The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-01-23

fight, bo, bo vas ibero to do bl. own fight.

fight, bot no vas there to do bis own fight.
ing.
Such a man is worthy OF moro praise than
a thousand officers, who keep in eafe places
--draw large wBgcs---drink champagne, and
give ordefs for others to fight.
II this wicked rebellion is ever crushed,
wo shall DO Indebted. not to those political
nspirants aud otIico-seekors who thrust
Themselves into the first Cffices Of the army;
but TO such men as Loyi Gardner, who
shoulder their nuskets and do the hard
work and hard fighting for Us. Aud o,
bcw manyl How manSi We mover shall
know how many such bravo. noble Young
men have been. aud must be,sacrinced upon
the altar of liberty.
II is astonishing how deaf wo arc 10 the
voice of providence, aud how slow ~e lcarn
our duty. God by bis providonce has spok.
en- TO US timo and again, as plain as he ever
spoko to Pharaoh, saying: Let my people
CO."
And, though many OF our rivers have been
turned to blood, like the rivers of Egypt,yot
there are some who arc still clamoring for
slavery.
/ beliovo that all tho loss Of blood and
treasure Of tho last three months might have
in tho North. II the right men had bcen
placed in command, and tho right measures
adopted, such rs have been stifcd aud
crushed by tho influence Of tho friends Of
slavery, and the uxe laid at tho root Of tho
treo in the onset, as it is now, all the thou.
sands who fell before Richmond, and before
Washington. aDd at Bull Run, might have
to day been enjoying their peaceful homes.
But tnoso whe have fallen have carried
none oe this infamy to their graves. They
have loft il all for those who have been nd-
vocating tho cause and feeding and tanning
the fire that consumed them. And YET, the
object that has boon gained is worth oil it
cost. Wo cannot mourn that il has been
purchased even at such price. We only
mourn that ii was not purchased at the price
at which il was at frat offered And yet
thero 10 much to comfort those who havo
lost sons even in these last battles. Their
case is very different in somo respects from
that OF David. His son fell in the rebel
army, theirs 10 tho Federal army. His sou
fell in defence of stolen, unlawful and usurp.
cd power; thcirs in defence of those rights
with which the Creator endowed all man
knd--namely, Life, Liberty and tho pursuit
OF Happiness.
Whatey or jealousy and political wirework.
ing there may have been among their lead
ors, those men who endcred the bardships
and performed tho labors of'the campaign
for small wages, had but one object in Wow,
and that was the suppression Of that gigan-
tic evil that threatened tho destruction Of
tho nation.
And. in case Of him whom we mourn to-day.
we think there is special ground of comfort
l. 4.
volunteer in the United States service, but
that no had enlisted in the service of Christ
His parents have this hopo Tor him. and we
think not without reason They think he
experienced change of heart when boy
of twelve years, but never made public
profession; and, when ho left home, his mind
was very tcnder upon tho subject of religion
When at Mauston, Elder Freeman convcrsod
with him on tho subject. and found him
penitcnt, even TO tears. And. as l have 10.
timatcd before, he had an imprcssion-a
sort of presentimcnt-thnt he should fall in
battle; and, with those feelings, he would be
likely TO mako limely preparation, as we arc
informed Eome Of his letters indicate that
| he did.
Aud this is comfort cnough--all that VIC
can ask-the greatest that we can have. II
is enough for us to know, when our friends
fall in battle, that they have been promoted
from prvates to kings and priests unto God
and shall reign with him forever and ever