The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-17
A "s elf.saoriGelng'' individual.

a "S Self-Saorife,ng' Individual.
History is fu|l of patriotic instances of
''sclf-sacrihce." But modern times can
eclipse the brightest page of antiquity
The "self-sacrifcing'' patriotism of General
ScHrNcK will live to the remotest genera
ion
At Morrow and at Yandalia apologizing
for his extra pay, we were fcelingly told
by him that he had sacrificed" a position
In tho army worth $500 to satisfy the
clamors of the people . become their Con-
grcssmou at only $500. This happened in
1862 One thing was forgotten by the IL
lust-icus Gcncral--that he was elected
again IN 1864 Mt the same salary, and that
he ucvtr said Il word then aboutan increase
OF pay, but agreed to wori, at the old price.
But hehs5 forgotten to ten the people an
other thiTg.
Hn has forGG.tas 10 tell them that hehelG
on 10 the Major -gcrcralship after his term
of Congress had commenced; and that
when he resigned on the 18th day of No
vembcr 4. D. 1868, It was with the "DIs-
TINCT VERBAL UNDERSTANDING" with Pres
ident IIECOI.N and the war department that
he might at any time WITHDRAW his resig-
nation as Major-general and GO BACK into
field at the high pay of $500. Mr..
ScHESCK was quietly sitting in Congress
watching the course Of events, with an un-
usual amount of patriotism in his bosom.
and filing the Office of Congressman with
the reversionary interest Of Major-gener-
alshipat his hand But unfortunately for
him the enemies of FRANK BLAIR were after
Mr.. BLAIR for being in the same fix and they
procured Congress to request Information
from the President in regard to Mr.. BLAR's
real status. Then it VAST that the 'sclf-
sacrificing patriot from he Third Con-
gressionai u rirt vas CON ietely unearth-
ed by President LINCOLN; and by special
message the nousc was ipformed that by d
"distirct. verbal understanding the regg-
nation of both Greera ScgTlTl and Cen
~ eral BLAIR was pl ,Ns'ona1 and might be
Withdrawn ~ any time y MIR. ScHnNCK was
eAmrlcpjy csn4ht. lie Nad been sitting
in Co"rrcss for mary month"; aeinrunable
like the far-aus As IN Tie f,bie between
the loads of hay, ~ determine 6nan, n
which he would devote h. Whole tttertion
The war might end soon, ana avvoy yo,If
. go the $500 pay On the otu,. ,.a,,d { nm.
gress would last two years and h, cbano,
for reelection for n second term rw,s cx
smoked out by Prcsideut LINCOLN, an
having ready acted ns Congressman Il
concluded to remain such
Now II any man wants the proof or thcs
facts, the Congressional Globe of 1864 vi
disclose them al. We feel confident tha
General ScETSCK win not dispute the wor
of the '4 ustrious Martyr" A. LINCOLN
But General SGBEScK has always been
"self sacrificing' ndiy idua'. He has bee
at the service of the people from time in
memoria--t tho great loss of private fol
tune, &c. &c 1t takes a very old man I
remember the time when he was not 1
office. The people have demanded him /
much that scarcely any of us are alive tn;
remember when he lived by any othC
means. He began his "saerifieesn by goin
into Congress so far back that the date
obscure. He was in the Legislature ais
and when there, behaved as the SoutheT
States did. He seeded. Then he procure
a fat mission to ''all the Brazils," In the eo
pressive language Of former enemy. An
when i'm Brazil the Government called upo
him TO take nice little ride over I'll
Pampas on an extra mission, which he di
Ia style-for which he received, besides h
pay as Minister to Brazil the outft an
extra pay Of another mission! This was
most "terrible sacrifice" amounting I
thousands of dollars When he came hon
parties were in transition state; and M
ScnENcK ''lay low" to see how the cat wi
going to jump. (See the letter written b
some one in Dayton, last winter
the Cincinnati Commercially At la
he thought he saw the "coming man"
the gawky form of old "ABE;" and b
"tled" to father ABRAHAM. The result WI