, 1866-01-25
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIEs
A Letter from u nVekerRn Of 1861.
correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune

| BrIo1. Rock CO., Wis, Jan. n, 1865,
In late number Of the WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
| notice an editorial headed 'tVAst Increase
Of the Debt Contemplated,". coupled with a
dispatch to the Associated Press, which Is
anything but favorable to the equalization of
soldiers bountles.
No true American citizen would favor the
equalization Of bountfes fit would work an
injury to the public good, or would solely I'LL
the pockets Of heartless specu1ators; but M
Eane person, outside ofthe Copperhead ranks
(and their sanity, as c1ass, may we'll bo
doubted) can deny that as the matter now
rests, great Injustice has been done the SOL
diers who enlisted at the commencement of
lhe rebellion, and have therefore received
very meagre bounttes. And all that those
men request Is fair disposal Of this mntter.
VIC Will not question the patriotic motives
OF gil who enlisted to help snbdue the late ne
farious rebellion, but II one was called upm
TO say which they thought enlisted from the
most purely patriotic motives, If candid, they
could but say, that those who enlisted 6ryf
when bounttes wele low, would be mora npt
to enlist from patriotic motives, than those
who enlisted when bountles were suinously
high. Then the most praiseEorthy class Of
the American soldiers are receiving the least
compensation for service rendered.. Yo car,-
did, and justicc-loying citizens Of this glosious
Republic, give this subject one passjnr
thought, and let me ask you one or two ones.
lions before ,,yon pass Judgment upon tt.
Where then DID the money come from, to pay
those high local and government bountiess' :
'tIhe people taxed themselves to pay the
local bounties" says one, "aud the Govern
ment bounty has been INCORPORATED into the
national debt, and that will eventually be
pnld by a ataS upon the people,"
), very "ell' hut when s'the people taxed
themselves 70 pay those local boanties. wa
tlc. property Of those who were already in
the army, and serving their country for nomi-
nally nothiug-except their monthly pay-
exempt: from taxation! And when the
rational debt is pa,d, will they be exempt
rom Payiog their proportion Of those gh |
oh, no all taxable property was, and will
be taxed to pay such things"
linen when Mr.. 4. was away In the army,
Mr-B b, e, and D-stay.aLhomeaEta Mr.
A. property to pay alr. E. aud F. those high
oounties, Just to save o-u-r town from the
Where then Is the injustice in taxing B, c,
D, T and F-together with A-to pay A as
much as E and f have received for the sane |
service rendered. In the name Of the glorious
American people, We ask that this subject re- |
ceiye the careful attention OF the present Con.
gross, and If certain class Of unprincipled
ape culators Will be benefited BY bounty
equalization, let Congress discriminate In a.
vor Of those who hare actually serrsd in the
army, and then, If as you sar, these specnla.
tors have bought up stems Of thousands of
soldiers discharge pspess'-which think Is
. large estimate tile amount required to pay
those who yet have discharge papers IN thur
possession, and hive been IN the army, Houlo
be small enough 50 that 1t might nos[as me
despatch you quote Says" ENTAIL FlNAS-
,IAL Hu1S.n An E1-'Gt SOLDIER.
Mr. Smiles N severely handled BY the English
7lt1eu FOR his plns1stsm In the "11ves OF bouaoa
md Waltz some OF theu 80 further back, aud
Ind The anne saulk In his EARLIER works, especially
n +ssetf Help which has been rrpublished and
Extensively read In this country.
Philes j. Co. Of Nav Tork. azo about 10 publish.
. eepa.1,e fm,n, The hhlio2raphy uf, Tennyson,"
u artiele contributed to The Fbstnlg1ay Rsrisa by
/. Llecette1 Walrex, with the addition Of articles
ubl,shed some years ago In Rlaetscood and tho
7irrssy k<eiet0,w hish call In question Ttnnysoas
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