Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-17
MORNING I.EADER.


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On Sabbath before last, Rev Alsxahser
Martin, D. D., Professor in Allegheny Col
lsgs, preached in Msadvillss funeral dis
eouras on the death Of brave soldier,
BiTcAArd True, who yielded up his life in
the cause Of bis oountryin the 2sd year Of
his ags, he psrticipatedin the camPaigr
Of ths Peninsula, in che bsttles before
Richmond, in the two Engagements at
Fredericksburg, snd il the battle at Get
teySburz, and acquitted himselfas & brave
and ddannfless colder. We take the follow
ing eloquent extract rom Professor Mar
Hn's funeral discourse, from the Meadville
Repuhncau:
% he falIin the moment OF victory, sud
denly, but safely. he fell in just and
glorious cause--tke cause Of freedom, truth
snd right as opposed to the Vilest treas91,
perjury and disregard Of Law, divine and
human. Those who pirate or yielding 10
the claims Of his a=med murdefers only
proclaim their own ignominy read
fness TO receive on bended knee, with the
slave drivers whip or tludgson on th- ir
bs5ke, such peace IS he Fould dietate-
To yisld Is The bebest Of such men blythe
side of whom CsIalihe ana Arnold might
seem angels o. light would be % sacrifice
every distinctive aud most highly valued
feature Of our nStionality-to permit the
nobiest ship that was ever launched aud
freighled with the most valuable argosy,
even Tie hope Of the world and the Church,
10 be rent in pieces, its fragments engulted
In she whirlpool Of anarchy, or dashed
sgainst each nther in one storm Of seces-
sion and disruption otter tanother until,
with al the glory lost, what rem sins
might fnd shelter in the shastjoE OF a iy-
rants throne. The fate OF Mexico, and
other States before her, might sooner than
We dream Of be our own. Nc, there was
no hon Jrable concession or treaty which
could satisfy the fendish desperation Of the
men 81 the head Of this rebellion or aTert
the present war. Their pfoflssed grew.
ances st the hands Of outside allies v hose
motto was The dissolution Of.G American
Union Gbd the destruction Of c AmericRn
Church, were really welcomed as smost ef,-
foienB aid iD the accom- mplisbident Of their
nefarious purposes. Men may afest to
decry tho glory Of those who with such
self-forgetfuIness and self devotion opbos-
ed themselves 20 the success Of these wick
ed men, but the time will come, as God is
righteous when q redeemed Aad Efateful
nation will meet our returning and victo-
riOas warriors with song and shout and
triumph-Will strew the pathway Of Jour
msimed and battered veterans with every
acknowledgement which man can render
man, and when sll the ncblest not Of shis
land slone, but the " hole earth shall make
glad and frequent pilgrimage 70 the grave
Of our fallen heroes to worship and not to
weep. rla4 F teA
ave cannot expect the remains Of all
viii End paternsl sepulture, but when this
cruel, Wasteful war is over l would love TO
see in yonder silent city of the dead, and
in the center Of our most beautifully stu
ated .Stadents lot plain, but massive
shaft efecied--nOt with the top broken off
ss if commemorative Of unfinished lives,
nor with the affected sdOrnments Of sculp
-, tuTe or of rhetoric but with this simple
Inscription, Sacred to the memory of the
under graduates and Alumni of Alleghe-
ny College who gave their lives for the
life Of their country and underneath, in
letters deeply cut the names of Robinson.
Trace, Pier, White, BOle, Smith, Braoken,
True, and perhaps other martyrs in this
good fight as well as those Of Sullivan
I Battelle, HsWkins, and perhaps more Of
: earlies date, whose life and Idesih reflect
the glory Of their Almd kdteT and enaesr
her name to every patriots heart.
There let it stand through the ages,
shedding halloEsd influences on ali be-
holders ss q monitor 70 dnty, as well as
sacred memorial Of duy. faithfully per-
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