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Egbert Delong,
Henry Wood, John Goff, .John Quackenbush, William Stone,
Valentine Roth,
Willard Shepherd,
Jerome McQuean,
George M. Bissell,
Chester Luthman,
John Douglass,
Tamich Suley, Alvin Drury, Israel Morey,
Benjamin S. York,
Nelson Phelps,
John Hughson,
Loren Olmsted,
Ira Phelps,
John Farren, Jr.
Harrison Luman,
Eyron Langley, George Shanes, Byron Reed,
Charles Terbush, William Cornwell.
LYONS.
Draft made March 27, 1865.
Ebenezer Dean,
Lawrence R. Bennett,
Charles Shorter,
Thomas Gallagher,
Jacob Stevens,
Daniel Grayson, Thomas Cole,
Henry Barringer,
Lafayette St. John,
Benjamin Brink,
William H. Follett,
George Fisher, Jr.,
Bristol Spier,
James Finch,
George Smalte,
James Vauper,
Henry Kaiser,
Enoch A. Gridley,
George W. Jones,
Myron Snyder, Farnham Rudder,
William Kaiser,
John Raemer,
Ira J. Whitney, John Sebring,
William H. Westfall,
Constantine Wording,
John Churchill,
W. W. Montgomery,
William Cuddebock,
L. W. Quail,
James B. Haines,
James Bielehedd,
Daniel B. Westfall, William Pash,
George Chits,
Harvey McBirney,
Jacob Miller,
Henry Burgess,
Daniel Kuetintin,
Patrick Mahan, Barney Jewell,
John Jones, James York,
Charles Holloway,
William H. Potter, John Myers, Chauncey Chambers,
Benjamin Phillips, Joseph Pishmer,
John Kanuff,
Wright Hardman, Charles R. Birdsall, Nicholas Guelph,
Jesse Dean, Patrick Foley,
. Peter Cline,
John Wilbur,
Jacob Snyder,
Patrick Coleman,
Cornelius Brundage,
Isaac Stanley,
Jonn L. Church,
Martin Darling,
George A. Hurlburt,
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William Richmond,
Adolphus Bishop,
Albert Smith,
Charles G. Hotchkiss,
Charles Smith,
William Calkins,
Frederick Miller,
Michael Hoetzel,
George Lasher,
Daniel Robinson,
Frederick Bennett,
Michael Blair,
Nicholas Mishler,
Lewis Mirick,
Roger J. Patterson, ยท
George Stephens,
Gilbert Bain,
James Hopkins,
Jacob Shaw,
George Ranhart,
David Stanley,
John Soyter.
Henry Nast,
Philip Yackel,
Charles Hall,
Leonard C. Cozzens,
Thomas B. Agett,
George Hahn,
Michael Grady,
Charles Deitz,
William Wilbur,
Thomas Willey,
Stephen Porter,
Robert Allee,
William Glass,
James Murphy,
David Dayton,
Frederick Ernst,
D. C. Ostrander,
Michael Clouse,
Jacob Ackley,
Lewis Frick,
Levi Thornton,
Walter Bourne,
Sidney Beadle,
Benjamin Stickney,
Abram F. Slaight,
Michael Yackel,
Jacob Garvey,
William Bash,
Edward Chase,
Horatio C. Brown,
Theodore Ritter,
Abraham Baker,
MACEDON.
Draft made March 24, 1865.
John Chapman,
Sunderlin Howig,
B. C. Clevinger,
Selvin Allis,
Nicholas Harp,
Wade H. Block,
Albert Briggs,
Robert Delaney,
Daniel W. Bills,
William Dent,
Thomas C. Cook, John Barman,
Charles H. Jennings, John D. Blake,
Daniel Shoaras,
Lorenzo D. Phelps,
Henry Kirby,
Chauncey Reeves,
Patrick McCooman, Luke Burns,
Sheldon Anthony,
John C. Baker,
Wash L. Acker,
Thomas Graten,
Charles Dean,
John Morse, John Canada,
William P. Anthony,
Richard J. Parker,
Robert Chapman,
Clark Freer,
Theron R. Ripley, Lewis R. Pierce,
Justice Brace,
John Lent, George L. Waring,
Moses Bullis,
William Chappell,
William Dunnemore, Jr. Hiram Reeves,
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Daniel Chase,
Philip H. Mink,
Samuel H. Everett,
Joseph Hassin, Alfred Cramer,
Austin Allen,
Jackson A. Sawyer,
George H. Willets,
George Gifford,
John Holt,
Hiram C. Durfee,
Edgar Sitzer,
Solon Waterman,
William Shousey, Edgar Jordan.
