The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-05
JACKSON, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1880

bridge across the stream, and every
man could have passed dry shod. Af,
ter crossing the stream the men were
obliged to walk through deep sand fol
a mile. The sand worked down intC
their shoes, and nine out Of ten men
went lame from raw feet, the skin be-
ing worn off in patches by the wet
sand The wading Of the stream
would not have caused a murmur but
for the brutal conduct of Hancock in
applying the foul and unsoldierly cpl
thet to his men. | tell you the 4th
Ohio boys carried the words to the
second army corps, and they have
treasured the words like I have.
wouldn' vote him for dog catcher"
THE Democratic papers have circu-
lated the story that 10000 Of his men
lived in Pennsylvania and would turn
the State for him.
THAT is a very ridiculous statement
His corps never amounted to more
than 10000 men, providing his regi-
ments were full. Before Grant took
charge there We're less than $4,000
men. Of these men many were from
Massachusetts, and the majority from
Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and the
West. One whole brigade, the Irish
Brigade was from New York, and
the Pennsylvania troops were very
small minority. Their 10000 Penn
sylvania veterans would be more cor
rect if counted 5000 and 5000 OF
them that knew him and heard Of his
sentence, LET the sons Of BIS wade,
would consider it personal affront to
be accused Of an intention of voting
for such a man. | know [ would"
Mr. Ward knows whereof he speaks
The city does not possess a better citl-
zen, and his statement will open the
eyes of the boomers.
From another well known citizen
who served under Hancock during the
war the following facts were cleaned
which comedies with Mr.. Ward S
statement about the pompous military
aristocrat, who considered a private
soldier on an equal with dog. This
gentlemen said:
II was a member of the famous
Irish Brigade in the second army
corps. Our boys just lived for the
honor of the brigade and would gladly
died any time to rescue the dear old
standards, the harp of Erin, and the
stars and stripes, which ever fioated
side by side in the van. One day we
were little slow in obeying an order
to charge on account Of misunder-
for God knows that the
Irish Brigade was always toos willing
to attack. Our commander returned
in few minutes and we charged. He
seemed down-hearted and confidential
ly related to his officers that night
that Hancock had ordered him angrily
to charge with his flannel mouthed
sons Of BIS "a favorite eplthet) and
let them be killed to make room for
better men, The brigade was nearly
ruined by this.
There are many men in the city
who fought under this man for years
men who knew him before as well
as during the war-but not a man
will speak well of him who knew him,
He is begging the votes to-day of men
whom he called vile names at the
Of the ford near Manassas.
That ford is Hancock's Waterloo, for
themen who crossed under the fire of
his words, more scathing than that of
a battery, are now no longer private
soldiers, but American citizens, better
than their commander, and holding in
their hands the mighty weapon of
American sovereigns, the ballot, which
will be put into the contest next No
vember, a mute but powerful protest
against the insult to the I'd Army
Corps of the republic seventeen years
ago.
THE Democratic State Convention
endorsed the platform Of the Nation
al Convention. Not a word about
the ''Ohio Idee;" not the most faint
of grief over the de-
funct rag baby" but the National
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