The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-25
Ap pnlr from thc ..Dead DueI.. :,

APufT from the "Dead Duck"
FoRNEY. in his Washington ChroRicie' eN-
presses extravagant joy over the nomina-
tion of ScHENCK. Ia his congratulations,
however, he ironically says;
"He has been especially distinguished as
the champion of the volunteer soldiers who
served I'm the war against the Shareholders
rebellion, being persistent and unceasing
IN advocating all their rights aud securing
all their claims. To him more than any
other man the soldiers are indebted for the
final passage Of the bounty bitt," &c.
IAN their rights" then, were comprised
in bounty of one hundred dOllarsi DO the
soldiers think so? Secured their claims eh
Has any one soldier, of the thousands,
found his yet in his pocketP If he has, we
implore him to let the fact be known, and
by all means for the benefit of those less
fortunate, disclose the process by which his
good luck was reached. Il will be great
aid to the poor fellows, who are now living
on hope deferred, till they have grown
heart-siek
And the soldiers are told, and cOngratu-
lated on IT, that to their friend SCHENCK,
they "are indebted for the final passage of
the bounty bill" What a debt How can
the soldiers ever discharge so mighty an
obligation! Would unanimous cote for
him-a vote early and late and all the time
do the good work for 1.-The soldiers friend ~
The truth is, and many soldiers are be-
lieying it, that it is extremely questionable
whether any soldier ever will receive boun-
ty under it. for the simple reason that it
never was intended that he should. Its
trainers merely put it forward as a bait for
the soldier vote, knowing that 1t was so
carefully bungled in putting it together as
to be practically imperative. 1t may not
so be decided until after the election, but il
is well understood that il was never intend
ed to be of any real force; and strong
point is made to sustain this conclusion,
there was no appropriation made to meet it ;
no money provided in any manner, for such
Il heavy draw on the treasury. Was it an
oversight in Congress, in falling TO provide
for such an important eNigency? IL il at
all likely that each member of that working
Radical majority were so wholly intent on
their own game of grab; so utterly selfish
I'm pocketing their extra FOUR THOU
SAND DOLLARS thatthey overlooked the
item OF bounty to the soldiers, ranging in
amount all the way up from SIXTY MILL
IONS to THREE HUNDRED MILLIONS
Who is green enough or charitable enough
TO believe all that?
Let the truth be coufes, ed. 1t at least
will look manly: That 1.-The soldiers
friend" after voting SEVEN MILLIONS to the
Negro Bureau; after voting negro soldier
bounties, TWENTY MILLIONS more; after
voting negro children, whose parents haye
abandoned them, or died, &C., homesteads
from the public lands of Arkansas, Alaba-
ma, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana, tC
the extent of tOrty-SiG millions of acres in
"a word, after voting out of the Treasury, al
the late session, near two hundred millions
of dollars, topping it Off with their own
AdJmiHion of extra pay y,theystood aghast al
the mountain burthen which they had piled
upon the backs of the people and aban-
doned the soldiers to their fate. SHERMAN
their finance Chairman in the Senate, had
officially admonished them, in his clab-
crate speech, that the Bounty Bill would in
volve an increase of the public debt in
round and steep numbers, TWO HUNDRED
millions, ($2O0.00O,000) and they shranL
from the patriotic duty. They had al.
ready placed the last straw on the camer'
back.