The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-12

Yesterday our sanctum door opened
and man entered: He had but one arm
and ION his forehead was a deep scar He |
SAID II sYed. 5sGG Iii s-Tryssr Oft
care you the editor?" ~ 91
81 We answered in the affirmative. iait ID
= +" WE'LL sir, ,"Isaid he,g 81 am veteran
of the late war. I was with Hancock at
the battle of the Wilderness Twas three,
years mserviee altogether, never getting
scratch or being sick until then. You
see my regiment belonged to the Second
Corps of the Army of the Potomac. At
. the hour of idayight pounced uponthe
enemy and drove him away with much
loss Of life Unfortunately for me, ashen
dropped over by me and burst. Then it
sent its death dealing fragments all about
us. was struck on the arm and forehead.
OF course dropped. How long L lay
there cannot tell, but when I awoke I
was in the hospital on q cot bed. The first
words 1 heard were, poor fellow, he has
revived. Then he quickly called out to
the nurse, bring water quick to wet his
parched lips. He knelt down and with
a kind voice said, my poor boy, have
courage;lyeu will yet see, your friends. p
Turning he left my cot, and as I listened
L heard kind words spoken by him at the
his hand and cover it with kisses. Icould
hear many a God bless you, General, as
if coming from an overfowing heart. That
visiting angel was General Hancock. Sir,
am Republican Inever voted any but
Republican ticket, but / can tell you
that General Hancock will receive my
vote, as well as the votes of fourmembers
of my family, all of whom are Republi-
cans; for man with such tender heart
cannot but make good and wise Presi-
dent. Excuse me for troubling you. sir.
but there is somuch, love for the good and
noble Hancock in my soldier heart that I
must speak" -. -
The poor, war-worn veteran then
grasped our hand, and, looking into his
face, we observed his eyes filledwith tears.
This is but a single specimen of the en-
| thusiasm the soldiers have for their old
commander Whitehall Times.
Carl Sehurz Rebuked by Party Friends.
They don't, like it, and they say So
The Illinois Stats Zeitu,eg, a Garfield
4 paper, publishes the following under the
head, sc Minister and Stump speaker
ls "BuUrF ISLANDS, Cook County, ILL.,,
tHos: CARL scHuRz, secretaryof the Interior,
| Washington, d. c.:
you are willing to appear shortly as stump
| speaker in the State Of Indiana At the re
quest of q large number Of citizens OF our town
we hereby inform you that should the above
turn out to be trne, we are compelled to express
to you, as q German in your official position,
our unqualified disapprobation. With all re-
| gard, In .e.-g- CHARLES ENFELDT,
In the name of fifty German citizens of the
| towns of Calumet and Worth. in Illinois."a
s1 Those German Republicans want then
leaders to be consistent, or, at least, tc
show some semblance Of regard for it,
which Mr.. SchurZ is not doing. But as
a party man Mr.. Schurz may consider
/ himself excused now by the action OF the
Chicago Convention. He was the authol
of the "Civil Service Reform y plank IL
Mr.. Hayes letter of acceptance, and
which Mr. Hayes sometimes endeavored K
enforce, as, for instance, when he kicked
Chester A. Arthur out of the New Yorl
Custom house, in order, as he said, tt
have the Office "honestly and efficiently
administered" But when the Chicago
Convention nominated the same Mr.
Chester A. Arthur for Vice-President
thereby rebuking Mr.. Hayes effort a
Civil Service Reform, Mr.. Schrrz NIGH
well consider that special feature of ad
ministrative policy no longer binding OF
him. Civil Service Reform having beel
put in disgrace by the Republican Con
vention, fool's-cap with bells being pu
upon it, Mr.. Schurz doubtless regard
himself as free as any citizen, who is no
trammeled by holding official position
That is in purely party sense. 1t ma
be different with one who has consc1en
tious convictions of duty, of which n
party convention, or caucus decree, ca
relieve him, in his own opinion. If MI
Schurz ever had such a high sense
the obligations of the independent patrio
: and citizen, he doubtless feels absolve
therefrom by party demands. Mr.. En-
, feldt and the fifty Germans he represent
evidently do not think SO, and hence tn
protest we publish. - Cincinnati Ell
quirer. =