The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-05-18

once settled, 1t hardly makes a differ
ence what Kind it Is, whether it is. on
the battlefield or in the tent. In 1oGl,
says Lippincotts Magazine, the great
grandson Of Quaker who had settled
ON an island in Lake Champlain was
drafted.
1T will be no use," said the young
man. Il shall never fight My mother
taught me it is sin. 1t is her re-
ligion. and my fathers. and their IA
Tiers! shall never raise my hand to
kill any one"
We'll see about that later" said he.
The regiment went to Washington,
and the Quaker boy drilled placidly
and shot straight.
But l shall never fight" said he
Word went out that there was trai-
tor in the ranks. The lieutenant con-
ferred with the captain, and all the
forms Of punishment devised for re.
fractory soldiers were visited on this
lad. He went through them without
fiinchipg, and then he was taken be-
fore the colonel.
what does this mean?' demanded
the officer. Don't you know you will
be shot?" =
The Quaker smiled little. He had
steady eyes and square chin.
THAT is nothing" he said ''Thee
didn't think 1 was afraid, did thee?"
The prisoner went back to the guard
house, and the colonel sought out Pres
ident Lincoln.
"Why, that's plain enough" said the
President. There's only one thing to
do. Trump up some excuse and send
him home You can't kill a boy like
that, you know The country needs
all her brave men, wherever they are
Send him home"
So the Quaker went back to the isl
and, to life and duty as he saw them,
and his children tell the story.
Lincoln Pardon on a Card.
Former United States Pension Com
missioner E. F. Ware has an interest
ing relic Of Abraham Lincoln and the
Civil War. 1t is in the form of a
pardon issued by President Lincoln to
one David Levy, a deserter from the
Federal army, and the story of it goes
as follows:
In the summer of 1864 David Levy,
private soldier, was sent to one Of
the army hospitals while suffering
from some small ailment which, how
ever, was sufficient to incapaciate him
for duty. One day he disappeared from
the hospital.
1t was found later that he had de-
serted and gone home, his later ex-
PLANTATION being that he thought he
could recover his health quicker il he
was among his own people. In due
time he was apprehended by the mill
tary authorities and returned to the
front, going by way of Washington.
While in Washington under guard
and awaiting trial for desertion, he
managed to bring the case to the at
tention of President Lincoln. The pres
ident sent for him, heard his story and
closed the incident by giving him n
pardon, and from here the story skips
some thirty-eight years.
In December last the pension de-
partment received an application for
a pension from David Levy. In look
ing up the records in the adjutant gen.
erals Office it was discovered that Da-
vid Levy was carried with the word
'deserter" opposite his name. He was
Informed by the pension officials that
pensions were not for deserters.
He replied that it was true that he
had been a deserter, but that he, had
been pardoned by the president and
had done service until the end of the
war. The pension authorities an
swered in turn that If he had par
don he must produce 1t, as the records
bore no evidence Of the existence of
such document
And thereupon Levy sent the pardon
just as written by the president, to-
gether with the statement that he had
kept it safe all these years.
The pardon is written on bit of
pasteboard about the size Of an ordi-
nary visiting card. The writing,
though dimmed by age, is clearly legi-
BILE and would he recognized at once
by those familiar with the angular
hand of the martyred president There
is no circumlocution or legal verbiage
about it. 1t goes straight to the point
as follows:
III David Levy shall enlist and
serve faithfully for one year, or until
otherwise honorably discharged, 1 will
pardon him for the past.
Jan. 12, 1865. A. LINCOLN"
1t will be observed, that technically
considered this is not pardon. How
ever, David Levy was able to show
that he had faithfully carried out the
conditions fixed by the president, and
the pension department corrected the
records and granted him pension.
The matter was brought to the per-
sonal attention of Mr.. Ware for deci-
sion. He became much interested in
the case, and when the pension had
been granted he wrote to Levy asking
him if he could be induced to part with
the Lincoln document. Levy answer
ed that he would sell it for S. and it
was purchased by Mr.. Ware at the
price named.-Kansas City Journal.
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