The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-06-04

preservation of the union, were no less
patriotic and devoted to the cause of lib
erty, than the heroes of the Revolution.
To describe their self-denying deeds
would require many volumes.
y Even the names of thousands of our
heroes must remain unwritten but thei1
lives are not therefore unhonored.
Many women might be styled Cornelias
of America, for they like the mother OF
whom Plutarch speaks, conversed of the
sacrifices of their sons for their country
with the calmness that proceeds from un-
eXampled fortitude.
Men were there who left wife, children
friends and the pleasures of home to en-
counter imprisonments and even death
for the good of the Union.
Talk of the fabled Tantillus? let the
survivors of Andersonville and Libby
bear witness to trials far more tantaliz-
ing and heart-rending
There were boys yet in their teens who
left parental roof and protection only to
become drummer boys.
| All-both of those who gave and those
who hazarded their lives in the late war
can be regarded only as heroes in a great
conflict.
Some within the hearing of my voice
| tonight, bear scars for life as mementoes
of their valor, and if each grave had a
voice to tell us what its silent tenant last
suffered for his country, we might stand
with uncovered heads and do him rever-
ence for the sacrifice he made
Some of the most touching and pitiful
incidents of history lie imbedded in their
graves. We should hear that one expired
when the first great drops of the crimson
flood began to fall.
When the anxiety of that first disaster
at Manassas hung like funeral pail over
the nation, hat another died of disease
while wearily waiting for winter to end.
That one fell on the field in sight of the
smoke of Richmond.
Another languished to starve in the
wilderness. We should hear blended
voices from the Rapidan, the Potomac,
the James, wailings of disaster from
Gettysburg and peans of victory from
Shenandoah, Petersburg and Appomat-
toX.
The poets ode to the brave can be ap-
propriately applied to the American sol
dier:-
How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blessed;
When Spring with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mold,
She there shall dress sweeter sod,
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
America has not only reared large and
costly monuments in memory of her fall
len heroes, but she has also provided by
liberal pensions for their wives and chill
dren.
She is magnificent in her endowments.
Those who came forth from the con-
fiict MANNED and useless, are furnished
with all the comforts possible at the Sol
diers' and Sailors homes. Orphans are
taken care of at the Childrens' and Or
phans' homes. Infirmeries are established
for those who can rely no longer on their
own resources. Hospitals are found in
every city, of any Importance, in which
thousands of God-watching spirits are
soothing the miseries and ministering in
various ways to the physical and moral
well-being of the afflicted
Colleges for higher education, schools
for naval and military training, and in
stitutions for the deaf, dumb and blind
means.
These lovely fountains of nations
charity flowing so free in the land have
been a blessing to many, and through
their benign influence and fostering care,
Street Arabs, little soiled face boys and
neglected girls have grown up to respect
ed manhood and womanhood
The desire universally felt to learn
something of personal history of the men
who have acted, and are acting promi-
nent part in the affairs of a great country
is certainly natural, and can scarcely be
deemed improper.
America is second to no land in the glo-
ry of her men of mighty achievement; +;
the stars in her armament are of the first
magnitude We have all heard of the
'seven wise men" as the wonder of Greece
and former age; but what is that COM
pared with the seventy times seventy
great men of Columbia, a number yet too
small to include all who have achieved
greatness in science, art and religion in
a land discovered only four-hundred years
ago.
Time will not permit me to enter into
the details of the character of any of these
great men; yet a few lineaments of the
life of the Father of our Country" The
Martyred Presidents, and the Hero of the
war for the preservation of the Union,
may serve as illustrations of the quality
of American craftsmanship.
A monument which is a model of art
istic taste, has been lately erected to the
memory of Washington, in the city which
bears his name. Just honor can be rem
dered to him only by observing his pre-
cepts and initiating his example. He has
built his own monument in the structure
of the Republic. Maintain it's independ-
ence; uphold it's constitution; preserve
the union of its States; defend its liberty;
let it stand before the world in all it's orig
inal strength and beauty, securing peace,
order, and equality, to all within its bound
aries. Thus shall we best honor the name
of Washington. Other structures may
this-alone, can adequately illustrate his
services to mankind.
1t is said that some men live ahead of
their time, others after it, but if ever a
man lived at the right time, possessing all
the qualifications requisite for the imper
ative demand of his time, that man was
Abraham Lincoln. His wisdom and skill
were at the helm of the old ship of state,
when she was dashing against the reefs
and barriers of secession. His policy was
grand yet simple. His motto malice to-
ward none with charity for all, was man
ifest in all his official life. We all revere
his name; but millions of Africans, de-
spised race who recognize him as their
liberator and feel that his blood was shed
for them, especially praise the name Of