The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-11

tn oOtA1o VI SuC COuiibico, ny too OhASO'o
-asexecDtlng them. Tam informed that
- TOR the $4,000 mon enrolled IN eHaniil-
ton county, for example, the part. of.
fines which goes as fees TO the officer
s4sf0g-d defaults, after the 10th of Septeln-
- Der, amount perhaps to $4,000 per.
- annHm, or more. IS +, s 9
In some OF the counties the Treasur.
--er claims hot only the fivo per centum
Tor collection, bnt the thirty per cent.
penalty on the four dollars in default.
Tho law, however, seems plain enough,
fland perhaps the recent circular of the
fAuditor Of State may clfectuate nm OBJ
'~servance ofits purpose, and 6bsiate
tho necessity OF an amendment in that
particular
.nsfThe cost, too, ofso many and such
-ssfrcqueht medical examinations for dis.
ability is useless and odious vexation.
.Cortainly n man who is permanently
disabied, (say without Ills log Or artn,)
tsdnecdsnot be subjected to the tax Of
monoy-and time bya yearly repetition
sofTthis ceremony So of the men ac-
tualiy serving in the National Guard
itself. What utility can there be in
re-cxImining them year after year
The exemptions fordisability, by the
away, in our population, make a bigge:
thing than might at first thought be
guessed They are already reported
= at1OO,OO0 men, and are estimated, for
next years report, at $4,000. These
fgafesldqnote direct annual expcn-
tssdituro in money by the unfortunates,
.sof $50, 900 and Sl60,000 pei. .annum,not
.asto, calculate the much greater value OF,
the time lost by the proceeding. War
and It's shadows and foreshadOws are
costly things, truly. In fine, in our
present circumstances, this entire law
.ashould be re-examinod aud made to
conform TO them. 1t was right enough
year ago, but thank God and our
brave army, year has made happy
change for US all, if we have only the
sense TO improve it, az
THE SOLDIERS HOME,
The report of tho Surgeon General
Of the State will sufficiently explain
toy'ou our proceedings in that behalf
HItwill be seen how useful and bcnof.
cent have already been its manage,
-ment and resnps. This experiment
NOW awaits, with the advantages d.
rived from its experiences tho action
which, in your generous Wisdom you
may determin TO take in regard to ii.
The question is in somo respects b
new one, and like al. povcI expert
lhcnts Of such magnitude, it will ma.
turally and necessarily disclose the
truth that many arguments for and
against the principle Of this form OF
doing good and Justice, too--may be
well and honestly entertained by most
sensible poope.
Its chief difficulties and disadvan-
lagos are. That IL can mako no provi
sion for married mon Ca large class
except Incorporation from their iami
lies, and that il is an obtrusivo form OF
open, public charity, which dsrcgards
and violates the national spirit OF
pride and independence in mon, and is
therefore not in consonance with our
past national habits and institutions
10 these. allegations we muy oniy re.
ply First, THAI il other large classes
of claimants upon our bounty and JUS
tice can DO better or alone provided for
in this manner, tho unavoidable OK
clusion Of tho class in question is no
objection 10 the plan; because wo arc
bound to do all tho good to all tho clas
ses which wo can do And il the obi
cation really exists toward the unmar.
riod, we should be doing them an in.
justice by noglectng it for reason
not pertinent TO theirs, but to another
case. Tho true rule is To. do the
best We can for each class, according
TO tho circumstances and capabilities
which appertain TO each. II married
mon cannot bo providcdior in apubllc
Soldiers Homo, wo must devise some
other and for thcm better, system OF
support. Secondly, the apparent dis
regard Of the fcclings Of the pcnsioncr
ismercly apparent, Tho fact Of the
samo relationship between tho person
aud tho Government will in reality
oXistjust as much ii ho HIVES in private
at'home, or with his orgrnaI friends,
AS it would in public nstitution.--
Andmy own opinion is, that this dc.
pendence is all the more 0bNioas and
painful than that OF the public fDrm.--
lis more obvious aud direct in its
bearing upon tho individual because
every body who is near him in private
life will SEQ and know his stipcndary
support. 1t is moro painful for that
reason, aud also, because he Will not
be braced against his humilialion by
tho esprit du corps, OF tho nlduy asso-
ciates who surround him in the public
institution and by the praises Of il,
which the visitors will bestpw, in. thGr
hearing or through the press
In body, organized into cleanliness,
doceney, order and comfort, The inya
lid Volunteers becomes II pride, TO the
whole people, Scattered in tho neg,
lect ofsickncss, rags, dirt, idlensssand
the many vices which idleness and the
contempt Of others will produce, many
ofthcm must become must unhappy in
thcirown constant feelings, and u des
plsed,nuisaucc to the peoplG Arouiid
them, This is n strong contrast, but !
fpar II will be found truc ono II
tho one plan makes pensioners, the
Other creates both paupcrism and VA.
grsncy. And, as 10 the other incom.
patibilitics with our past national
tastes and idoas IL Is sufficient to say