New-York tribune., 1876-10-05

treatment of such men. We understand 1t to
be so viewed by some of the most active ana
Jealous members OF that noble band OF men
who in this city ard elsewhere are giving their
entire time between drinks TO the work OF
rescuing the Government Among the Re
formers there is profound feeling on the sub
icct. Some OF the gentlemen who are engaged
in promoting harmony and "a fair divide" III
this city, in order that both wings ot the
Democracy may work together to rescue the
General Government, arc personally acquainted
with many of "Thc Boys who wore the Blue
who are assembling at indianapolis to-day
They knew them during the trylrg times ot
the war, when danger of recognition beSet 'heif
path from recruiting Office to recruiting ONCE
and the provost marshal hung continually on
their track. 1t was in this city that many OF
that band of survivors found the asylumS
where they with great self-posscssion put oil
the blue, resumed citizens attire, spent Their
bounties, and proceeded to reCnliSt. And the
men who stood by their country in its hour OF
need. furnishing facilities for changing clothes
and back doors of escape from the prevalent
provost marshal, are those who to-day, III the
same large spirit of patriotism, are most
earnest in the cndeavOr to rescue the Govern
mcnt These men-patriOts all choice spirits !;
reformers; self-abncgatOrs-ar deeply lndlg-
naLt at the treatment received from the
minions of power by "The Boys who wore the
Blue
And why should they not BET For the
minons of power have not hesitated to say OF
these " Bows who wore the Blue" who to-day
are driving pestilcncc before them and breath
inc death to the potat0-bug on their way to
indianapolis, that they are shouldor-hitterS,
roughs, balot-box stulftrs and repcaters, and
that those of them who served in the army
during the war were deselters and bounty
jumpers. Is it any wonder that the
rcscucrs of the Government should be
shocked at language like this! Wen
may they exclaim, If such things as these
"arc said of men who in the hour OF tnal
stepped forward and enlisted and received
"tlc bounty, and then stepped ont and went
"boldly TO another Office ana enlisted again,
"and kept it mp until the rolls of tie army
" were full, what may we not expect! Even
eve, who kept gambling houses, and GIN
mills, and bucl.et-shOps during the war for
"the comfort of The Boys who wore the Blue,
care not safe. Somebody will he charging
"shOrtly that we are not sincere IN Our efforts
"to rescue the Government 1t Is indeed
hard that such patriots "a those who make
Indianapohs happy, and create demand for
an extra uolicc in that city to-day. should be
stignatizcd as they have been. 1t is impos-
siblc to believe they are as bad as they have
been represented. They are the victims OF
remarkable condolences. Nothing more. They
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happen to come up suddenly * the Hover
without any apparent cause or proyocatlon
ard TO meet at indianapolis, in doubtful
state, and on the eve Of a close election, at
time when the erassh0pDer and the bounty
Jumper have become equally q burden.
And it Is quite likely that some of them may
be accurately described in police reports, pcni-
tentiary records and descriptive lists OF de
scrterS and bounty jumpers. Mere coincidence.
Nothing more. 1t is unkind to call them re-
peaters AID bounty-jumpers. and such. No
doubt some of them did enlist several times
during the war. But suppose they did. What
of it, 1t was with no bad motive. 1t could
not have been. What they were desirous OF
doing then was precisely what the friends of
Illdcn and Reform are trying TO do now
rescuing the Government. With that patriotic
end in view they enlisted a. often as possible.
Animated by the same pltrlOilc purpose, they
will vote as many times as they can next
TUESDAY. 70 call these men bounty jumpers
Why it's infamous. After being under guard
and in prison, and put 10 work with ball and
chain after dodging the provost marshaFS
officers and the police, and being punched by
scntincl} bayoncts after passing through
scores of examinations and serving as substi-
tutcs for thousands, is this the return they
receive ? No, no, not bounty jumpers :
Reformers. The men who would find fault
with these patriots for not giving the Govern
ment the service they received pay for are
"nasty particular" to that degree that they
would expect citizens to make full returns of
their incomes for purposes of taxation. Or
course it is absurd.
The Reform Democracy cannot do too much
honor TO the Boys who meet to-day Gi
indianapolis. For these are the Boys who
are ready to-day az they were during the dark
DAYS of the war to take hold and rescue the
Government, and to do it in the same way. As
then, with an agility and nmblcneSs that won
all hearts and rcapod down all the bountics
they chceriuly enlisted and skipped to the
next recruiting Office, so now they are ready
to lift their red right hands and swear in
their votes in the interest of reform and TO
rescue the Government as they skip from poll
to poll We live IN an age of progress. If
the effort of these patriots to rescue the Gov
crnmcnt should prove successful, we shall
hereafter look with confidence to the grass
hopper and potato bug to rescue the crops.
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RAILROADS. AFD THEIR DIRECTORS.
A stockboldcr in one of the ,nismono Oed