Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-24
From Ae AnG~y Dad, Adrert.~.r.
A VOICE Or ID

mcrica heed the honest warning OF this
venerable patriot Let all who are able
90 enlist for the war adopt tho advice OF
this aged veteran aud enrol themselves US
the Lie Guards OF the Country:
1ons DcsosnlG"ts i Revolutionary S,ldi,rSs
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks Tor the East time to s, eak 70 his coun-
tryWcn. Daring tho suffering service
OF the Revolution, was IN sixteen en-
gagemenIs, and MAS one oil the little band
who volunteered under Sullivan To- destroy
''thc six nut.ons of indiana" was one
OF th,,t small company selected rs the Life
Guards Of George W ashlngton-but Two
OF us are now living was at the tough
biege OF Yorktown, at Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, and IN thirteen other har I'd battles,
and saw CORVALLIS surrender to our old
General. My service ceased only with
The war. After all this hardship and sui
fering, in the street wheD ! 90 out in my
old age 10 see the happiness have help
cd TO give you, am pointed at as Brit
IsH ToRY-yes, BRIusH ToRY. have
said nothing when ! have been told So,
but have silently thought that my old
General would never have picked out a
ToRY TO form one Of his Lie Guard, nor
would Tony have suffered what have
shamefully heaped upon one of your old
soldiers because he is what he was hen
the war broke out, and what Washington
told us We must always be when he shook
hands with us as We al were going home.
was a Wing in the Revolution, have
been one ever since, and am one now
As a Wing enlisted for the whole war,
was in favor with the other wings OF
Thomas loft, want With oo.,,
for James Madison, was in favor Of the
last war, and TO be- consistent in my last
vote, must give il to Harrison lie is IA
brave man, aud was never known wher-
ever he has been TO take u penny from his
neighl or or the Government that was no,
fairly his. We have irod over the same
ground fighting for liberty. HIS father
Che was one Of US in the Revolution signs
ed our independence roll. and then We all
went out together to fight for it, AM We
proved il was true.
Ii appears 10 mo that this cannot oe the
same government that our soldiers help d
Washington 10 put up here. We fought
10 have u Government as different from
any in Europe as Ne could make it,
Well, we done 1t, and until lately things
have all gone on smoothly and Europe
was beginning 10 get ashamed Of tho way
she made slaves OF her subjects by max
ing them work and toll Cor seven cents a
day with standing army over them TO
force them TO it. But our President now
tells tho people that things have gone
wrong since the Old War and that there
are twenty tn rec miserable governments
IN Europe where the Kings wear crowns
the rich purple, and the poor people rags
Lat we must fashion after them if We
want To be happy and prospcrousl We
had English laws here once and they werC
the best in Europe, but we couldn't stand
then and we put them under our feet
I. We used 10 work for u mere nothing then
and We cannot do il again. Working for
few cents u lay my do for slaves but
not for Grecmen whose liberty Sos; more
blood than liberty ever cost before: why
tho very first thing that started the Old
Var Standing Army the King kept quar-
tired on US: we told him we wanted no
soldiers over US in time Of peace, but he
refused 10 mind US and ] saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up part OF them to hon
Il George Washington. Our President
wv proposes TO have a standing force
lat for?-Beware.
Jefferson never asked for armed men To
re elect him or elevate his successor.
Madison asked for them only in the time
of the late war, aud warned the people
when he left his office To- be careful about
keeping soldiers in time Of peace. Our
streets are filled with idle men who were
active laborers once, when employment
was 10 be had The men of enterprise
who once employed them have been ruin
ed by the government. And now these
honest but unemployed laborers are told
by the Government that when they 90 TO
work again they must DO it for a few
cents a day--ihat labor must be as cheap
here rs 1t is among the slaves of Cuba er
the slaves oil Europe. Ambition and ig.
norance on the part OF our Government
have shut up our shops and stores, scut.
tied our ships, filled our streets with idle
ness and bankruptcy, and given no en-
couragement to The farmer as he looks al
his grain. Are not these things sol You
know they are, and have no motive il
saying what may be false L am too IA
advanced for office or any thing else bu
death-it will soon be here. NV liul,
pension, thank you for il, will sooa sloI
and go home with tho rest Of the Life
" ora5. There is but one remedy enl,
for the safety Of the country served =
Put other men to stand at the filler alb,
Sksound the cables, and you will soon n,
back on the old Constitutional track, Gen
, s--1rrIson is honest.he never deceived you
80 I'D he never lost battle, and the IPeopl
won't let him lose this. Accept my ad
vice and you all have my blessing M
advice is that all Of you become the Lii
I Guards of the country, and my blossin
4 is thas your old age may have less fear
for liberty than mine.
BENJAMIN EATON.
one fine fro ssroiViag Life Guards Of Gen Was
fagf0n. Newburgh. ". Aug %. 1910.