The heroes of our country, who whether in fi-^ld or forum, have been animated by a patriotic passion which raised them above all considerations of splfishneps, ambition or fear have been made the nation's idols — been made to wear the wreath of laurel, and at the mention of their names a thrill of ecsta- oy h&B vibrated the hearts of millionB. The 14 heroes of liberty laboring not for a g'^nera- tioD, but for a race, by the grandeur of their UDCOD«oire the battle— wrapped in your blanket, with rifle in giasp, more wakeful than asleep, you rest on the cold earth What virions of home, with all its familiar bcenes, are present to you. Yu brother. Suddenly the summons for battle comes, and starting, for a little while from yi.ur resting place, which is soon to become your peaceful couch for the long years of time you at-k, "Is this all a dream?" '-When shall I see that home ?" "Sh.ill I hear that voice and feel the soft pressure of that hand again ?" "God grant that I may, but if I do not, heaven's blessing rest on ibem, on my soul and on my country." The line of bat tie moves on— and "without entrenchment to cover or walls to shield thpm" they meet the raking volley, and the brave heroes of Gloucester f.UI, dying. Patriot dead! we have spoken of earthly, may we ask you of heavenly things? The events of generations concentrate in this your final hour. Aristo- cratic pride has long made war on freedom for the people. Sable mothers in lonn lines of descent, from their weary pallets of straw, have cried to the God of Sabbaoth for deliv- erance until at last that cry was heard. And tell us now, did the God. who delivered those in whose cause you died, desert you in your severe extremitv ? Was there not beside you on the gloomy field, One with voice sweeter than thatof mothers whispering in your ear. a name : at the sound of which for 1800 years, the almost pulseless heart has thrill- ed with a joy before unknown? And with the mention of that name, did not a vision open to your view, no, did not a reality come to \our possession, swe- tft- and brigher than your home vision of the night? No an- diwer comes to my inquiry — but that silence has an eloquence that faith can hear. It tells the story of a serpent raised in the wil- derness to which the "^ying Israelite, while the virus rankled in his veins, look.^d and lived. It tells of the tears that once were shed at the tomb of a friend, which soon was to bp anim'tte with life. It hears the words "Weep not" uttered to the chief mourner of a funerol procession, as the only son of a widowed mother was restored. To these and many such utterancps Faith finds an answer to the inquiry, and then says to every anxious thought, "Be still and trust in G"od." Fellow countrymen, imperishable as is yonder monument, the events it commemo- rates V ill live longer in human beans than it will endure. It is reared not only as a fitting tribute to the dead, but to perpetuate with the living the spirit which has so glo- riously rescued our country. When those whose t.ames are inscribed, expired upon the fipld. their work was not done. They live in the 1p88( ns of patriotism they leave be- hind them ; lessons which when the day of trial again shall come, will inspire other ci- tiz'u-heroes to march forth for our deliver- enc,e. Yes, tbev live, too, in that existence to which this is but the vestibule. They arose to the height of their great duty, and the he- roic discharge of duty here, better prepares all for the grander and ;nobler callings of abetter life. We too will soon all rest in our graves, but will our lives, as theirs, have brought a rich harvest of blessings to our race? If they will not, while we may shed o'er them a tear of grstitude. our graves should be moistened with the tear of pity. Rest, noble men, unnumbered thousands are your debtors. Ft How countrymen— respect for the dead, calls upon me to spend a minute in alluding to one or two of the duties that in this aus- ie picioue crisis of the cniintry devnlvs on thp livintr. It is our duty, to see ti it, that as «ipon as is consistent with the firm esMblish- ment of the measures the war has evolved, and with our permanent peace and secuiity . that the symmetry of the nation shall bo re stored by securing t) the inRurreotionAry States full governmental rights. The sue- oepB of our great experiment of government, our comnierciil prosperi'y and the restora- tion of that kindly