Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-07-12
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PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURsDAY,. JULY ls. 1860


ever the Democratic party tried to make vote
that the war had been righfeously begunlbyi the
President, would not do il. But Whenever they
ask ed for any money, land warrants, anything
10 nav the soldiers there, during all that time, l
gave the same vote that Judge Douglas did. You
can think as you please as to whether that was con-
sistent Such is the TRUTH and the Judge has a.
right to make all he can out otit But when he by
n general ch,,rce conveys the idea that l withheld
supplies fror, the soldiers who were fighting in the
Mexican wsr, or did anything else to hinlcr the
soldier, he Is, to say the least grossly and al,o-
gether mistaken, as consultation OF the records
will prove to him." f. ..-.....--r ~, y
In speech in the House. en- the 27.h
day of July. 1S4s, Nv. Lincoln, referring
to the same matter. spoke In the following
language oftruth, elo9ucnce, and patriot
ism: - -. :; ,oe,a.-f : ,,1 alolsb II
"If, when the war had begun, and had BECOME
the cause of the country, the giving of our money
and onr blood, In common With yours, was support
of the war; then it is true, tat VIC have always
opposed the war, With few individual exceptions,
Won have constantly had votes here for all the
necessary supplies. And, more than this, you have
had the services the blood IN. the lives of our po
iticalbret.ren. in every trii AMI on every field.
The beardless boy anil the m stnrc man, the hum
bic and the distinguishcd--yuu have had them
Throug suffering and death, by disease anil in bat
| tlc thev have cmitred and fought and fell With
you Clay AMI Webster c,ch gave son never to
be returned. From the State OF my own residence,
besides othcrwothy but less known Wing names,
we sent NJ rshlll, Morrison, Bsker, and Hardin;
they all fought. and fell and IN the fall OF that
; oae we 1ostour best Wing man. 80 $3.50
= Nor. we're the Wings few in number, or laggard
i'm the day of danger. In that. fearful, bloody,
breathless struggle at Bleni Vista, whcre each
mans hard task was to beat back Ave foes or die
himself of the five hi h officers who perishcd. four
were Wings. ar Hr rfIar 1902 faa H..T 81
! In speaking Of this. mean no odious conpari-
! son between the lion hearted Wings and Demo
Gratis who fought there. On other occasions, and
among the lower officers and privates on that occl-
| sion doubt not the proportion different.
wish to do Justice all. think OF all those brave
/ men as Americ lns, in whose proud fame, as an
| Amcricar, too have share. Mtny OF them
Wings and Democrats. are my constituents and
personal friends; and l thank thcm-more than
I thank thcm-onc and all, for the high. imperisl-
able honor they have conferred on our common
State"
Such being the patriotic and consistent
position Of Mr.. Lincoln on the war. when
the bin for supplies for our army in Mex
leo came mp on the Sth day ofMarch, 1913,
his vote is of course found recorded in fa-
vor of the BILL Congressional Globe,
vol. Is, page 445.) 80
| Following this mp. we find Mr.. Lincoln
ever watchful Of the interests ofthc soldier,
proposing to extend the bounty land act.
not only so far as regarded the volunteers
to Mexico. but TO the war-worn veterans
of 1912; TINS putting in motion that great
measure Of public Justice which was finally
mctcd ont tn those brave and patriotic
men, On the proposition to amend the
bounty lan,l law of February IL, 1917,
which was passed before Mr.. lincoln be-
came member Congress, Mr.. Lincoln
spoke as follows: iii
"Ifihcrc was general desire on the part Of the
House to pass the bill now. he should be glad 70
have it donc-ConcurIing as he did generally with
the gentleman from Arkansas, Mr.. Johnson, that
~ postponcment might ieopar, the safety of the
proposition. 1t, however, reference to be
m,dc he wished to mike n very few remarks in
relation to the several subjects desired by gentle
men to be cnbraccd in amcnlmcnts 70 the ninth
section Of the act of the last session Of Congress
The first amendment desired by members Of this
House had for its only object to give bounty lands
to such persons had served for time as prvates
but had never been discharged as such, because
promoted to Office. That subject, and no other,
was embraced in the bill. There were some 9th
ers who desired. while they were legisatng on
4 this subject. that they should also give bounty
lands to the volunteers of the war of 1872. His
friend from Miryland Mr. Evans] said there were
no suc,, mon He Mr. L. did not say there wero
!, many, bu; he was confident there were some His
friend from Kentucky near him Mr. Gaincsl told
him he him seli was one.
There was still another proposition touching this
mlttcr: that was, that persons entitled to bounty
land should by law be entitled to locate these ands
, lin parcels, and not be required to locate them in
, one body. as was provided by the existing law.
Now, he had carefully drawn up bill embracing
these scper,tc propositions, which he intend a TO
propose as rubstitutc for all these bills in the
House. or in Committee of the Whole the state
ofthe Union, at some suitable tim,. Ii there was
disposition on the part Of the House to act nj
with the gentleman IRON Arkansas, he should pre-
fer it. lest they should lose all. Bat if there was
to be reference, he desired to intro luce HE bill
embracing the three propositons--thus enabling
the Committee aud the House toact at the same
tine, whether fivorably unfivor .,ly. upon al.'
Congressional Globe, col Is, pagr $50. fsr,
Thus it will be seen that NJ. Lincoln not
only favored the bill before til. House. but
he proposed embracing the solliers of the
!, war of 1912. anil also t, authorize the sol
dier to locate his land in parcels. and not
be obligei to locate it in one boly; a most
Just and liberal proposition. ~ y,;g;,
On the great question of rivers an | har-
bors. Mr.. Lincoln IS emincntly sound and
practicable, and his views must meet with
the appreciation OF, the country. On the
22l day of june. 1913. he male a speech
in the House Of Representatives, on the
message Of President Polk vctoing the riv-
er and harbor bill. In reply to that part
of the message of Mr. Polk touching the
suggestion of change of the Constitution,
he made the following observations. which
should sink deep into the hearts ofthe Amer
lean people. 81 - .,rss s,.i !, ,sa.-s
"As general rule, 1 think VIC would do much
better to leave it alone No slight occasion should
tempt US to touch it. Better not take the first step
which my lead to habit of altering it. Better
rather h ,bituate ourseivcs to think of t as unsl
te,ble. II scarcely be m sde better Oh IN it is.
New provisions would Introduce new difficulties,
ard thus create and increase appetite FOE firtheI
clhange. No, sir; let it stand as tits New hand.
have never tewehcdit = The men who made it have
done their work, and have passed away. Who sha
improve on what theyeiidP' fren -,tssf
-ssFAfter conclusiyely replying to the argn-
ments of the. message, Mr.. lincoln pro.
ceetls with the following eminently prscti-
cal suggesions;s,sss 90 osssos 4 d,a9b
"Deteunne that the thing can and shall be done
: and then wo shall find tho way The teudepcv ta