After the"draft took place the people still continued their efforts ; money was raised sufficient to fill the quota by for- eign enlistments, and even if the war had continued the drafted men of this town would not have been obliged to report.
MARION.
Marion filled the quota required in the Spring of 1865, and consequently no draft took place. Quite a number of men were secured in town, and with money raised foreign enlistments were procured.
ONTARIO.
William Lofthouse, Abraham B. Gurnee,
William D. Burrows, James Eaton, Benjamin Grover,
Horace E. Adams,
Edgar Woodworth,
Cornelius Cole,
Thomas Lofthouse,
William J. Blythe,
Owen Woodhams,
Charles W. Brown,
Philip E. Mack,
John Cavin,
James J. Truax,
Samuel Dean, John Rye,
Elias Smith, Willis Goodenow,
Demas Finch,
Thomas J. Hurlburt,
William Husted 2d, George Earl,
Frederick Stickles,
Freeman Allen,
John Wamosfelder,
John D. Smith,
Enos D. Willets, Lucius Bishop, Asaph Clemens,
James Colberson, William H. Gardner,
Charles Goodenow, George Granger,
James Me Vay, Riley Esfletcher,
Luthur Hurly. John Dickinson, Calvin Shultz,
Stephen Patten, George W. Rood,
Levi C. Williams, Myron C. Calhoun,
James Lallie,
James Harris.
Cassius Billings,
Ralph P. Quimby,
William N. Reid, Stephen Sabin,
Elisha Chapman, Andrew J. Duel, Walter Wain, John W. Johnston, Rainsford Webster,
Robert H. Robinson,
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James Sanders,
George D. Van Loon,
David Sprague,
Philetus Norton,
Charles E. Husted,
Joseph Lofthouse,
Jonathan J. Allen,
Charles H. Williams,
John Moore,
Warner Smith,
Joseph La Force,
Pheron Quimby,
Arne Ford,
Elisha W. Neverson,
Leonard Smith,
Charles Wiser.
PALMYRA.
The quota of Palmyra was filled, or so nearly, that no draft occurred for this town. A delay of several days had been granted by the Provost Marshal, and before that ex- pired General Lee had surrendered and the definite order suspending the draft put a sudden end to all further efforts.
ROSE.
Draft made in March, 1865.
Isaac Maybee,
Frederick Martin,
Roswell Marsh,
Henry Decker,
James Carroll,
Elijah Osborn,
Caleb Closs,
Wesley Gage,
William J. Clume,
James J. Dodds,
Abram Wager,
Charles Chase,
Lewis H. Sober,
Frederick Kittern,
John Shares,
Dorman Munsell,
Nelson Dundar,
Myron J. Lamb,
Harry Matthews,
Byron Crandall,
Cornelius Miller,
John Darling, Henry Goss,
William Babcock,
Flavius G. Collins,
Marvin Heart, John Drown,
John D. O'Dell Adolphus Bishop,
George Briggs,
Edward Buckley,
James M. Jewell,
Charles J. Jefferds,
Eustes Henderson,
Eugene Hickok,
Henry Rhineheart, John Browning, Henry Lagraman,
Daniel Soper,
Thomas W. Bowles,
Calvin Cleveland, John Briggs, Henry Stiller, Isaac Warren,
Frederick Rem, Philip Miller,
Stephen B. Kellogg,
William E. Guthrie, John Gage,
Charles H. Bishop,
George A. Smith,
Newman Finch,
Jackson Andrews,
Daniel L. Mead, Luther Wilson.
George Rheim,
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SAVANNAH.
The persistent efforts of the town officers were successful in filling the quota of the town, or so nearly, that extension of time was given. Lee surrendered and the whole re- bellion was crushed in season to prevent any draft in the town of Savannah.
SODUS. Draft made March 15, 1865.
