The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-02-07
AN OHIO HERO.


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proposing that the STATE shall
bring home from Constantinople
the remains of Januarius MEGA
han, and give them resting place
with his kindred dust in c0nse.
Grated ground at the place of his
birth.
The Resolution is one to which
the heart of the Ohio press hear
tily responds, and comes with q
graceful propriety from the Rep
resentative of the county which
gave the distinguished Journalist
birth.
McGahan was one of the great
est men, if indeed not the loftiest
hero Ohio has produced. Judg-
ing men by the purity Of purpose,
the energy of action, and the ac-
complishnent of results, McGa-
han stands foremost among the
men of his age, and ranks up ev-
Ell with the heroes OF any period
in the worlds history.
/. He was born in a mud cabin
among the hills of Southern Per
ry. He got the rudiments of ed
ucation from "Old Master Nc
Courtney" father of our Clerk
of Court, a Teacher and a Master
who drilled into the hearts Of the
boys of Jackson township, prin-
ciples of honor and integrity, as
we'll as hammered into their
heads the lessons of the books.
McGahan became a Journalist.
He developed a heart as we'll as
an intellect in his profession. He
was employed by the New York
Herald and London News, the
two most widely circulating pa
pers published in the English
language.
He traversed the globe in the
interest of his papers, and thro'
his letters, spread knowledge of
men and things that helped civ
ilization ownward in its strides
for the Advancement of the race.
His heroic work was the liber-
alton of Bulgaria.
He heard of the debased con-
dition of these people. Heard of
men; women and children killed
ruthlessly by the Turkish tyrants
and their bodies fed to dogs. at
the risk of his life he went into
their country and Investigated
His heart was touched. His pen
Gil described the atrocities, and |
his sentiment and heroisn gave
force to the brilliancy his intel
lect inspired.
The civilized world was arous-
ed. He dethroned the selfish
Disreali and created such a rev.
olution in England as 10 place
his sympathiser, Gladstone, at
the head of the British admins
tration.
The Car of Russia was awak-
ened, and as consequence. fol
lowed the Turko-Russian war,
ending in the liberation of Bull
garia, and the restoration of mil
lions of people to independence.
McGahan, like Phil Sheridan.
his elder compeer, was born and
raised under circumstances not
dissimilar. They went to the
same school and to the same
church. Their people were the
same people. Sheridan has cary
ed immortality by his sword with
the opportunity furnished him.
McGahan has won glory by ere-
ating the occasion and consum-
mating triumph by the creation
of a State. Sheridan helped pre-
serve the Union by his sword.-
McGahan creates a Nation by his
pencil. The soldier cut down his
enemy, the Journalist lifted up
The oppressed. The beat of the
drum moved Sheridan's spurred
heel, but a heart annuated
the pencil of the liberator of Bull
garia. These two boys, born
poor--born and raised under all
Ihe embarrassments of poverty
and pioneer life, have cut names
nigh on the monument of Fame. I
They stand higher than the sons
of Kings.
Their lives and examples are
sver living lessons to the boys
who are following. Sheridan has
MS honors which have been well
lavishly bestowed. Let
Is not halt nor hesitate to do
equal honor to a man who in a
ess noisy sphere has accom- :
,lished as much as Sheridan, and !
more than any other man of his
.ge in advancing the principles
If American Liberty and demon {
trating the force of purity Of .
ieart and heroic devotion to the a
.ause of down-trodden humanity. I
Again we say, that it is grace
iul and a proper act on the part =
If Perry's Representative 10 ask
hat the STATE shall act in the i
natter of McGahan's proper and
asst sepulchre.
His dust should be brought :