Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-23


Till on his head tn avenging Plague descends.
Historic Justice bids the nation know
That through each land Of slaves Nile OF blood
shall How;
And Vendome Columns on people thrust,
Are, by the people, level'd with the dust.
Nor stone, nor bronze, can ft memorials yield
For deeds of yalor on the bloody field.
Meath wars dark clouds the sturdy volunteer,
BY freedom taught his country to revere,
Bids home and friends a hasty, sad adieu,
And treads where dangers all his steps pursue;
Finds cold and famine on his dauntless way,
And with mute patience brooks the long delay,
Or hears the trumpet, or the thrilling drum
Peal the long roll that calls: "They come! they
comc!n
Then to the front with battling hosts he lies
And lives to triumph, or for freedom dies.
Thund'ring amain along the rocky strand,
The Ocean claims her harbors with the Land.
Loud ON the gale she chimes the wild refrain,
Or with low murmur walls her heroes slain
In CORY hull<s, with splintcrd mast and spar,
Rocks on her stormy breast the valiant Tar
Lash d to the mast he gives the high command, I
Or, midst the fight, sinks with the Cumberland.+
Beloved banner of the azure sky,
Thy rightful home wherc'er thy eagles fly,
On thy blue fields the stars of Heavn descend,
And to our day purer uster lend
o Righteous Cod who guard st the right alway,
And bade Thy peace to come land come TO
And while wars deluge fill d the land with blood
With bow Of promise arch d the crimson flood
From fratricidal strife our banner screen,
And let 1t float henceforth in skies serene.
W.. IL,
Ana laurei'd bards their choicest anthems sing,
Here, Here honored age shall bare its wintry brow
Here pnenI monbood rom Is Walk nroound
Shall come and halt, as il on hallowed ground.
Here shall the urn with fragrant wreaths be drcst,
Ryd endia sS anT @ ~ IIou1es
Shall pilgrims come led by our freedom star;
While bending lowly as DER friendly pail;
inc silent tear irom eoon cheeks snail iah'
sterile and vain the tributes which we pay
The spot where rests one OF the noble few
Who saw the right ana dared the right to do
True to himself and to his fellowmen,
With patient hand he moved the potent pen,
Whose inky stream did like the Red Seas flow,
such bondage break and such a host oerthrOW!
The simple parchment on its heeting page
Bcspeaks the import of the better age.
When man for man no more shall forge the chain,
Nor armies tread the shore. nor navics plow the
main
Then shall this boon to human freedom given
Be htly deemed sacred gift of heaven:
Though Of the earth. il Is no less divine
Founded on truth l. will forever shine
Rejecting rays from heavens unchanging plan
The law of right and brotherhood of man.
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tFrlgate Cumberland sunk rebel ram Nerri.
mac: The crew continued To dobt till the shin
went down.
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the Hon / ~ ConEIfng Aug M Is6a ~
nv, . =, =,
lnen IOlloWeu music, anu the poem,
Abraham Lincoln" published in the
Atlantic V111ztue of August 1S65 was
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Ieau ny IIOl. EuWaruS dt inc request ol
Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren.
The DoXology. Praise God from
W. a., - M - ;, = = =
nun All DlesslhSs rlo", was sung NY
the choir.
Gen. Grant was loudly called for and
lSau Ohe louo"lnS auuIess'
Mr. CHAIRMAN LADIES AND GENrLEMEN-On
an occasion like the present | feel il a duty ON
my part to bear testimony to the great and GOOD
qualities of the patriotic man whose earthly
remains now rest beneath this dedicated monn.
ment Ii was not nv fortune TO make the ac.
0unintance of Mr. Lincoln until the beginning of
the last wear of the rrent struggIe for national
existence, During those years of donbting and
despondency among the many patriotic men OF
the country Abraham Lincoln never for n mo.
ment doubled but that the final result would he
in favor of peace. union and freedom 10 every
race In this broad land His faith in an all-wiaC
Providence directing our arms to this final result
e, Was the aiIh 4i tne GhTstian that ms kedeemei
hate undisguised. and which was given
vent to without restraint through the press, upon
the stump and IN private circles he remained the
never eSbiSiting revensefn feeling h tovard hi,
traducers, but he rather pitied them, and hoped
for their own @ sake sake and the good name OF theil
mpnmenf r. tNE did not ocenr to him that the mar
Lincoln was being assaiIed, but that a treasona
Bile spirit, one willing TO destroy the ireest Gov
@ sg Snn GSer hin he og was
the nation, only because he was such Executive
AZ lawyer in your midst he would have avoidet
an this m oF hS m Ie o%d %Is pS n ana
happier man; but who can tell what might hav,
been the fate of the nation but for the pure 1n
r Narc se1 tn th dog bap tbe bnnS u
an assassin opened a grave for Mr.. Lincoln
then President of the United States, M
personal reiatiohs win nih, were as CLOS
duties would permit. To know him per
sonally was to love and respect him for his grea
guaitles OF heart ana hedH' ana IHr ns Parlent
from failures on the part Of those To whom h,
had intrusted command, and treachery on thu
part OF those who had gained l,i MS confidence 9n
NOR cast censnre for had conSuct or had faith
1t was his nature to lind excuses for his adver
saries In his death the nation lost Its creates
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