Halsey L. Steele,
George W. Peeler,
Aaron Lloyd,
Orsemus S. Johnson,
Melborn Austin,
William Dodd,
Newton Hopp,
Henry H. Peeler,
William A. Seeley,
William Mason,
George P. Steward,
James A. Rush,
Francis H. Granger,
Levi M. Gaylord,
Thomas Leadley,
George Teetor, Isaac Butts,
William A. Cuer,
Andrew Miller,
John A. Sergeant,
Edwin P. Rogers,
Robert Jeffreys,
Stephen Parmenter,
Egbert Doviel,
Egbert Brant,
Glover Munson,
Michael Koon,
Edward Felker,
Edmund D. Bradshaw,
Wiliiam Messenger,
Edwin Hope,
Frederick White,
Abram De Brine,
John Schaap,
Francis Reed,
Justus H. Pulver,
Alfred Hickey,
Jacob Hines,
Henry Pitcher,
Edwin McMullen,
Henry Sutliff,
Philip Appleman,
Stephen H. Johnson,
Charles H. Pitcher,
Solomon C. Featherly, John Pulver,
David Parsons,
Christopher Greenholdt,
Richard F. Mckinney,
Philander Newell,
Hiram Knapp,
William Robinson,
Paul Cunningham,
Daniel Pulver, John R. Proseus,
James R. Brisbin,
Hooper Rawley,
Thomas Goff,
Lyman W. Seymour,
Johnson Mckinney,
Henry Helsel,
William Sammers,
Andrew F. Litchfield,
William C. Wickham,
Robert Barclay,
Matthew Gaffield,
John Van Valkenburgh,
Thomas Harper, Thomas Northend, James Clark,
David P. Woolsey, Hawley Chase, David Beal,
Myron H. Sergeant, Peter Barclay, Jr., Philip Cramer,
Beebe B. Dennison, James Brower,
Melvin Odell,
John McIntyre,
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Samuel Robinson,
Ephram Pettys,
Boyd Redner,
Albert T. Johnson,
Oren Danford,
Daniel Daken,
Lyman Rice,
Henry Thompson,
Lewis Laubenheimer,
Horace W. Taylor,
Charles O. Brundage,
John Griffin,
George W. Latimer,
John C. Drake,
Erastus Phillips,
Andrew S. Weaver,
Bowman Reynolds,
Wallace Teetor,
Oscar D. West,
William Powers,
Nelson S. Reed,
William D. Collins,
Jesse S. Gulick,
William Barker,
Bigelow Pollock,
Henry Whaling,
Holland Balch,
George H. Case,
Alvin Morton
Daniel Weaver,
John Welch,
George C. Bockoven,
William R. Swailes,
Brennan McMullen,
Thomas B. France,
Joseph B. Hanby,
Daniel Van Hoot,
John Burt.
William Curler,
Myron Brower,
George Middleton,
William H. Mumford,
George Snyder,
Isaac S. Stone,
Philander T. Lyman,
Benjamin P. Green,
Stephen D. Wilcox.
WALWORTH.
The money was raised by the people sufficient to furnish volunteers or secure foreign enlistment and the draft was thus avoided.
WILLIAMSON.
Williamson was greatly deficient for some weeks subse- quent to the call and a draft seemed inevitable, but as the time drew near great efforts were made and men were se- cured to some extent. An extension of time was granted, doubtless through the influence of Hon. John P. Bennett, then serving as Deputy Provost Marshal. The quota was nearly filled when the general victory over the rebels became so complete that all proceedings were suspended under the call.
WOLCOTT. Draft made March 21, 1865.
Morton W. Merrill, Pierre Odell,
Edward Colgrove,
Amazia Reynolds,
John Van Hooser,
H. W. Dewitt, Cornelius Dewitt,
Ephraim Elmendorf,
Stephen H. Xelie,
Andrew P. Vandervort,
George Van Fleet,
Oren I. Hobbs,
Jeremiah D. Brayman,
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Jacob Van Alstyne, Lewis Hoag, Patrick Reagan,
Anthony O'Connor, Jr., Hugh Thorn, Dewitt Riker,
Isaac J. Frost,
Borden S. Booth,
Edward Knapp,
Amango Ford,
Myron Wood,
Marvin Mixer,
Henry Brinkerhoff,
David Roberts,
Harlow Merrill,
John W. Olmstead,
George Delamater,
David H. Foote,
Nelson Lovejoy,
Myron Chapin,
Elijah Medan,
Robert Wright,
Elbert Williams,
John Robertson,
Philip Turner,
Aaron B. Chapman,
William Wheeler,
Pomeroy Blaisdell,
George Quereau,
George Marble,
Ephram Easterbrook,
George Galloway,
Charles Sharp,
Andrew W. Dutton,
Michael Griffin,
Hezekiah Easton,
Lewis Plank,
Isaac Decker,
Edward Dudley,
Jacob Hollenbeck,
William H. Wellington,
Peter Lasher, John Gillen,
Elijah W. Moore,
David B. Sweet,
Charles Neal,
William Brockway.