leeling, which, if we would be strong, must ng^in knit us togpth- er, all demand this Let the day soon cnmf when each member of this Republic sbiill be the guardian of the wellare of every mem- ber. Rising above the spirit of revenge, curbing every T>assinn except the I've of cinntry, let us h isten to restore to 12,C00 • 000 the privileges of whieh we have so stern- ly refused to permit 4,000,000 to be depriv- ed. And the duty, too, rests upon us to see to it, that all over this land, with its enlarged freedom, but ispfcially at the Siuth, the bles'sings of education :ind religion shnll be liberally bestowel uoon th* people. The in ternal restraints of thete irifluences is the proper Buhstitute for the exfrnal restrain i of the present necessary military rule. And for reasons bi>th political and moral, bu( which I cannot stay to spec.fy, these blesM- ings should be the fruit of piivate benevo- lence raiher than of any legal or constitu- tional enactment. The unbonnd"d fi^H thus opened, is alike inviting to Putriot, Pnilan- thropii-t and Christiin. Just as the gentlt^ shower, the balmy nir and the genial rays of spring have n)(>re power than the Atonns and hoar frot^ts of winter to restore the fruit- ful verdure of the earth, so these kinoly in- fluencen will do more to revive the harmony and fellowship of the nation than the rigid enfiircment of stern oonfi-ication and (lis franchising jii-tice. These ooun<*el8 1 dare adv'ince in ttie presence of that memorial o the martyred dead, because they are the sen- timent of that happy iHnd where we t»ust they now dwell. But as mercy hnrmonizs with justice in the attributes of Ilitn who alone is perfect, so the spirit I advocate Aoc^ not conflict with the proper vindication of violated law. One word more, and I am dooe. We must continue not only to love, but to be j alous of the Union. It is the central idea, the heart of our political orgxniz ition, and it bad pulaatiun before the members to which it now thriws vitalitv were fully for- med. In a modifi-»d firm it exis'ed as soon as society ha1 a political existenc. And the love of the Union has wiih all true men strengthened with .ur growth ; to defend it has been poured forth the young blood of a free people. It has cost too much now. ever to give it up. It will be perpetu illy preserved. But there are perils yet bffire it that will de- mand the wisdom and resolution of those who love it. I see in the future, metropoli- tan cities, commercial, mineral and agricul- tural wealth, the riches of the Indies gath- ered by a commerce with A-ia. and a vast population in nfi-iement and luxury eoj ty- ing this unparall^d wealth on the Pacific slope of this Continent. Will ambition be there ? Will the love of .>m pi re and the lust of power be there? Will ihe plau-*ihle plea that our terrif iry is too extended f ir one government be interposed ? — a plea that will fver be false while the integrity of our Stite governments is preserved. Stiould such $ divii«ion ever be mile, with it would come long lines of fortifi^;ati<)ns and revenue sta- tions, a military estatflishmentand standing armies, takinit for yeirs a son from every household. Wars would come, and the ap- prehension of them. A necessary aui;mcD- tation of power in the hands of the Execu- tive, rendering monarchy easy nnd proba- ble. The advantages of our insul«ted siiua- tioo, and the magic charm of Union would be gone ; and the pence, the liberty and p asperity of 'he individual citizen and of the nation wiull be reduced to iho condi- tion of the European Continent. It must not, it will not be. Ambition may mnke the attempt, but the nol)lii men of the Pacific jnd of the West, ind there are none nobler, j lining with their oopatriots of the Atlantic and t: e East, will crush the treason — while the public ways across the continent, bind- ing us together with bands of iron, are eve- ry year weakening the phyBioal argument for disunion. But nevertheless, ever be jealous of the Union, It is the bulwark of civil liberty for the world. Tell your children to guard it, and if needs be, to die for it, for what bless- ings for time and for eternity are dependent upon Civil Liberty! Illustrious dead, you died to preserve it! You could not have bartered your lives for a treasure moro priceless I LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 014 224 952 2 ^ \ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 224 952 2 §