Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
VEGETlNE
For the TELEGRAPH.
BENJAMIN F. WADE.

places the heartbroken widow and helpless. hApleS
orphans OF dead soldiers IN ylcarious relation to
lily and sealthily pouTs out upon them the pent up
vals of the wrath OF thstgone by period II brings
down upon the innocent head of the dead soldiers
| child the blow that eowardice 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
I of whom she has struggled along and maintained
until it is twelve years old not have the benefit
of the Home unless she devotes 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 a pOOrhouse-fhat it is q
sort of infrmary and charity hospital; a place
for paupers whose sole claim is upon Christian
charity. That was not the idea Of its founders
The idea they had that loyal people in 1861
| to 1865 promised the soldier that if he would go
| iortn ana Datue Win the enemies OF MS country,
his children should in case his death or disaoili
ty become the wards of the 6ation; 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 to form sort of loyal caste
q kind of patriotic arstOcracy that should for all
time lift them above the ordeal of the pOOrhouse.
| Such was the home provided by Republican votes
against the fierce attacks and resistance of the Demo-
Gratis They tried to defeat its erection state in
sfituton. They more than sought to defeat its
| appropriations ana support. and once would have
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
many years they have failed to do by brave open
attack. they haze now done by cowardly, sneaking
| indirection.
Gen Durbin Ward, himself brave soldier of the
war, and an honest though misguided citizen in
peace says the act is wholly unjust ana indefens
| 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 indescribable enOrnlies OF this law he
not possibility that any set of men. slowly,
deliberately, and malciOusly passedit: 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-
aiOn to accomplish the design of its nstigatOrs and
authors Il took great study and careful shaping to
work out the object in view. 1t not the work OF
a day, week OF month. 1t took from Jan. 81
til May Is to mold, fashion, and pass the infamous
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 2lst 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. 1t 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 stage OF the bill in either house did
any Republican vote for it. Il went back to the House
with the Senate amendments, and was again care
llly examined discussed. and denounced, and after
five full days deliberate consideration on the 18th
of May the House cOncurred in the Senate amend
ments and the infamy was cousummated. On the
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 thist tor 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 defed the grandeur OF the Tuileries, and COW
cred itself with the blood of the sanity Archbishop
of Paris. stayed its wild career and awed into
stiffness at the sight of the Hotel des InrdIides.
Think you, If the trained and bronzed hordes OF the
roF. .a1 of Nor rir1fa Tan and
Early, in its famous campaign of 1863 had reached
Washington, that the hands of its brave men would
have been laid in vandaiStic destruction upon the
Soldiers Home-the work of Scott and his cOmpeers?
Nay verify the latent angel Of Southern ehivalry,
blinded and de6led as she was by the fierce hates
and heartburnings OF that time, would have stood
across the avenues of approach to that
sacred spot, and with her flaming sword
have driven back even the stragglecs, 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-
venRe 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
lterate 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 redstrict the State for Congressional
purposes Ofener than once in every ten years This
has usually been done at the session of the Legsla
IuIO I0e U0lleQ SGdIeS CELSIUS. Inc he
publicans have never made such change. In 1S45
this rule varied by the Wings. and stiuging 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 is shown by the fact that when at the
first election under it the Democrats elected Bell
for Secretary of State. they also elected
thirteen Congressman. In 1876 the Repub-
hcans carried the State and elected twelve
members of Congress. By the present law it is pro-
posed that the Republicans shall have six and the
Democrats fourteen, We shall see how this scheme
pans out" If it does, then Sl7S5 Republicans
who voted for Hayes will elect six, while 81 ,220
Democrats who voted for Tilden will elect fourteen
That is every 52.976 Republicans will elect Con-
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 thir-
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 disapprova 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 900. This, at time when economy
is demanded, and when local taxation is so oppres-
sive and has been so often denounced, even by
Democrats. But look at this record of county Dem
ocralc defalcation:
DEMOCRATIC DEFALcATToNs IN OHIO.
Democratic speakers and Democratic newspapers
have much TO say concerning the dishonesty of Re-
mGleasance in office in Ohio will show that in fully
onehaf of the Democratic counties there have been
defalcatiOns ranging from 81 0J0 up to Sl42OOO We
give the following list of counties in which these de-
falcaIions have occurred:
Democratic Amount