William W. Warner,
Edgar Phelps,
Charles G. Delemater,
George Johnson,
Edward Reynolds,
Hudson R. Wood,
John Van Horn, Amos Nash,
Daniel Wadsworth,
Josiah Ostrander, Nelson Wells,
Ezekiel Teachout,
Jonathan N. Allen,
Nathan T. Phillips,
Atlas Miller, John F. Snyder,
Hugh Boylan,
James W. Parks,
Levi G. Hendrick,
Rodny W. Younglove, George Ferguson,
John L. Phillips, John Moore,
William Thomas, William Page, William I. Cuyler,
Jabez Carter,
Jacob Covert, Noah Wood,
William Anderson.
Levi W. Brinkerhoff, Rufus S. Welch, Abraham Depew,
John Parr,
James Pierce, Silas S. Stage,
Daniel Otis, John Chase, Squire Moore,
Daniel Flint,
Isaac Otis, George W. Stewart, Calvin Johnson, Llewellyn Smith,
Moses Smith, William Toll, Egbert F. Guild,
William Wright, Alonzo Foster, George Roberts, Edward Gardner, John Patterson,
Loren Gray, Simeon Relyea,
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The end now came so fast that as seen above, the draft was not only prevented in several of the towns from being made but in most of those that were drafted the men were discharged without being required to report at Auburn.
John P. Bennett had been appointed Deputy Provost Marshal and was in charge of the later arrangements. An order signed by him appears in the papers at that time directing the drafted men of Ontario to appear at the Pal- myra Depot March 27th, for transportation to Auburn, and those from Sodus, the same day at Lyons, at 11:40 A. M.
Men from Huron and Wolcott also entered the service to some extent, under this draft. Unfortunately there was another era of procuring substitutes. Outrageous prices were paid in many instances, and some cases of peculiar hardship occurred.
The Supervisors made considerable efforts to aid the draft- ed men as appears from the following record :
SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 19, 1865.
Mr. M. S. Leach, of Lyons, in the Chair, and E. W. Sherman Clerk.
On motion of G. W. Tillottson, of Sodus, the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the County of Wayne pay to each draft- ed man of said county who enters the service of the United States, himself or furnishes an acceptable substitute under the call of the President of the United States, December 19, 1864, the sum of one hundred dollars as hand money, but this resolution is not intended. and shall not be so construed as to entitle any broker or individual other than the person drafted and entering the service or procur- ing a substitute to receive the same or any portion of said money.
THE END.
In the midst of drafting and volunteering ; in the midst of elaborate preparations to continue the contest there was sud- denly heard the booming of guns announcing victory. The patience and endurance of the American people were at last to be rewarded with a sweeping and universal triumph- a triumph astonishing in its magnificent proportions even the loyal hearts which had never faltered nor doubted ; and absolutely stunning and bewildering the doubters, the
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sceptics, the faint-hearted grumblers who had muttered through all these years that the North would never conquer the South. The flag insulted and trampled on at Sumter in 1861, was now vindicated by waving in all its ancient glorious splendor over that same fortress before the eyes of stricken humbled, subdued Charleston.
The armies of the Confederacy were scattered in confusion. The long dark dream of war, despair and death had passed, and in the morning light of peace there appeared the Union of old, now REGENERATED DISINTHRALLED BY THE IRRESISTIBLE GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
The crash was evident some days before it came.
From the Lyons Republican, April 6, 1865.
" The end approaches! The great rebellion is in its death agony ! It must be more than mortal to survive the deadly blows it has received from our noble armies.
