The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-10-22
BLOODY-SHIRT PAPERS!
Thy The DGmOC ah AfH.t Contempt For
The EnSanguinGd Garment!

rSiStsnt attempt of Democratic ed'
'rs and the lower grade of Demo-
.tic poll icians. to ridicule th'
Hloody-shirt." That means, to rid'
Ia All that the Urinn soldier fongh'
ar holds dear The term is on
4 AS expressing contempt for tn
liant men who wore the Union
,'ne, at time when every man bar
he either a patriot or traitor
\ re was no middle ground.
But let us consider the term lit-
iv, for a few moments. Man
..ars ago resided in Jackson one o.
grandest men who ever lived liz
! County. Fearless to the point ri
ckIesSness, generous to a fault.
m-hearted christian. be was a MI
hose friends loved him, and whss'
;, mies-for even good man vi
ave enemies-had the grratest r'
p..ct for him. He was good cit
IN, aud the cry of helpiessness neve
tell UNDECIDED upon his ears. Fl
.rlieved III the god-given right g"
ry man to be treated as man,
therefore an uncompromisirs
emy to that horrible inlquity, hu
uau slavery. He loved his country
nd believed that the crime should b.
dotted from the map-if not by th.
.-rsuasion Of love, then by the for,
the bayonet. He never took un-
ir advantage of an enemy, but t.
.,> met him as brave and chlva :
ms man.
When the war broke out, this m
whom we write-though far he
md the limit of years prescribed h'
promptly offered his services I
rs country His conduct was re-
luke to many younger man. Rr-
urning safely from the first thre.
months service, he promptly re-ep-
.sted for three years or during tn,
war. While this brave old man Wa
marching and carrying a musk-t
hosts Of contemplate traitors at tn.
North-and we are sorry to say som
+ them in jackson County, wer'
iottering threats against the Uni"n
Army. and declaring that the soldier,
must walk over their dead dodies.
nd similar nonsense. The war pro
rrssed, with its varving fortunes, an
- dangers aud hardships.
On the 9th of April, 1852, tn.
rloody struggle of Shiloh began
The story of the fierce onslaught b,
johnston and Beauregard is familia
- every person who has read any
hing of the history of the war
,fter the shock of battle had sui
ided, and the Union forces und4'
Grant and Sherman had triumphed
hose of the SD Ohio who passed ov.
fi-ld of battle w-r,. startled AZ
'rrifi-d to find the ondy of the brav
d man lying dead upon the feln
H. had been shot early in the fight i.
and if we are correctly informed, tn.
most barbaric indignities offered the
body by the Democrats who shot him
for every volunteer in Beauregard'
.rmy was Democrat. The work o4
h. brave old man was done, in so fa'
AZ it could be done in the flesh. Fl.
had lain his all willing sacrifirr
pom the altar of his country. HI
My ambition was that through hi
Hood the homes of his people in tn.
North, and the liberties of his peopi
v-rywhere, might be rendered safe
His shirt was bloodied with his hearts
'.!ood. and glorious "Old Frank
Smith" could do no more, in th'
flesh. forever.
Dear friends, this is what the Dem
..crats of to-day affect to sneer at, and
- ridicule. While the great life WA
zring out amid the roar of battle
where the flag of his country wa-
"arcely dlscernable through tn,
mnke IF the conflict, the admirers
I-ff Davis, Beauregard, Winder an9
Wirz, who sneer at the the "bloody-
Shirt" those who were old enough
we're meeting in secret conclave, with
o-volvers strapped to their persons
aud endeavoring to paralyze the Union
Armies with fear of the terrible
knights of the Golden Circle" TIL.
same spirit lives in these people and
heir descendants to-day. and as tn
.neers-in. potent as the sneers oi
awards must be-are waited South
ward oyer that silent grave at Shiloh.
he Spirit of Frpedom-which eve,
bowers about the graves of heroes
hnrls back the mocking tones of tn.
miserable wretches who would insul,
he intelligence, as well AS sever th+
heart-striDgs, Of the households o.
rhe North that remember with tear
ful pride the sacrifices made, thai
treason might die, and the Union live
The man who affects to sneer at tn.
''bloody-shirt" would insult every
home in the land where loyalty to
cnnntry abides, and where treason is
held in contempt. Every drop Of
blood which stained the uniform of
Union soldier, flowed from wounds
inflicted by Democratic traitor. The
most bitter Democrat in existence
will not attempt to deny this truth of
history. The shirt was bloodied be-
cause the Democratic party refused
to abide by the laws of the country,