The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-11-05
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Number III.

Number III.
Every community knows its own
sorrows. Could the man who rushes
along through the busy world but
pause in his haste and read the record Of
hearts upon every side, there would
be many a surprise, and many SYM
pathetic heart-ache. Though the
hills and valleys now sleep in peace
or smile in beauty, beneath their sur
face there lies hidden many a life
story, which, when brought to light
through the channels of memory
brings back again the tears which
flowed at the closing of the last chap
ter Of that life.
Let us go with the train Of thought
which starts at the home Of friend
and neighbor, and follow it for a
short time. There resided before the
dark days Of war, within the corporate
limits Of Jackson, man who pos
sessed in an eminent degree those
qualities of character that mark the
true Christian. The principle upon
which his character was based was the
Golden Rule The greatest happi-
ness Of his life consisted in doing
good A man Of peace, yet he was
fearless in advocating the right as
God gave him to see the right, for his
profession was the Ministerial calling.
When the enemies Of the country,
the Southern Democrats were waging
war against the government, killing
Union men and starving brave SOL
diers in Southern prison-pens, this
good man was found marching and
fgting in the cause of Union and
Right. One luckless day in West
Virginia this brave and good citizen
of Jackson, was shot down by Demo-
cratic traitors. This may sound
harsh, but it is true. Carried from
the field with a Democratic bullet in
his body, this brave mans blood
poured forth until it seemed that the
life must go out. Another shirt was
bloodied, with the blood of as brave
and good man as ever fought for,
or obeyed, the laws of his country
But he did not die He lived to see
the cause for which he fought tri-
umph in the surrender Of every Dem
ocrat who had fought against him.
He lived on for years, but the lead
fired into his body by the enemies of
his country had begun to do-though
by slow stages-the work whereunto
it was sent. At last the mortal frame
could hold out no longer. The writer
saw the agonized tossing upon the
sick-bed, and heard the groans of pain
wrung from the suffering body by the
work Of traitors.
At last the ''white-winged peace"
of which our copperhead friends love
to think came to this household, and
perched upon the brow of the old
soldier. Human tongue cannot por-
tray the horror Of the suffering, NOR
tai mind can scarcely conceive it, or
understand it. Every sigh, every
groan of anguish, told and re-told
the story Of Democratic treason. All
had been lain upon the altar of Free
dom, and the sacrifice had been
claimed. At last, after years of tor
ture came rest; after the roar Of bat
tie came peace; after the faithful per-
formance of temporal duties came the
inheritance of the Saints; Capt. L. A.
Atkinson was dead! Go to the tomb. a
half-mile from the Court House, and
in the presence of the heroic dead,
victim of Democratic treason and
Democratic hatred, tell us to forget
the past. Go stand in the presence of
the work Of Democratic traitors, and
sneer at the ''bloody shirt" 1t lies
there. Tt is not less sacred and glo-
rious than the flag under which it
> fell. It's associations all speak of
Liberty and Union, and the man who
would tear from it one glorious stain,
deserves the same contempt as the
traitor who should attempt to tear
down the flag. You may say that the
war is over-but do not attempt to
teach that it never existed. You may
say that the traitors who sought the
Nations life were defeated and crush
ed, but do not attempt to teach that
it was wrong to crush them. You
may say that many soldier OF the
South wore a bloody shirt, and did
duty honorably, but do not attempt
to teach that the soldier of the Union
was not engaged in a vastly more
honorable work. You may sneer at
the "bloody-shirt," but do not attempt
to teach that you are not the sympa-
!, thizer with, and apologist for, trai-
tors, when you do so. You may say
that the traitors were engaged in legi-
innate warfare, but do not attempt to
teach that the crimes and brutalities
i of the Southern traitors, have ever
; found an equal degree of infamy, even
among barbarians.
The Beginning of Sickness.
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