Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-29

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heritance though its origin be traced |
through the lineage of a noble ances-
try. But our people as a mass through |
legislative provisions, have responded
to the wants and necessities of the |
poor with a free and generous spirit
The crippled soldier has been provided |
by the government with pension, and |
often with that which was far better
such employment as his disabilities
will allow him to perform. Charitable |
institutions-such as Relief Unions |
were organized and established to go |
into the homes of the needy with the |
necessaries of life as we'll as a word |
of tender sympathy. Soldiers Homes
and Soldiers Orphans Homes, were
also established all over the land,
where the crippled and the orphan
could resort for the enjoyment Of the
! hospitalities of q nations gratitude, and
by which they became not mendicants
upon the public, but children who in
herit kindly protection through ser
vices to country. The National Home
at the city of Dayton, for disabled sol
diers is a beautiful expression of a ma
tions generosity. There are now about
1900 battle SCARED veterans at this
soldiers home. Many have lost one
or both limbs. Others sick and afflict-
ed (which their slender forms most
Indicate. Yet in this commodious and
cheerful home, they bear their afflic-
tions and misfortunes with fortitude
and courage, which is only found with
a true and tried soldier, in desirable
habitation.
| An0fhnr nc n hIah
is none the less significant of our es-
TEEN for departed worth, is the Sol
diers' Orphans Home at Xenia. Pro-
vision was made there, by the nation
al authorities for the care and support
of three hundred of our orphans. In
addition to this, preparation is being
made by our noble State to supply the
wants of five hundred more; so that
all the orphan children who will, may
come and enjoy the bounties of the
people. Not only are they provided
with food and raiment, but also with
education and moral training, that they
may prove themselves worthy sons of
noble sires who fell in defence of their
country's flag.
To support these institutions and
be kind to the poor, wherever they
may be found, are charitable duties
resting upon US to which we should
promptly respond. In doing this, we
honor the dead as we do by the cere-
monies of this occasion.
My friends, while we strew flowers
upon the graves of those who have
: been brought back in death, or with a
: lingering disease to die, and who now
:. sleep beside father, mother, brother OF
: sister in the barial ground of home,
! let us also remember those who are
! 81 ,eping far away in southern soil
: whose faces we will never more see
: : on earth, and whose graves perhaps
we never can visit.
'On fames grand battle ground
}, Their silent tents are spread
n While glory crowds with silence round
The blyouac of the dcad.''
. All over that wide expanse of coun
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific
from Mason and Dixon's line to the
: Gulf of Mexico, their once animated
u u forms are now .crumbling into dust
But whether they be at Shiloh or il
} the burning sands Of Georgia, thei
> lives will be green in our memories
a their works will rebound to the homo
= of all future generations. 1t is a con
II ISOLATION to us as well as it accord
le with the sentiment of the dying soldier
e that he found his last resting place il
le American soil. In the land he, wit
70 his comrades baptized into eternal lif
10 in his own sacrifcial blood. No for
10 eign foe without, or rebellious foe with
y in exults over his cherished dust
5 There seems to be patriotic spirit il
II the breast of him who is devoted t.
IL country, that carries the mind beyon
earth dissolution and would have tn
u earthly casket after the soul has desert
III ed it, free from the visionary shackle
N Of tyranny and oppression.
n' The sod that covers the honore
u ashes of our departed patriots and eli
as izens, is free. Our land is free. Ou
u people are free. The primal purpos
u of our freedom is to afford the amples
re margin to individual manhood, to dis
at burden a man of the clogs and fetteI
- which in the old world crush the sui
~ ject to the earth. Freedom Is not a
III end within itself. A means of secu
y ing justice and happiness. Then Il
la US not in words only, but in action a
Us so, testify our reverence for those "
II, have met this day to do homage. L
ld US strive to enhance the inheritauC
ne we have received by initiating what
ng them was lofty, pure and noble. I
each generation is committed its p
III culiar duties. Let us not fold ol
IS hands in slumber or abide an unsha]
.u- ed destiny.
- While the nations Of the Old Wor
an are rearing lofty monuments to the
w.. mighty conquerers, and tabernacles
~ infahbility, let us dedicate this bro;
20 land to one wide tabernacle of civ
- and religious liberty, whose don
- shall be as lofty as the armament
'le Heaven, and whose limits will enci
IL Gle the grave of every fallen patriot.
nd
of - Eight counterfeiters were arrc
of ed and brought to Cleveland, yester
ID. day, with $4,000 counterfeit mo8ey
ms their possession. The arrests we
,al made by the secret service division
. the United States. Sam. Rivers ar
* Harry Honey, two of the counterfe
no ers, are charged with murder and val
ne Gus robberies in Kentucky and i
nd diana.
el
VII MARRIED.
lu- On the 22d inst, the residence of the brid
farther near JefferSonville, by the Rev, Geo. {;