The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-04-02


never reach the men by whom the loss was
sustained. We are told that Pennsylvania
appropriated hundred thousand dollars tC
the relief Of the inhabitants Of Chambers.
burg. She did promptly send a commission
there with that sum of money in hand Fol
what purpose? Was it to pay claims fol
damages done7 No, sir, but 10 relieve suf.
feriug humanity. That city had been sack,
ed and burnI by the rebels; the inhabitantl
were without provision, hOuseless, ant
homeless by the ravsges of war. 1t was fol
their relief-to rslisUe actual sgferjng-no
to pay for hay and horses, nor grain, ncr any
other damages, but because suffering hu
manity demanded the relief They were fec
by charity aud lodged in tents Is lhati
parallel case7
That noble act was from the same gooC
impulse that sent corn-lRden ships to starv
ing Ireland, and which moved the German
States TO contribute to the sufferers 10 Hol-
land, by the flood few years ago. These
are not claims for damages, but the claims
of suffering humanity, and the relief were
acts of charity. Is there any preteuse thai
the claimants uBder tbi, bill seTe ruined
that they are or ever were bouseless oi
starving BY the rsvsges of war or any
other estse9 Self preservation requires the
States to encourage and stimulate every mo-
tive in tie hesrts of the people 70 resist in
Vasion. Let it be understood that the gov
eminent is an insurer against loss and will
pay all damages caused by war, and you will
invite aggression and offer bounty on
cOwardice.
But we are in e great court a court Of
Equity, bound in conscience TO Equaliz9 the
Cufdens, losses, and sacrifices of WI. .7Fss. q
The claimants it may be said are waiting
at the door. Let them in aud hear them.
First Of al come the Morgan raid claim.
ants. They exhibit here book of 453 pages
closely printed, setting out the Items for
which they demand pay.
The greater part of this account is for
horses, bat much consists Of other articles.
Here are few specimens of the charges :
One horse SIlO = tons hay SIS; poles
lost $40; l saddle aud bride $40; bucket
25cts ; = ton hay S.; bushels potatoes 50;
3 beds of onions so cts; and so on until the
is made up, to more. than half a
million dollars.
Next come the Squirrel Hunters, 10000
or more in number Each with a claim of
say ten dollars for time and provisions given
to the state. If each;must bear his just pro-
portion, here is another aggregate of $780,
900. They do not claim, but their pay is as
Justly due as any Morgan raid claim can be.
Now here come long list of months
men not accepted or paid who spent much
time for the state. One hundred thousand
dollars 1 presume Is justly due them for
time and losses.
Now comes in the list of private subscrip-
ions aud donations for the war slaim for
millions more.
Here come too the noble women Of the
state, with their contributions aud charges
Or time, work, done and performed for the
state. Blankets, Sheets, Drawers, Shirts,
Bandage Lint, good things inuumorable from
pantry and cellar for unnumbered millions
more. These must no. be overlooked in
his great court OF E. uity. But will not
INSULT these ministeriug angels as they were,
1y supposiDg they would stoop to make
lain. Yet why not pay them if you pay
he veal by man for his saddle aud bride
md his hay and onions7
Now come the veteran soldiers, holding
mt honorable discharges from three or mors
rears service on the tented field; then bodies
rippled BY diseuse and riddled by bullets.
They come not to clsim, but to protest, in
he name of justice, Ahat they shall not be
'urdened with mora taxes to pay rich men
7ho have suffered nothing.
And now coma the widows. of these who
led that their country might live, and
1ould say, our husbaaia persisted in hos.
itsl or swamp, or went down to death |
midst the smoke and roar of battle we
now you cannot restore the dead, but we |
re p9or and needy By their death. We |
light ask relief aud help for ourselves and
hild-en, but We win struggle on aud baar
20 our shlre of the burdens of the state.
Ie come only to ask that our toll and weari.
ess at work, shall not be made more severe
} keep those ricA who have not Suffered ss
. have.
He:e come next aud last :, 900 young boys
I'd girls orphaned by the war, some poorly
ad, perhaps abused by hard masters, all
ithout fathers care, some perhaps without
friend. All unused to courts, they arc 81
Mt. Who shall speak for them. 1 viii,
ID thousands Of others would speak for
en-,
But their mute helplessness. pleads more
'weriully than words. -
Here is claim for the support of child
en- whose fathers anu protectors, have been
strOyed by the ravages Of war. To these
; thestate is in honor aud conscience bound, 4
cordiug to ths authority cited a claim
to The duty, yea even the justice I
the stale. +,
With the law, and these facts, and all these
Iimants in its presence what will this great
nrt of conscience do? 8
It seems TO ms hear il saying now, men q
men and children-Of the state you have :,
bly, done your duty. You have all suffer- /
and sacrificed to save the state, you have y
IN 50 injured by the ravsges of war, that a,
ney cannot compensate. Your sacrifices "
/ losses are infinite; 10 adjust them now so
It "each shall bear just proportion Of Sc
IN is an utter impracticability, to do so n.
uld beggar the state. 1t cannot be done, a
for this l must leave you in the provi- Ii,
zee of God, as you are, hoping be viii q,
lndantly bless and reward yon. bt
But as for these little ones who are suffer- y,
now, and these widows who are in pow ",
7 and want let them be tenderly cared
even to the last dollar in the treasury. an
Ir. President, one other particular and 1 H.,
detain the senate no longer ",
he Senator from Hardin, Mr.. Kramer, Of 10
d in good faith, al amendment to this w
providing that "nO money should be vi
to any of these claimants who had Civ az,
id and comfort to the enemy" bo
hat amendment was quickly voted down =.
he friends of this measure.
hat vote is at once a tacit admission that l..
e are claimants of this class; and an e1- ~
S declaration that we will tax the prop sor
Of the state including that Of Union !;
iers to reward the cOuntry's enemies. ana
,ehalf Of my constituents, and for my