The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-10-09
EFrOa the Philadelphia Herald, ocsobers. ]
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4 SPeeiRaem OF Radical 10y
atty,
Made Homeless for
Their Opinion.
Eighteen Helpless Soldiers are
Turned Out cn the Cold Char
tiles Of the World.

4uen Hdbout arms, HHhoNt Legs, ana
Worse Than AN, Whhout Friends,
Hungry aad Helpless, To-day, IN Penn
Square--Bratal Conduct Of Ne Maaa-
gers of the Soldiers Home, ,-A Most
Eloquent appeal to the Hearts aud
Ninds Of Epe,y Citizen,
Long as We have been in the newspa-
per world we have never been called on
to narrate more heartless outrage than,
lit is alleged, has been perpetrated by the
Managers of the Soldiers Home, at Six
teenth and Filbert streets, this morning,
A fine home it is, as our readers knowl
The Home is intended for the bene-
6t of men who have fought in the service
of the country, and have been SO badly
injured in the storm Of battle, as to be
totally untitled for the pursuits of peace
full life.
They ars men who have shown their
loyalty, and when cannons thundered,
stood up for the Union of .thirty-six
States. They have come to this city
Helpless, and philanthropists (so-callcd)
have offered them the security and support
of home.
The Radicals all along have been bla-
/ ltant about their love for the soldier
They have given out that they intend to
give Office only to the soldiers; they have,
they say, nominated soldiers. But the
occurrence this morning shows how they
treat the soldier who differs from them in
opinion-Eho is not General or Colo
mel who loves the negro
The occurrence this morning shows
that the Conservative white man aud
white soldier is nobody, an outcast, a
miserable nothing, when he chooses to
exercise the highest and best right of an
American freeman-a freeman by his own
right arm in the midst of battle-the
right to think as he pleases.
This morning, just after roll-call, the
following soldiers we're called up, they
knew not why ]:
7E. NJ. Holcomb, Michael Horan, T..
Green, James Brown, 1stLt. 11th P. v,
NJ. Gallagher, Peter Heelan, j. G. Cas-
sadly, Wm. Chambers, Jas Kean, Jacob
Buckhelt, Henry James, Michael Dillon,
Jeremiah Ganey, Patrick Tierney, NJ.
MeAIathew, VIM Kollahan, Cornelius Ca
rey Samuel Bactell.
They stood there, all gallant men
men who had faced death, and never fear
ed it, for cause they loved-a cause in
which they had no more interest than the
men who stayed behind, twaddled about
loyalty, and made money out of thei. and
their comrades blood. Some were with
out arms poor, though noble fellows
ALL wounds which had sapped their
strength and made them-all unwilling
l-pensioners on others bounty. M
! Before the war they had been sturdy
able men, asking none for charity-fght-
i ing as we'll the battles of life as they had
the battles Of the blood stained soil of the
| rebellious South. Now they we're help
l.. :
1 less-helpless because they had braved
death to defend the men and property ol
d those who were now bringing home to
1 them the fact that the poor soldiers were
beggers, depending for their daily bread
on those who had never dared to breathe
the odor Of the carnage. One man.
! William Chambers, has four wounds in
his right arm, all Of which are still run.
ming. His right is useless, and he is un-
i able to gain livelihood,
i They were asked what their political
4 opinions were, and with the same cour.
Iage they had displayed on the field, they
answered that they were Democrats. Dis
abled as they were, they were turned
into the street-without friends. without
home to go to. Tonight they will be
sh.lterless, if friends do not step forward
i to assist.
They are now in Penn square, at BroaG
and Market streets, helpless, homeless
and all for manly expression of opin.
ion. Ass g.
!. This is the way the Radicals treat th'
soldiers-helpless, armiess, disabled sol
diersl
A Hurricane at Sea--WasIl Over.
i board.
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