The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-11-12
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''older boys" Of to-day will remember,
there resided in this place lively,
warm-hearted boy who was leader
in all the boyish sports and games Of
the times. He was the swiftest skater
in winter, and the best swimmer in
summer Of sunny disposition, he
was general favorite with all the
boys and young men of the place.
An apt student at School, the teach
ers loved him, gentleman on the
street, and in public places, the COM
munity loved him.
When the old Both Ohio went into
camp in West Virginia, this boy was
a member Of the Regiment. A faith
full soldier, ever willing to discharge
every duty, and never stunning the
point Of danger, he was a favorite
with his officers and comrades. At a
skirmish in West Virginia early in
the war, this boy received his first i'm
preston Of the ''bloody-shirt" by re-
ceiving wound through the hand,
from Rebel bullet. As he was un-
fitted for duly for the time, he was
sent home, or rather permitted to
come home on fur,ough. With the
wounded hand in sling, and wear
ing his uniform Of blue, this boy
seemed hero in the eyes of his form
er comrades, yet the wound itself
called the attention Of friends and
relatives to the dangers which lurked
before the boys in the field. This
boy as soon as his wound was sufi-
GENTLY healed, went back to the Regi-
ment, and again engaged in the faith
full discharge of duty. The letters re-
ceived from him were such as came
from the boys in the field generally.
Cheerful, hopeful, fearless.
At last, however, one gloomy day
in 1858, there was a message came of
far different nature. The bloody
battle Of Chickamauga had been
fought and lost. The Union arms
had been defeated, and Rebel Democ-
racy for time was triumphant. Rose
Grams had been sent whirling back to
Chattanooga, and the heroic death
struggle by the command of Thomas
was all that saved the army from
utter rout and panic. This gloomy
picture sent a thrill Of exultation
through the hearts of hosts Of Demo-
Gratis in the North, and the sarcastic
II told you So" was thrust in the
faces Of those who had loved ones at
the front. When the smoke Of the
terrific contest had lifted from the
field, where it had hung as if to hide
from the light Of the world the fierce
and murderous struggle Of the pass
ions Of men, the really sad work of
the contest began. Scattered over
the field in every direction lay the
bodies of men from both armies.
The brave old Regiment to which our
young friend belonged had withstood
terrific baptism of fire. Men had
gone down like stubble before the
consuming flame. Death ran riot
among the trees, and the Evil Genius
Of the Confederacy gloried in the de-
struction he had wrought.
When the last sad scene in this fa-
tai contest-the identifying and cover
ing up Of the dead-had been COM
pleted there fell upon a happy home
in Jackson a message which seemed
to sever the very heart-strings of the
inmates. Once more had the shirt
been bloodied by Democratic treason.
Another gallant citizen Of Jackson
County had been sacrificed to the Re-
bellious spirit of the Democratic party.
The ight-hearted boy who had in
earlier days been a general favorite in
Jackson had fallen before the fire of
Treason. Charley Martin was dead.
Over in the Cemetery, east Of town,
there is a monument which stands by
the grave of q mother, and which
commentaries the death of son.
Both have slept in peace for long
time, but the son much the longer.
The mother gave her son willing
sacrifice upon the altar Of her country,
and lived to see the glory of his death
bear fruit in the triumph of Freedom
and Justice, ere she laid down the bur-
den Of life. But the son though re-
membered in the craven granite here,
sleeps but short distance from where
ne fell in battle. "But these things"
you say, "are common in the history
of the war; Certainly, but who is
responsible? Had there been no
Democratic Rebellion, there would
have been no brave soldiers killed, and
no bloody shirts; had the character
of the Democratic party-founded as
it was on human bondage-not been
full of evil, there would have been no
Rebellion. Democrats talk to young
men about "the theft Of the Presi-
dency by the Republicans in 1876"
But they fondly hope that the young
men of to-day know little about the
fact that when fairly defeated at the
polls in 1660,, the Democratic party
stole all the Government armament
it could lay hands upon, rebelled, and
set up President of its own, in the
person Of the traitor Jeff Davis. 1t
is we'll enough to remember these
things, as also to remember that no