The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-09-06
OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS.
Prepared BY one Of t1eir a,lm6er.J
q GFOr the Vinton Record.
THE BOUNTY BILL.

W THE BOUNTY BILL. \
Andy johnson Opposes the Soldier
and Tries to Defeat the Bounty
Bill. ,, ,....,,..- -.
( 1t will be r9collected that i'm
mediately after the passage-of the
Bounty bill, the Secretary Of War
appointed a Board to decide upon
the proper construction of the bill
and frame rules to govern the va
rious Departments in making pay
ments under it, provided the bill
was so drawn as to warrant pay
mentS. 1t NOW appears that the
Board has prepared its report set
ting forth that the law was explic-
it, and also representing all rules
necessary to the various classes of
disbursements under the law. By
direction of the President this re-
port has been withheld. This sup
preston occurred in connection
with the order to the Second Aud
itor, not to pay any bounties pro-
vided by the late Congress.-[Oin-
cinnati Gazette. d" ,ut. ur T0'.I
SOLDIERS here is a little more
light. Gen. Schenck offered a bill
in Congress giving you each SS.33b
nor month. This passed the House
with only two votes against it,
both Democratic! In the Senate
Schenck's bill was killed by the
influence OF Johnson and his
friends, while a new bill was bro't
in and attached to the salary and
appropriation bill. This the Sen
ate passed. Hon. Ben. Wade and
Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio, both
voted against it, because, while it
gave the soldiers 500, it increased
their own pay $4,000 per annum.-
1t was passed, however, and it be-
came manifest to Johnson that the
soldiers were to get some bounty,
at least, if not what they were en-
titled to. Johnson tried a "Aank
movement" and, finding that the
report was favorable to the soldiers.
he suppresses it. Now, everybody
knows the matter was so referred
Butternuts have been telling sol
diers that the Jaw was not com
plete, and that the President had
to get three lawyers to expound it,
&C., &c. Where is the report p
Has any body ever seen it? But
ternuts may deny the action O.
Johnson, in suppressing the report
We ask, where is that report?-
Why is it not published? The
truth is, "Andrew, the great" ha'
decided that the soldiers shall have
nothing, and he and his clan, arr
doing everything they can to keel
the soldiers from getting any boun
ty. .r n.re ..... ...l
Butternuts tell the soldiers here
in Macarthur, that they will neve
get any bounty till the Democrac.
get into power. We understand
from this, that Andy Johnson is t
keep the report in his "pigeoI
hole" until the soldiers vote th'
butternut ticket! Well, we say, i
he has concluded on that as a las
resort to drive the soldiers to hi
support, he will fail as signally a
he did in making a political party
1t will take more than one hundred
dollars to buy the loyal soldiers
and the report may fade away an,
Andy Johnson's "pigeon holes'' fal
into decay, and yet the soldiers will
suffer the Inconvenience Of beini
under a tyrant, until they grow Ole
before they will vote the butternu
ticket for the sake of a bounty.
1t is a joke to talk about tn
Democratic party paying bounty t
the soldiers; they voted not-a-man
or -a-dollar-for .the-war rather to-
often. -...........
.. SOLDIER OF '61.