The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-10

would otherwise have been required 10 laOOr
in the District Courts. Ii has thereby been
enabled during the year to dispnse oT AT
least double the usual amount OF business
and to begin its present term with docket
largely reduced.
The disadvantages Of suffering the cases
to get 50 far in advance OF the ability OF
the coEg to get through the docket, and
tie benefit Of the people OF having prompt
decisions in their causes, are 50 many AMI
SO ureat, that il is worth some sacrifice oi
other to bring about slch result An
other year at ike action 6uGd probably
clear the docket once more. And | shoaii
b, remptsl to recommend the renewal OF
tn act tGr the pablic benefit bat fhr three
considerations One is, some Danger OF such
repcu;.ions becoming confirmed into prece-
ocuts: another, that members OF the tar
hasn daub,iess continued their cases IN the
district courts last summer, under the clr-
flent ex, ectation of having Justice 0i the
Sgn,lms Court to preside az lne trial IN the
usxt: and the thiFd reason for not nov re-
nasling this proceeding is, that 1t IS really
Wnrsiny the Sunrume Couit too hard. The
diatriet court service is a holiday Of hcal;h
and Measure cOrlpaJcd to such summer 1i
duties in general session.
NATIONAL GUARD LAW.
Much complaint has been made against
tho militia fine nf four dnllars, ot the en-
rollment and other operations Of the act OF
March 81, 1864, ''to organize and discipline
the Militia Of Ohio, and the amendatory
act, passed April IL, 1865.
This fine, it really seems to me, noW that
the var is over, (like all other military ey-
penditures and displays ought to be great
ly reduced And SURELY tho enrolling pro-
cess should be 30 modified as TO suppress
or punish those abuses, by which such large
sums of money are made in each year IN
some of the counties, bV the officers execu-
ting them. | am informed that for the
10000 men enrolled in Hamilton county,
for example, the part of the fines which
goes as fees to the officer for defaults, after
the 18th of Septehber, amount, perhaps,
to $4,000 per annum, Or more.
In some of the counties the Treasurer
claims not only the Eve per centum for col
lection, but the thirty per cent. penalty on
the four dollars in default. The law, how
ever, seems plain enough, and perhaps the
recent circular Of the Auditor OF State may
effectuate an observance of its purpose, and
obviate the necessity of an amendment in
that particular.
The cost, too, of so many and such fre-
quent medical examinations for disability is
useless and odious vexation Certainly a
man who is permanently disabled, (say with
out his leg or arm, need not be subjected to
the tax of money and time by yearly rep
etition Of this ceremony. So Of the men
actually serving in the National Guard it
SELF What utility can there be in re-ezam-
lining them year after year? These exemp-
tions for disability, by the way, in our pop
ulation, make bigger thing than might al
irst thought be guessed. They are already
reported at 10000 men, and are estimated,
for next year S report, at 100000. These
figures denote direct annual expenditure
in money by the unfortunates, OF $50, 900
ard 100000 per annum, not to calculate the
much greater value Of the time lost by the
proceeding. War and its shadows and fore
in our present circumstances, this entire Law
should be re-examined and made to conform
to them. 1t was right enough a year ago,
but thank God and our brave army, year
has made happy change for us all, it We
have cnly the sense to improve 1t.
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
The report Of the Surgeon General OF
the State will sufficiently explain to you our
proceedings in that behalf. 1t will be seen
how useful and benefcent have already been
its management and results. This expert
ment now awaits, with the advantages de.
rived from its experiences, the action which,
in your generous wisdom, you may deter
mine to take in regard to it.
The question is in some respects a new
one, and like all novel experiments Of such
magnitude, it will naturally and necessarily
disclose the truth that many arguments for
and against the principle of this form ot
doing good-and justice, too-may be well
and honestly entertained by most sensible
people
Its chief difficulties and disadvantage:
arc: That it can make no provision for mar
ried men Ia large class) except in separa
tion from their families, and that it is ar
obtrusivc form of open, public charity
which disregards and violates the nationa
spirit of pride and independence in men
and is therefore net in consonance with olll
past national habits AMI instructions T(
these allegations We may only reply: First
that if other large classes of claimants upor
our bounty and justice can be better o.
alone provided for in this manner, the un
avoidable exclusion of the class in question
is no objection to the plan; because we art
bound to do all the good to all the CLASSES
which we can do. And if the obligation
really exists toward the unmarried, WI
buOulu US uOlES LHSIl1 liJusG!CO DC
lecting it for reason not pertinent to their
but to another case. The true rule is: I,
do the best we can for each class, according
4 to the circumstances and capabilities which
appertain to each. If married men can no
be provided for in public Soldiers Home
we must devise some other, and for then
better, system of support. Secondly, tht
apparent disregard of the feelings Of tht
pensoner is merely apparent. The fact OF
the same relationship between the persoI
and the Government will in reality exist JUS
as much if he lives in private at home, o.
with his original friends as it would i'll {
public institution. And my own opinion is
that this dependence is all the more obvi
Gus and painful than that Of the public
form. 1t is more obvious and direct in it
bearing upon the individual, because every
body who is near him in private life will see
aud know his stipendary support. 1t is
more painful for that reason, and also, be.
cause he will not be braced against his
humiliation, by the esprit tlu corps, Of the
many associates who surround him in the
public institution and by the praises Of it,
which the visitors will bestow in their hear
ing or through he press.
In body, organized into cleanliness, de-
cency, order and comfort, the invalid volun,
teers became pride to the whole people. -
Scattered in the neglect of sickness, rags
dirt, idleness, and the many vices which
idleness and the contempt Of others will pro
duce, many of them must become more un
happy in their own constant feelings and
despised nuisance to the people around
them. This is strong contrast but | teal
it will be found a true one. If the one plar
makes pensioners, the other creates both
pauperism and vagrancy. And, as to othel
incompatibilities with our past natona
tastes and ideas, it is sufficient to say that
they are past, and past praying for, too, :