The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-12-14
Let Us he Fair.

The Republican party has been
very solicitous in the behalf of the
bondholder who periled his money to
save the nation. 1t has done him at
least full justice. His speculative in
vestment of 80 to 40c. is now good for
dollar in the yellowest kind of gold.
We suggest, therefore, this one class
of patriots having been so amply pro
vided for, that it would be no mole
than fair to do little something for
the men who periled their lives to
save the nation. A bill with some
such provisions as the following
would meet this suggestion, and we
expect every Republican paper in the
land to at once take it up and accord
it the most generous and active sup
port. Besides being a very proper
thing to do, Messrs. Chandler, Hale
& Co. will doubtless find it quite as
popular an issue for 1880 as the
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An Act for the relief Of persons who
served as soldiers or sailors in the
volunteer service of the United
States during the rebellion.
Whereas, the grnenback, though
almost at par with gold, is a very
bad and very demoralizing sort Of
currency that robs everybody having
anything to do with it, and that it is
advisable to get rid of as soon as
possible in order to make room for
more National bank notes; and
Whereas, this being the fact now,
(if all our currency legislation with
reference to the greenback is not to
be set down as based upon the worst
kind of falsehood), it must have
been from 1865 to 1875, when it was
so much below par, Git was at one
time quoted as low as 33c. in gold,
remorseless robber of everybody
who was compelled to take it, includ-
ing the soldier and sailor; and,
Whereas, it is not seemly that we
should know ourselves to have been
guilty of such robbery without doing
all in our power in the way of rep
aration; therefore
SECTION l. Be it enacted, That
any person who served term of not
less than three months as volunteer
in the military or naval forces of the
United States, between the first day
of January, 1861, and the 31st day
of December, 1865, and who was
paid for such service in the legal
tender money of the United States,
called greenback notes, or in any
other currency than gold coin, shall,
upon proof being made to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury for such Aud
itor of the Treasury as the Secretary
shall designate for the purpose, OF
such service and payments, be held
entitled to, and the said Secretary
of the Treasury shall pay, or cause
to be paid to the said person, out Of
the money appropriated by the fourth
section of this act, such sum as may
be necessary to make good to the
said person the loss he sustained
through having been paid in a cur.
rency that had deprecated below
the par of gold.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose O.
estimating the extent of the losses
this act is designated to make goot
to the men who periled their lives ii
the service of their country and il
the hour of its extreme peril, the
quotations of the New York gold ex
change shall be taken as correct ba
sis for calculation.
SECTION 3. The widow, children
or nearest surviving relative of am
deceased volunteer soldier or sailor
who, if willing, would come un
der the provisions of this act
shall be entitled to recover the relic
herein provided for in like manner a
other claims against the government
are recovered by surviving relatives
SECTION 4. That the sum of tw
hundred and fifty million dollar
gold, or SO much thereof as may
necessary, is hereby appropriate
out Of any moneys in the Treasur
not otherwise appropriated, for th
purpose of carrying out the proyif
ions of this act.--E1,