The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-10-14
IN. Y. Tribure.1
The Rebel Generals, Platform.


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IN. Y. Trihune.]
The Rebel Generals Platform.
Not half the truth was told rs by
Beltzhoovar concerning the unwilling.
ness of "the Rebel Generals" who con-
troll the Democratic party to deal fair
ly with the Union soldier. There
have heen other proofs of this thar
the refusal to pass pension bills in
Congress- Let us 90 back little.
The Democratic National Conven-
tion of 1854 adopted the following
resolution:
ResSlnsa That the svmnahy Of the DemGcratc
Of Army. who are and have been r the field under
me nag of our country: and in the event of our at
regard and kndness % that the he brave rave @ Soldiers @
of the Republic have so nobly earned.
The Democratic National Conven-
tion of 1868 renewed this pledge in
the following form:
That our soldiers ard sailors who carried the flag OF
ssT%ips$ teri II sos;
faithfully carried into execution.
In 1872 the Democratic party adopt
ed with the candidate of the Liberal
Republican party its platform, which
W. iIeu dS lOIlfWS.
We remember with gratitude the heroism and sac
riices of the soldiers and sailors the Repubic
@ Gr the faa run % te s
Again in 1875, the Democratic Ma
tlonal Convention was careful not to
offend the sentiment of the country
upon this subject. The platform upon
which Mr. Tilden was nominated con
tanned the following:
Resotred That the soldiers and sailors of the Rerub
aR IN ns inst f the pro
Before another Presidential Con,
vention was held great change cam.
over the fortunes of the Democratic,
party. 1t had obtain, d entire contrui
Of Congress, and was IN an excellen
position to redeem some Of the prom
ises it had made What Was the IT.
suit? Mr.. Beltzhoover told US il,
part, when he said that with the
present Democratic House pension
bills do not have much favor 1t h,,>
become almost impossible to get con
sideration Of such bill at all. an@.
when considered, its chance of pa4sinc
the House is very remote. and tn
Rebel General who is at the head of
the Pension Committee in the Snat
Is still more aVeTse to allowing au3
such bills to pass But there Is .,n
other circumstance in evidence. O.
course, the Wade Hampton Conven-
ton at Cincinnati was careful to re
peat the pledge that had been embo-
died III all the Presidential platforms
OF the party for sixteen years? Oh
course. they took care to show HI
same readiness to stand by the Uniol
soldier. now that they had gained .
considerable share of power, us the,
had shown when they were trying t
gain power? The Union veteran VIII
Is asked to vote for Hancock Wi
search the Cincinnati platform in vain
for any expression upon u subject still
SO vital to him. There is not one
word in tn 1t document which indi-
Gates any gratitude on the part of tn,
! Democracy to the Union soldier. OF
indeed any knowledge Of his existence.
Shall we be told that this is no longt
a living issue? Let the answer be III
the words of the Republican platform
adopted at Chicago fortnight before
had they been chosen with pro-
phetic vision of the action of the
Democratic Convention, they could
not have rung out with nobler. more
indignant emphasis:
The obligations OF the Republic to the men who
preserved its Integrity in the hour battle und
victoryto do them perpetual horror is. and shall
be- the grateful privilege and sacred duty of the
American people.
Shall we be told that the Cincinnati
Convention forgot it? If so, their
''forgetfulness" is on par with the
''cisrelessness' of the Southern editor
who huistcd Rebel flag in his col
umns the other day The soldiers
were not forgotten at Chicago. Ma
tional platforms are usually drawn
with care, and in view of the previous
utterances of the party as well as OF
the platforms of the opposing party
They mean as much by what they
omit as by what they say. The Gin
clnnati platform was revised when the
nomination of General Hancock seem.
ed probable, and with direct reference
to that event, and was adopted after
the nomination, instead of before
Yet it does not contain single wore
Of praise for the Union soldier. Mr.
Beltzhoover was right about the con
trolling infuen' e in his party. Th
Union General whom they have nom
mated stands upon the Rebel Gener
ais" platform.