The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25

institution; and there our power OF
compulsion as to- compelling him 10 re.
main in the establishment stops, save
when Ee commits cri ne within oar
jurisdiction we may treat him az a
deserter, ard bring him back To pun
ishment. Now, thr sugh the mistaken
generosity and benevolence toward
the soldiers, and individuals giving
them money in the streets, many Of
these beggars make large sums, so ne
times as high "A fifteen and twenty dol
lars a day Many disabled soldiers
were hired by corporations i'll large
cities OF foreigners who own organs,
and hire the soldiers at one or " dol
lars n day to grind u their dismal
sounds, and by their apparent distress
working upon the sympathies of u
generous community. which ends in
the owner of the hand organ receiving
five, eight. and ten doilars. Il day aud
the suldier two. Again some If these
men who claim to be disabled soldiers,
AMI who Wear the uniform of soldiers.
are men who never have been soldiers
at all, but who. having lost their limb,
or received some deformity by an ac-
cident rs cmpl yes upon railroads OF
otherwise, assume the uniform of a
soldier TO thereby attract sympathy.
And Il ere have been instances VIII re
bad men have feigned defoi mites, pre-.
tended to be caused by wounds in bat.
tie, and tlusappeal to the sympathy
of the community. Some of those
w::o are actually soldiers. who are in
alms-houses and about the streets OF
cities. prefer that sort OF precarinu,
and wan. lering ,agabond life where
they can indulge fully in strong drink,
to the comforts OF II well o.drrcl. We !
conducted, comfortable home. Be:o e
any person gives aim if he will bu
inquire whether the soldier has ever
been ut n OF our homes, and is al
swereJ in the affirmative, he will then
know that the ma has either
Teen dismissed ;or crime, or got his
discharge i,y false preiense for the
sake of leading the vagahonu life he
does (; or If he is told that the begyar
has not been to the asylu:n, will FUR
! Their inquire, and ascertain that the
man will not 20, and is probably i'll
the employ Of some Il sociation who
can mako gain and profit out of the
charities OF the community /; and If he
then refrain from giving in any such
case, he will have dome = greater err
| vice 10 the soldier, it he is u true sol
dier, than lie could do by any amount
of money that he could give to N
j cour.sa me in the unifoim of the
United States to ieai the life ut vlgr
bonds; and before e wing lie VIII c>a-
Ter 81 favor upon the institution, a fa
yor upon the Government, and Il ia
/ vor upon the soldier, il he will take
pans to see 10 it that If deserving he
who asks aims is sent to our homes,
or that one OF the managers Is inform
ell of the desire of the sol,i.or to z"
there, which will be Instantly attend
cd to-"
Commenting on this report, made
by General BUTLER to the War De-
partm"nt, Senator Thurman sal |;
Mr.. President what u picture i
that! What permanent residents they
are according to this report OF the
Board of Managers! According to
this report the customary proceeding
is this !; when u soldier. an III of
the a<vlum, finds that the day for the
payment of his pension is about to
arrive, which Is twice a year, he ali III
once become able to support himself
procurvs his discharge from the asy-
luu,, AZ the act of Congress coutem-
piates, gets on "a spree, and in two Or
three weeks ZONES back TO tie asy u II
or l. found in the streets or in IL worse
place than the streets. the VIC i'm %;
debluchery and disease, is carried
back to the asylum; or if lie does moi
io that, leads 4 ~vagIhond life, grand
ing IL hand organ furnished by u COR
poration ot.,fpreigners who have these
Instruments to let, and who divide che
profits witt: the soldier, they taking
the lion . hare. That is the picture
that is drawn by the Board OF Mani-
gers /; that is the picture of these. vo
tiers that is the picture of the men
who iorsooth, have permanent resi-
dsnce il Montgomery county, in the
State OF OHIO, in virtue OF their being
inmates oil The asylum!
"Why, sir, if that be true, and 1
do not say whether it is or moi it is
not my Language, it Is not my narr.s-
ton it is the narration of this Board
ut Managers, their unanimous narra-
ton, signed by their President. Gen
eryl Builer-if these b. tue class OF
men, / ask any Senator here whether
they are permanent residents OF the
State and ought to govern that county,
and perhaps the state, hy the votes
they may cast! There. are sixteen
hundred of them there now. You
put sixteen thousand there. This
Board of Managers. if it wishes to
carry an election in the State, can put
men there to The number Ut iile..n
thousand or sixteen thousand, 1t it can
gather Them up and already we see
that they are such men that they Il
be turned loose every six months OH
their discharge as able to support
YES. There is no limit 10 the
discretion OF the managers III admit
ling them. Phey ear aamit anybody;
they can admit Il man whether he is
lame, or halt, or blind, o. disab,ed at
all. 1t is absolutely III their p'Wer To
carry that election, or the election in
state in which there Is sucn an
luia, if you unce sanction the doc
that habitancy in that asy-
ium makes them residents and citlZ.us
OF the State l de y you TO point out
4 state in which there is suc'I ali a>y
that can;iou be carried By this
of Managers, if YOU once arolt
doctrine that ha"itancy VI sucn
al asylum, being all inmate OF SUCH