The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-09


peril. and yet the only reply was to cast
him headlong from the same rock whence
he had preeipitated the enemy. That
spirit is worthy of a free people. The
interest of a free people is tar greater
than any individual in it. Napoleon
sleeps under the dome of the Hotel de
Invalldes-the grandest tomb on earth
erected by the French people whom he
loved 50 we'll. The old veterans of Wa
terlOO and the campaign of Moscow are
there cared for by the generosity Of the
Government, while all around TO remind
them of their valor, are the flags which
they captured on hundred battle-feIds.
The galleries. of the Louvre and Yer
SaIlles are filled with magnificent battle
s-rries to tell Of gallantry and devotion
to country. 1t is not strange that the
pages of history should be resplendent
glory of the Empire.
WOMAN AND THE WAR.
We believe that that it was Schiller
who was one of the purest wOrshipDers
of female excellence who insisted that
women in their sphere exercise a greater
and mere permanent influence in the dc.;-
tiny of mankind than even men them
selves. 1t is to them that we are indebted
for the implanting in childhood and
nursing in youth of those sentiments
which constitutes the dignity of man,
ami the true grandeur of nations. la
every scene in the late war the kindly
influence Of woman was felt in comfort
ing the sorTOwing, and in relieving the
distressed Her gentle hand and ihspir-
ing love dill their full share in sanitary
fair and commission; in hospitals and
prisons IL was not permitted them to
stauncn the wOHudS from which the iif,.
blood ebhs-I away IA the iic!,i Of battle.
but her uihisteTiiIg hand picked lint for
the wounded, and provided comforts for
the faint and dying. Her constant de
vntiou sustained the soldier Ia All The.
dangers and tolls and privItinus and sui
fvrin"s Of the camp, and Ol the iicId
Hereafter when one greater than tiibl,,n
and one more Cluqurnt tlIan Mlacaul,.y
shall write the history of thn-,. years, the.
services Of the women of the land will
be among the highest pages IL was not
tine officer alone cOInplnnGHtcd ia geuer-
al orders and heraldrd ia th- public
press that saved the nation. Ii was tin.
private soldier a. we'll. with mu.lSet and
knapsIok; it WAS the agencies Of the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions, it
was the kindly efforts of mother and wife
and sister all encouraged by the prayers
of good men and good women, and sus-
famed 10y the OmnipOtent arm OF the
tiOd Of battle The people of this conn
try may we'll share ia this glory.
THE GALLANT DEAD OF HANCOCK COUNTY
The National Government is gathering
together the remains of those who fell
under the nag, and is re-interring them
ineemeteries with appropriate memorials
to perpetuate their names and their deeds
Many OF the States are manifestinS the
same tender regard. Hancock county
of Revolutionary -cheerfully ac-
cepts OF this trust for her gallant dead
and eTeGts this monument in inemOFy Of
every soldier whose life was given to the
cause. This monument Is reared to your
father, your son, your husband, your
brother Ii is not possible at this time
tn repeat the mOurnful roll of the fallen
WHOM We have met to honor, for the
harvest of death WAS not oi :, single bat
tle-ield. They were of the Twenty first,
the Thirty first, the Forty ninth, the
Fi.ty-sayenth. Sixty fourth, Sixty NTH,
Hundred and Eighteenth Regiments Of
Infantry, Berlans and Burgess Sharp
shooters, Volunteers ia the Artillery ser
vice, and the Fourth and Tenth Rcgi-
ments Of Cavalry. Tpay louaht wherry-
~ duty rallied ig the Valley OF the Mis-
siSsippi, ia the i'diirt and bloody ground"
Of Kentucky, among the mountains OF
Tennessee, in the swanps Of the Carroll
has, OH the soil of Maryland and Penn
SylVa.i;;l, anl IN tlIe tangled underbrush
Of Virginia and the @ildrrneas. Ne hr,r
commemorate those WHO sleep around
thu little church at Shiloh those who
fell on tilat dreadful day at DhiEkanau-
Who pcIislleh IN the long
HHarsh ia tha s.',i- those who gave up
their lives at characteristics, and la
the blood stained thickcts on the way
to Richmond those who rode into death
ia the valley of the Shenandoah tlo>s.
