Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-03-10
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NJ sfsbs shot down In suceessica; bot the n
coiSfs sdyoDped ty one were grssped by an
otLsy aud never touched the ground. ssA
iThess are instances hastily gathered ffopiil I
pl0riSt,s shssSes .anot exceptional, but rep,I
nresehtative fistShcss.1 These are the men
az tbs hour, Who fiiuStrate the value OF eur
county BY the richsst crop that hss ever
envhpy from'its soil ltln2 stl .y1sssogul
'rRin 'frRnt where the Hero stands, there a!so
tbA Martyr lies. With the elchofus OF VIC
torv bends the dirse Arnournful, and yet
maiestic, too. The burden ofthst dirgeJ
AZ K falls from the lips Of wiyesshd mothers
Of fathers aud children, Is sad and tender
like the strain Of David. Weeping for those
who fell upon Gilbos. That burden y still
mournfdl; bat as il passes on ana reissues
from, nation's bps; it swelis into exuusi
ton and honor91thst same BURDEN new
ths mighty fallen np5t in the i "id'' ' q ''ns 1,
And 20 IL depends upon which wave OF
emotion strikes our souls whether We say
sSAlasf'o a5rocfy 90 Hasssi az the thought
that these Martyrs arstoo many TO be named
here 50 fhany pass before our VISION In
This ho,ir Of remembrance; whose faces lats-
" wore the marks of grim spd bloody death,
hut who now look to us radiant from the
clond of smoke and fire in which they were
borne up as they strove for the Nations
life In'tbeir soals, they all carried, an sem
timebt. that motto which one Of the earliest
Of the slain wore engraved on golden CIR
clet, and which WAS shot into his heart as
he fell-"Not for ourselves, but for our
country ",o7 b ,E1s .y'91 fi." s1i -.
% And because such is the martyr spirit, it
is not unseemly to speak Of these hers upon
, the Sabbath, and in the house OF Hod.-
For we sneak to His Praise and Glory. -
|, iTtndsr the Divine Will, this achievement,
this sacrifice, has wrought out the dawning
hone Of the hoar.p Better still: 1t has
:. kindled noblet life IN the n alton. lseW ~
= EIoThis martyr spirit has borne its testimony
: moi; only in death, but in the effort and self
denial of devoted women--in the enduran se
:, and suffering OF true hearted MEN, Such
y isnir;t sreaks in the words of the captured
70 Renresentative FROM Pennsylvania, who,
!, from his Richmond prison, writes thus to
i his father:hl' 'tf hoe shj '.H, ,.'
y @Bet kind snsash,o convey my brother sensor.
ss,lrl nces Of RESPECT and estesm Tell hees hooIl
is ess, down, Lam not dismaysd' though n bonds a, an
q il Of hope Tell them my prayer and trust - mat y.
o. deed a. ma, 60 &C. ss
is soldiers Of the Union who are bearing IN e neg ~ % q
or and triumphant success the greatest 'fasS'e
y. tory."i & s.2H'iT c1s GEJ q.
az And we remember that the words OF thi
Is Iovai suffer are not merely his own, but thos
c 'lc of all who suffer with him. ,,tn', ID
M Mat Y Considering the nobler life, the deepe
~ and more solemn meaning, which al thes
ie- INSTANCES have impaired to the nation, W
'n give God the praise; and, still mindful Q
its the dark hours that may yet come, and tn
an disasters that may yet befall, We look hun
oo bly to Him for help. And, l repeat, IT.
Dee not, up6ttingly that we mention these thlns
cly here, il thus We may vividiy realize that u
e. essence of true Hero aud Martyr lite IS Sc
Az surrender to His voice within. and loyal
;on ;on to Truth and Righteousness which are a
'En ,;m, Hisl II b5;fe, 5aT IN st;no-,2 4
nl lm We NAV remember, too, thai the .HeI
Fa, act. the Martyr4sacrifice, lives not only in
ana name, but becomes incorporated with
llcn lives of men; with the Life OF Nation.
you KY! a power and possibility OF further achei'
. nv ment.a 81 %. =. - Ai6 -.
ickI suchl hower and possibility. Such mai
MN will dwell on the tongues of the people
was morrow-the birthday of Washington;
! II Some of u.s., perhaps, have read OF Il
H.; company whom their brave officer had
ms ms often conducted to victory, and who wo'
;Hay never part with their dead hero's name
has ias iStill day by day, at the head Of the re
aesn @ mental roll, it is called aloud the gene
con. con ton that loved him have passed away
'H iong their sons and their sons sons, WIN
and and and. always have the 'honorsd 81 name anne
1ight Cofns. aI.U h.nd i snmmoned. and ever
tuT,. always a soldier steps from the ranks
sum- rel replyi. Dead on the field Of honor ~ :,
2 mas "Dead on the. field of honor & g. i
= say too, is the record Of thousands OF anIna
WIN .ha men, whose influence upon other gen
J ltne tions Is associated with no personal dis
natu- ton but whose sacrifice will lend und
y inster to the, nations archives and n
~ capacity to the nation life. And,yet t
sct, = martyrs are remembered by name. 30
u TS Ebs the mourning homes Of the land hom
J., Luz wealth and plenty, some Of them bqt r
sm naots vA now by the copsecration OF sacrince.
,vFI' a .hs many of these are homes Sf toll apee
w. nv scurity, from which the right hand OF
, low port, has been taken, or the youthiph
] al Al. Poor and obscure !-but there the unk J,
"a n ..eap naap fallen have names, and inches OF sol
Nlntef tender memory. And what heraldr
me o. nalat;al walls more glorious than the
en- tns can ana The soiled uniform that hal
g anu those homes whefe the dead soldier
w owl 10 more? What aristocratic legend
Tpi az N anTouder fact than that which shall
loriops III reritsd IN the still, Summer fields
als con be hbored, and By the. Winter freside
Hsrofs h;s riace Is yscant.-" He fell ii the
en head WIN f6r Union ana for Freedom, ri Lis
amnr sleep, in quiet, grassy graves, ThefeSy' sfS
mSsnsii symbols that YOU loved 50 we'll shsh
placeIa and spread over You peaby day the nov
81 m red, White and blue ana ey nig NJ ~
n ~ ond stellated starsA.whie out q En9se
~, INV by there grows the better harTsss 81 'ne ns'
g need and oa q 1%iS mhil. v W praise the Divine
If such Anu, AM ,,s;s Mhn noad aana ask to compr
IS pndeT ipotal I'll ,sI rs "a nhedience and faithfi