Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-03
10 CORES spondents.
The soiaiers' Home,

The Indianapolis JoErn0l seens not Q
little ineensed sthst We do not heartily
endorse, encourage, aud contribute to-
yards the Soldiers Home Association
recently crganised In that city, some
what after .othes style Of o petEoleuu or
afsesian we'll enterprise. The New Al
bany Ledger and the Madison Courier
also share with us its indignation. This
Is fortunate. Three Of US may be able
to endure the wrath Of our metropolitan
contemporary. Ether of us alone, rural
in our ideas and notion Of things as we
are. could hardly be expected 70 survive
censure so bitter and sarcastic s a1.
We propose to consider few Of the
items OF censure with which our name
sake, at the Capital, fills column ard q
half, and will do 80 In the order in which
il presents them.
Abiding to the course pursued byoaf'
selves, and the Madison aud New Al
bany papers. The Journal says: %
The opponents of this benevolent and
praiseWorhty enterprise protest that they
have the highest regard for disabled sol
diers, and we win not call in question
their sineeriiy-we believe, indeed, that
they are sincere; but they proclaim o
motive for their hostility which, If effect
i've, will be Just as potential In depfiving
the soldier Of the assistance he needs
and deserves as would the one they dis
claim, while il is but little more credita-
BILE TO them than the other would be.
The Journal insinuates that our mo.
tive for hostility to the HOME enterprise
il effective, can only result in deptiviul
the soldier Of the assistance he needs
and deserves; while it becomes patriot
ieally indignant at an. intimatien thai
the relief of the soldiers is not by sn,
means the all-controlling incentive ot
the residents Of the State capital in theil
zeal in behalf of their new project. I
| is precisely because We feel assured, il
our own minds, that the disabled sol
diers of our State will not receive an.
benefit from more than one dollar QUE b
Eve that would be subscribed fora Homi
got up ON thu grand scale coutemplatct
BY the self-constituted Board Of Direct
ors aud egents, composed Of the citizen
of Indisnspolis, that We opposed III
project as they present it to the people
We are as much interested in relievini
the necessities Of our soldiers 40 any
We are 30 much interested that we d
sire to have them receive the benefit G
, Ell the money subscribed by the peopl
Of the State, and not of such an amour
alors ss.wiTlbe Uttered through serie
' Of committees, agents, stewards, trus
ees, and the Lord-knoWEwhat-aIl, j
seem to DO contemplated in the organ
satiop Of the Soldiers Home Associi
ton at Indianspolis. - - -
Toa practical objection Of the Mad
son Court<rS thatss majority Of ths di
ablsd soldiers have homes of their owi
and will prefer to live on or near the
than to 20 TO any public estahlishuel
aud live as c6nxPicGcps pensionsrs ape
. the public boauty, the Journal return
the Impractical and unsatisfactory rep
I that the effects Of the nIndiana Soldier
and seamenIs Home Association" w
obsiate= difficulty the people wi
only .sibs bs0Aey enough K The Associ
ton, in it's pamphisr, proposes, frst,
provides Zoe she -tOeally disabled soldier
The way in which sheg wlsh 20 do this
as follows: 49,.
We wisn TO erect . neat, substalti
T buildipg-somelhibg that, win be hon
> ike in appearance and also in seco
5 ,lmodatious, with comfortable rooms,
g library, trophy hall and chapel, and 81
gardens and floral adornments as "
q make it indeed. . home for the mol
= men who may seek its hospitaiti'
To this Home we will invite all SIM
men who may be entitled 20 its beneh
Next, If "the liberality of the peoI
E7 will enable it TO do so, the Associate
.aai designs providing for the partially 4
"a abled, who may not have friends to
40 for them. Last Of al, comes ,
nc answer to the Madison O6HrIes,s
u lection. We quote the language of ,
A Association l. ia J. .iz2q1Ise4
Butmanyof Of our men have famili
- They we're ''renters" on farms or in citi
. and have 40. home that they can G
.FEi their own. What shall he done for the
IN. We can only say what We would ike
:. do for them, and leave the question
--..to whether it shall be done With 4
u people. ala .s7s.d = e as7I =. :
slzda Wes say then emphaticahy that we
,t,y not desire TO separate these men fr
,er- their families On the contrary,
J. ssss woald be glad to procure enough fui
@-a 10 enable Us to purchase o large traci
land, and isy it of in small lots Ia
- enough for gardening purposes, and d
on. build q good comfortable cottage
.MNt each lot, aud invite these men who
- It no homes to bring their families to Il
Ssd homes, from which nc. upteeEng s'la
Ger. 4 Rnwd will Hyar eieef them Five hu