New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-09
SOLDIERS AND TIE BONDS.
TIE SOLDIERS PAID IN DEPRECATED CCRRENC
-IxJr.TICE or PAYING THE BJNDHOLDERs /

TIE SOLDIERS PAID IN A DEPRECATED CURRENCY
INJUSTICE OF PAYING THE BJNDHOLDERs IL
GOLD
70 me Editor Of the Tribune.
SIR: Having been a reader of TIE TRIBUNE
nom uIy youth ~, and seeing the vocation OF hr'
McCuiocls righteous soul over the pay meni by some OF
The legal of heraute bellun oblga;ions
have THOUGHT might be interesting TO thc contract
inr spece resng cX Secretary 10 make another pic
ture - the last part Of his letter OF june 10, by para
rhrasinc by the substitution of soldier for bond
holder" some thing after this style:
Before the passage the Legal-tcUdcr acts the Gen
.ra Government had employed large numb of soldiers
whom ~ iron!. - pay IN dollars Has made 1oo
is asDe good it, az, cement Has It's treatment
Of IT. or uitor soldiers been characterized by scrui
Ion. ro-ird to justice aud by iSh senSr OF h0loi
mi pensonersi Did it moi, on me contrary withhold
toward the close OF The war; 90 10 80 per -
the due The widows and orphans % fallen boiGleTs
1t paving, il truc. III what Congress mas dtclue9 10
Ia Lawful money; but what attr ALL Is ths money nui
Tor in The Inarict and no more Thcy have been de-
clarcd be lawful money but they certainly are rot me
kind OF tuolcv ich wa, promised the soldier Ivy the
Goyornnent and vlch e., cos ylTlnen agrsed 10 pay
for the service rendered Awaiting Itself OF
Win TyoaSic Very iinc it Laid It's soldiers dunn
III. var, aicr passed ne Legal tender acts II COR
relied thciu 20 tax. nov 18TH now third anu no"
hall les. than was called Tor ~ lts contracts
But suppose a correct solution Of the problem from
Mr. ticCaoc- point of view would be aboat this 1t Is
all rie hrt the ranks OF hundreds OF thousands oil
families great rcill. tlI transfer ol INC Ehop
smd farm TO the bloody battlefield the noblcst spec
in"us az American manhood, wound, MAIN, ana say
thousands name the Idtlpns tney shall SUD
sis upon ;he clothing they Shall wear, the term OF their
service and wihal the amount OF their monthly WAGES
aud the Kind OF money they sad be pald III Dut "lcn
a ~ sub. crf-e tbs obligation incurred by
the Government icr tie services ~ soldiers l. transferred
soldiers 10 cslni.ii IS, u j. Jua ina. thr,c mn
.houd receive bones PAYABLE pun"l.ai ana mi resi- IA
Still thcN must be paid with scfupu"NS ltSri
10 justice. and by a high scnse OF honor 10 waoln |
would ask and f"r whai To erect payment NJ ont
H. sustain foreign c.cdt-the very iIhg uat We ouS.
to want anc The having too nucA OF WAIch Mas Nci
ngh b4nkrpted an cuirc people. ..
AT the C.J-g Of tho Wal the American volunteers re-
turned I, their hol-s well satisfied That th services
and sacrifices had contributed - TIE c-%bl.ncn OF Il
NOR permanent and cOrious Union II when al man,
lIpi ,...uid Lave iiaicuc Itt 10 Ire, merry ana
OF happiness ana tu;. thci were "'nul I"
p.lf, on "A pcrOd .IcItcr ana comfort them
seves than single decade has sufhccd 90 demon
t;rst;c the OF their CONCLUSIONS. ana Osl"l ll
londc, pcs. SOcO thcn IN pei q hct others "4t
shattered constitutions, and sim others Win manned
bOlcs must their already depleted pos osSon
A;i ted to The ruois taxation 81 az least >
rcr cent 10 p8y the gOlddcmGnti1g tdN-cNccd holu-
r @. he Government obs gatIo.o. But Mr. McCull0ch
rely What YOu AdNC sad may al De lidc, blt
was saving nothing about ne rGd ANA oi me bShef'l
Government toward her soldiers :! An. L%dctiA so.
Nri.he- VA. | saving auytEns about the Dad tdi OF
.,ne ~ the States toward their foreign bondhOdci>.
49, accounting tie ola ma Nim. uat Chart should be
iu al nom, true. wOUd II not ne Wei u Sc no" we
,yl.t the Government toward lis d fcd-
or and ,,reseNcrs before becoming OvclanXous about
for. hOdholders who took advantage "a our misioi-
TUNES. and pcculacd upon cur seeming necessities
Lees So,iaaH, NO.. Aug l. J"'1 E'AD
mo bondholder Of the Unii~d States has been paid
n penny which was not honestly due him All OF us
have been cheated 10y the greenback, and that is the
reason we ere in favor OF doing away with II. OF at
least making II rs good rs gcLL-kS.l