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jHBBIOAN _YOLTJNTEER.
iwiishw BTinr Thursday fco'rtHixo bt
JOHN B. BRATTON.
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WATCH, MOTHER.
Hotter, watch the little feot,
Climbing o'er the garden wall.
Hounding through tho dusty street,
Ranging cellar, shod and hall;
Never oount the moments lost,
Never mind the time it costs,
Little foot will go astray—
Quido them, mother, while you may.
Mother, watch the little hand
Ricking berrios by tho way,
Making houses in tho sand,
Tossing on tho fragrant hay.
Never dare iho question ask
"Why to mo this weary task?”
These same littlo hands may prove
Messengers of light and love.
•filkellniuoim.
DEDICATION
OF THE SITE FOR THE
BATTLE MONUMENT
AT
WEST POISTT.
SPEECH OF GEN. GEORGE B. M’CLELLAN.
[From the N. Y. Tribune of ICth.]
tt h doubtful if West Point lias ever wit-
Vessel such an assemblage since tlio days
when Washington and his brothers-in-arms-
Celebrated in 1782 tlio birth of the Dauphin
jf trance, and on the visit of the Prince of
Male*, in 1859, as mot to grace, by their
pesenco, the dedicatory services which took
;ko yesterday. The immediate occasion of
wb a concourse was the dedication of the
Mod which it is proposed to erect a monu
ment to the officers and men of the Regular
Army who have fallen during the war. No
pecilic design is as yet agreed on—the com-
Jittee having offered a prize for the best
an, which in list include not only a cenotaph,
■bcliak, column, or group of statuary, but also
.mausoleum for the officers to be buried at
lust Point, tablets of each officer tif the Ho
;ulargkilled m the present war, and a gon-
Dral tablet to commemorate the valor and de
ludim of the privates.
I have already fcfiotl VScoiVed
y the Committee, and the remaining
Mounting in all'to nearly $25,000, is ex
pected to be met by an assessment on the of
un ut the service. The eitd clicsbn is his
loticftlgiound, and worthy alike of thdhSrocs
fallen, and the memorial which is
to commemorate them. It is situated at the
txtreme end of Trophy Point, so called from
r£ ,JUP and mortars captured from the Bri l
and in Mexico, being piled there, and
overlooks Ono of the most majestic vistas of
wafer, sky and mountain, to be seen
the Hudson. On the left, Crow Nest,
on the right, Bull’s Hill, rear their bold
'Ujw/Qs.to the sky, while ip front, Ilolopen’s
hbnd gleams like an emerald fidfc in Silver;
tod further, the lingering vision rests on the
. elopes of> the Shawangunk. Not far
tom,the spot is Wood's Monument, and di
ectly m tt lo rear, tdward the barracks, lies
weution Hollow, with its fortifications. —
bo procession formed at the library in the
following order:
The Military Academy Band.
f Batalion of Cadets,
wetachmehte of 3d Infantry tinder Lieut,
p . Keisor and Captain Wilkins.
*p ria ߮B containing President of Executive
and Chief Marshal, senior
members of Executive Committee;
Orator and Chaplains, and the
p . Executive Committed. . .
fringes containing Gen. McClellan and In-'
poctor of Military Academy, Academic
iioard. Board of Visitors, Academic
kfaff, State and Municipal Offi
cers, Officers of Army and
Navy and Civilians.
l ] in readiness, a national salute
irir FC< * 0m 10 at t er y in front of tho li
procession started to the stand
nont B^te °I t^lo intended monu
j. ‘ stand was tastefully draped for
,Dd CBBlon the Stripes and the Stars,
I J surmounted by a shield or trophy
Tho scone from the stand was
ronfkloßt degree striking, tho ground in
ewtnn/? covered by a dense crowd of at
boo ■ f ~e aK e r and animated spectators, a
lodof 0t * a * r WOmen tfnd bravo men,”.met
tv onor to patriotism and self-sacrifice. —
tfedlf^fM anco en§ McClellan, aocompa
t aJ\ ’ dowraao, Gen, Kilpatrick, Qon.
Sen P° reon> Gon * Thos. Meagher, Major
fcl r , {} , ran^o r. Gen. Sprague, Gov. Soynloar,
jioJul P aDo » Prof. Davis, &0., &'o., was the
Thft ri T oud ftn d enthusiastic applause,
aid ranc l Marshal, General R. Anderson,
lypj. Bervic ea of the day would be opened
Prof. ca Ued tfpon the sorticOsof
snceesa 6 f Voffered up prayer for the
II Hail Pi . national arms, after whieh
kd U»„i ?kia” was performed by the uni
6tb 7h. 8 °j Infantry, sth Artillery,
an ?« l2fch Infantry, and the depot
% p° rt GMumbtos. v
laid lt\f ronc H then stepped: forward! and
that t k. Wa ® the wish of the officers present
tkoj. address should bo listened to with
lion fmT U I? by.suoh a occa
from an ? taafc the audience would refrain
0c“e?lT auso -
General m vJ? erson ** lon begged to introduce
Ulj| a i ‘ w i,o stepped up to the
lej, to( j a r a ® t of the stage, decorated with ro-
All C *^ BltAl, tf’oLEHan’s - sfiEcrf.
r'Wce'nf'? 1 !? sacred to theromom
fW nn d grief. Ihey have tbanks
f success; fastings and prayers in
Ih6 hour of humiliation and defeat; triumphs
and pceons to greet the living, laurel-orowncd
victor. They have obsequies and eulogies
for the warrior slain on the field of battle.
