Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
Filling the Chasm.

We did not hear of Mr.. Schurz at
was hardly important that he should
go anyway, for he has long since
clasped hands with rebellion in spirit,
and to go through an empty form
would be mockery hardly worth
sacrifice of $3.50 day. Mr.. Schurz,
in his speech delivered at Chicago,
proposed to fiji the "bloody ehasm''
with ,J"Grant men," McCreeIy, with
whom he was expected to clasp hands
at Louisville, proposes the same thing.
The form differs, but notthe substance
-Schurz contemplates filling it with
the living, McCreery with the dead
Sehurz proposes to sacrifice the loyal
tn ousands of thezNorth to the behests
of rebellion; McC'reery proposed to
scatter the bones of 1900 sleeping
soldiers at Arlington to the same Mo-
loch. Schurz conoiliates by throwing
in the loyal living McCreety by dig
ging 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 forget
fulness?
General Logan is one; who, in the
hour of the country's deepest peril,
stepped fromathe plane Of party upon
the higher level of patriotism. ard on
many a we'll fought field won the hon
or and gratitude of his countrymen.
Gallant Tom Browne, of Indiana, is
one; who led his Hoosier boys into
the thickest of the fight, and who
E'spoke to the Children of IsraeP' as
they went forward.
Heroic Dick Oglesby is one; who,
crushed and mangI ed by rebel bullets,
still lives to receive the reward of his
devotion.
Gen o. o. Howard is one; wound
ed and disabled in the early part of the
war, and whom grateful nation can
not forget.
Little Phil Sheridan is one; he who
gaiioped so gallantly from Winchester
on that brig ht October morning,
saved the day" by his heroism, and
pushed Jubal Early up and out of the
Senandoah Valley
Shermon is one; he who drove
johnson out of Jackson, Bragg from
Lookout Mountain, Hood from Allan
ia, and then moved a path through
the rebellion on his brilliant march to
the sea.
Sigel is one; who charged so des-
perately into the rebel columns at Will
sons Creek and whose gallantry was
alike the pride of Germans and Amer
icans
But why enumerateP The Grant
men, with whom Schurz proposes to
fill the chasm, can be found within the
empty sleeves, the old uniforms, and
the unforgotten memories of the past.
They can be found among the survi-
TIE 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 az
home.
Looking over the supporters Of
Grant 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 for
ward" And these are the men with
whom Mr. Schurz proposes to I'LL the
gulf Despicable attempt! Impotent
effort! Insulting words Can he be-
lieye the American people are crsvens
and ingrates Does he hope to can
eel the record in our hearts by blot
ting it out of his own? Let him be-
hold the uprising of the people all
over the land. Let him hear the
laundering answer that comes from
Maine, Vermont and North Carolina.
Honor, patriotism, gratitude, are not
quite obliterated. There's life in the
old land yeti C6icago Inter Ocean.