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

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their case is to 30 reform our sooia
system as to allow woman TO take cart
Of herself-th open to her uew 81
enues Of empluymeUt-to give her 4
chance to make An honorable iveli-
hood. Men pay compliments % wO.
men, but deny them living wages. =
They do them homage, bat fefusI
them justice. An open field anC
fair play is what ;his large class re-
qnires; justice not charity, public re-
form, not public institutions. am
therefore, opposed to the ameadmeu
offered by the gentleman from Shelby
(Dr. Fielding) 70 admil into the Sold
iefs' Home, tho families Of wounded
and disabled s5ltiers ,,, ,,s &.
1t is at once unphilosopEical, and
impracticable. Its only effect will be
to deprive tho few Of the iutenled
benefit, without rendering any assist.
ance to tho many. 1t is a mill stone
around the neck Of tho project which
must inevitably swamp il, You
might with as much propripty admit
the family Of a blind man into the
blind asylum, as admit the family OF
Of a legless soldier into the soldiers
uome. | admit that after you have
Induced a man to enter your army,
to risk life ani limb in your canse,
his family 10 entitled in a peculiar
manner 10 your sympathy. And Tor
that very reason we have relief bill;
lanl private societies throug ghout the
State have lent their aid Tor the same
ubiect. All these are, however, but
temporary make shifts, u reform IL
our social and labor system Is the
grtat thinl needed in their CASE
Bat however Guch these families un
der present circumstances need and
have u right to demand sympathy and
and succvr, thoy have no claim to
such provision ne this bill contem-
plates. They do not como within
tho principle upon which our public
benevolent institutions are Based
They do not form u limited class, de-
lprived in the providence OF God, OF
those physical or mental faculties aud
powers with which their fellow crea-
lures are blessed, For such aud such
only, it 10 either practicable or wise
10 legislate in the way now proposed.
But cir, aside IRON the humanity
aul philanthropy Of this project,
these disabled soldiers have another
claim upon you, who belong to the
war party, aud the people OF Ohio
whose representatives you are. You
induced them to go into the war, and
in 80 doing, held out to them the
most brilliant Inducements, gave
them tue most Aatteriug promises:
aud in voting on this bill you mus,
either square your record or stu tity
yourselves. You gave solemn as
surance tha: your ''last dollar" shOult
be spent il need be, for the care and
comfort OF the soldier and his iani>
ly: You pictured in glowing lansu-
age tue return ofthese gallant lnen to
their native State, told them that
they would be met with outstreched
arms, tina. the brave aud lair, the
young and old, tho gray nared mat
ron and the blooming maiden, would
We with one another in dong them
honor, in binding up their wounds
and mlnisterins " their ants,-that
the broad mantle Of the State would
cluthe their war worn tOrlns, and that
at the close, Of honored liyes they.
night wrap i's Comfortable dra-
perry about them and liz down 10 pleas
AMI dreams "by al their, country's
wishes blest." Often, | doubt not,
the reverend gentleman. from Huron
| (who opposes this measure;l has expa
tlated with warmth and JUNCTION up
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such pleasant prospects, as these,
while engaged in urging his fellow
citizens " exchange tue comforts o
Home for the privations and perils of
the tented field, Yet now, when these
poor fvl ows return tv US wounded or
diseased, shrinking sensitively from
the cold uncertain charities OF their
ueighbors, he has nothing better 70 ol
fer them than the shelter Of the. Poor
House. .,. .e, r.qu j., ..rg. snW ud 10
Mr.. THOMPSON wish to. correct
the member trom ButlerlyI did not
say | wou d SEED them to the Poor
House. $40 ts.4 .l.np4 -r afl
Mr.. MAYo--I know the gentleman
did not, bathe offers them no other
alternative Where 10 that broad man
tie of State care and kindness, which
was to throw ita. protecting warmth
about theml Upon whose sb oulders
has it fallenl Ask your contractors
and suffers and quartermasters and