fOr WHOM, tiIe water cf tie Potomac
murnnr perpetual rrTuienf those.
who wasted away by lingering disease.
ia h0rpitHI and by fever ia camP to
all those hravc men who went ont from
this people, forgetting self in country
with such sinplrnrSs nf heart and pur
pose WithOUt hatred, wniiOut birirr
hess, without rassiou, bGt ~ the spirit |
Of II generous iua-snauimity for all parts /
nf unr common country We 10 honDT To
HE courage o. the aali.Lnt deaf. With |
in abiding faith in our institutions, and
a determination tO uautian Them even
through battle. W, .,FoIuisr a like dey"-
lion pn the part Gf ille living. We enter
he futgrr with firm steps. hat II We. for
get those who died for u-- II ~" forget
hose who rest 30 quietfy nu Ilir distant
i-ils ihah Hod may Gprf."t Us 10 day,
u Remembrance al their dryatiuu. Wc
-nrw our f..tity tn country, and with
irayr resolve 20 forward to accomplish
ll.ti mission In,.i lass b. Ell appointed for
Is ~ - people, remembering always, |
whether ia stafrsnI:uIship as war, that
higher than measures or men, higher
iI.en p.iit. iuir> Or problems li 9.lcr s-l'.n
li.tn ttIr NIri.u ifsrif, &. rhe t.od .f Ha-
ions. With a iiru confidence. uIiit IT,, !
shn helped our faiirrs will not ..,,..rt
II iH tie lippr Of need, We dedicate this
to honor. ~ patriotism, tn
pye OF country, To- the g.iiian! dad nf
Hancock county
4 the oOnnIG .qn of tli.. "ratinn, the
isinguisia,; 2,n-7ia AMI the oiii,r.rs of
association moved io th- las. "f fh,
ionGm"ni. The military lia.i pr'-yio ions,
: lormad a hollow square around tli..
ructur". The Finih,y aud ." fpria
Inds were nlso present. Tie choir
irm sang the following. which v..,- ,s.if-
IA fur lie ocra~i"u by Hon. Wan MAJ
IA
AtG: G,i0m5ai. iar G.a nJ JLs. fs.-..
monument here 10 the f,Ig.I
\ memorial 81 l"se f.: tl..Ia.f
hO wen, n thrir !",.L ,..,,mil.. ,.!i,..
Nor ep'lni~i ~. I,r,i hit, -uI ,..,t
srsIiE we'rr iht ..fy u.f,.ilin.
I" honor the dead !, b." Iid 20
. iEiii fpr UuE iils never f.ilina-
/ :s'I h"'D"-, 80 death rD- Lid iua
'fn'.-c herqe.. ia death moss hid Io.c.
Those brr"rs, IL dc..iiI lGw E.it !uw--
For TiEG were tins STATUE uuveiliH.-
Those hcf"'s, ia death Ross E..d lpw
iers's rh"ni from each bone ..r.v, that
T-JcLr-
i.ich h',rinst"ac anI heart ih our IIud-
id mrHi'rirs, sad memDri,s teach a..
iIOw We luyr,l tu'u.-thtf .lprisu. fluL' Il
hose blood, as "a patriot lillii1u, ,
T or ilE'ir country they pnIr-l on the li.lI. :
r freedom and Tor tlti great nation
IS her'cs, Ii", rather ti,ar yicid
oras-ia hrF1as, died rather. otr q
~ l"li mi Tie .lp.riB 81 htiil-.
Ear, lar, from The loyrd one ~ home
j artillery anil nuSkrtry's 3 rIfilr.
br Ia prisons died. -tar,in. aui inf,...
their brave drc,ls viii .iili live To- .IDiy
y hi!e hislOry its uae'- unfold