Such is the duty wo are to perform to-day.—
Thepqetry, the histories, the orations of an
tiquity. all resound with the clang of arras;
they dwell rather upon rough deeds of war
than the gentle arts .of peace. They have
preserved to us the names of heroes, and the
memory of their deeds oVcn to this distant
day. Our own Old Testament teems with
the narrations of the brave actions and heroic
deaths of Jewish patriots; while the Now
Testament of our meekund suffering Savior
often selects the soldier and his Weapons to
typify and illustrate religious hetoism and
duty. Those stories of the actions of the
dead havo frequently survived, in the lapse
of ages, the names of those whoso, fall wae
tlinfi Commemorated centuries ago. But 7 al
though Vvd know not now the names of all the
crave hj'ciV, who fought and fell upon the
plains of Marathon, in tho pass of Thermopy
lae, and on tne hills of Pf leetino, wo have not
lost tho memory of then* examples. As long
ns the warm blood courses in tho veins of
man ; as long as tho humaH .heart beats high
and quick at tho recital of brave dfcods and
patriotic sacrifices, so long will the lesson
still invito generous meti to emaUld tho he
roism of tho past. Among the Greeks it was
tho custom that tho fathers of tho most Vali
ant of the slain should pronounce tho eulo
gies of tho dead. Sometimes it devolved up
on their great statesmen and orators to per
form this mournful duty. Would that a De
mosthenes, or a second Pericles could rise
and take ncy place to-day, for ho would find
a theme worthy of his most brilliant poVvets,
of his most touching eloquence.
I stand hero now, not as an orator, bub ns
tho whilom commander, and in tho place of
tho fathers of the most valiant dead ; as their
comrade, too, on many a hard fought' field
against domestic and foreign foes—in early
youth and mature mrtnhood— moved by all
the love t i at David felt when ho poured forth
his lamentation for tho mighty father and
Son who fell on Gilboa. God knows that
David’s love for Jonathan was no more deep
than .mine for tho tried friends of many long
and eventful years, whose names are to bo re
corded upon tho structurp that is to rise upon
this spot. Would that his more than mortal
eloquence could grace my lips* and do justice
to tho theme 1
We have met to-day, my comrades, to do
honor to our own dead—brothers united to
us by the closest and dearest tics—who havo
Ireoly given their lives for their country in
this war—so just and righteous so long as Its
purpose is to crush rebellion and to save our
nation from the infinite evils of dismember
ment. Such an occasion ns this should call
forth the deepest and noblest emotions of our
nature—pride, sorrow, and prayer. Pride,
that our country possessed such sons ;
sorrow, that she has lost them ; prayer, that
she may have others like them ; that wo and
our successors may adorn her annals as they
have done; and that when our parting hour
arrives, whenever and however it may be,
our souls may bo prepared for tho great
change.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Wc have assembled to commemorate a ce
notaph winch shall remind our children’s
children in the distant future of their fath
ers’ struggles in the days of the great rebel
lion. This monument is to perpetuate tho
memory of a portion only of those who have
fallen for the nation in this unhappy war;
it is dedicated to tho officers and soldiers of
the regular army. Yet this is .done in no
class or exclusive spirit, and in tho act we
remember with reverence and love our com
rades of tho volunteers who havo so gloriously
fought and fallen by our sides.
Bach State will, no doubt, commemorate
in some fitting way the services of its sons
who abandoned the avocations of peace and
shed their blood in the ranks—will receive
some memento of a nation’s love,.a nation’s
gratitude. With what heroism they havo
confronted death, have wrested Victory from
a stubborn foe, and have illustrated defeat,,it
well becomes me to say, for it has been my
lot to command them on many a sanguinary
field. I know that I but echo the feelings
of the regulars when I award the high credit
they deserve to their brothers of the volun
teers.
But wb of thb regular army have no States
to look to for tiib honors duo our dead. We
belong lo the whole country. We can nei
ther espddt uor desire the General Govern
ment to make, perhaps, an inviduous distinc
tion in our favor. We are few in numbers,
a email band of comrades, united by peculiar
and very binding ties. For, with many of
usj our friendships wore commenced in boy
hood, when we restfed beneath the shadow of
the granite hills which look down jupnn us
where wo stand ; with others the tiep/of bro
therhood were formed in more mature years
while fighting araid tho rugged mountains
and fertile valleys of Mexico—-within hearing
of the eternal waves Pacific—or in the
lonely grandeur of the of the far ,
West. With all, our lovb ahd confidbncb*
has befcn\ cemented by common dangers and
sufferings—.on thb toilsome march, in the bi
vouac, and amid the clash of arms and the
presence of death on scores of
West Point, with her large heart, adopted us
all—graduates, and' those appointed from
civil life—officers and privates: In her eyes
wo are all her children, jealous of her fame,
eager to sustain her world-wide reputation,
Generals and prints soldiers, men who have
-nheQrfully_offefed their all for our dear coun*
try, we stand here before thuTshrine, ever
hereafter sacred to our dead, equals and bro*-
,there in the presence of tho common dedth
which awaits.,us all —perhaps in the.jgame
field and at tho snime hodr." iSiich are the
ties which unite us—the most endearing that
exist among men; such tho relations which
bind us together—tho closest of the sacred
brotherhood of arms. It has therefore seemed,
and it is fluting, that tfe should erect upon
this spot, sacred to us all, an enduring mon
ument to our dear brothers who have prece
ded us on the path of peril and of hono t
which it is th 6 destiny of many of us some
day to tread. t
W hat is this regular army tO’ which wo be
long ?
