The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Facts for Soldiers and Others.

The analysis of Congressional repre-
sen ntation made by Senator Conklin il
his speech on the army bill, shows "tha
the eleven states which organized AM
prosecuted the rebellion have elected t.
Congress, eighty-five Senators end Rep
resentatives who fought in the Southern
army out of ninety three, the total rep
resentation from that section, while
the twenty-seven Northern States send to
the Natlnoal legislature but ffty-fouI
Senators and Representatives who served
in the Union army, out of total of two
hundred and sixty-nine.
This state of affairs indicates too plain.
ly that those who control political affairs
at the North are forgetting the services
Of the defenders of the Union, and that
the South are growing more mindful OF
the interests of those who fought for the
"lost cause"
Is it not greatly to the credit of the
South that she shows four times the ap.
probation of her soldiers that the North
does toward hers, and the same DISPOSE
ton is exhibited by the two sections in
the distribution of local and subordinate
positionss In the South the soldiers of
the Confederacy are preferred for every
local office; at the North they stand in
the background. There are very many
worthy and competent soldiers in every
locality who might and should receive
appointments in the gift of the govern
ment, and yet in filling these offices the
law of Congress which expressly requires
department officers to give honorably
discharged linton soldiers the preference
in making selections is studiously ig-
nore d.
These facts do no. indicate alone a
disregard of the soldiers claims. They
say also that the people are not awake
to the dangers which threaten the coun-
try. To often men are nominated be-
cause they are good rarty. workers.
There is a sort Of you-scratch-my-b back
and-I1l-scratch- h-yours-sentiment in both
parties. To the great mass of the Re-
publican party the soldiers claim is
worth something. Patriotism in the
hour when our government was in dang
er is not forgotten-men make their rec
ord as worthy or unworthy when there
is q crisis. The curse of both parties
to-day is that they care more for Office
than for rewarding true merit or bring
ing about needed reform. Sacrifices
made for the country are not rewarded
in the North, nor Is treason in the South
a reproach. Appropo to this we call at
tention to the facts above stated that in
the South those who fought to destroy
the Union are almost the only men who
are put into Office, while in the North
those who fought to perpetuate our
government, are largely ignored. We
would not do the great Republican party
the wrong to say that this has been done
with any design, Bat this we do
say that when the fire of true devotion
to country shall burn in the veins of the
loyal people Of the North, as it did in
61-2-3-4 and 5; then as an unavoidable
consequence the one who proved that
his devotion to country was superior to
his love of life, will be found and called
out, and not only asked to represent US,
but she will be made the recipient of
special honors. Do not let US mistake.
These are perilous times. We should
avail ourselves of every help to sustain
the government. The soldiers claim is
a righteous one and it is a source of
strength as well. 1t is used by our po-
litical opponents. They do not deserve
its influence. Let US not force it upon
them. Let US carry out the spirit of the
Republican platform adopted at Cincin-
natl, May 30th, 1879. Article re ads,
Resolved that the memories of our dead
heroes who gave their lives to save the
nation from destruction, protest agai nst
thu expulsion of their living comrades
from public offices to crafty the parti-
san purposes of the dominant party in
Congress.
1t is because we believe that this sen.
timent is correct and we have adopted it
as our own, that we. the soldiers of Lo-
rain county shall put forward our own
candidate in the Senatorial contest. If
''the expulsion of their living comrades
from public Offices" by their opponents
calls forth protest from o Republican
how much more should the
of dead comrades and the bond
Of union which unites the living, prompt
Us to work together, to see that the
pledges made when they with us went
into the field are fulfilled to the surviv.
ing. Already has Col. Herrick been
by not less than two hundred
soldiers in this vicinity to be the soldiers
candidate in the coming Senatorial con-
Vention. Let the soldiers and their |
friends rallv to his support