Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-03-10

rssNv bafdefe ID obey the inmoss ssoices
rt;ch isfitoay hears speaking bht oursssyesf1
I. IL bot harder TO resist the temptahon'l z
vb;ch nothing opposes but the silent momrel
tnr3 j Ia IL not harder to work out in steadys1
daily achievemsnts huwbly apd obscurely,
OUT own secrect convictiousf 1sit not true
tbat within the inclosures Of custom, the
copditious Of the most peaceful times, une
fiow Of social Influences, men who recognise
d,,t1 and are loyal to TRUTH are continually
in The midst Of the battle2 And the hero
isro demanded I'M these customary spheres
of action,i pay nos rusely mount into martyr
dom. It may call forthe denial Of gam, for
.fbe sacrifice Of friendship; it. may receive
| he u rrows Of derision and the wounds OF
hatred % 7 aski kithoSe who know. Isl 1t ON
ssSv thing if,thy keen rivalries OF business
the shatp conaetse d self-interest, the dairy
| transactions of the exchange and tine Count
iiigiroohI,I Ind under thess icireamsfances
sAsy to speak h22lways the true fwerdf ana 40
exactly the figbtthihgR s.,ifl ss1,i hL..I,.
iHHoyg are HE mighty fallen IN the midst
of hs sbattieis Theirs are two ways in
y,b;cb fhis exchfbation may be interpreted
n NAV III said of those who in bold endeayf
ar. and brave defiance of temptation! nave
snffered ia interest and esteem. And, aiasl
when we sthiuk.iri how many souls good has
succ6mbeslGto evil 9aBd great talents have
bSsY, nsTyerted, ard noble powers wasted
st;jj apsite With very sad meaning may 1t
he saidlITsHow are the mighty fallen lIi,n
. But l wish you paftieularlyto notice that
, this inward. personab life conflict Is not an
! Abstraction, that has little to do with Hero
! ism and Martyrdom aswe commonly employ
= those TERMS j 1t ish most intimately con-
!. nected with Heroism and hiartyrdom upon
!, lthe grandest scale in which man u yer SUI
y nortioh as a man is true to that which As
= highestl m his own soul, does he constitute
- ths ready made material for o. Hero and,a
I, / MARTYR. d.Bm CT ~ - II 'H-r
y = Something more IL essentisl to the ideal
! tof a herr, thar mere cctsdge, which may De
r the nat,,ral endowrnent ofoa very interlor'
- or a very bad man. Supposea man to be
u eontendiug for what heknows to be a bad
~ cause, but contending obravely,s tierceiy-
IL Welding not jet.r We may recognize hi
II courage I but do we, in anytrue, high sense
ae estim ate him as q hero f. Orsuppose his !
he simply the aim Of q selfish ambition; ne
in fighting desperately for private ends-.io I
~ -, personal honor or aggrandizement.ci ie hq
ue beroism Of the grand, inspiring kind2 !!
Il, Il the sort Of heroinn that strikes. mnsl
~, from the worlds heart? No, we say tha
.nnr true heroism must contain moral eiemen
70 4 a selfconuuering and .self-sacrihelng eli
II0 he ment The hero il not the man who COT
at litends for mere selfish ends, or who ngh'
a., with private vindictiveness; but the ma
aor who contends for ca,ise--a greatand goo
,se cause. And all the more is he here' D.
"a cause, it may be, he has not been large
nav endowed with spontaneous animal coerae
: ~ He has had to contend against natural wea
;,b.' ness and fear He has had to struggle w
iis own. heart, aad to repress tbs rebelh
Ite th Of 'bis own nature! Jr What has enabled n,
AT AT ITO do this? The ideatof Truth, Duty, +
,G triotjsn "a great cause out himself a.