Who are the men whose death merits such
honors from tho living?^
What is tho cause for which they have laid
down their lives?
O’er regular or permanent army is the mi;
oeus which in time of pea’oo preserves the
military traditions of the nations, as well as
the organizations, soionco, and instruction
indispensable to modern armies. It miry
be' regarded as coeval with the' nation. It
derives its origin from the old Continental
and state lines of the Revolution, whence
with some interruptions and many changes,
it has attained its present condition. In fact,
w 6 may with propriety go even beyond the
devolution to seek the roots of onr genealogi
cal tree in the old French wars; for the cis
i Atlantic campaigns of the feven years war,
i wore not confined to tho "red men scalping
each other by tho great lakes of North Amo
; rica,” and it was in them that our ancestors
first participated ns Americans in tho largo
operations of Civilized armies. American re
giments then fought on tho banks of tho St.
Lawrence and the Ohio, on the shores of On
tario and Lake George, in tho islands of tho
Caribcan, and in South America. Louislmrg,
Quebec, Duquesne, tho Moro and Porto Bello
attest tho valor of tho provincial troops, and
in that school wore educated such soldiers .ns
Washington, Putman, Lee, Monfgdmcry and
Gates. These and men like Greene, Knox,
Wayne and Steuben were the fathers of our
permanent arriiy, and under them our troops
acquired that discipline and steadiness which
enabled them to meet on equal terms and of*
ten to defeat the tried veterans of England.—.
Tho study of the 1 history of the Revolution
and a perusal of the despatches of Washing
ton, will convince tho most •skeptical of the
value of the permanent army in achieving
our independence, and establishing the civil
edifice which we are now fighting to preserve.
The war of 1812 found the army on a footing
far from adequate to the emergency, but it
was rapidly increased, and Of tho now gene
ration pf soldiers, many wore found equal to
the requirements of tho occasion. Lundy’s
Lane, Chippewa, Queenstown, Plattsburg,
New Orleans/all bear witness to the gallan
try of tho regulars. Thou came an intbrval
of more than thirty years of external peace,
marked by many changes in the organization
and cttbngth of the regular ttrray, and broken
at tithes by tedious Uriel bloody Indian wars.
Of these this ttiost remarkable were the Black
Hawk War, in which our troops mot unflinch
ingly a foe as relentless and far thord destruc
tive than tho Indians—that terrible scourge,
tho cholera—and the tedious Florida war,
where, for so many years, the Scminolts
eluded in their pestilorrtial swamps our ut
most efforts, and in which were displayed
such traits of heroism as that commemorated
by yonder monument to Dado and his com
mand, when “all fell save two, without an
attempt to retreat.” At last came tho Mexi
can war to replace Indian contests and the
monotony of frontier service, and for tho first
time in many years the mass of tho regular
army was concentrated, and took tho princi
pal part in thje battles of that remarkable and
romantic war. Palo Alto, Resaca and Fort
Brown were tho achievements of the regulars
unaided; and as the battles of Mohterey,
Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Cerra Gordo* and
tho final triumphs in the valley, none can
truly say that they could have been won
without tho regulars. AVhcu peace crowned
our victories in the capital of the Montczu
mas, the army was at once dispersed over the
long frontier, and engaged in harassing and
dangerous ware with tho Indians of the
plains. Thus thirteeen long years were spent
until the present war broke out, and the mass
of the army was drawn in to bo employed
against a domestic foe.
I cannot proceed to the events of the recent
past and present without adverting to the
gallant men who were so long of our number,
but havo now gone to their last homo; for no
small portion of the glory of which w T o boast
was expected from such men as Taylor,
Worth, Brady, Brooks, Totten and Duncan.
There is a sad story of Venetian history
that has moved many a heart, and often em
ployed the poet's pen and painter’s pencil.—
It is of an old man whose long life was glori
ously spent in the service of the state as a .
warrior and a statesman, and who, when his
hair was white and his feeble limbs could
scarce carry his bent form toward tho grave,
attained the highest honor that Venetian ci
tizen could reach.
Ho was Doge of Venice. Convicted of |
treason against tho State, ho not only lost
his life but suffered besides a penalty which
will endure as long as tho name of Venice is ‘
remembered. Tho spot where his portrait
should havo hung in the great hall of the 1
Doge’s palace was veiled with black and there |
still the frame remains with its black mass 1
of canvass ; and this vacant frame is the 1
most conspicuous in tho long line of effigies 1
ot illustrious D:ge I Oh, that such a pall as 5
tlmt“which replaces the portrait of Maurino !
