Maryland free press., 1866-10-18

From the philadelphia Evening Hcraid1
Long as We have bee n in the newspaper world
we have never been called on TO parrate q more
heartless outrage than it is alleged, has Teen per-
petratcd by the managers of the Soldiers Home,
At Sixteenth and Filbert streets, this morn hg,-
fine home il is, as our reades KNOW inc
sIIonc' Is intended for the benefit of men who
have fought in the service Of tue country, ana
and have been SO badly injured in tue storm o.
battle rs to be totally unified for the pursuits on
peaceful life.
They are men WHO have shown their loyalty,
and when cannons Numbered, stood up .or the
Union of thirty six States. 7tiey have come to
this city helpless, and philanhropists (so'eaied)
have offered them the security and support oil o.
home.
The Radicals all along have been blatant about
their lore 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.
The occurrence this morning shows that the
Conservative white man and white soldier ID =
nobody. an out.ast,a miserable nothing, when iis
chooses to exercise the highest and best right
AN American Frecman--a freeman by his own
good right arm in the midst Of the batue-the
right TO think as he peases.
This morning, just after roll call, the following
soldiers were called up, they knew not Why
K M Iolcomh. Jeremiah Q;,hey,
james Brown, lat 1t. Patrick Ticrney,
llthP.y. Tn 'mas Green,
J. q. Cassidy, Peter lieelan,
". Chambers Michael Mem tthew,
James Kean. William X ,llahan,
Michael Koran, Cornelius Carey,
Martin Gallagher Samuel Bactsll,
Michael Dillon, Jacob Buckhe'I
They stood there all gallant men---nien whs
had faced death, aud never feared it, for cause
they loyed-a cause in which they had no more
interest than the nieu who stayed behind, twad.
died about loyalty, and made money out oftheir
and their comrades blood. Some were without
arms-poor. though noble fellows. All had
wounds which had sapped their strength aAi
made them-all unwilling pensioners OF others
| bounty.
Before the war they had bees sturdy, able men,
asking none for charity-fghting as we'll the bali
tics of life aos they had the blood stained sol
of the rebellious South. Now they were helpless
-helpless because they had brsvcd death to dc.
.cnd the men and dsfeRd the property of those
who new were bringing home TO them the fact
that the poor soldiers were beggars, depending
for their daily bread on those who had never dsr-
ed to breathe the od0r of tho carnage. "One
man: William Chambers. has four wounds in bis
right arm, aif of which still summing" His
right 10 useless, and he is unable to gain hs live
| lihOod.
/ They were asked what their political opinions
were and with the same courage they had dis
played on the field, they answered that they wers
Democrats Disabled as they were, they were
turned out into the strcet-without friends, with
out home to got To night thcy:v'ill be sholt-
erless, if the friends do not step forward to as
sist.
They are now in Penn Square, at Broad and
Market streets, forlorn, helpless, homeless, and
all for a manly expression of opinion.
This is the way the Radicals treat tue soldiers,
| helpless, armlcss, disabled soldiers!