The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-09-21

FILLING THE CHAsM.
We did not hesr Of Mr. Scburz
at the Peace Jubilee in Louisville.
It was hardly important that he
should 60 anyway, for he has long
since c!asped hands with rebellion
in spirit, and to 60 through an emp
ty form would be mockery; hardly
worth . sacrifice Of $3.50 . day.
Mr.. Schurz, in his speech delivered
at Chicago, proposed to fll the
''bloody chasm" with "Grant men,"
McCreery, with whom he vas ex-
pected TO clasp hands ct Louisville,
proposes the same thing. The
foru diGess, bet noe the substsnce
-Schurz contemplates filing it
with the living, McCreery with the
dead. Schurz proposes to sacrifice
the loyal thousands of the North
to the bchests of rebellion; Nc
Creery proposed to scatter the
bones Of $4,000 sleeping soldiers at
Arlington to the same Moloch.
Schurz conciliates by throwing in
the loyal living; McCreery by dig
ging up the martyretl dead. But
who arc these Grant men whom
the heroic Schurz SO glibly prom
ises to hurl into the chasm of de-
ssruction and forgetfulness
General Logan is one; who in the
hour of the country's deepest per il,
stepped from the plain Of psrty
upon the higher levA Of patriotism,
and on many well fought field
won the honor and gratitude Of his
countrymen.
Gallant Tom Browne, of Indi-
ana, is one; who led his Hoosier
boys into the thickest of the fight,
and who .sspoke to the Children in
Israel" as the went forward.
Heroic Dick Oglesby Is one;
who, crushed and mangled by re-
bel bullets, but still lives to receive
the reward of his devotion.
General U. O. Howard is one;
wounded and disabled in the esrly
part of the war, and whom q CRATE
full nation cannot forget.
Little Phil Sheridan is one; he
who galloped SO gallantly from
Winchester on that blight October
morning, "saved the day" bv his
heroism, and pushed Jubal Early
up and out of the Shenandoah Val.
ley.
Sherman is one: he who drove
johnson out of Jackson, Bragg
from Lookout Mountain, Hood from
Atlanta, and then moved o patti
through the rebellion on his bril-
liant march to the sea.
Sigel is one, who charged so des
perately into the rebel columns al
Wilson's Creek, and whose gal.
lantry was alike the pride Of Ger
mans and Americans. But why
enumerate? The Grant men. will
whom Schurz proposes TO fill th,
chasm, can be found within tn,
empty sleeves, the old uniforms
and the unforgotten memories o
the past They can be fount
among the survivcrs of the dun
geons of Libby and the horrors o
Andcrsonviilc. In one word, the,
can be found comprising the me
who fought for the Union. and th
men who sustained the army a
home.
Looking over the supporters Q
Grant at the political gathering
today, we can almost borrow tn
words of the Prophet, and say wit
him: "These are the faces that
saw under God at the river Of Sh,
bar; and these faces are the like
nesses of the same faces that l sa
at the river, and they went, ever
D one of them, straigh: forward.
+ And these are the men with whol
J Mr.. Schurz proposes tofill the gul
Dsspicable attempt! Impote1
. effort! Insulting words /! Can
) believe the American people Al
d cravens and ingrates ? Does
9 hope to cancel the record in Q
our hearts by blotting it out of b
4 own2 Let him behold the uprisir
n Of the people oil over the Ian
Q Let him hear the laundering .
z swer that comes from Maine, We
: mont, and North Carolina. Homo
n patriotism, gratitude, are not qui
l. oblitera.ed. There's life in Il
II Cd land YET" Inter Ocean.
it
= Blessings brighten as they take tn
9 fight. The chief Of blessings is 60