The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-04
Filling the Chasm.

We did not hear of Mr.. Schurz at the
Peace Jubilee in Louisville. 1t was
hardly important that he should go any.
way, for he has long since clasped hands
with rebellion in spirit, and to go
through an empty form would be a
mockery hardly worth a sacrifice of $3.50
a day. Mr.. Schurz, in his speech deliv.
cred at Chicago, proposed to fill the
"bloody chasm" with "Grant men,"
McCreery, with whom he was expected
to clasp hands at Louisville, proposes
the same thing. The form differs, but
not the substance-Schurz contcmplates
filling it with the living, McCreery with
the dead. Schurz proposes to sacrifice
the loyal thousands Of the North TO the
behests of rebellion McCreery proposed
to scatter the bones Of $4,000 sleeping
soldiers at Arlington to the same Mo-
loch. Schurz conciliates by throwing
in the loyal living; McCreery by digging
up the martyred dead. But who are
these Grant men whom the heroic
Schurz so glibly promises TO hurl into
the chasm of destruction and iorgetful-
ness?
Gen. Logan is one; who, in the hour
of the oountry's deepest peril, stepped
from the plane Of party upon the higher
level of patriotism, and on many well
fought field won the honor and graft
tude Of his countrymen.
Gallant Tom Browne, of Indiana, is
one; who led his Hooser boys into the
thickest of the fight, and who "spoke
to the Children of Israel" as they went
forward.
Heroic Dick Oelesby is one: who,
crushed and mangled by rebel bullets,
| still lives to receive the reward of his
devotion.
Gen. o. 0. Howard is one; wounded
and disabled in the early part of the
war, and whom a grateful nation cannot
| forget.
Little Phil. Sheridan is one he who
galloped so CALAMITY from Winchester
on that bright October morning, "ssved
the day" by his hcroism, and pushed
Jubal Early up and out of the Shenan-
doah Valley.
Sherman is one; he who drove John
son out of Jackson, Bragg from Look
out Mountain, Hood from Atlanta, and
then moved path through the rebel
lion on his brilliant march to the sea.
Sigel is one; who charged so desper-
ately into the rebel columns at Wilson'S
Creek, and whose gallantry was alike
the pride of Germans and Americans.
But why enumerate? The Grant men
with wnom Schurz proposes to fill the
chasm, can be found within the empty
sleeves, the old uniforms, and the un
forgotten memories of the past. They
can be found among the survivors Of
the dungeons of Libby and the horrors
of Andersonville. In one word, they
can be found comprising the men who
fought for the Union, and the men who
sustained the army at home.
Looking over the supporters Of GRAM
at the political gatherings to-day, we
can almost borrow the words of the
Prophet, and say with him: "These are
the faces that saw under God at the
river of Shebar; and these faces are the
likenesses of the same faces that | saw
at the river, and they went, every one
of them, straight forward" And these
are the men with whom Mr.. Schur
proposes to fill the gulf. Despicabl,
attempts Impotent effort! Ipsultin.
words Can he believe the American
people are cravens and ingrates? Doe
he hope to cancel the record in all GU
hearts by blotting it out of his own
Let him behold the uprising Of the peo
pie all over the land. Let him hea
the laundering answer that comes from
Maine, Vermont, and North Carolina
Honor, patriotism, gratitude, are no
quite obliterated. There's life in tn
old land yet" Chicago Inter Ocean.