Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-07
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~ ihAfil ~ 'itttt rAl-A ~ HtaNitA rtAAANIIII u
,r that 1T present high prices he cannot -eit
ford TO hire help anda0idlers boySdfehot9N
very good hapdsjn the fall aDaWinter.f forsd,
Brown thinks, when the man In blue has s''o
gone, that he Is doing Gods service bToW
keepingthe cruel soldier fromt exereislngsTn
any authority. over bis fpcks and herds, foE,sd
sI.ass tefIr sast tSs gSSE sT%R spi%als %|Sht
inform e6pplieahtforw@Fki in Their shops1dt
! thatthey might employ bimhat theyWantow
an experienced, workman. aud as he has,,
had no practice for some years he Would
not answer their purpose. The veteranna
the benefit of experience had he beenoassH
apt in finding excuses for remaining, at,d,
4 home as were the members of the firm OF ~
Smith & Co. But Mr. jenkins, the deyoW
| goods merchant, is .lnDre patFiOtic,i andsoa
boasts Of dhayingl ne, gemploges shptldis1I
charged soldiers. Mr., Penn,, his very ,effi-,,sh
Gent book keeper, enlisted in '61, but hl
health failed at Camp Wood, Kentdekys heehi
obtained a discharge from the army. andfy
ON his return home Mr.. Jenkins hired him.
just for accommodation, and has kept him
ever since And Mr.. FOozle, the salesman ~
had been In Mr.! Jenkins store 60 long SsthatloO
+, he really lythOught the seller OF goods by theadi
yard could not be spared, but in the fall Of.
GA, when the danger of draft was immi-
nent, the local bounty of 81 800, and when p
the promise of a very good position In the 3hj
Commissary Department was quite. cer-ai,
tain, Mr.. FooZle was constrained by purely "A,
patriotic motives TO join the army; and Mr.,
Jenkins bid his affable, patriotic salesman H'
.adieu, and saw him no more for almost a %
halI year, and when he came back his oldfna
position was ready for him, and Mr., Jenk-,d,
ins repeats each day of his life, that none
but soldier can suithim. But when these ~
brown faced veterans call on Mr.. Jenkins %
he thinks they are decidedly rOugnlookingyTl
fellows, and he dismisses their case by say. u,
ing he Is sorry he has no place for them.
All these parties, however, lay great claims on
to potriotism. They all contributed largely 90
toward paying liberal local bOunties, landfai
thus. avoiding draft-and the taxes rd,
which they pay are actually alarm
ing. Yes, gentlemen, you raised great 10
cal bounties, but that was merely a matter 1m
of your own convenience. 1t was of no "a
practical benefit to the Government, and
but small share of the money went into .
the hands of those who most deserved it, loH
You enriched substitute brokers, bounty7sd
jumpers, and Madam Rumor says that sln-lris
dry examining Surgeons and Provost Mar b
shals were the recipients of " filthy lucre"
not mentioned on their pay accounts, but ~
where is the man who has faithfully served1oo
four years in the army who has been sur r7s
feted with local bounty2 And as to your,
taxes, 1t is quite generally understood that
the consumer pays the tax in the shape Of Hl
an increased price, while lhei producer, aod
manufacturer or importer more than bal-od.
ances his much complained of income taxi II,
by the profits of a large per centage on the y"
increased value which he places on his 8'i
goods. ...". 30 -flgi1q ~ .y1Hb
There is much difference between having ysl
been connected with the army aud having
been soldier, and we claim that the men
who have endured the privations, hardships" o
and dangers of soldiers life, having de=lm
/ fpndpd the hOmaS~ and Of aul
by their own valor, ,YroHghta great victory
t-when these soldiers return to their homes A''
they are entitled to at least hospitable rello9
ccption; aud when they ask for work of any
| kind whereby to earn an honest livelihood,
I their demand carries with it peculiar q
! weight which entities them to hearing, and gsi
| If any must suffer for want of employment, oas
! let not the sufferers be those who have al -,
ready endured so much. People may say
that these men are rough, immoral charac-m1
ters, and to associate with them is not de- l.d
| sirable. There are MANY who return from "a
the army sadly degraded, but to those who
make use of this argument to justify their @'A
own conduct, we wish to present this fact. 10
More young men, when returning to citi-ngo
zens' places in society, conscious, as. they IN
are, OF having rendered valuable service 70 ~
their country, lose all faith in humanity,
aud are driven to dissipation by such treat ~
ment as thousands of them are now re- yes
ceiying at the hands ofthose for whom they III
have suffered, than all preaching can re-
claim, solong as the worthy soldier is passed ~
by as wandering Stranger During the 70
war, when their services were in demand, ,,rd
few had reason to complain, aud now that a.,
their dangerous task is done, if they are left
to ask in vain for employment or honest 20
mems positions in society, when they de-rF
serve such, then no epithet OF sordid, ava l's
ricious inhospiCality ever applied by the ~.
Southerners to the" Yanks" could convey
too plain and truthful an idea OF the spirit i2i
pervading the "money- making classesn Of -
the Northern people.~a-
reraihIra BRoKENswoRD.