Faliero could conceal from history tho nairics 1
of those, once our comrades, who-are now it! 1
arriis against the flag under which we fought
side by side in years jjone by. But no veil, 1
however thick, can cover the anguish that 1
fills our hearts.frhen we look back upon the 1
sad memory o'f the p’aot, and recall the affec- |
tion and respect we entertdinUd toward men •
against wham it was now oiir duty to act in !
mortal combat. Would that tho courage, J
ability, and steadfastness they display had j
been employed in defence of the Stdrs and
Stripes against a foreign foe, rather than in j
this fatuitous and unjustifiable rebellion,
which could not have boon so long maintained *
but for the skill and energy of these, our for- :
mer comrades.
tiKNERAL SCOTT.
lint we iave reason to rejoice that upon
this day, so sacred and eventful for us, one
grand old mortal mtfntlfnentof the past still
lifts high his head among us, and should
Have graced by his presence the consecration
of this tomb by his Children. Wo may well
be proud that wo are hero commanded by the
hero who purchased victory with his blood
near tho great waters of Niagara i #hO .fo
peatfed and eclipsed the achievements of Cor
tes ; who, although a consummate and confi
dent commander; eVor preferred, when duty
and honor would permit, the olive branch of
peace to the blood-stained laurels of war; and
who stands at the close of a long glorious and
eventful life, a living column of historical
Images wlncK“have beaten - alik<rtho _ bhvnd=~
iShriients and tftprnfia of treason. His name
will over be one of our proudest boasts and
most moving inspirations.
In long distant ages, When this incipient
monument has become venerable, moasclad,
and perhaps ruinous; when 1 the names in
scribed upon it ehaU seem to those who pause
to read them* indistinct momontoos'of an al
most mythical past, the name of Winfield
Scott will still be clearly cut upon the mem
ory of all, like the still fresh carving upon
the monuments of long-for-gotton Pharodh’s;
THE REGULAR ARSfT IN THE PRESENT WAR
But it is time to approach the present.—
In tho war which now shakes the land to its
foundation tho regular army has borne a
most honorable part. Too few in numbers
to act by themselves, regular regiments have
participated in every great battle in the
East, and most of those west of the Alleghan
ies. Their terrible losses and diminished
numbers prove that they have been in the
thickest of the fight, and tho testimony of
their comrades and commanders show with
what undaunted heroism they have upheld
their ancient renown. Their vigorous char
ges have often won tho day, and in defeat
they have more than once saved tho army
from destruction or terrible losses by tho ob
stinacy with which they resisted overpower
ing numbers. They can refer with pride to
the part they played upon the glorious fields
ef Mexico, and exult at the recollection of
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 30,1864;
what they did at Manassas, Gaines’ Mills,
Malvern, Antietara, Shiloh, Stone River,
Gettysburg, and tho great battles just fought
from tho llapidan to tho Chiokahominy.—
They can point also to the officers who havo
risen from among them, and achieved groat
deeds for their country in this war, to tho
living warriors whoso names are upon tho
nation’s tongue and heart, too numerous to
bo repeated hero, yet not one of whom I
would willingly omit. But perhaps tho
proudest episode in tho history of tho regular
array is that touching instance of fidelity on
the part of the non-commissioned officers and
privates, who, traitorously made prisoners in
Texas, resisted every temptation to violate
their oath and desert their flag. Offered
conftnissions in the rebel service, moucy and!
hind freely tendered them, they all scorned
the inducements held out to tnem/submitted
to their hardships, and, when at last exclian
gecU avenged themselves on the field of bat
tle for the unavailing insult offered their in
tegrity. History affords no brighter exam*
pie of honor than that of these bravo men,
tempted, as I blush to eay they were, by some
of their former* officers, who, having them
selves proved false to their flag, endeavored
to seduce the men who followed them in
cm bat, and who had regarded them with re
spect and love.
£uch is tho regular array ; such'lts history
and antecedents; such its officers and its
men. It needs no herald to trumpet forth
its praises. It can proudly appeal to tho nu
merous golds from the tropics to tho frozen
banks of tho St. Lawrence; from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific, fertilized by the blood, and
whitened by tho bones, of its members. But
I will not pause to eulogize it; let its deeds
speak for it; they are more eloquent than
tongue of mine.
THE DEAD OF THE REGULAR ARMY.
Why are wo here lo day? This is not the
funeral of one brave warrior, nor even of the
harvest of death on a single battle-field ; but
these are the obsequies of tho best and bra
vest children of the land, who have fallen in
aotiohs almost numberless, many of them the
most snnguinury of which history bears rec
ord. The men whoso names and deeds we
now reck to perpetuate, to render them tho
highest honor in our power, have fallen
wherever armed rebellion showed its front,
in the far distant New Mexico, tho broad
Valley of the Mississippi, on the bloody liunt
in£ grounds of Kentucky, in tho mountains
of Tennessee, amid the swamps of Carolina,
and on the fertile fields of Maryland, and in
the bloodstained thickets of Virginia. They
were of all grades, from the general to,the
private ; of all ages from the gray-haired vet
eran of fifty years’ scrvics to the beardless
youth ; and of all degrees of cultivation, from
the man of science to the uneducated boy.—
It is not necessary, nor is it possible, to re
peat the mournful yet illustrious roll , of tho
dead heroes we havo met to honor, nor mast
I name all those who most merit praise; simp
ly a few who will exemplify tho classes to
which they belong.
Among tho lust of tho slain, and among
tho first in honor and reputation, was that
hero of twenty battles, John Sedgwick.—
Gentle and kind as a woman ; bravo as a
bravo man can be ; honest, sincere ami able ;
a model that nil may strive to imitate, but
whom few can equal. Iq the terrible battle
which Just preceded his death ho had occa
sion t> display tha highest qualities of the
soldier and commander. After escaping the
stroke of death when men fell around him by
thousands, he at last met his fate at a mo
ment of comparative quiet by the ball of a
single rifleman. He died as a soldier would
choose to die, with truth at his heart, and a
sweet, tranquil smile upon his lips. Alas!
cur great nation possesses few sons like true
John Sedgwick.
