Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-09-05

places the heartbroken widow and helpless hapless
orphans of dead soldiers in vicarous relation TO
their countrfs defenders of the war time and craft
lily and steathily pours out upon them the pent up
vials of the wrath of that gone by period 1t brings
down upon the innocent head of the dead soldiers
child the blow that cowardice held back from the
person of the father.
1t is drawn with the ingenuity of the devil. The
sorrowing mother of two or more children, the one
OF whom she has struggled along and maintained
until it is twelve years old can not have the benefit
of the Home unless she devoes her pension to that
institution and starves herself and remaining little
ones. Oh, God, the details sicken me. This in
famous provision is founded upon the idea
that this Home is poorhouse-that II IS 3
for paupers whose sole claim is upon Christian
charity. That was not the idea of its founders
The idea they had was that our loyal people IN 1861
TO 1865 promised the soldier that if he would go
forth and battle with the enemies of his country,
his children should in of his death disabi-
ty, become the wards of the nation; they should be-
come the heirs of the State They should have
claims, aye, demands upon the State, that they
should never go to pauper home. The children OF
the dead soldiers were 10 form sort of loyal caste
kind of patriotic aristocracy that should for all
time lift them above the ordeal of the poorhouse--
such was the home provided by Repu6llcan votes
Gratis They tried to defeat its erection as state in
stitution. They more than sought TO defeat its
appropriations ana support and once would nave
broken it up but for the famous Cardiff Giant speech
in the Senate against time. of my eloquent and gal
liant friend Hon Homer c. Jones' That which for
attack. they have now done by cowardly, sneakinG
indirection.
Gen. Dnrbin Ward, himself brave soldier of the
war, and an honest though misguided citizen in
peace, says the is wholly unjust ana indefensi-
ble," but hopes it was passed by ''inadvertenee.
Among his other good and generous qualities my
distinguished friend is charitable man; ana look
ing at the indescrbable enomities OF this law, he
can not see possibility that any set of men, slowly
deliberately, and maliciousy passed. it. He has not
sounded the almost fathomlesS capabilities OF the
Democratic party TO do wrong.
This bill was introduced of the innate malice and
purpose of the Democratic members of the House.
1t was designed, shaped, fashioned, nodded, and
amended deliberately, and with study and premedi-
tation 10 accomplish the design of its instgators and
authors 1t took great study and careful shaping TO
work out the object in view 1t was not the work OF
a day. week, or a month 1t took from Jan. 81 un-
measure Invent along slowly at every stage In
trOduced in the House Jan. a. it passed that body,
after mature consideration by its committee, and
full discussion on the floor on the Dist of March,
two whole months after its introduction. 1t went
to the Senate, ably discussed, and bitterly de
nounced by the Republicans and all its enOrmities
pointed out II was amended in the Senate on the
Sth of May, and passed by the vote of every Demo-
cratic Senator present but and it is pleasant to
state that at no stage OF the bill in either did
any Republican vote for it. Ii went back to the House
with the Senate amendments, and was again care
fully examined, discussed and denounced and after
five full days deliberate consideration, on the 18th
of May the House concurred in the Senate amend
vote to concur, after all this discussion, not Re
publican voted yea" and not Democrat voted
may"
This is the record and ask my Democratic breth-
rem. how do you like it?
The Bashi Bazouk stays his murderous hand at
sight of the yellow flag of the hospital The Cossack
his thirst for blood and vengeance in the presence of
helpless women and children. The red hand of the
Commune of Paris which had destroyed the Louvre.
and defled the grandeur of the Tuileries and COW
cred itself with the blood of the sanity Archbishop
OF Paris. stayed its wild career and was awed into
stiffness at the sight of the Hotel des InrdlideS.
Think you il the trained and brOnZed hOrdes OF the
rebel army of Northern Virginia under Lee and
Early, in its famous campaign of 1865 had reached
Washington, that the hands OF its brave men would
have been laid in vandalstic destruction upon the
Soldiers Home-the work of Scott and his compeers?
Nay, verify. the latent angel of Southern chiyalry,
and heartburnings of that time, would have stood
sacred spot and with her flaming sword
have driven back even the sIragglers, who, per-
chance, shrinking from sight, might have been
tempted to desecrate one flower or blade of grass
found within its sacred precincts
But the Democratic party OF Ohio, in its mad re-
venge wreaked its puerile vengeance upon the home
and shelter of the humble and helpless children OF
our dead soldiers.
1t is nv fellow citizens but an evidence of the
deep seated purpose of the Democratic leaders to OBJ
literate the distinctions that have been made be-
tween the soldier of the Grand army and the
men who supported Vallandigham, and denounced
the war and discouraged enlistments.
1t was never contemplated that the General As,
semby should redistrict the State for Congressional
purposes oftener than once in every ten years. This
has usually been done at the session of the Legsla
publicans have never made such change. In 1S45
this rule varied by the Whgs and singing de-
feat by the people taught lesson that has not been
forgotten. The Republicans appOrtioned the State
in 1872 following the last census The measure was
fair one as is shown by the fact that when at the
first election under it the Democrats elected Bell
thirteen Congressman. In 1876 the Repub-
licans carried the State, and elected twelve
posed that the Republicans shall have six. and the
Democrats fourteen. We shall see how this scheme
'pans out" If it does, then Sl7,S56 Republicans
who voted for Hayes will elect six, while 81 220
Democrats who voted for Tlden will elect fourteen
That is every 52.976 Republicans will elect Con-
gresham while it only takes go Democrats to do
the same. The present bill is unjust but there is
some consolation in knowing that OF the members of
the General Assembly who voted for it. some thr-
teen, who sought nomination for Congress have
been beaten; not one nominated. and several back
counties TO hear from. Thus the party itself has
already expressed its dsapproval of the scheme. The
Ides of October will shed flood of light upon the
value to the Democrats of this measure.
By local enactment this General Assembly in
creased the local taxation and Indebtedness of the
State over SS56,0OO This, a time when economy
is demanded and when local taxation is oppres-
sive, and has been so often denounced, even by
Democrats But look at this record of county Dem
ocratic defalcation:
DEMOCRATIC DEFALcATIoNs IN OHIO.
Democratic speakers and Democratic newspapers
have much to say concerning the dishonesty of Re-
malfeaSance in Office in Ohio will show that in fully
onehalf of the Democratic counties there have been
deialcatlonS ranging from S4,OOO up 10 Sl42OO. we
give the following list of counties in which these de-
falcations have occurred
Democratic Amount
Majority. Stolen.
Allen ............... ,037 Sl5, 600
Ashland 634 .
Auglaize 2O39 49, 900
Belmont ............ 100 Il, 600
Brown .. .... ........... LIP 10000
er....................-..-.....2 2,67S 12l.4Sl
Clermont ......... 467 $4,000
794 (abouD 22OOO
Crawford 1890 ................ 2053 10000
Defiance e...... ............ 800 1000
Fairfield ........... l,S27 1855
Hancock. ......-................. 400 5000
Henry .......-............-. 900 81, 900
Holmes s........ ....... ............. $3.50 $4,000
Licking 800 Records burned.
Mercer. ....... ZIP 1000