The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-10-11
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4 1rom the Aisso.r; Democrat: o::s:; Y.jI 81,
f""The .sHumbles Individual, )" lin bi,
speech at New York, asks: 1Who ha.
sacrificed Of suffered more than I have
for the country ?" ii Let us see !'..',
| Mr., johnson commenced life as a tai,
lor. He first "sacri6ced" himself BY
being chosen "aldernian Of a village"
Subsequently he '.sufered" almos,
countless miseries as member Of the
Legislature, us member Of Congress,
and as Governor, For a number :oi
1ycars before the war, he :"ssacri6ced''
himself on the altar Of bis country as q
Senator. The war having begun be did
not violate his official oath, as - some
others. did-which was a terrible "sac.
ri6ce" and entities, bin TO- the lasting
homage Of men who never once dream
ed of turning traitor! From the SEN
ate he was sent as Military Governor
to Tennessee--a position which gave
him, almost boundless power to crafty
his personal lanimosities, aud which be
10 used as to be- regarded by some as
the incarnation of tyranny. From this
position he was taken to fDl the Office
Of Vice-Prcsident, and in accepting
that position he made another terrible
"sacri6ce." OF the poignancy of his
''sufferins" 10 that connection, we may
judge somewhat from his Inauguration
speech, in which the vulgar triumph of
man Of narrow mind elevated to lofty
station was undi.guised by the reserve
that sobriety imposes. Thea came the
ctcwnlug ''sacri6ee." By the death of
the President this sufferer became the
Chief Magistrate of the greatest and
most mighty nation on earth: And he
| is still sacrificing himself by living at
the White House, exercising despotic
power, and drawing salary Of twenty
five thousand dollars a year VII at a
fearful sacrifice for man t. make =
For twenty years, more OF less, he has
lived on the people, drawing always the
salary Of some exalted position, and for
such sufferings and sacrifices he expects
the homage Of mankind!
"Wbo has sacrificed and suffered
more than I have for the coantry "
We can tell you, Mr.. johnson =! A mil
lion of brave men have left home and
dearly loved friends, and all the COM
forts of life; they have slept on the fro
zen ground and lived on the coarsest
food, while you were revelling at Nash.
vile or Washington, they have faced
the enemies of the country in the bat
tie field, and while you were firing hard
words at rebels from safe place, they
have breasted the storm of deadly bull
let's, the whistling MIME and the howl
ing shell; while you were haughtily ru-
ling in Tennessee, they were riskiug
their lives in combat with tho rebels at
the front; and after four years of !pri-
vation, hardship and heroic endurance,
they are mustered out aud 60 home to-
begin lite over again, while you attain
the highest point Of an Americans am
bition. Thousands and tens of thou
sands come back with broken health,
who Yebt out stalwart and h6peful MEN.
Thousands and tens of thousands come
back without an arm, without leg, or
with injuries from which, they will nev-.
er recover, while you, without scratch
vaunt your suferings. Thousands of
them endured tortures that no tongue
can tell in the prison pens at, 'Ander-
sonyille, Salisbury, Belle Isle and Lib
by, whilo you livod sumptuouely ev-
cry day at Nashville. Thousands of
them perished in those hornd pens, ut
tering with their last breath prayer
for the beloved country to which they
gave their lives willing sacrifice. Talk
not Of your sufferiugs, lest these mar
tyrs start from their narrow graves to
confront you! Ask not "who has suf-
fered more than have ?" lest three
hundred thousand heroes who: have
fallen in this war, haunt you in your
dreams for the INSULT! The loving
mother, or sister, or wife, who for weary
years turned pale at every rumor Of a
battle, and hurried through the lists Of
killed and wounded, week after week,
in an agony Of: suspense-the bereaved
ones whose best and dearest lie beneath
the sod Of Southern battle6eld-have
they not suffered and sacrificed? Not
all your power can make up to them
their losses Not all the consultations
of earth can assuage their sorrows
Think Of. them; think Of the heroic
dead; think Of the manned and shat
tered living; think Of the common SOL
dier whose four years Of hardship and
heroism his President has forgotten and
never ask aga:n, "Who has suffered o.
sacrificed more than I have p
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