M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-04-27

eVIuleI tuo ntat upon WHlcl tne.
have grown 90 great. They have beer
J we'll cared for, viii le the soldier, wraI
ped only 10 tile transparent gauze o
fair promises (Which he sees fast me!
ting into thin air about him) stand
neglected in the cold. But the wa
4 is a bigger contract than we expected
I and the taxesare becoming enormou
II the State is to he saved from bank
ruptcy We must retrench and &c mo.
mlE j Such is the crv upon all hands
am very we'll satisfied thar the prom
isG of the '.last dollar wonlI NJ
| Eayeobeen 80. rashly male had yol
suppoSed that your bottom dolla
would ever he called Tor, and All
not at all surprised at Your alarm II
regard to tue finances. Bat can You
with consistency or dignity or decen
cy commences your re,rlnchmant will
the soldier and his interestsi | think
not. You have expended enormon;
sums for projects Of doubtful utility,
and which were not demanded oil
you either OH the score Of consistency
or plighte,l faith. WiIlyou now, AZ.
ter four yearj OF war-which you
term holy land in the progress Of
which yon have called leu lily and re
psatedly tor the best and bravest OF
our citizens which has brought des
olation aud distress ami destitution
TO thousands Of ouce happy homes,
begin for the first tim1 to draw tight
your purse strings, when you are ask.
cd 10 establish q hone for the dis
abled AMI wounded soldiers OF our
arnyl "0hl shame where 10 thy
blush!" Representatives, | rejoice in
this opportunity, 10 prosonca OF those
shattered V recks NJ oucs manly forms
who nos demand your bounty, AID
who we're lured by your glowing elo-
quence to risk their all to the chances
Vi the battle field, and in presence of
their mothers aud fathers, wives. sis
ters, brothers aud ttiends-l rrjoIcs,
! cay, At this opportunity to put you
on tho record. ar,...' IT.. 'H.
Between the tax payers, whose
votes YOU fear, aud tue soldiers who
bold your "promises to pay" choose
We, this daV, whom you will serve.
We are told that the United States
will take case Of these men. How do
We krowthatl We have no evidence
Of it; nor is it all likely. In the first
ulace' it 10 utterly impracticable to
have the class contemplated by this
bill, belonging to all the States, TAX
en- care Of in one great central iDsti-
tuition. The number will be too great.
rheu again, men Of Ohio, would pre-
Ter that tlieii Home should be in
Ohio-their own State-to whose for
ces thoy belonged, with whose glory
they are identified, and where their
friends and iamilies-if they have any
reside. Besides, it is in conflict
with all our traditions and most cher
ished notions. The privilege and dG
ty OF each State to take care OF its
own interests and provide for its own
citizens is a thoroughly ibgrained A.
merican idea; and in tho aspect in
which now view it, is by no means
confined to any party | claim that
it is the right, tiie iuty,the high pre-
privilege Of Ohio to take
care of her own spIdiers { AS a State
she has given unqualified and m.
stinied support tq this war; sha has
thrown her reputation and her means
into the scale she has provided for
the giving oflb,unties and for the
relief of soldiers' families; has coI-
leetei in her State House tho battle
stained flags Of Ohio rbgimsuts-in
every thing relating to the war has
endeavored with cominendsblo State
pride to emulate in generous rivalry
tile sister States Of the Republic, en-
gagged in tne same cause. The State
Of Ohio is aunt. She has an individ
uality OF her own. She is my native
State; am proud Of Ter; and how>
ever she may, III Judgement, err, and
that very grsstly, on matters Of para
mount Importance, and in nothing
more than on questions connected
with this war-Ido, from the bottom
Of my heart, hope that SHE will not
so fur stoop from hen high place or
soil her fair fame, as to either turn
her back altogether upon those who
have done valiant service in her
quarrel, or ask the General Govern
lneot to take their care of her hands.
Sir, these disabled soldiers" must
be cared for somewhere and by some
body. In adopting the plan. of es-
tablisbiug a Soldiers Home we only
follow the example Of European Gdv'
eruments, where long experience has