New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-26
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Fory-.e,cn Millions Of Dollars haye 'ecn
provided ana ct aparl by the Government ioT
the payment, 80 fast as possible, Of the soldiers
OF tie Union, bat especially Of those about to Doe
musto.ed ou, of The service. Tie payment Viii
commorceTeAt Monday, and bc urged forward
rapidly until complete.
And. the moment soldier III paid Of and dis-
charged, hc is surrounded 'ld set upon by q
legion OF harpies intent on llrine him to per-
diuon. Thieves. gamhlcrs, pimps, haIlets and
sviude's 81 every description, viii lrn upou
HIM, cer at him. and seek o. on'ce Inn into
one o1 another O.. their dcus Of darkness where
Ae coa be Piled with dragged, s'upcf in-, mad
Genre liquor and rushed q long way or the
roaj to pcllilon before he returns 70 CONSCIOUS
ness and reason. Niae-toiths of the impa Of
Sa.an who will thus surround and seek to mis-
lead him have tated and opposed the War for
TIE Union throughout. have siiamati2ed h ~ "a
"nice,r war; and hoped that our Government
would .ail and he lay his bones beneath thc soil
he was fenung to reclaim for tire Union yet
they win now palavor and caress him rs though
be were the joy OF their Learts and ile pride Of
their oyes. II is hideous prospect that con-
templates the absorption Of several NJ lhor' Of
hose hasd-earncj dollars by this swarm +
laias.
OF coursc the honest viii do 'hcir hes 10.
preserve or rescue the soldiers From the cr ,dy
clatch Of many handed Ea,cadom; but 10.
amount Of exAouadon, or warning, or Police
vigilance. or Icmons;laEoe, can save oil, While
the appetite for vicious indulgence rcnains
Tie Scripture .oys, Surely, the net IL spread
in vain in the sight Of any Bird yet some OF
the dotie.els wcuid contr.ve 10 get entangled IN
it, mehcs if to t,is end they lad To set it thcin-
selves. Bray a fool ever SO fr'c in . mortar,
and the net product il by 10 means man of
sense.
Evcrg upright, patriotic citizen viii do bis
utmost 10 protect the soldier against the OBJ
scene crew intent on fleeing him; and the
very best advice We can give him Is, "laycs'
mos, Of yow money at once in the Government
Sayoa.Thiuy Loan" We know that ose
money is sp, to bur holes in pockets unaccus-
toned to it.. prcseac, and hundreds Of dollars
in grcenbacks are very hard to keep in n small
wallet. But Jet each soldier change al bis
even hundreds into Sevcn-Thirties, and they
viii be earning something while he journeys
homeward, aud lie viii value item more highly
and grasp them more tenaciously when b.
knows that they are drawing interest While he
sleeps. Ii every soldier were paid mainly in
Soyen-Tbirtes, we are confident iLat the
prospective harvest Of the swindlers and sharp
css would be reduced more than. half
The Government will pay in current money,
and that alone. BIT it Ia doing its best for the
soldiers by paying them of as near their several
homes as may De, 30 as not 10 let their hard
earnings be stolen or dissipated in the great
cities. And tlen the National Banks and Mr..
jay Cookies agents should be on hand when
they ore paid of to tender them Seyen-Thirties
nj par for their money the moment they receive
it, letting every ore AXE al many as he chooses
t. pay for and plt them securely away before
the harpes cal reach him. We onireat the
Treasury agents md all good men TO take care
that ;his be DONE so that none shall 10 stripped
Of their money before they have chance TO in.