" The long night of darkness and death through which we have groped in blind agony is nearly over. The sun of a most glorious deliverance is about to burst in full splen- dor upon our beloved land. The God of Battles is with our armies. We know that He wills that our enemies shall perish as surely as though the angel of peace were already brooding its dove-like wings over the healed and happy nation. There may be more battles fought ; there may be more blows struck; but they will simply be for the quick despatching of the already death-stricken and expiring con- federacy. Thank God for the noble heroes who have wrought with His blessing upon their army this assured deliverance for us. To him ascribe the praise that he has given us such leaders as Grant and Sheridan and Sherman, and the noble men whom they have lead on to victory."
Events followed each other in rapid succession during these last days of the war. The final battles were not yet written up for Northern readers before the surrender of the . army of Northern Virginia made the rebel overthrow cer- tain as the inexorable march of time. At this grand con- summation of a campaign begun nearly a year before General Grant proved himself as modest as generous in the hour of triumph as he had been stern and relentless in the ardu- ous duties of the camp and the stirring necessities of the battle field-giving to Lee's war worn veterans an honora-
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ble parole, neither seeking to humiliate them by any display of victory nor pausing to ride through Richmond, of which he was conqueror and absolute master, he pressed on to complete the work before him. The joyful news penetrated every town, every village, every neighborhood in the County of Wayne.
We give the editorial announcements from two of the papers of the county.
From the Palmyra Courier, April 14, 1865.
LEE SURRENDERED-THE REBELLION ENDED.
" Praised be God the victory is ours ! General Lee sur- rendered the army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant-Gen- eral Grant on Sunday last. Thus the prediction of the Lieutenant-General is fulfilled that he would destroy the garrison of Richmond. The labors and the losses of the year are fully and gloriously rewarded. The patience and valor of the Army of the Potomac have met with their ade- quate recompense.
" After Sheridan's last victory on Thursday, General Grant addressed General Lee, admonishing him of the hope- lessness of continuing a defense which must inevitably have but one end and solicited the surrender of the forces under his command. The demand was entertained by General Lee and after a preliminary correspondence for arranging the terms, Lee acceded to the proposal of the Union Com- mander. The terms embrace the surrender of all the offi- cers and men in the Confederate army upon parole, not to serve against the United States until exchanged. The arms, artillery and public property are to be surrendered to the officers of General Grant. The officers and men will be allowed to return to their homes not to be disturbed by the United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside. Dur- ing the pendency of these negotiations Sheridan and his gallant companions did not cease 'pressing' Lee to the acceptance of these liberal terms.
" Thus has the vitality of the Rebellion been extinguished. Its head cannot be raised again.
" Honor to the brave-hearted and iron-willed commander who has achieved this splendid and decisive victory, 'fight- ing it out on this line.'
" Honor to the gallant knightly Sheridan who first broke the columns of the enemy and pursued them with fierce, unrelenting vigor. Honor to the brave, enduring soldiers
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who have exhibited herculean energy and valor in achiev- ing this decisive triumph over their stubborn foe."
The display of joy throughout the county cannot be writ- ten in detail ; most of it never reached the newspapers in any form that can now be gathered up. We can only mention the reception of the news at one or two points as specimens of the enthusiasm everywhere shown.
THE NEWS OF THE SURRENDER OF LEE.
The Palmyra Courier said :
" Between four and five o'clock on Monday morning, April 10, 1865, the peaceful quiet of our village was broken by the booming of cannon. Hundreds of citizens rushed from their beds and hurried to the business part of the village where the joyful intelligence had just been received that General Lee had surrendered his army 30,000 strong to the heroic Lieutenant-General Grant. The first intimation of this great victory was received by the night operator at the depot at two o'clock A. M. He immediately informed Mr. Keeler of the Western Union line of the fact, and that gentleman at once repaired to his office. and at five o'clock communicated the glad tidings to the fast gathering multitude in a bulletin which embraced the surrender and the correspondence lead- ing thereto. The joy of our citizens on learning this glori- ous news beggars description. Cheer upon cheer was given for Grant, Sheridan and the grand old Army of the Poto- mac. Hats were thrown into the air, bells rung, cannon fired and the public joy expressed in a hundred ways. At seven o'clock people from the country began to flock into the village having heard the booming of cannon and the ringing of the bells. It was business hours, but it was soon evident no one was in a mood for work. Farmers had not come to town to make purchases; they were here to learn the news and rejoice with the rest. Even the scholars in the schools were so overflowing with Grant's great victory that school was dismissed and all the horns and drums in town were brought into requisition. When at ten o'clock the band appeared accompanied by a party of some forty gentlemen on horseback under the Captaincy of Lieutenant John W. Corning, it became apparent that the day was to be one of jubilee and good feeling. This impromptu proces- sion paraded through the principal streets playing soul stir- ring and patriotic songs. Main street was densely thronged with people and flags were flying from roofs and windows. It was a day long to be remembered.
