The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-09-03
Radical R0Ed-h0EdeEs Permit
Widows and Orphans to sfarye--
VotersaFe Asked to Sustain Them
I'm Their NEzarslerOus Work.

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I'm Their NEzarsIerOlls Work.
In astcnenlent-house lay poor, but re-
spectacle, woman in the last stages off
starvation; her three little children were
gathered about the miserable pallet Of
straw whereonsshe lay, ,elamoring. for.food i
to appease the gnavings of their hunger.
The poor woman raised her wasted form
in the bed and gazed pitecusfy upon them,
with all mether's fondness, with all a
mothers love, while the hot, scalding
tears streamed dewa her emaciated cheeks.
rs all their entreaties, pleadings, screams
for bread, she could only answer:
aaod bless you, my children, have no
bread to give, you; the last crumb was
night. Your father, at the So
'licitatious of men belonging to the politi-
cal party in power, IN 1862, went into the
war. These men promised to care for his
wife and little ones during his absence,
and uttered great oaths. that they would
care for Us through. all time, should be
| fall. I was strong then, and with the
money your father, sent me, and the pit
Itance received from the persons for whom
stitched, stitched, stitched, allldaY long,
and the scanty aid doled out by the men
who sent your father into the army, we
managed to keep soul and body together.
aBut there came time when the great
North was stirred to its inmost depths;
the eontending armies had fought great
battle; the dead were numbered by tens Of
thousands; and your dear father, your
protector, was of the number. The blow
staggered me, my hopes of happiness de-
parted in an instant; my work was neg
llected; the men who promised to care for
lus passed coldly by, leaving US neglected,
starving, dying. ea
s;I saw them often; they had grown sud.
denly wealthy, and with their wealth
came pride,and pride caused them to t'l''i shur
those whom they had sworn to protect
whose protector they had murdered tina
Ithey might remain with their families
land reap wealth from the toll Of Others
! The moor womain exhausted by hunger
the thoughts Of her starving children,an'
Iexcitement, sank Raarily back upon he
straw bed, and, with a low sGod bless AM
protect you, my darlings," expired. {.
The poor woman, the victim Of Rad "a
tcalism, the wife of the man whom the
) took from his family, deceived him b
false promises, was buried by a fe'
friends as poor, almost, as herself. n
Radical, who caused her death and th'
of. her husband, attended her funeral
she did not belong to the wealthy class-
Iawas only the widow Of q poor devil of
lseIdier who was killed in the army.
nWho are you2 and what do you wal wal
here?T Tas the angry exclamation Of
Radical merchant to a little, half-cla
boy, who stood with outstretched han'
and upturned eyes appealing for aid.
ssPlease, sir, help me; my father VI
killed in the army, fighting for the o
an; my mother died lastlweek, and, 0
nv little sisters and me are 50 hungr
and it's SO cold sleeping on the |' cell
doors ''g.i sss
4 ssGet outsof here," said the merchal
= s.I hear that story every day; I've not
+ ling for YOU; beggars are plentiful now {
tbs way Of legless and armlesa soldie
and the orphans of.dead soldiers. | cal
{ give them anything. Ny times too y
uable to waste on such people. Do
stand there whimpering; clear outL A
+ the starving child, of the soldier; wb
the Radical merchant had promised
care for and protect, ran frightened aw
How many thousand cases, similar
the above have occurred since the war
e The number, could it be ascertain
would cause even Radicals who
= wholely and solely responsible for
e whole Of Il. to shudder and pale as.
lghastly army of the starving and n
dered dead arrayed itself, in imaginat
Ibefnre them.
So How any american citizen, who kn
anything of the history of his couI
i Ne during the last seven years, can dep
81 his ballot in favor of continuing in pc
ui a party, the leaders Of which,upon vi
= hands rests the blood of FIVE hun'
Thousand soldiers and the staryatio
- their widows and orphan children,i is
I'll than we can understand. g819 gi9s
HIo. How any American citizen, who m
amt ., any pretentlons to knowing anythin
gn- the. history Of his country can depoai'
ballot in favor of continuing in ip'
. linen, Radicals, who inaugurated a wa
our the freedom, Of four millions of Neg
ears (under the pretense Of restoring the
slec. lion, and the enriching Of themselFe
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