The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-30

or rot IN Soulhctn prisons, " they are mar.
tits all III their cOuntrys sacred cause -
Unmurnurihgy thoy suffered, with rarched
lips and burning brow. with no wife, no
mother, no sister, to hatho The aching limbs
And with tholt cyCs last resting upon that
Motto iitg under whose folds they haG
fought aud biud. with the words God and
country upon their lips, their young lives
went out.
Ii was Il 'avoric theory Of tho Mahom.
mcdnus, that. !! killed in battle. or service
OF thclt leader IN prurHgatIug the doctrines
OF tie Koran lEcr sous were immediately
transported TO the bosom OF the Celestial.
where. With The nvmphs OF paradise, they
were to ~ jrv unaluSud bliss forever. And
! II there bu ouo Thought more cumiorting
! than another IN regard to those who bavu
laid down .heir lives on iho altar Of our
country, il is that God will accept the sac
fifcc. Creator love hath no man than this:
that he will lay down his life for bis crun.
try; ord 10 who oVcs his country with this
love. bin will the angels ia heaven r. j1icr
20 meet, and usher into the giorics OF
Pa'Hdlsc.
Ono of tho frst nsxims | over learned.
was, " 1t is swce, to dlo for onos country
Hence we are not to look upon tho dead as
# they were dead forever. We are not to
wax VI on the battle hst TO 500 only it's
gore its mangled coipscs, its various hor.
turs. We arc not to cutter the chntucl
house 80 register tho boncs. ard mrasuic
the dust. aud forever and forever look on
the human side OF suffering. No; nur
fathers. brothers aud sonR are the rausOm
tor the nation holy martyrs slI; and will br
cherished hay, onahrlncd-iu thu hearts OF
, tho loya al aud true. No; amid oil our scr
rows. we have the plcasirg ',il, ction thst
! by their death. iSC-uGw iitC-hns been
given 20 the nation. My friends. believe
| that nations as well nS individuals $40 the
/ sui rcs of regeneration or tho new birth
! Yes : with all It's sins, tho foul cuicass OF
slavery hanging llso dead weight upon It,
il was thrown Iu;o tGc cfuei bic of war. aud
comes out bright and shining as the coon
day sun. YES. thcro have lCrn some nigh
y strides III sho rrogrts4 uf freedom, and it
must needs 10 that tho people 6o educated:
and that education can only come through
suffering. No genuine good thing can come
to US, or be acquired 10 our hearts, except
through suffering. The pearl. the most
costly of oil gems is formed by tho acore
.Ions Oh tue shell of u species of shelf. fish
caused hy bruisIre. With tho tortble
crushing wheel OF war rolling over il for
tho past four years. some bright and costly
gems have been developed in our Govern
mcnt.
~ !" Rr"'''S'"g "o'''' ''"' our 'f'enoT
who havu only gone before US, hover round
uS, 'ako c0ghha"co OF our ac"ohs' symp",
thilu with US, guardian spiiiis to cheer and
coh'oft US, o"'h'autS III "I"'s' """e AM
ha'ou oy 'h'S 'hooR"'' WIN no encouraged
10 endure Se' i"''ner nnruS"'Ps' an" als'
a..
p"s'hoi 10 "'engo 'no loss o' 'no'r c"'hPah'
'ohs VIII s'''hu'n'e 'hom 'o ueeus oi dhf'nR
"ho bravery h"h We """'o IAN he''eV'
mat 'ho army 'na' nave asconueo 10 heaven
are no" 'ooS'hg Gown from '"e'r ce'est'a'
MONIES, r'Jo'c'"g win us az 'no success
"n'ch ~ ohuS our "f"s--''Jo'c''g al tc
Fl mhIcn oi rreou"n' itanSpo''ou from
'h''f uaWp ana "'ema' 'rehches' thcy WIN
Iho Hhg''s, nJS'ce; yes inc Angels f'J"'ce
i"r '"ufe Is more Joy III hea'uh over
one e'hher 'h"t f'pon'o'h th"h o'er ninety
an" n'"o 'ha' "eh' NOT "S'fay An" our
u"'eth'hoh'' 'nhns uon Is repeh''ng OF hcf
SINS, "o'"g nor hrst "oiRs, al" fo'nfn'hg TO
mo pr'hc'P'eS OF 'ho lathcis, ana fo tstab'
| ,sn'"g VI" u"e',"o Va i-,oe''s' AS 'ooy
'o"A "o"n ''"'h "ea'c"' 'h'y hh'o ho' L"
"''n's' '"e nn'h','a''hg IHe''c'e " com
pr"ih'Se-s"at'hg i'anus wan ''"s'h over
/ mo graves OF our neroes-'oe WIDOW ana
''F""" o'Egme '"' 'n''tS AZ 'ro ,""ns
'c' h,"e WI" we o"o" u '"rr nus o"h'S
""" '"'o'is' No' ''''o c"" no u" more
e"hp'""'So WIN S'"'''y W u"s'"ce inc
""'o'"'"'n'' "'u p'"s' 'hc ""l's o' rn'
'wu'' ,,I''s 'nrIut""", np. w.. h"r;a ] ,s, -"
h'"', b., -, ,, ~
Wt,,, uGr'' ,bio o,n't ynr ar '" ,ha a,oo
fair fields Of the South mo opencd IN for
so'hem'nt and cultivation, tho soldiers
grave will be as sacred as '"I r tomb o, the II,
M'S''%" ID we ii"'y Ivy. livery 'o''c o,
,"y",cn,iy "v ,, n,n.r,yoG m w. and I"yue hands aiI,
shru, iho homes Of ,h. uuro,urnipg amid
gowcrs of beauty md promise. Aud YOU