The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-20


'of particular cases. yet duty and good |
faith require her to pay them. Ihe gov
'ernInent is better able to pay these Just
demands. than those entitled thereto
are to lie out Of them.
This bin provided the equal bounty al
IS. 3S per month to every able soldier of
the union army for the whole time he
served In the war, 1t was passed by the
Democrats of the house, after due con
sheraton: was transmitted to the senate
and was Tor three months before that Re-
publican body to bc neglected, denied
consideration. aud. to all intents and pur
poses Of the senate, was defeated in the
senate by its pretended friends This is a
specimen Leaf from the Record Of the scs-
sion Of congress Just closed; aud as FUR
ther evidence OF the insincerity of the
Radical party in congress, in its probes
SONS OF regard for the interests of the
volunteers aud defenders of the nation
and, notwithstanding the affirmative
voice of the Democrats in the house, the
Republicans persistently objected TO, and
used the available power OF a minority
against the consideration and passage OF
the Just and long deserved Back Pension
| BIZ, for the relict of the wounded and
disabled soldiers and sailors. This bill
twas reported in due time, aud was urged
upon the house. and failed for want OF
two thirds majority. the Republicans
| voting against the suspension OF the
rules 10 consider it.
The Democratic House OF Representa-
tives has gone further in improving the
pension laws Tor The relief o: disabled.
Hitherto soldiers who had lost limbs
were pensioned at twenty-four dollars
monthly. At the last session it was pro-
vided that the pensioDer should receive
either artificial limbs, or further commu-
tation therefor in.money, which had been
long denied by congress.
Nor have the soldiers of the Mexican
war. OF the Florida. Seminole ami Black
Hawk Indian wars of 1886 been for
gotten or neglected.. These patriots suit
fered great hardships under tropical
sun. in Il malarious climate, and by their
endurance aud valor finally yanquisiIcd
their country's enemy. and crowned her
arms with victory so valuable in the ac-
them To their country's gratitude. And
now in their old age, the Democratic
party, on its return to legislative power.
has proposed to pension them and their
aged widows. TO alleviate. i'm small de-
| gree, the penuro of their declining years.
| Nor has the action of the Democratic
house been less patriotic and humane
consistent in the civil and political inter-
est of the Mon soldier For il will be
found that in the Forty-ihlrd congress
out of 2l9 persons occupying posts OF
| profit and emolumcnt under various oil.
GERS elected by the house, but twenty
three had rendered miiitar, service in the
Union army. Twenty-three soldiers,
| aud no more, were appointed 10 employ
| ments by the last house of representa-
| tires. These were principally disabled
pensioners, nployed at the lowest sala.
rirS
But in the present house, out of lS9
| employees, for the same service. forty
three were honorably discharged Union
soldiers. making Il difference of ninety
per cent. Ia !ay"r of the friendship of the
Democratic party tor the soldier.
The radical cry al confederate
House" hy the Republican party, to in
nuencc the vote OF soldiers, IN view of
| these facts, is. therefore, both unmcaniug
and slanderous.
OF private bills for the reiief of Union
soldiers, widows and children. there y,re
passed by the present house larger mum
Der than in any former congress since the
close of the war.
This much is truthfully stated as evi.
dence ofthe spirit OF justice to the soldier
exhibited in legislative acts by the two
great parties presenting candidates for
the presidency. The Democratic party
has been just, and even generous. The
Radical party has been protuse in prom
ises and pretences. 1t has denied privi-
leges, bounties and the rights of the sol
diers who fought the battles OF the coun-
try. There Is, therefore, every motive Of
public and private economy to trust the
one, and to abandon the other. The tru-
est interests of the people demand it. The
condition OF the currency, the public
debt, retrencliment, and common honesty
In public affairs are considerations all
equally clamorous that there shall be a
change.
The Democratic party has already cur
| tailed $50, 600, 900 OF extraordinary and
needless expenses of the current year.
That policy is an evidence of the reform
OF that party, in tightening the taxes of
| the people, which its candidate is so en-
| inently identified with. rf..
Veterans of the Union Cause. VIII YOU
enlist in. this campaign? VIII you help
us in this work of Reform 1t is a work
inaugurated with the approval and by
the cooperation of the national Demo-
cratic committee of all the states, and
with the help aud concurrence OF many
eminent citizens. And in appealing to
you to join us in all honorable endeayors
Tor the election OF Tilden and Hendricks,
we can assure you that as there were