The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-19

his days in its contemplation. He must
listen TO the voices that bid him on, and
obey the hands that beckon him forward.
The Democracy, therefore, docs not turn
Its back upon the past in reputation Of
Its record. 1t simply faces the future,
and enters upon the new fields Of
action which have opened. II, how.
ever, 1t had turned It's back upon
the past in the degrading sense
ascribed to 1t by Governor Morton. 1t
would not lay in his mouth TO utter the
reproach. cannot recall q single politi.
cal issue In the last eighteen years, com.
mencing with the repeal Of the Missouri
compromise in 1854, In which he has not
occupied both sides with equal zeal, with
equal ability and with equal abuse Of his
adversaries for the time being. Since the
war he has announced that State which
tolerated negro suffrage and negro Off.
cials would be an unfit place of residence
for white people, and would repel white
immigration from It's borders. He direct.
ly turned his back on that position and
furlously assailed those who did not do
the same. He espoused the payment Of
the bonds in greenbacks to an extent that
llr. Morrill,, Of Vermont, told him inlthe
Senate that he went farther even than
Pendleton on that subject. Hevery soon
turned his back on that doctrine, and
bowed lower at the golden shrine OF
Grants administration than any ono else
in all the land. He eulogized the treaty
with England by which the indirect dam.
ages were to be obtained In the Alabama
claims. he turned his back on that and
was the leader of the Senatorial party
which changed the treaty to suit Eng.
land. He has for years had himself pro.
claimed as the soldiers friend. Perhaps,
above all men in the United States has
he not also turned his back upon the sol.
diers. What has he done Tor them since
the war? Who fill the best federal off.
ces In this State under his control OF the
federal patronage. Not soldiers, or if here
and there one has received an appoint.
ment, as in the case Of Gen. Gresham, he
has most likely not been recommended
BY Morton. When introduced u bill in
Congress, by which every crippled sol.
dier, as well as the windows and orphans
of those who were killed in the service,
should have 100 acres OF land without
being required to settle on and improve
1t, did Gov. Morton lend the measure q
helping hand2 Able bodied American
citizens are entitled TO SO much land be-
cause they can work upon it. The worst
sufferers by the war, the wounded soldier
element in our midst, and those made wild.
ows and orphans, are deprived Of this
benefit on account OF those very wounds
and losses which have disabled them from
farming, and have their wants and their
claims all the greater. Does not public
man turn his back upon the soldier when
he refuses to him, in his crippled condi-
ton, the same, and which is given by the
government to the stalwart and robust
men OF the country, who were not in the
war at ALP Again, has Gov. Morton not
turned his back upon the soldier in re.
fusing to assist in equalizing the bounties
of the carly veterans with the amount re-
ceived by those who served later in the
war. 1t is shameful fact that the soldiers
who served nearly three years OF the war
have received but $500 bounty, while
those who served but little moro than
year near its close have receiveda bounty
Of $400 for their services. Various
efforts have been made in Congress to
place them oil on an equality by paying
the additional 500 to the veterans who
are entitled 10 it. A bill for this purpose
has passed the House, I believe, three
times, but has always been defeated in the
Senate, and Henry Wilson, now candi-
date for Vice President has all the time
been chairman OF the Committee on
Military Affairs, and could have secur-
ed its passage, so could Morton
if he had not turned his back
upon the soldiers and his face toward
other subjects more pleasing and profit.
able to his ambition. Isubmit, therefore,
that he is not the proper person to ar
raign me or any onee else for turning away
from the past.
II l am reelected to Congress, shall
pursue the same course have heretofore,
only promising you greater industry in
your service. In my attention to the
wants Of my constituents know no par.
ty. If Republican applies to me for
assistance in his business, he will receive
1t as readily as a Democrat, without the
slightest reference as to how he has voted.
l hold myself as the public servant Of all
the citizens OF my district as long as it
continues me in Congress, Let this fact
always be borne in mind, and: let no one
hesitate to act upon it.