The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-30
Gratifying the NatiOn's Savior.

A special dispatch to she Chicago Trib-
une, dated Oct. 18th, contains the follow
ing:
"A large Rag Baby, with i,s back paint.
ed green, was hung by the neck on q flag
pole, at the Republican head quarters, 10.
day"
Seventeen years ago last February this
same city Of Washington was threatened
BY the presence of an immense army.
The roar Of ils artillery literally echoed
through the cham bers Of the National cap
itol.
Up u that tune nothing but defeat had
attended he fortunes Of the Union army.
The emmy, bold and aggressive, was
prepsl ing fu advance upon Washington in
the early -priug.
The ii@.uciated bankr The Money Power
in The i"Ii before had locked up their coin
ard relu.ed to come TO !he aid Of the Coy
ernmefi They mad in effect told Mr..
Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, that he
could paddle bis own canoe"
Gold and silver, typical Of the souls of
the money mongers, hid away like COW.
ards at the sound Of the epemy's cannon.
The life Of the Nation was at stake.
The treasury vaults were empty.
The army had to be paid, clothed and
equipped ready to confront the expected
advance Of Lees army.
In that hour Of peril, ON shs 10th day OF
February, three days after the anniversary
Of the birthday Of the Father of his coun-
try, the Rag Baby was born.
II clothed the army!
1t fed the army!
Il equipped the army,
IL stepped in between Lee. army and
the capitol of the Nationl
1t became the EmancipatoE OF an en-
elaved racel
1t became the Destroyer of The Rebel
lion!
1t became the Savior of the Union!
II took up the old flag, the Stars and
Stripes, and carried it through sea OF
blood clear down through the enemy's
country and planted itat last upon the
ramparts Of every fort in the United
States!
Ii became the soldiers friend-gold was
never found in dead soldiers pocket.
1t became the friend Of the soldiers wild
ow and orphan!
For seventeen years the tiny hand Of she
soldiers orphan has been reached out to
accept IL as pension in payment Of faith
er'slife.
For seventeen years the soldiers widow
has received il as pension in payment OF
husbands life
1t has been baptized with the tears of
widows and orphans, and even with the
blood Of dead and wounded soldieral
Ii bough. the farmers products and con.
versed them into supplies for the BOYS in
Blue!
In those trying times during the war on
ly bullion brokers" and "coppsrheads'
dared to revile or condemn ii!
To have "hung il By the neck TO q flag
pole would have invited she severest pun.
ishmeLt.
For more than seventeen years it has
been used by the Amerissn people and the
test of time has proven il 10 be the best
mopey the world ever saw.
Only money mongers, bullion bsokerp,
and untsIed bondholders have dared TO
raise their voices against j, dnring all
these long yesrsl
But, 60 debsucbed, 90 vile, 10 corrupt,
80 Gnpatriotic, 20 cowsrdly has become the
Republican party, the party founded BY
Gree!ey, Lincoln, Sumner, Seward, and
Others. that, to-day, in the city Of Wash.
ington, i, hangs in etigy this self same
Rag Baby.
Since that Cruciixiou between two
thieves eighteen hundred years ago in that
old city where the Cruci6ed Christ scour.
ged tie money mongers, the bullion bro
kers, and the bondholders, of those days
out of the temple, there has never been a
more cowardly, wicked and unholy act
than the hanging in efigy Of the Rag Baby
that saved the life Of the Republic