Like, him fell, too, at the very head of
their corps, the white haired Mansfield, af
ter a career of usefulness, illustrated by his
skill and cool courage at Fort Brown, Mon
terey and Buena Vista; John F. Reynolds
and Reno, both in'tho full vigor'of manhood
and intellect, men who liave proved their
ability and chivalry in many a field in, Mex
ico and in this civil war, gallant gentlemen
of whom their country had much to hope,
liad it pleased God to spare their liven* Ly
on fell in the prime of life, leading his little
army against superior numbers, his brj,ef
career affording a brilliant example of patri
otism and ability. The impetuous Kearney,
and Sudh brave gfenerals.as Richardson, Wil
liams, Tcrill, Stevens, Wood, Saunders and
Hayes lost their lives while in the midst of a
career of usefulness. Young Bayard, so like
the most renowned of his name, that “ knight
above fear and above reproach,” wad cut off
too early for his country. No regiments can
spare such gallant, devoted and able edm
tnnnders as Russell; Davis, Gore, Simmons,
Bailey, Putnam, and Kingsbury, all of whom
fell in tho thickest of the,, contest, some of
them veterans, others young in service—all
good men and well beloved. Our batteries
have partially paid their terrible debt to fate
in tho loss of. such commanders as Greblo
(tho first to full tn the war.) Denson, Hag*
gard, Smead, Dr. llart, tina those
gallant boys, Kirby, Woodruff, Dimick, and
Cushing; while the engineers lament the
g'omi&ing and gallant Wagner and Cross.—
enenth remote battle-fields rest tho corpses
of the Heroic Mcßae, Basoom, Stone, Sweet,
and many other Company officers. Besides
these there are hosts of veteran sergeants, 1
Corporals and privates .who had fought under
Scott in Mexico.,or contested With the* sava
ges of tho far West and Florida ; and min
gled with them soldiers who qoura
-geousrstnady-and-trtfOT-m'et death unflinch
ingly without tho hope of personal glory.-*—
These men, in their more humble spheres,
tierved. their country with ns much faith and
honor as the most illustrious generals, and
nil of them’ with perfect singleness ot heart.
Although their names may not live in the
page of history, their actions, loyalty, and'
courage trill. Their memories will long be
preserved in their regiments, for thenhwere
many of them who merited ad proud a dis
tinction.as that accorded to “ the first grena*
dicr of Franco,” or to that o’fhdr Rudalari sol
dier -tfhd gave his life for hio comrades.’ But
there is another class of men who have gone
from us since this war commenced, whose
fate it was not to die in battle.; hut who are
none tho less entitled to bo mentioned here.
There was Sumner, n'brave, honest, chival
rous veteran, of more than half-a century’s
service, who had confronted death unflinch
ingly on scores of battle-fields, had shown
his gray head, serene and cjieerful, where
death most reveled, who more than onco told
mo that ho believed and hoped that his long
career would.end amid thodin of battle. lie
died at homo from effects oMho hardships of
the leadership of his campaign's, . That most,
excellent soldier, the elegant C. F..Shuth;
whom many of ns remember to have been so
often on this very plain, with his superb
bearing, escaped tho bullet to fall a victim
to the disease which has deprived the army
of so many of its best soldiers. John Buford,
cool and intrepid j Mitchell, eminent in flci-
enco, Palmer and many other officers have
lost.their lives by sickness contracted in tho
field. But I cannot close this list of glorious
martyrs withoufpnyiifg a sacred debt of offi
cial duty and personal friendship. There is
one dead soldier who possessed peculiar
claims upon my love and gratitude ; he was
an ardent patriot, an unselfish man, a true
soldier, tho boau-Ideal of a staff officer—he
was my aid de-camp. Colonel Colburn.—
There is a lesson to be drawn from tho death
cud services of these glorious men, which wo
should read for the present and future bene
fit of tho nation.
War in these modern days is a science, and
it should now appear to tho most prejudiced
that tho organization and arming of armies,
and tho high combination of strategy, per
fect familiarity with the theoretical science
of war, is requisite. To count upon success
V/hcn tho plans or execution of campaigns
are intiusted to men who dmvo no knowl
edge of war, is as idle ae to expect tho legal
wisdom of a Story of a Kent from a skillful
physician.
THE cause For which we fight.
But what is tho honorable and holy' cause
for which the,so men have laid down their
lives,.and for which the nation stilTdemands
the sacrifice of the precious blood of so many
of her children ?
Soon after the close of tho Revolutionary
war, it was found that tho Confederacy which
had grown up during that memorable contest
was fulling to pieces from its own weight.—
Tho central power was too weak. It could
recommend- to the different States such meas
ures as seemed best, and it possessed no real
power to legislate, because it lacked execu
tive power to compel obedience to its laws.—
Tho national credit and self-respect had dis
appeared, and it was feared by the friends of
liberty throughout tho world Unit oiira was
but anolbcr added to the,long list of fruitless
altemps at self-government. Tho nation was
evidently on the brink of ruin and dissolu
tion when some eighty years ago many of
the wisest and most patriotic of the land met
to scek,a remedy for the great evils which
three tened lo destroy tho great' work of tho
revolution. Their sessions were long and
often stotmy ; for a time tho most sanguine,
doubted tho possibility of a successful termi
nation of their labors. But from amidst the
ronflict of sectional interests, of party preju
dice and of personal selfishness, tho spirit
of wisdom ana of conciliation at length evok
ed the Constitution under which wo have liv
ed so long. It was not formed in a day ; but
was tho result of practical labor, of lofty wis
dom, and of tho purest patriotism. It was at
last adopted by tho people of the States —al-
though by some reluctantly—not as being ex
actly what all desired, but tho best possible
under the circumstances.
