Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-12

We find the following paragraph floating
about among our Republican exchanges:
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago inter- Ocean thus sums up the whole mat
ter: ''Twenty-seven loyal States furnish 269
Senators and Representatives, of whom fifty-
tour were union soldiers. Eleven dis'oyal
States furnish ninety-three Senators and Rep
resentatives, of whom eighty-fve were rebel
soldiers"
1t is very apparent from this sample that
the Washington correspondent of the paper
that parts its namo in the middle is endow-
ed with goodly share of the idiocy that
characterizes the editorial head. To char
acterize any State in the union as "disloyal''
at this day ought to be sufficient cause upon
which judge might send the person so Of
Tending to g lunatic asylum. Adopting his
phraseology and his facts, however, simply
for the time, we think he makes but poor
showing for the twenty-seven "loyal'' States
for their loyalty to those who fought their
battles. We we'll remember how, eighteen
years ago, the soldier of the union was idol
lied. He was told, as he marched forth to
do battle for the flag, that he was making a
hero of himself-that he was comforting
obligations upon the country which it would
ever remember and could never repay. He
went forth amid salvos of applause and
booming of artillery, and the prayers of a
| whole people followed him. How shallow
and insincere these professions were is seen
by the statement made above. Though the
war has been closed but fourteen years, we
lind that but one-ffth of the
whole number of congressman and
Senators from the 'sloyar' States
were soldiers in the union army,
and upon an examination of the lists we
further find that two-thirds of the entire
fifty-four we're elected by the Democratic
party, which has all along been denounced
as disloyal and hostile to the union soldiers.
OF the one hundred and sixty members OF
Congress chosen by the Republicans, they
have seen fit to elect only nineteen soldiers
of the union army. The remainder is made
up for the most part of blantant political
brawlers, who we're never within sight of 6
battlefield till long after the bullets had
ceased to fly on their deadly mission.
The failure of the Republican party tc
fulfill It's promises to the soldiers is not te
be wondered at. It was organized under 6
false pretense and has ever since lived by
false pretenses. It protested to be the bes
friend to the colored race, but has been thai
peoples worst enemy. 1t professed friend
ship for the soldier and promised him re-
ward, but those promises proved to be bu
ropes of sand. After the first enthusiasm
of the war was over the politician came tt
the front, and as was his wont monopolizet
all the favors in the gift of the party. Ii
the appointments of the executive the sam,
disregard is had to the claims of the sol
diers. OF the ministers plenipotentiar,
and ministers resident to foreign countries
not one has ever seen service in the field ,ant
of the consuls general but few ever wore tn
blue. The party has refused to fulfill it
promises to the soldiers time and time again
They have been hollow, hypocritical and in
sincere, and nothing proves the fact NOR
than the paragraph so ingeniously construct
pie of the South. The Republican part
of the North ought to be ashame,
of its record in this respect-that it has be
trayed the confidence of the soldiers so re
peatedly. Instead of rewarding the men VIII
fought so bravely in the war, this party ha
: cast them aside and placed men in posts q
9 honor WHO have nothing to recommend ther
Q but the ability to do the dirty work OF til
Q party.
After the Republicans learn to esteem til
It services of the soldiers and to give the1
l. proper reward for what they have done,
IS will be time enough for them to condemn tt
It Democracy. They have no reason to con
/ plain of the absence of union soldiers j
o Congress when they themselves refuse I
g elect them. Faultfnding comes with ba
n grace from such source.