Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-26
THE UNION LEAGUE AND HAYES.

lQdG organization OF chronic OlQCo-lunG-
ers and public plunderers, known to fame as
the Union League of America, has just been
holding periodical meeting in Pittsburgh.
On the principle of natural selection, we
suppose, the chief office holder of the coun-
try and the one who has the least claim 20
office, was invited to a reception, and accord
ing to the Associated Press, ''was received
with great enthusiasm And why should
he not be? Mr.. Hayes practice accords fully
with the theories of the Union League, and
he was entitled to distinguished honors as
the exponent of the principles upon which
the organization is founded.
The Union League of America was found
ed during the war. It's membership was
composed principally of those who had
grown rich and fat through the misfortunes
of the people. They were all patriotic
cause of the union that they devoted their
time and talents to furnishing the soldiers
in the field with the cheapest kind of shoddy
that could be manufactured, for which they
They were all brave. They could march
up to the treasury of the United States be-
fore the gaze of the whole world and load
themselves down with unearned greenbacks,
and placing their thumbs to the ends of
their noses they could wiggle their fingers
at the protesting people with grace and
nonch0tnoce that was unparalleled in the
history of the world. They got
up corners in gold and in stocks, bought up
secretaries of the treasury, and filled their
Golfers with millions of dollars wrung by
taxation from the people. They invaded the
committee rooms of Congress, and through
the secrets there obtained they were enabled
to anticipate the imposition of taxes upon
commodities either manufactured at home
OF imported from abroad, and thus reaped
another harvest. They entertained literally,
especially those who were enabled through
their official position to control legislation
or dispense the pablic offices. They gather
ed to their clan few of the would-be great
officers of the army, whose greatest achieve
ments were made in the drawing room
rather than the field, and by that means as
surned to represent the union army. There
was never q greater satire. A lot of shoddy
contractors, gold spectators, retired suffers
and parade ground military men assuming
to represent the patriotism, the bravery and
the nobility of the country! It was enough
to make the bones of Washington. and Jack
son, and all the men whose memories we
revere, rise from their graves and give vent
to one loud and prolonged guffaw. Patriots
indeed! Men who grew rich swindling the
government in the time of its sorest distress,
and who robbed the truly brave soldiers of
the laurels they had fairly won in the field
these men assume to be patriots and
soldiers! The thought is sickening.
After specializing upon the credit of the
country greatly to its injury; after making
merchandise of tariff and revenue
legislation through the bribery and
corruption of committeeman in Con-
gress the Union League of America, by
virtue of its superior patriotism and the SUI
perior bravery of its members, entered the
domain of party politics. With self-sacri-
ficing spirit worthy of all commendation it
contributed one after another of its men,
bers to the service of the country as COVER
nors, congressman, senators and cabinet Of
Gals. The sacrifice was great, but it was
performed cheerfully, and now but few of
the members remain who do not now
hold, or who have not held in the past,
some important Office under the federal or
State governments.
1t was perfectly natural that the organiza-