Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-10-28
UNION AND FREEDoM.

AIR-'tRdLy Round the Flag"
O, well charge the rebel force in the rear and
in the van,
Routing the COpperheads of treason:
, Tis Sherman's, Grants and Sheridan's moral
suasive plan
of coaxing all the traitors into reason.
cHoRUs. i7,s
The Union forever, hurrah, boys, hurrahl
Hang up the traitors and close up the war
Then We II rally round the flag, boys, rally once
again,
Shouting for Freedom and4he Union.
We willrahk them at the baIlot-box and flank
them in the field, sI -
Voting for Union and FreedOm; \
Wen persuade them with our bayOnets till Sc
eessiOn wounds are heaPd,
And Uncle Sans no further cause to bleed EN-
. The Union, dc. ,a
We will grapple them on ocean, and we II shell
them on the shore,
Until we box their compass into reason;
Then we Il solder broken pieces with a peace
forevermore
Impregnable to slavery and treason.
The Union, &C.
Thus cemented and united on the land and on
the main r
Soldiers and statesmen Of one nation; f
We will join our hands as brothers, and win
t ever SO remain
The defenders and protectors of creation.
i . j. The Union, &c.ss.s i+ .s. ssHal- t.ls Fl
An OGlcial Statement about the Presidents
salary.
The following letter from Treasurer Spinner
explailg subject which has been somewhat
widely discussed: sr
Washington, Oct l3, lS64-My dear SIR
since the receipt of you letter of the 10th inst,
have found the article spoken of by you, and
which, although | am toldit has gone the rounds
of the Democratic press, | have not before seen.
Il is in the words following:6 aasas,.s al +
JEFF. Davis's salery is nominally twenty-five
| thousand year, but, by the depreciation of the
Confederate money, IS equal to about fifteen
hundred dollars, and on this practically he has
/ to live. Abraham LincOln's salary is legally
twenty-five thousand dollars year. But his
legal-tender money having deprecated to less
than halfits nominal value he refuses to take it,
and demands and receives his pay in gold or gold
certificates, while the soldiers OF his army have
| to take their pay in greenbacks. Isn't this pa
triotic and honest in old Abe, and ought not he
to be reelected TO another four years hard mon
ey for himself and of largely deprecated money
fog the people, .f-..,..
| "Now this story is perhaps as true as other
ISLANDERS that have been heaped upon the head
of MIR Lincoln by his malignant coppefhead
and traitor enemies North and South. The
facts IN the case, however, are entirely at yari-
ance with and the very reverse of the statements
made in the article quoted. The salary Of the
President is in accordance with law paid in war
rant drafts on the Treasury ofthe United States
for the amount less than the income tax, which
have been sent him regular monthly Instead
of drawing his money on these drafts he has
been in the habit of leaving it for long time
without interest. In one case all his salary SO
remained for eleven months. On several occa-
| tions solicited the President to draw what was
due him, urging that he was losing largely in in-
terest on the amount due him. He asked me
/ Who gains my lOssr On my answering the
United States, he replied, Then as it goes fol
the good Of the country, let it remain The
/ Treasury needs it more than l do Having al
length satisfied the President that it was neces
safy to the closing of my annual accounts tha
the drafts on the Treasury that he held shoul,
be presented and paid, he endorsed and handet
them to me. drew the amount in Unitd,
Estates notes and placed it to his credit as tenn
II porary loan at five per cent. per annum, payabl
principal and interest, in greeHbacks.' Sine
then his salary has been from time to time most
lily investedin the stocks of the United States
Ipurchased at current rates by his friends 10
ullAs AA4C AuhCACSb Oi Siit1oC olOCAd Is DdydDH
in coin. When this interest became due, i triet
to induce him to draw it. Failing in doing SC
the amount due him was sent by Hon. John C
Underwood, Judge of the United States Cour
for the District of Virginia. The result of hi
interview with the President is best told in tn,
letter of Judge Underwood to me, which is here
with enclosed 20 you. IL have caused az, inyes.
4 i6gation to be made of the transactions of tn,
President with the receipt of his salary, and tn,
investment OF the sums in United States stocks
and enclose you herewith the letter of Lerol
4 Tuttle Esq, the assistant cashier, from whiel
il appears that MIR. Lincoln, from his fOrbear
anee in collecting his dues has lost at least fou
thousand dollars interest, which he has'Virtually
given TO the people of the United States. hav,
great doubts as to the prOpriety of answering
this foul falsehoOd, well knowing that Others
iperhaps even grOsser, will be made SO as to kee,
the Union party on the defensive, and thus pre-
venting the loyal men of the. country from at
tacking the speace-at-any-price democracy 70
their damning heresies and reasonable prac
tiees. Heu, however, ask me to make the state
ment, and to put itin an official form. hav
therefore, done so, and EauthOFize you to use
and the accompanying letters, or any part g
either, in any way that may seem to be best cal
lculated 10 place the President and his calumni
ators in their true light and position before tn
American people.
II ~yery respectfully yours, q 81 -
4 IF. +. SPINNER, U. s.. Treasurer
| "To Gen. ID. w. O. Clarke, Burlington, VT.