It was accepted as giving us a form of gov
ernment under which tho nation might live
happily and prosocr, so long as tho people
should continue to be influenced by the same
sentiments which actuated those who formed
it; and which would not bo liable to destruc-
tion from internal causes, so long as the peo
ple preserved the recollection of tho mUeHea*
and calamities which led to its adoption.—
Under this beneficial Constitution the pro
gress of tho nation was unsurpassed in his
tory. The rights and liberties of its citizens
were secured at homo and abroad ; vast ter
ritories were rescued from the control of the
savage and the wild beasts, and added to the
domain of the Union and civilization. Tho
arts, tho sciences, and commerce grew apace;
our flag floated upon every sea, and we took
our place among tho great nations of tho
earth. But under this smooth surface of
prosperity upon which wo glided swiftly,
with all tho sails set before the common
breeze, dangerous reefs were hidden which
now and then caused ripples upon the sur
face, ami made anxious the more careful pi
lots. Fluted by success the ship went on—
the crew, not heeding the warnings they ro
ceivedj forgetful of the dangers escaped at
the beginning of tho voyrige, rind, bind to the
hideous mtielstroni which gaped to receive
them. The same elements of discord, section
al prejudices, interests and institutions which
had rendered the formation of the Constitu
tion so difficult,,threatened moro than once
to destroy it. But fir a long time the na
tion was so fortunate as to possess a series of
political leaders, who to the,highest abilities,
united the same spirit of conciliation which
animated the founders of this republic, rind
thus for many years the threatened evils
wero averted. Time, and the long Continu
ance of good fortune, obliterated tho recol
lection of the calamities of years preceding
tho adoption of the Constitution. They for
got that conciliation, common interests, and
riiutual charity had been the foundation, and
must be the support of our Government, and
till the relations of life. At leugth Rien ap
peared with abuse, sectional and personal
prejudices and interests, outweighing all
considerations of tho general good. Extre
mists of ore section furnished the occasion,
eagerly siezod as a pretext by equally ex
treme men in the other, for abandoning the
pacific remedies afforded by the Constitution.
Stripped of all sophistry and side-issue's. the
direct cause of tho,war as it presented Itself
to tho honest and patriotic citizens of tho
North was simply this;
Certain States,- or rather,a portion of the
inhabitants of certain States, feared, or pro
fessed to f£ar, that injury would result to
their rights and property from tho elevation
of a particular party to power. Although
tho Constitution and the actual conditoa of
the Government provided them with a peace
able and sure protection against tho appre
hended evil, they prepared to sock security
in the destruction of the Government which
could protoc f them, and in the use of force
against national troops holding a national
fortress. To efface tho insult offered to our
flag, to save ourselves from the. fate of tho
divided republics of Rally and Sorith Ameri
ca, to preserve our Government from destruc
tion, to inforce its just power and laws* to
maintain our very existence as ft nation-** 2 *
these were the causes which impelled tis to
draw tho sword. Rebellion against a Gov
ernment like ours, which contains within
itself tho moans of self-adjustment rind a pa
cilic remedy for evils, should notcr be con
founded with rt revolution against despotic
power, which refuses redress of wrongs.—
Such a rebellion cannot he justified upon
ethical grounds* and the only alternatives for.
our choice are its suppression ox tho destruc
tion of our nationality.
CONCLUSION.
At such a time as this, and in such a strug
gle, political partisanship should bo merged
iii a true and brave patriotism, which thinks
only of tho goo'd of tho whole lt
was in tlvio cause and with these motives
that go many of our comrades have given
their lives, and to this \?o are all personally
pledged in all honor and fidelity. Shall such
devotion as that of our dead comrades be of
no avail ? Shall it bo said in after-ages that
we lacked the vigor to complete the work
thus begun T That after all those noble lives
1 freely given, wo hesitated and failed to keep
straight on until orir land was saved ? For
bid it Heaven, and give us firmer, truer
'hearts than that,,
Oh spirits of tho valliant dead, souls of
our slain heroes, lend us your own indomita
ble will, and if it be permitted you to com
mune with those still chained by tho tram
mels of mortality, hover around us in tho
midst of danger and tribulation—cheer tho
firm, strengthen the weak, that none may
doubt tho solvation of tho Republic and the
triumph of our grand old flag.
In the midst of tho storms which toss our
ship of stats, there is one great beacon light
lo which wo can ever turn with confidence
and hope. It cannot bo that this’ great na
tion-lias played its part in history ; it cannot
bo that our sun, which arose with such
Bright promise for tho future, has already
sot forever. It must bo tho intention of the
overruling Deity that this land, so long llio
asylum of the oppressed, the refuge of civil
and religious liberty, shall again stand forth
in bright relief, united, purified, and chas
tened by our trials, as an example and en
couragement for those who desire the pro
gross of tho human race, tt is not given to
our weak intellects to understand the steps of
Providence as they occur; wo comprehend
them only as wo look back upon them in tho
far distant past; so it is now. Wo cannot
unravel trio seemingly tangled skein of tho
purposes of tho Creator—they are too high
and far-reachirig for our limited minds, But
all hislorv and His own revealed word teach
us that His ways, although inscrutable, are
ever righteous. Let us, then, honestly and
manfully play our parts, seek to understand
and perform our whole duty, and trust un
waveringly in tho beneficent God who led
our ancestors across tho soa, and sustained
them afterward amid dangers more appalling
even, than those encountered by His own
chosen people in their great exodus.
