Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-01-31
"By-eoaes.'

Our legislative Democracy have in
vented a new name for the dead heroes
Of the Republic On the 9TH of Janua-
~ Mr.. Brooks (Republican) offered res
olutions in the Ohio State Senate reel
ting the victory of Andrew Jackson at
New Orleans and vigor with which ssthe
I same hero and statesman in later years
crushed the schemes of the nullifiers
and seoessionistsy and dresolving that as
a mark of respect to that great man,
'sand in memory Of the men who beliey-
ed with him, and have since been Will
/ ing to il ght and die to preserve the. uni
| ty. Of the government" and in commem-
Grafton of the anniversary of New Or
leans the Senate adjourn over the Sth
and transact no business on that day.
These resolutions were adopted, the
Democratic Senators voting for them.
subsequently it came to their notice
that they had Inadvertently delivered
a stab at their Southern friends, and
even EglOrified the dead who had PERISH
ed ia making "the late unhoIyl lcrusade''
for the preservation of the Union. A
deceived Democrat moved to strike out
50 much as related to the nullifeation
and secession and to eBe dead Of the late
Cqr. In the course OF the discussion
elected by this proposition various
DemOeratieSen excused themselves
for voting to ignore the brave men
slain in fighting the rebellion by an in
tense desire to forget the past and Fs4et
by-gones be. by-gones." Like Chris.
Hughes, of the House, they had chad
enough Of military and even the
memory of a buried soldier had become.
/ odious to the them. They wanted all
ss7ala ssEEzs5z-gsnnas to he hy-g0nes.''
We may therefore anticipate that
when Democracy gets generally into
1 power respectful words for those who
persisted Tor the Union will no longer
I be permitted to 7profane our legislative
councils. Each buried brave will
/ doubtless have his name and memory
thrust into the same secret nook of the
arehieves Of the country he died to de-
/ fend and over his sunIzen grave written
the forgetful epitaph OF t.By-Gones. -
Tep-thousand of them are covered with
the clay Of AndeEsomvi1Ie, OF whom,
'In treason's pFison-hold
q A4IE Al1alElS f1AAAAa sE6W
L To stature like the saints of old
While amid agon1es untold,
they SO st9l,yea ,sft I9F me. me and and you! you
but then, they are only "by-gones''
whom all Democrats desire to ''Iet be
by-gones,7
And then in Southern wilderness and
plain, mountain and valley, are strewn
the bones Of those who,
sup many a fortress wall
Have charged--those boys Ia blue
Mid surging smoke and yolIeyed ball
The braVesG We're the hrst to fall!
These noble men J the nations pride 70
but then their valor and sufferings are
things of the past ]; the. rains of two
successive Springs have washed down
the little hummoeks under which they
lie, and why now drag them forth to
offend the sight Of peaee-loving Democ-
raey2 Are they net 'by-gones ?' and
shall they not 'fbe by-gOnes /? Our Dem
Foerasic State Senate has said so. Our
kUnited States Senate would say so
1 if it We're Democratic. Democracy
eamno5 look upon the humble
| graves OK the shining names Of these
men without being reminded of its
faithlessness and disgrace. Their noble
deeds add nothing in Democratic esti-
nation to the country's glory and
belong to that part of her history to
which Democracy would fain be obliv-
ioua. They are ''by-gones" and the
Democratic party would let them for
/ ever remain 50.
Henceforth it VIII go into the Demo-
cratic almanac that when the days hal
lowed by the great events Of the Repub-
lie are to be observed, and the memory
of her heroes are to be held up for pub
lie veneration, these are to be overlook
ed and only those remembered who
happened not to belong the grand army
of the Union
But no Bourbon legislation can dim
/ the -Iustre Of these immortal names or
strike them from. the tablets whereon
they are. enrolled among those the ma
ton delights to honor. They are not
ieby-gones" but an ever living presence
which will prevade the memories and
hearts Of generations to come, inspiring
millions with the glorious impulse to
do right and do gO5Esi. From their si-
lent graves they yet speak and their
names and deeds viii shine forth as
the Sun when the memory Of Peace De- 1
mocracy shall have rOtted and been for
| gotten,
s,Pv-go1es.,, forsoothi