New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-13
The Boys In Blue.n

From the La Crosse Democrat
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. Don't they?
The brave defenders of the lag-the gallant
supporters of the Union-the veterans of the re-
public! What honors they heap upon them-what
rewards they grant them!
Don't they?
The stay-at-home Leaguers, who beloved for
war-sent everybody to the field, but themselves
resolved to fight forever, rather than yield single
t point doing the resolving at home, howeverD
the mobbing, specializing, thieying crew, how will
ingly they gave up offices, snug places, fat pick
"a ings, sinecures, to the men who had worn the
blue"
III They couldn't do too much for those who had
fought from Bull Run to Rlchmond-from Atlanta
to North Carolina-ther gratitude was so over
whelmng. They got over that feeling mighty
quick
Didn't they?
And their rump conventions-what honeyed
words they had for the soders-why, Lord bless
you boys you thought they were in earnest when
the hypocritical skunks took your hands in theirs,
e Good bless you and squeezed out few croco-
die tears from the corners of their eyes
Didn't you?
@ And when their Congress assembled, with only
5aa handful of those copperheads yoo have been
taught to hate without reasOn) in either branch
you expected some little acknowledgment of the
Services you had rendered
81 How they talked, and talked, and talked. how
hey abused the President day by day and week
after week; how they voted away millions for
lazy niggers and freedmen's bureaus; but you
waited with patience, for you knew that these
noble soldier admirers and lovers would take care
- of you
Didn't you?
1t came at ast-with flourish Of trumpets and
. put a beggarly $50 or sI00 greenback in your
s several probationary bravey earned on battle
fields, in military camps in Southern prisons, in
II hospitals where death struggled with life through
1aV W SntnptIiOp--
Fl Wasn't it?
And then, what? Why the members of the
Rump had worked very hard; their duties had been
IA extremely arduous; $4,000 was trite for single
session, with whisky at so high figure and Wash
ington seraglos and Ristresses SO extremely eX-
pensiye, and the custodians of the purse of Uncle
Sam voted themselves $1,000 apiece extra, and
seventeen months back pay. Thoughtful on
their part
Wasn't it?
:. All right!u Soldiers began to forward their
claims-that was all right, too; but, curious phe.
nomenon, it was soon discovered that Congress
had really voted the money but extraordinary
circumstance, had neglected to provide any funds
tomake any appropriation to meet the demands Of
the soldiers! Good joke! Why don't yOr
smile? Funny, laughable, comical, boys in blue
But loyal Congressman didn't meet with any
such rebuff. There was money enough in the
treasury for them. They sailed away in theil
wallets their thousands of dollars. flohed, stolen
Eswindled from the treasury for no services rem
'dered-$712,0O0 robbed from the pockets o
Uncle Samuel. Sharp practice! Cool proceed
ing! Neat business transaction!
I'd Wasn't it?
The New York Tribune says the congressional
sgrab was :" very unwise, cowardly, unprinciple
act!n Which Isl very pleasant manifestation 0
yirtuous indignation on the part Of the Tribune
But it has nothing to say against the fraud, the de
ceit, the meanness practiced towards the "boy
rim blue''-
Not word
Of course you will go on trusting the men VIII
have done this foul wrong to you; continue t
curse copperheads,n reYile Democrats, insu
and maign traitorsn and disoyal"-you low
to be deceived, and swindle, and imposed upon, d
you not? What-nothing to say
Not word
You can vote, however, and will do so, as mel
freemen-at home, too, not at the bidding Of tn
petty tyrants who could once give you the guari
house ard extra duty and pTiyations for daring t
exercise your birthright fearlessy; or grant PR
motion, honors and reward TO those who woul
sell their surages and do the will of their tempe
Tary masters,
1t is our opinion that in the fall elections, anon
those who will take an active part in the defeat
the radicals and the overthrow of the rump, wi
be found tens Of thousands of
1.-THE BOYS IN Blue"
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