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" In the evening nearly every business place was illumi- nated. The entire centre of the village was one mighty blaze of light. Every window on Main street was brilliantly illuminated. At each end of Main street great bonfires were kindled and general rejoicing pervaded the throngs of people gathered in the streets."
From the Lyons Republican, Thursday, April 13, 1865. OUR TRIUMPH.
" The country has been hurrahing itself hoarse for a week past. The joy of the American people over the stupendous victories that have crowned our arms in the past few weeks, and which culminated with the tidings that on Monday thrilled the loyal heart, OF THE SURRENDER OF LEE'S WHOLE ARMY, is a thing which has had no parallel in this country since 1781, when the watchmen in the streets of Boston-town sent forth upon the dark and stormy night the cry that Cornwallis was taken, and the people knew the American Revolution had ended in triumph to the cause of freedom. Again has the tide of joy that glowed in the hearts of Americans at the announcement of victory, swelled into exultant, glorious life in the breasts of their descendants eighty-four years later; for the announcement of victory means now, what it meant then, Peace.
" Peace ! Beautiful word ! How gladly we welcome its sound, and feel that no longer is it the cry of longing vainly held; no longer is it the whisper of a dream, that waking could not be realized ; no longer is it the name of an angelic something, far away in the distance! It is OURS, now-it is at hand ; and with it comes no solitary shade of disgrace or reproach to the loyal people of the great United States ! Through grand and brilliant victory,-through the dazzle of glory that sits upon the escutcheon of American arms, and will sit there through all time to come, Peace welcomes us.
" There may be-of course will be-more struggling with the fiend ; for though in its death agonies, the serpent is not dead. With the sword of the champion of Liberty gleam- ing through its horrid vitals-with its head torn and mangled under the feet of a fiery conqueror-with its huge and terrible body bleeding at every pore, still the monster is not utterly dead. He will not be left now to recover, however. The power that has crushed him will 'stab and stab till the last shudder of life be gone '-till his eyes close, and his gaunt length stiffens in icy stillness.
" With tear-blinded eyes our people now look back upon the glories of the great campaign, and take breath. As
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when a man in imminent and deadly peril develops all the bravery of his soul, and with firm lip and dauntless eye meets his danger and struggles with it, and fights long and bravely till the end comes and the peril is over,-and then, reflecting on what he has passed through, grows faint with horror, and falls upon his knees and thanks God for his safety ; just so the people of our country now look back upon the long, dark, terrible struggle of the past years, dating from the thrilling hour when the Old Flag was struck at Sumter, and now realize as they never before had done, the might and majesty of the contest, the momentous- ness of the issue at stake.
" The most terrible test that had ever been anticipated for this nation by its founders, has been met and conquered. Now, we may shout as we never shouted before. The long list of sneerers and aristocratic envy-mongers, who have predicted the everlasting downfall of our Republican 'experiment' the moment civil war should show its ragged teeth among us, are confounded and silenced forever. Such a civil war as the world never saw-such a civil war as would have been inevitable death to a monarchical form of government-has been crushed back to the hell from which it sprung, by the strong arm of the Republic. From this day forth we are the admired nation of the world. From this hour the glory of American genius and power burns with an added brilliancy, and as the sun to the lesser lights of heaven, so will be the prestige of the American nation for all time to come.
" We have passed through the darkness. How welcome now is the day ! We thank God that it was our lot to live on this earth in the age when the American Rebellion arose, and to have witnessed the greatest triumph earth has known of the powers of light over the powers of darkness !
" Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,
He has loosed the fitful lightnings of his terrible swift sword,
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, His truth is marching on !"
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