Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-03
Filling the Chasm

We did not hear of Mr.. Schurz at the
Peace Jubilee in Louisville. It was
hardly important that he should 90 anv.
way, for he has long since clasped hands
with rebellion in spirit, and to 90
through an empty form would be a
mockery hardly worth a sacrifice of $3.50
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 contc mplates
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 forgetful-
ness?
Gen. Logan is one; who, in the hour
of the country's deepest peril, stepped
from the p'ane of party upon the higher
level of patriotism, and on many we'll
fought field won the honor and graft
tude Of his countrymen.
Gallant Tom Browne, of Indiana. is
one; who led his Hoosier BOYS into the
thickest of the fight, and who "spoke
to the Children of Israel" as they went
forward.
Heroic Dick Oglesby is one; who.
crushed and mangled by rebel bullets,
still lives to receive the reward of his
devotion.
Gen. 0. 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, "saved
the day" by his heroism, 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
he Al =
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 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
hkenesses 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.. Schurz
proposes to fill the gulf. Despicable
attempt! Impotent effortl Ipsulting
words J Can he believe the American
people are cravens and ingrates? Does
he hope to cancel the record in all our
hearts by blotting it out of his own
Let him behold the uprising Of the peo-
pie 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 yet. Chicago Inter Ocean.