The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-04
ono OF the Patriots.

The eloquent and pay-triotic. young
statesman of Portage inaugurated the
campaign at Xenia on the 23d ult.,
and is sslopping over" in other parts
of the State, lighting over the battles
of the rebellion, recounting in elo-
qnent numbers and stefeotyped
phrase how sue saved the life of the
nation," how sue put down the re-
bellion while bloody-handed treason
fourished over u.s." This kind of
talk from the "sifver-tongued" always
did sound well among people unac-
squainted with our young hero, but
where the valiant Third Lieutenant
is well known his military achieve
ments are not regarded as of the most
brilliant order, and his neighbors and
acquaintances in s'thfs neck of woods"
don't give him credit for having aided
very materially in the work of put,
ting down the rebellion. Trhe, he
was ever brave in high-sounding
bombast, and doubtless he has d well
preserved certificate with the auto
graph and portrait of Governor Tod
: attached as testimonial Of his dis
tfngalshed services in the Pefilous ex-l
pedition to save the Queen city from
Morgan's guerrillas yet, if his COM
paniens in arms speak truly his G0nr-i
age, like Bob Acres, oozed out of his
fingers ends before, he had made half
the. journey to- the theatert of war,
and he hied himself to the State Capt.
taIiWhere he could be of more service
and snuff the battle from afar, and
where he remained till the-seare was
over when he armed himselfs with a
Lieutenant's commission for the pur-
pose of recruiting men for the service
of Uncle Samuel. Besides his Lieu
tenants commission he was member
of the Military Committee of the
county; and in both of these official
capacities he was charged with the
duty of obtaining men for the service
Of the Government. How that duty
was performed is within the knowl-
edge of some of his loyal admirers
and hackers. IF he ever put q man
in the field it was from motives of
pure pay-triotism, and he doubtless
secured his reward by virtue OF his
Lieutenant's commission. The fact is,
e that at the most critical time of the
war, when the Government desired to
make a determined and final effort to
bringathei struggle to, a CLOSE, ssWhen
our gaIIant soldiers were standing
like q wal1 of fire between us and the
rebellion, when.th they were struggling,
5 fighting, fainting, dying that. the na-
81 biffonsmigbt live ;"iswhen the President
Z called upon the GovefHoRso of States
] for their respective quotas of men,
and when Governor Bropgh issued
. hfs5 proclamation calling lOns the Ma
tfonal Guards for an hundred days
I service, this recruiting Eieutenant and
memberiof the Portage county Mill
nItary Committee was employing his
lime and hfs talent,t for aipaltry peeu-
= hniary consideration, to keep men out
of tbe seepice, when, bydhis official
81 iODll84blO0B3 ne SfBs 4DOQlli 70 sJ6G5 tft6Ut
into ii, by going to ColumbuSfor an
attorneys fee to procure the idisband-
+. ing Of company formed in this
town, the members of which had
pledged themselves TO just the kind
2 of service demanded of them. And
this he did after the Adjutaht- General
had by telegraph declared that the
men would be held. But fortunately
his mission was failure, and where
fore lie and his friends In this region
: i well understand. - ~, 'lsf
Il lThis is, in brief, the history of the
=. military services 9of, the renowned
y Portage county pdg-tFiot, of him who
s. has fosnch . an unsuitable thirst for
-lssblOodI Ibiaod9 bloodf ll7 that he
j. desires to fight over each year the
battles of the rebellion. While he is
Raking open athe graves of the dead
past, calling in question The loyalty
and patriotism of others and Esaping
i. d npong them all The vile epithets his
Il fertile brain can iinyent and, bis veno-
7, tImous, tongue can utter, he will be ex-
!. stremely careful to keep, his own mill
tary record well hid from the gaze of
his hearers.