Ho did not bring us here in vain, nor has
Ho supported us thus far for naught.
If wo do our duty and trust in Him, Ho
will not desert us in our need. Firm in our
faith that God will save our country,- wo now
dedicate this site to tho memory of brave
men, to loyalty, patriotism, and honor.—
[Loud ApplauSe.]
The band then performed the “ Star. Span
gled Banner” and “Yankee Doodle,” after
which tho benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Dr. Sprolo, as follows;
BENEDICTION
May the God of our fathers and our .God
succeed with his divine benediction tho sol
emn and interesting services of this occasion;
may lie conduct by his gracious providence
the work commenced to-day to a successful
completion; may tho monument hero to be
raised in honor of the illustrious dead inspire
with all tho ardor of a sound Christian pa
triotism tho soldiers of our corilnfoil country,
hero trained for its defense ; may it prove to
them a constant remembrancer of their mor
tality, and keep alive upon the altar of their
hearts the flame of devotion to God, to coun
try, to tlio Union, the Constitution, and the
immutable principle of troth and justice;
and may tho blessing of the triune God, tho
Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, be with you
all. Amen.
The audience then commenced to disperse,
iho band playing a dirdge.
THE RECEPTION AT VERA CRUZ.
Congratulatory Address of ilic Authorities to
the Emperor and Empress—The Replies of
their Majesties , cfic.
On the arrival of tho Novara in the harbor
of Vera Cruz the Emperor Maximilan addres
od the following pronunciamcnto to the peo
ple 1
Maximilian s Pronunciamcnto.
Mexicans I —You haVe longed for my pre
sence. 'i’oup noble nation, by a universal
vote, has elected mo henceforth the guardian
'of your destinies. I gladly obey your will.'
Painful as it has been for .me to bid farewell
forever to my own, my native country,.! have
done so, being convinced that the Almighty
has pointed out io nic through you the great
and noble duty of devoting all might and heart,
to the care of a people who at last tifdd of was
add disastrous contests, sincerely wish for
peace and prosperity—a people tfh'o, having
gloriously obtained their independence, de
sire to reap-'the benefits of civilization and of
true progress only to be attained through a
stable constitutional government. The reli
ance that you place in me, and I in you, will
be crowned by a brilliant triumph if wc re
main always steadfastly united in courageous
ly defending those great principles which are
the only true and lasting bases bases of mod
era government—those principles of inviola
ble and iuliridtable justice—the equality of all
men before the law—equal advantageous to
all in attaining positions of trust and honor,
socially and politically—complete and well do
lined personal liberty, consisting in protec
tion to the individual and the protection of
his property—encouragement to the national
wealth, improvements in agriculture, raining
and manufactures, the establishment of now
lines of manufactures, the establishment of
new lines of communication for an extensive
commerce—and lately, the free development
of intelligence in all that relates to public
welfare. The blessing of God, find with it
the progress to liberty, will not surely be
wanting if all parties, under the guidance of
a strong national government, (initd together
to accomplish what I have just Indicated, and
if wo continue to bo animated by that religi
ous sentiment which has made our beautiful
country so prominent even in the most trou
blous periods. . ,
Tht* civilised flag of franco, raised to such
a high position by her noble Emperor, to whom
you OWO the new birth of.order and peace re
presents those principles. Hear what, in sin
cere and disinterested words, the chief of
his army told you a few months since, being
the messenger of a new ora of happiness :
“ Every country which has wished for a great
future has become great and powerful.” Fol
lowing in the course, if wo are united, loyal
and firm, God will grant us strength to reach
that degree of prosperity which is the object
bf ourambition.
Mexicans!—The future of your beautiful
country is controlled by yourselves—its fu
ture is yours. In all that relates to myself,
X offer you a sincere will, a hearty loyalty
and a firm' determination to respect the laws,
and cause them to be respected by an unde
viating and all efficient authority.
My strength rest in God and in your loyal
confidence. The banner of independence is
mv symbol; my motto you know already—
“ I'lqual j ustico to all." I will be faithful to
this trust through my life. It is my duty
conscientously to wield the sceptre of author
ity, and with firmness the sword of honor-
To the Empress is confided the sacred trust
of devoting to the country all the noble sen
timents of Christian virtue and all the teach
ings of a tender mother. Let us unite to
reach the goal of our common desires-—let us
forget past sorrows—let us lay aside party
hatreds, and the bright morning of peace and
of well deserved happiness will dawn glori
ously on our new Empire,
Vera Cuue May, 28, 18G4.
ADDRESS OF THE AUTHORITIES TO THE EMPE-
P.OR.
