The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-06-17
BLOODY PAPERS!
NUMBER -XXXII.

There may be those who think that
there has been too much gushing over
the soldier, in this country. But, if there
be such a person, he does not take into
realization the full meaning of the rela-
tion between the Union Soldier and his
country. 1t so CHANGED, during the war,
that the great North had sufficient force
to crush out the Rebellion without call
ing near all the available force into the
field. We might argue from this that no
man was obliged to enlist. That may be
admitted as true, yet somebody had to en-
ter the service, to crush out the danger
Gus conspiracy of the Democratic party
to destroy the Government of the United
States. The soldier who did volunteer is
worthy of the highest esteem and tender
est care of those who are the benefciaries
of his dangerous task. He should not be
placed in helpless condition in his old
age; he should not be sent to the poor
house; his children, after he is gone or
reduced to helplessness, should not be
reared in the poor-house; there should al
ways be sentiment on the part of the
citizens of this country which should re-
volt at the thought of an indignity to an
old soldier or his children. His deeds en-
title him to better treatment at the hands
of his countrymen than that.
Those who see the shattered FORMS
clad, it may be, in shabby raiment-that
is so common among US to-day, come to
regard it with Indifference, if not abso-
lutte contempt. There may be dim real
ization that the old veteran has engaged
in some undertaking, years ago, that was
very essential to the welfare of the
Union, but that is conveniently past, and
the old veteran should be consigned to
the things of the past Such form of
reasoning will not do.
The old soldier is living exemplifica-
tion of a great principle. By his suffer
ings and privations you are permitted to
enjoy peace and safety to-day. He risked
all for his country and its institutions,
and the fact is he would not hesitate to
take the field again at a moments notice,
were the life of the Nation again imper-
lied. His sufferings can never be fully
known or realized by those who have not
learned of them by personal observation
and experience. The sadness of the sig
nifcant silence at many roll-call, can
not be fully measured by the printed
account. The distressing picture of a
field hospital after a severe engagement,
cannot be portrayed by the hand of the
most faithful artist.
One look at the picture on Cemetery
Hill,'' at Chattanooga, after the Lookout
and Mission Ridge fights, spoke more elo-
quently of the terrors of war than all the
pictures of all the artists in the universe.
A stack of human limbs cut by surgeons
from wounded men, made an appropriate
companion-picturet to the line of dead men
laid out for burial as soon as graves could
be dug. These pictures portrayed the re-
suits of the storm of fire that had just
passed oyer that section-a storm the
waves of which vainly attempted to beat
their way Northward and envelop the
homes of those who dwelt in comparative
security. Some power had to stay the
force of this storm. The homes of the
North must be protected. There was no
hesitancy as to the means. Brave men
rushed into the sweep of death, and broke,
and hurled back, the destructive waves.
They paused not to count the cost, nor
consult their own ease or safety. They
obeyed the call of duty, and the people of
to-day are enjoying the results of their
daring.
The Government has dealt with liber-
ality by the soldier, yet there are many
cases of local ingratitude toward the sol
dier. The Government has provided
homes for helpless soldiers, but there are
many who cannot get into these institu-
tions, besides large numbers of soldiers
orphans who have no better homes than
the poor-houses. This latter class should |
be attended to at once. The old soldier
himself can drag along in some way-he |
has been used to hardship. and can stand |
hardship still, and if his Government will |
not help him, he will do the best he can to |
help himself. But the orphans of those
who served their country upon the field |
Of battle should have something that /
would inspire greater admiration for their
fathers deeds than is to be found in an
In the matter of dollars and
cents, the Government can scarcely be
said TO owe the soldier anything 1t paid
him all that it agreed to pay him. But
the people of the country owe him a debt
of gratitude and admiration which ought
not to be neglected. And on the part of
the old soldier, he should remember that
his conduct should be such as will har-
moniZe with his noble record in the past.
We had an old friend say to us one day:
"Never say anything against an old SOL
dier, no matter 7Chat he does" But we
do not believe the old soldier asks any
such magnanimity as that. He proved
that he was man when the country
needed protectors-he is willing to prove
himself a man now. The old soldier may
be in the most lowly walks of life, yet he
is great because of his deeds. All he
fought for was fairness; all he asks now
is fairness.
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