Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-09-26
A VOICE Or rs

49, 80 ahAhifo TX bAsANAsn Y
W ASHlNGrON. Let the freemen OF \. |
mcricn heed the honest warning Of this
venerable patriot. Let all who arc able
To enlist for the war adopt the advice OF
this aged veteran and enrol themselves as
he Lite Guards Of the Country:
To The Descendants II Revolutionary Solaicrs.
An old soldier Of the Continental Army
asks for the last time to speak % his coun-
tryuen. During the suffering service
OF the Revolution, | was in sixteen en-
Sagemcnts, and was one Of Tho little band
who volunteered under Sullivan to destroy
1.-The SIX nations of Indians" was one
Of that small company selected as the Llfc
Guards OF George Washington-but Two
oil us are now living. | was ut the tough
seSe OF Yorktown, at Valley Forge. Mon
mouth, and III thirteen other hard battles
ami saw Corvallis surrender TO our cd
General. My service ceased only with
The war. Altcr all this hardship and srt
iering, IN the street who J 60 out 10 my
old age TO sec the happiness / have help.
ed 20 gave you, am pointed at as u Barr
ISM l"RY-yes, a BRITlsH Tory. | have
said nothing when ! nave been told SO.
hut hpve silently thought that my old
General would never have p.Ckei out a
toRY 10 form one Of his Lie Guard. nor
would n Tory have suffered what | have
suffered for you. This abuse has beer
shnmefully heaped upon one of your old
soldiers because no ia what he was when
the war broke out, and what Washington
told us we must always be when he shook
hands with us as We all were going home.
! vas a Wing in the Revelation, have
been one ever since. and am one now
IA a " mig ] enlisted for the whole war.
was IN favor with the other wings Of
Thomas Jefferson, went with the party
Tor james Madison, was in favor Of the
last war, and to be consistent in my last
vote, Elust give II 10 Harrison. IL is q
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been 20 take . penny from his
neighbor or the Government hat was not
iairly his. We have tsod over the sama
ground fighting for liberty. HIs father
he vas n Of Us IN tho R~evoluiioaG sieps
ed our independence roll, and then we all
won't out together 10 tight for it, an we
proved II was true.
II appears to me that this cannot oc the
same government that our soldiers hcIp,d
sshingion 10 put up hero. We fought
10 have a Government as different from
any IN Europe as Ee could make it
Well, VIC done Il, 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 Tor seven cents a
day with . standing army over them to
iorce them 10 Il. But our President now
tells tho people that things have gone
wrong since the Old War and that there
are twenty three miserable governments
n Europe where the Kings wear crowns,
the rich purple, aud the poor people rags.
that we must fashion after them If we
want 10 be happy md ~prosperous7 We
had English laws here once and they were
the best IN Europe, but we couldn't stand
then and We put them under our feet
We used 10 work for micro nothing then.
and VIC cannot do Il again. Working for
a few cents n Jay may do for slaves but !
not for freemen whose liberty cost more
blood than liberty ever cost before: why |.
the very first thing that started tho Old
var Standing Army the King kept quar-.
tered on US: we told him we wanted 70
soldiers over Us in time Of peace, but he
refused 10 mind us and ! saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up a part ofthem TO hon
est George Washington. Our President
now proposes 10 have a standing force
what for?-Bewarc.
Jefferson never asked for armed men To-
re elect hun or elevate his successor
Madison asked for them oaiy 10 the time
"i the late war, aud warnei the peopIe
when hc len his cfi"e 10 be careful alb n,
keeping soldiers IN time OF pace. Oar
streets are filed with idle men who were
active iaborers once, when employmene
was 10 DO mad. Tho men Of enterprize
who once employed them have been ruin.
ed by the government. And now those
honest but unemployed laborers are told
by the Government that when they 90 10
work again they must DO il for a few
cents a day-that labor must be as cheap
here as u IS among the slaves Of Cuba or
the slaves OF Europe. Ambition and 10
norance on the part OF our Cove rnment
have shut up OUT shops and stores, scut.
tied our ships, filled our streets with idle |
ness and bankruptcy, and given no en-.
couragement 10 the farmer as he looks nj
his grain. Are not these things sol You
know they are, and | have no motive in
saying what may be false i am TOO far
advanced for office or any thing else but
death-it will soon he here. NV little
pension, | thank you for ~, will soon stop
and ! go homo with the rest Of the Life I
Guards. There is but one remedy only |
for the safety Of the country ] served :
Put other men 70 stand ut the tiller abe
round the cables, and you will soon nd
blck on The old Constitutional track, Gen
is honest he never deceived YOU
and be never lost a battle, md the Poople
let him lose this. Accep, my ad.
yico and you all nave my bIossinr-nv
is that ell Of you become the Life
Of the country, and my blossing
IS that your old age may have loss fears
FOR liberty than mine.
BENJAMIN EATON.
Die gfhs H~o rrsiviag LIE Guards Of Gen. WE.
irgio1. Nsw5urgh. " Y Auz. %. 1910
PAtENTS meaning TO send her 0,ggT,.-s-
'hfldiCiphla for education, wII.fud n dfeTrsLIc a..
auuu N The school under the care of Prof y IN /
lsnew. Only afgw are taken int fhs fswilv- asI