After the introduction the Marshal, in a
calm but somewhat moved voice, spoke as
follows;
Sire —Truly memorable will be forever the
day on which your Imperial Majesty arrived
in Mexico, us the wishod-for savior, for tho
establishment of an empire—an empire
which lias been proclaimed under-such fa
vorable circumstances ; for I believe that all
those who possess a good heart and religious
belief-will not fail to recognize the hand of
Providence in the wonderful ovoi.ts which
have shaped tho regeneration of this beauti
ful but desolated country —opehing to it, un
-1 dor your imperial Majesty, a future of envi
nblegroatucss. Tho new era that for the
Mexicans begins to-day is full of hope, based
on tho wisdom and noble intentions • that
impel your Imperial. Majesty to raise this
disheartened nation to a high position
and n prosperous destiny. May your
imperial Majesty’s welcome, then, to the new
country. which you have indentified your
destiny, bo an earnest of the success which
will attend your Majesty’s reign. May God
bless the noble determination that guides your
Imperial Majesty to these shores, and may lie
crown with deserving success your, groat civ
ilizing n*d Christian enterprise. As a per
fect of this district, and in tho name of tho
authorities and inhabitants of the same, I hnvd
the honor and pleasuto at the same time to
congratulate your Imperial Majesty and her
Majesty the Empress on your safe arrival ori
Mexican soil, offering you our most sincere
attachment and our most humble respect.
THE emperor’s REFLT,
Tho Emperor'then read a short speech in
Spanish, in a clear, sonorous and sympathet
ic voice -which created in all breasts those
emotions that are ever caused by a welcome
monarch.
As soon as this speech was ended his Maj
esty addressed those present in kind words,
and announced that hd was going to intro
duce her Majesty the Empress.
yitWm's to the Empress.
. Tho Perfect then addressed himself to her
Majesty in tho following terms:
Madam- -Bo pleased to receive the moat sin
core congratulations arid most courteous horn-*
age cf the authorities and inhabitants of tho
district, on having tho honor of this introduc
tion to 3 7 OUr Majesty on your prosperous arri
val. They admire tho virtue and accomplish
ments that shine so brightly in your noblfl
.character. Providence has cduceded to tho-
Mexicau nation the double 0 benefit of an ea
lightencd monarch unded in destiny to your
Majesty, the object of our affection and tho
affection of all honest hearts who recognize in
your Majesty the worthy spouse of our elected
Emperor. Madam, the Mexicans have high
hopes in your beneficient influence towardsja'l
t hat is great and noble; all that relates to
hose enlightened sentiments of religion and
love of country ; they bless tho instant of
your Majesty’s arrival here, and they c.y]un
unimously, “ Lotig live the Empress.”
Tho Empress replied in a few words hi
good Spanish with grerit gnlce and amiabili
ty and walking around those present addres
sed them separately in the most courteous
terms. V( 6 are assured that at that moment
none would htive hesitated' to lay his life at
the feet of such a perfect sovereign.
A Love Letter. —The following “ billet
deaus” was handed to us fur publication by
a young lady, and which was written to her
by the “ heart-broken” lover. The letter
will, no doubt, be fi benefit to the young lads
and hissed who contemplate matrimony, but
wo hope ,they will not get quite so‘‘sick”
over it fas the young gentleman who thus ad
addresses “ Dear Miss.” Wo give it verba•
tun, et literaium , et pnnctnahm, only oxclud-
ing names
New York, Juno 19, 1804.
llectr Jlfiss .* 1 have greats love and respect
for you therefore please excuse the liberty %
take in giving you a few lines to gratify my
wish. I here will ensirt to you that 1 have
loved you long and true but afraid to confess
it to you. I have attended to write to you
many times, but in them I have failed, so ot
the present I have been determined to write
to you, so Miss, I will tell* you that I loved
you when vve ware children, and ever sine
have I loved and respected you. Now the
way of it is this, in plain language; tfhen I
came to Carlisle to’tike lessons oil pcniilan
sljjp, I then loved you, but fid fi poor simple
ton waacooxed to except the company of
—— which I have rutfd many ft day'ngo, bub
things that are past are gon not to be recov
ered, but ortn be forgave, so please forgive mo
for my past folied. The time you gave me
your ring that —— got from me, that was
the Ifist love’ I had for her that hirt my feel
ings and never can forgot it, but I prey for
you fid a loving Miss to forgive mo for giving
it to her, 0 Miss ■■■ if you only new* my
heart you would not hesitate in forgiving me.
Their is no use in mo giving you anything ini
the form of a history of myself for you no all,'
and if you do not, I hope I may have thei
pleasure of telling it all to you,but I would
rather lefivo it for others.to say for mo. And
again their is no usd in me telling how much
lam worth or anything of that sort. I have
a Piano and a Melodeon tiney how for to pass
time on in the coming event of my future
life, this is nothing it ia you that "can make
me. happy Miss. I Will leave it to you until
the first of September, when I will come
home, then if I am spared I will call to see
you. Oh I Miss you have the keys of-my
heart, you have the power to leave the dore
of love open, so I can ever be Impy or on the
contrary, you have also the power to bolt the
doro of love and banish mo from your view.
Ilut I pray you, you will not forget me but.
live to make me happy and I then will make
you the same. I have found you to bo the
Angle of my delight. I will not ask you to’
answer this epistol as I wil! not be here bat
a few hours jet. I am going to pay some
other parts of tho country a visit. I only
wish I could have tho pleasure of having
your loveing form with mo to partake in the'
pleasant views of the towns and Oountrys.—
I pass through for four of you not reading all
or geting fatigued reading. 1 will close Im
pudently saying, 1 am your' true lover till
tho cud, and very respectful vours.
"L R
igs“ The Washington Hospitals are said tH
be terribly crowded ond the morality very
large.
Bgy Never tell your secrets in a cornfield
for it has a great many cars.
NO. S
MaiimJliaw,