The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

THERE is no more valuable member of the
House of Representatives than Hon. John A. Me
Mahon, Of ohio. Iio is an lndcfatigable worker
especially where the interests of the soldiers
ccrned. After honorable service of six years In
Congress he desired to retire IN order that hc might
give some attention To bis private business which had
suffered. But his constituents would not have IT, and
renominaed him In spite of hs earnest protest. MIR.
Mcmahon lives at Dayton, and represents large
number Of soldiers who are at the Home there. Let
ters heng sent Into his district with view Of In
spirng him IN the estimation of the soldiers there.
This effort should not have the slightest Influence or
he was always the true friend of the soldier MIR. A
NJ. kcniday, who represents the Mexican Veteran
Association. uses tho following language In the las,
number of his paper, the Isoistts, AMI we commend
what he says to the soldiers, not at Dayton only hut tt
| soldiers everywhere. They win he doing themselves
great and grlevous wrong by failing to support men
of whom Mr.. McMahon Is good type:
There Is good deal of twadde intuged In by the
radical press to influence the votes of Union soldiers
against the 90 Rebel biigadcrs' In Congress-: bu,
the record shows that these same Rebel l,rgadiers
have the Instincts and manliness of true soldiers with
out reference to the side they fought The bills
FOR equalization of bounes and forarrearages OF pen
sons found their most earnest advocates among the
Democrats In Congress- under the advice and leader
ship of such men Ms Mr. Mcmahon, General Banning,
and General Rice In the course Of speech on this
subject In 1875 In the House of Representatives. Hon
John A. McNal,on, of Ohio. truthfully said:
"The importance Of these votes Is more apparent
when we consider that the Democratic party cam,
here In the interest OF retrenchment and reform.
Have we ever cut down the pension bills Have w,
listened to the ot-iepeitcd charges that the pen
Sion list Is too large? that fraudulent claims are
NJ that 1t should he revised! No. we prefer to Ell
the side Of the soldier and his suffering family
We have cut everywhere ese we have retrenched II
every direction hut In that Wevote for no Increased
expenditure except for the Union soldier.
The Mexican veterans at the Dayton Home all served
| In the late the Union side, and constitute
n ,lp n npI pf md
telligence. They old men, and are respected by
their comrades, and we hope they Will give fathetll
| advice 10 the younger soldiers with whom they ar
associated, not, however, In spirit Of antagOnsin
We all Of us old enough to know that the Dcmoc
racy is the true and nJestrmctihle party Of America
1t was the party of the Revolution. and the Tory
Its opponent 1t was tho party that sustained the Wa
Of 1872 and the Tory was its opponent under the nam
Of - Federast.' 1t was the party 1896 when III,
boundary of the country was extended from ocean Il
ocean. and Its opponent was the Tory under the nam
| OF "Whg.' II is the party Of to-day, that
| trying I" restore peace and fraternity between
| the name of "a Republicans, - with the same OF
principles Capitalization Of power III the hands Of til
few capitalists who control the great corporations am
who desire to crush ont the spirit of the aJUrer Th
| old party has had It's defeats; but like "Truth
| crushed Ia earth.'' comes up again. refreshed am
| eager for the fray. II James A. Garfield had live
In the Revolutionary times he would have been Tory
His principles to-day are merely rehas Of the cen
traization ideas Of the Fedcrast. We undcrstan
| that the opponent of Mr.. Mcmahon "OId lin
| Whlg'' during the Mexican war, AMI train-d wit
that wing Of the party who prayed Justify that til
| Mexcans would welcome his countrymen engaged i
| the war; "with bloody hands to hospitable graves'
| such men may proJess to be our friends, but the
| cannot lie trusted. ingalls,, Win,lOn, Iioar, Gar
| field, Hale. Conger and y long list Of Republican
pretended friendship for MS once, but found then
out when their friendship was put to the test. W
OF the soldier. Is 1t wise to discard trump at thl
stage Of the game?''