Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-14
The Grand, Army Of the, Republic
sznnd the War of the EIeHhe hfs. 81

,4fnd the War Of the EIeIhe hts.. :"
The managers of the Grand Army of the
Republic persist in claiming that their or
ganization is not of "a partisan, character,
although any quantity of evidence is before
the public which conclusively, shows that
its sole design is to, promote the Interests
ofcertain leaders Of the Republican party.
No Democrat has ever been tenderedaa po-
sitienoiA any of their s Posts, = neither have
the g Posts " ever given their influence to
the election, of any but Republicans to of
flee: 49,. 49,.
The prospects now are that they will
prove to be anything but harmonious
! element in their party. At Cleveland the
outsiders are not well pleased with the acL
tonaof these secret plotters, and are MUIR
muring against their selection of candi-
dates. At Springfield the case. is still
worse, the warfare being liable to end in
the grunning Of two tieketsby the party.
Men who have been wheedling and using
the soldiers for the past five years are not
willing now to be used by them. And SOL
diers are getting tired of being mere tools
at the hands of the tay-at7home patriots,
pay ymasters and shoulder strapped gentry
It is little difficult for them to
understand how it. is that the Re-
publican party pays greater respect to
those WHO stole from the country than to
those who fought for it. They are begin
ming to realize that such is the fact, how
ever, and the great mass of those who have,
Joined this secret political organization
have doubtless been induced to do SO,
through a desire to overthrow the author
ity of the leaders of the Republican party
who hovered about the army as hawks
about barn-yard, and who are keeping
our country in state of anarchy that en-
dangers its existence, that they may the
more easily plumber its treasury.
The result of this contest will be, to open
the eyes of the credulous and deluded fol-
lowers of the Republican managers, The
position which they are assuming will ena-i
BILE manv to master their party prejudices,
and the moment that is accomplished they
will cease to act with the Republican
party. " 80 - ~, -. -
Soldiers will soon discover that they are
nothing more thang bone of contention
between the unscrupulous leaders of the
Republican parity There are two distinct
classes of these. One is composed of stay
at-home patriots, who urged and induced
other peoples children to go into the army
as privates while theirs stayed at home, un-
lesssome lucrative position could besecured-
for them. The other class is composed of
shoulder-strappers, paymasters, &C., men
whoss'had a soft thingY in the army, but
who have enough of military title to their
names to enable them to claim a superior
ity over the stay-at-homes. The contest is
simply between these two classes of Lead
ers, and each is striving to use the soldiers.
At present the titled gentry have the in
side track and are disposed to keep. it by
the management of the G. A. r.
THE mass of-those who have Joined the
G. A. r. were doubtless aetuated by a
laudabIe motive, but they will very soon
discover the true objectof the organization
and the character of its managers. They
will then learn the shallowness of Republi-
can professions of love for the soldier and
the utter want of any thing having even the
semblance of patriotism in the character
of Republican PARTISAN managers. -,7