New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-28
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
DELAYED ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
IyoUIRIFs FROM An ANXIOUS PENsIONER-THE
GREAT LABOR or ADJUSTMENT.


GREAT LABOR or ADJUSTMENT.
TO ne Editor Of The TrtbHns.
SIR: VIII yOu please inform me IN your
why the OF pensions are not yet pad
the paper duly attesled. rs required
by Commissioner OF Pensions the goth OF feOru-
airy last bat news far. The bill became a law 10
January and appropriations were made SHORTY altsf
check Respectfully, Ak INyALID PESsIoSER
lr-l0rk, June p, 1879.
[The case of the writer is not exceptional Tho
adjustment of arrears of pensions Is a work involv-
ing vast amount of labor. Many thousands of ap-
plcations have been made to the Pension Bureau in
Washington since the passage of the Act, and these
must all be carefully examined and passed upon by
the Commissioner before payment can be malr'
The appointment of twenty-five extra clerks 10
assist in the work provided for-but even TINS
addition To the clerical force of the bureau was OUT
of all proportion 10 the magnitude OF the labor
to be performed. The applicants for arrears
of pensions in this city alone number abont o,oOo'
Since May l only 33j eases have been adjusted IN
vOlyiug payments to the amount Of S36O,OoO vi
the total amount of $4,000 apportioned to the
agency in this city the sum Of 81 900 is still due
The application of this correspondent has undoubt-
edly not been reached in the accumulation of bust
ness in the Office of the Commissioner. As soon as
the account of his arrears has been adjusted he will
be informed by the bureau This notice when re-
ceved he will present at the agency in this CITY, ac
companed Dy his pension certificate. and check
| will be given to him for the amount due.-EdI
ELDER EVANS ON CHURCH AND STATE.
D. NJ. BENEFITS CONVICTION ALL wRoNG-THE
COMSTOCK LAWS FOREIGN TO AMERICAN INslI-
TUTIONs.
To the EdftOr or The Tribune.
SIR: Is not the conviction of ID. VI. Ben
nett a Church and State persecution In the circle OF
my acquaintance have never known the people male
and female. more thoroughly aroused than at the
present time. What viii the eud Of ecclesiastical gov
ernmenta interference be The approaches OF military
siege works to capture citadel were never more sys
tematc and the point than the successive moves
OF tine clergy toward theoogizng the American Gov
ernmena union OF Church and state Indeed IS II not
already virtually Accomplished The Worlds EXPOSE
tOn tor every people, creed and theology was closed
by clerical influence, upon OF the seven sabbath
days of the week, except TO few fayorte sinners, OF
whom several thousand were always admitted. The
clergy have possessed themselves OF the American Gov
eminent mails, the sacred OF all trusts by the
people are broken Open oyerhauled and inspected by
Young Mems Christian Association agents IN the name
of the United states It's turned into inquis
toria engines Of physical and mental torture ana allie
ton Honest American citizens are incarcerated and
their business is broken up by these mercless God IN
the Constitution advocates. What an outrage upon the
sanctioned by a Government founded by inhdels like
Thomas Paine aud Thomas jefferson and fought for by
Washington Father of the Republic who, when making
n treaty with Tripo, declared before all Church and
state Governments that the United states did not
stltute Christian nation, and that, consttut0naly
was a purely secular government, under which the
Atheist Dri-t, Mormon, the clergy OF any theology
upon EARTH possessed equal civil rights, ana uOtlug
more. 80,
Is not the stealthy passage OF COmstock laws and the
appointment of irresponsible individual, publlcF
charged with grossly immoral and obscene practices,
clad Russian arbitrary powers 10 fOO the mails OF
30 600 600 inhabitants, unparalleled inconsistency
10 people, who battered themselves that
they were the sOyerelgus and that IN" American COY
eminent was their agent to execute their legally eN
pressed wiz Not few .ouest, modest people regard
the whole COmstOck concern as an unmli-dted AltIl-
can Obscemty The possibility that such may be true
President HAYES or the editorial corps fail u that
placing m the hands OF any one man OF woman such
unlimited and terrible power the confidential COG
rrspoudrnce OF a nation COmstOck mtrusted Win,
una mericaul Would the English people endure Tor
the operation OF such Church and state espionage
private communications with each other
| do not believe It.. Nor Will the American people When
they come a knowledge Of the facts and issues IN
volyed. / would thousand times prefer leaving the
morals of the nation in the hands or parents, school
teachers pastors and logical Mtdes, 10 demoraIZug
American by first tempting them 10 40 tNll,
then usttuung unconstitutional legal proceedings that
rogues may pocket the iutormer's wages OF inquly,
afcr having thus put the to their neighbours lips.
Hoping that d, NJ Bennett, and al convicted under
COmsock laws may be at pardOued, or the agent
placed with them I'm the pentcntury IN the name OF
fbe hbertylOvug law-aDidng Shaker order. remain
your sincere friend and well-HIsher, +. W. EVANS
NJ Lebanon, n. l., June 20, 1879
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