;b ;hIe beyobd himself, in the inspiration OF Wbi
iU,e nm he has bravely overcome himself Do y
oowtc tb;nL that mauya anenshave marched to Il
y. " war of ours without any ear-wlthout a
81 81 misgiviry Have not hundred ties plnIe
W. o ed at the soldiers heart strings to draw
.oro !, no back to that sheltering home which ne y
s;bJs about to o!leave,. -anxiously feeling that
- 80 IN might be forever? Has there. not been
NJ of reluctance of the blood as he shouiosre1u 1
~ as, W musket, assured that it was for no hol;S
oS S excursion, but for actual servieeI !
a a"u ! there, been no thrill and tremor OF the
nta ~ he has stood alone upon the out post
'''V scious that treacherous death might pc J,
,..L = ing near---as he has awakened to the !
y. ,'nl, drum roll summonng, him to. battle,a.
thought that before an hour time he nj
!. Wv cease to be- lying tranpledo IN. the req
;.aon row, or with glazed eyes turned to the !
And vet he has gone he has steod'SI 9
q Rnyl fallen, in the midst Of the battle; and
,,ra there is trusr heroisml struggling trst
,tb;nn, it's own heart and its own flesh, .than
oh he bloodhound instinct that rushes NJ aus q
Sr Gown m raj food with delight. raqgS wv nex
- - o"n 49,, S. ~ ~ 1. = sGfTl e
hear' ,But, for an illustration of my isubjs
uu turn from the more general aspects OF
TI,y AGE, to the people Of 0uri own lsnd'
iue hour has indeed come when, IN our on
reioie, nerience, we may know how closely o.
as y ono rensat themselves, and naylearn how
y. ny creat' 'cycle of History has its seasons {
ner q, evitably as che solar year:,i its summer
= u tU of lnxuriant and achieving ,peace--l1tSs 1S
~ ~ ~ tumpal ip gatheri1g eaf resuits1Tlts ~
nf ny of seeming barrenness- ss-7its cSprlngrtln
.hs ny elemental forces and OF new life. iWhe
~ IT, Iseesh Of 81 grand future arr, fplantee
orv hv \, hihtory 10 ppepared. !Ihe lattsr is ue'
y sey. ma lcate. hTke'Spring OF a'pew 5Epocn-I
nI' ~ H. fntnre,o And, asna constituept Of thl
,lIn m.a n ldition We have our grand tarny OF
~ ~. and Martyrs Did We suppose egr, ,so
'ou tnis M auch erors in its bosom2 Dldows
sh.h III. Shat our national life was limited to iH
tn !ns ;IsnsIs?r Did we imagine Wn bed been
u thiIH here in this fair and bounteous land
anu u the .r;ohest heritage OF the Old Worlt
-. Lra N Il nh n0VS
be Help ca dm0rss sIss Pssn;ns. ths' harvest SO
Aanx Y TX nc ne Heroes. and Martyrs did we think v Y
n ~ soy raise nc, Heroes aud Martyrs TOO ( !
4 G in @ ebs was ourdthought. day OF trlal q has q
truth asd eeivea ,1s: IA s,,oh asoSucts woul
4 he did, tamagineo .nst w Hsrnds 1ss and Martyr
,pnscious upon our sso0se e M hnssrt rbau are
through are me lh1a y, S s,,ss tLss, iva unon
], inmost hed Mltna ';anss % Iti;s.os thsse, more,
4 ssd Df .muhoh0. sIA salL aroun
\ martyr; others, Una. ';o A;n absir sssambliss.
0ut--but hre-siaas snu =. ~ frssIx 'sneak' ave,
.se uaia.d ns,u sanctuary. .sOMro heroes dsnd mar
" erS avsry cloud of Witnesses fer tbe aprit az
/ nature, or ihe nsuy1 III vbo baye lef home al
occasions homes q isnG nd k;ndrsd. and
,ng, good pstipn, goHfs ,ha ,Saftls- Il Presented
his soul the mlesh ota WY ~, many deck a
slIe anu n entire, discourse might bs mad